BACKGROUND
The COVID-19 pandemic has redefined healthcare. Nurses, the largest registered health workforce worldwide have responded to meet the demands and changes in health care. Understanding how nurses have innovated practice to respond to COVID-19 will map current evidence.
OBJECTIVE
To scope all available peer-reviewed evidence on nurse-led innovations to support adults living with chronic disease or multimorbidity in response to COVID-19.
METHODS
A comprehensive systematic search strategy was used to query multiple electronic databases from 2020 through to October 2022. After removing 162 duplicates, 751 records were screened and 10 records were included in the review. The Joanna Briggs Institute’s scoping review methodology was used to guide all stages of the review.
RESULTS
The number of nurse-led innovations published to date is small (n=10) relative to the size of the workforce and the observation of rapid changes across healthcare systems as a result of COVID-19. The innovations reported involved the transition of an existing face-to-face intervention to an information communications technology platform. Some evidence was reported on patient satisfaction and acceptability of nurse-led innovations.
CONCLUSIONS
The focus on interventions underpinned by information communication platforms highlights the importance of a digitally competent workforce. Key gaps in the literature were identified including reports by geographical area and across a variety of clinical settings. Few nurse-led innovations have been published. A call for greater visibility of nurse-led innovations during this period of significant change in the field of chronic disease management is made.
CLINICALTRIAL
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