International nurse education leaders' experiences of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Ion, Robin Craswell, Alison Hughes, Lynda Johnston, Amy Kilbride, Lynn Hubbard‐Murdoch, Natasha Massey, Debra
Abstract	AbstractAimsTo explore the experiences of strategic leads for nurse education as they sought to respond to the COVID‐19 pandemic.DesignWe utilised a qualitative interpretative approach to explore education leaders’ experiences of leading during the early months of the pandemic.MethodsNineteen leaders with significant strategic responsibility for nurse education in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore and the United Kingdom were identified via purposive sampling and agreed to participate. Interviews were held between May and July 2020.ResultsFour overarching themes arose from the analysis: (1) Crisis driven adaptability & flexibility; (2) Responsive, complex and changing communication; (3) Making decisions for student and staff safety; (4) Looking to the future; stronger partnerships.ConclusionInternationally, while nursing education leaders faced different problems, they shared a common goal amidst the crisis to remain student‐centred. They demonstrated they were able to face major challenges, respond to large scale logistical problems and make decisions under significant and ongoing pressure.ImpactIn responding to the pandemic, nurse leaders shared knowledge and offered mutual support. This bodes well for future collaboration. The move to online learning accelerated an existing trend and it seems likely that this will continue. Given the pressures they experienced over an extended period, the sector may wish to consider how it prepares and supports existing and future leaders.
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Page Count	9
ISSN	03092402
Journal	Journal of Advanced Nursing [J Adv Nurs]
Volume Number	77
DOI	10.1111/jan.14892
PubMed Central reference number	PMC8242510
Issue Number	9
PubMed reference number	34105829
e-ISSN	13652648
Language	English
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons Inc.
Publisher Date	2021-06-09
Publisher Place	Hoboken
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. © 2021 The Authors. Journal of Advanced Nursing published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Subject Keyword	COVID‐19 education leadership learning pandemic
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nursing