How COVID‐19 has affected staffing models in intensive care: A qualitative study examining alternative staffing models (SEISMIC)

To understand how COVID-19 affected nurse staffing in intensive care units (ICUs) in England, and to identify factors that influenced, and were influenced by, pandemic staffing models.Exploratory qualitative study.Semi-structured, online interviews conducted July-September 2020 with regional critical care leaders including policy leads (n = 4) and directors/lead nurses (n = 10) across critical care networks in England.The six themes emerging...