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: Received: 3 January 2024 / Approved: 25 January 2024 / Online: 25 January 2024 (07:12:53 CET)
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El hakmaoui, F.; Schuetz, M.; Scuderi, R.; Senn, N.; Cohidon, C. Interprofessional Collaboration in Primary Care Practices during the COVID-19 Pandemic In Switzerland. Preprints2024, 2024011804. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1804.v1
El hakmaoui, F.; Schuetz, M.; Scuderi, R.; Senn, N.; Cohidon, C. Interprofessional Collaboration in Primary Care Practices during the COVID-19 Pandemic In Switzerland. Preprints 2024, 2024011804. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1804.v1
El hakmaoui, F.; Schuetz, M.; Scuderi, R.; Senn, N.; Cohidon, C. Interprofessional Collaboration in Primary Care Practices during the COVID-19 Pandemic In Switzerland. Preprints2024, 2024011804. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1804.v1
APA Style
El hakmaoui, F., Schuetz, M., Scuderi, R., Senn, N., & Cohidon, C. (2024). Interprofessional Collaboration in Primary Care Practices during the COVID-19 Pandemic In Switzerland. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1804.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
El hakmaoui, F., Nicolas Senn and Christine Cohidon. 2024 "Interprofessional Collaboration in Primary Care Practices during the COVID-19 Pandemic In Switzerland" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1804.v1
Abstract
Background: There is a lack of knowledge about how nurses and general practitioners (GPs) collaborated during the COVID-19 pandemicin primary care settings. Our study examined the roles of primary care nurses during the pandemic’s first wave, between March and June 2020, in Switzerland. Methods: The study involved all eight general practices implementing of a nursing role to the practice’s team. Primary care practice staff members (nurses, GPs and medical assistants) have been involved on the development of a new organizational model. A mixed-methods design study collected quantitative data using daily activity monitoring and an electronic survey. Additionally, eight nurses and nine GPs participated in a focus group discussion and individual interviews. Results: GPs recognized the substantial contributions, versatility, and autonomy of the primary care nurses in their practices during the pandemic. Those nurses experienced their involvement positively, mainly thanks to their perceived autonomy. The distribution of activities between primary care practice professionals was heterogenous due to extrinsic and intrinsic factors. Conclusion: Both nurses and GPs agreed that there was added value in having primary care nurses ingeneral practices in time of crisis, and this agreement will bolster plans to integrate this workforce across the canton. The development of nurses’ roles in primary care during the pandemic was reliant on many factors, including practice organization and Switzerland’s healthcare reimbursement and payment system
Keywords
primary care; nurses; public health; interprofessionnal collaboration; covid-19
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Primary Health Care
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