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The nursing history captures and records the patient's health status, so that a care plan evolves to meet the patient's individual needs. The nursing health history is a part of the initial assessment. A comprehensive history covers all health dimensions and plays a significant role in the assessment process. A comprehensive history includes the patient's biographical information, reasons for seeking health care, expectations, present and past health history, medications, and...

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Method for Using Voicemail and Email for Qualitative Data Collection Among Nurses.

Hanne R Dolan¹, Chloé O R Littzen-Brown², Jennifer T May³

¹Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

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|August 20, 2024

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Nurses shared their COVID-19 pandemic experiences using a novel telephone voicemail system. This method captured valuable qualitative data, offering insights into the nursing profession

Keywords:

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Area of Science:

Qualitative Research Methods
Health Services Research
Nursing Studies

Background:

Capturing nurses' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic is crucial for understanding its impact on healthcare.
Nurses are often a challenging population to recruit for research studies.

Purpose of the Study:

To describe an innovative qualitative data collection method.
To capture the practice experiences of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Main Methods:

A qualitative descriptive design was employed, using a telephone voicemail system (Twilio) for data collection.
Nurses were recruited via social media and state listservs using convenience and snowball sampling.
Voicemails and subsequent emails were transcribed and analyzed using content analysis in Dedoose software.

Main Results:

Seventy voicemails and 16 emails provided rich qualitative data on nurses' pandemic experiences.
Content analysis identified key themes reflecting the impact on nurses and healthcare systems.
The study demonstrated the feasibility of using a voicemail system for qualitative data capture.

Conclusions:

The telephone voicemail system offers an inclusive method for collecting qualitative data from nurses.
This innovative approach can be further developed and standardized for future research on healthcare professionals' experiences.
Findings highlight the importance of memorializing nurses' pandemic experiences for scientific and policy insights.