Tuesday, 1 June 2021, 10:24 am
Nurses working in New Zealand’s Managed Isolation and
Quarantine (MIQ) facilities are going above and beyond the
requirements of their roles, despite challenging working
conditions and being ostracised by their communities,
non-MIQ colleagues and friends.
University of
Canterbury (UC) researchers Associate
Professor Cathy Andrew and Dr
Isabel Jamieson, and Jacinda King, Nursing Manager at
Canterbury District Health Board, conducted in-depth
interviews with 14 MIQ nurses during the summer of
2020-2021.
The researchers were impressed by the MIQ
nurses’ commitment to keeping New Zealand safe from
Covid-19, including exceeding safety standards, coping with
daily risk and adapting to sudden changes in their
Negative publicity, fear and criticism about MIQ workers spreading Covid-19 into the community is affecting the nurses and their family’s morale, a study has found.