Table 1 Categories, subcategories, and codes related to challenges in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic
From: Management of the COVID-19 pandemic: challenges, practices, and organizational support
Categories | Subcategories | Open codes |
|---|---|---|
Development of a COVID-19 crisis management plan | Ad hoc committee | - (100%) of top-level nursing managers asserted that no preparedness plan had been in place - An Ad hoc committee was formed at the university hospitals’ level - A committee was assigned with the tasks and responsibilities to establish a preparedness plan for confronting the COVID-19 pandemic - A committee was composed of different department managers of the university hospitals |
Use the plan of another isolation hospitals (use Aboteage Hospital’s and Esna Hospital’s plans) | - Use the plan of another isolated hospital as a benchmark on how the plan will respond to the crisis | |
Shortage in nursing staff | Absenteeism among nurses | - Fear of infection makes nurses use their vacation leaves to be absent - Curfew makes (night transportation difficult for remote villages during curfew, reflecting negatively on night shift nurses) |
Infections among nurses | - Exposure - Work with suspected and positive cases | |
Psychological problems | -Panic emotions, fear, anxiety, and depression -Emotional motivation through good relationships between nursing managers and their nurses -Physically self-existence of nursing managers with nurses -Provision of psychological cession to nurses | -Related to the nature of the coronavirus and fear of infection, dealing with suspected cases, and caring for COVID-19 patients -Insufficient nursing knowledge about the coronavirus -Refuse to deal with nurses from the community -Cut family ties with nurses |