Table 3 Main Category, Category and subcategories extracted from the interviews of Iranian nurses
Main Category | Category | Main Subcategory |
|---|---|---|
Managers as key element to overcoming the crisis | 1.Justice in human resources management | 1.1 Motivating employees |
1.2 Providing protection and welfare facilities to employees | ||
1.3 Human resource management mechanisms | ||
2. The art and science of comprehensive nursing care | 2.1 Patient education | |
2.2 Nursing precautions in oxygen therapy of COVID-19 patients | ||
2.3 Team work | ||
2.4 Sacrifice of nurses in the fight against COVID-19 | ||
3. Managers as agents of change in crisis | 3.1 Changes in the management of hospitalized COVID-19 patients’ | |
3.2 Strengthening physical infrastructure of hospital | ||
3.3 Management measures to provide high quality care | ||
4. Challenges and its management | 4.1 Psychological consequences of Covid-19 on nurses | |
4.2 Managers’ concern regarding nurses’ intention to leave profession | ||
4.3 Challenges related to PPE | ||
4.4 Challenges caused by the emergence of Covid-19 | ||
4.5 The challenge related to the rejecting of nurses to being appreciated |