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Education, Scientific Disciplines
Linda Rood, Tanya Tanzillo, Nancy Madsen
Summary: The study found that nursing students remained firm in their perceptions of the nursing profession and their desire to pursue a nursing career. Students experienced challenges with the transition to virtual learning, felt they lacked sufficient in-person experiences, and were unprepared to begin practice.
NURSE EDUCATION TODAY
(2022)
Article
Nursing
Minh Viet Bui, Elizabeth McInnes, Gary Ennis, Kim Foster
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic had significant impacts on the resilience of nurses in mental health settings. Nurses faced disruptions in practice and teamwork, but successfully adjusted by using self-regulatory strategies, engaging in self-care, and creating new ways to provide care. They connected to their sense of purpose and professional commitment, and experienced personal and professional growth. Post-pandemic, ongoing negative impacts on nurses' wellbeing were noted, highlighting the importance of professional development in emotional regulation skills, self-care, and building collegial relationships.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Johannes Lieslehto, Noora Rantanen, Lotta-Maria A. H. Oksanen, Sampo A. Oksanen, Anne Kivimaki, Susanna Paju, Milla Pietiainen, Laura Lahdentausta, Pirkko Pussinen, Veli-Jukka Anttila, Lasse Lehtonen, Tea Lallukka, Ahmed Geneid, Enni Sanmark
Summary: Machine learning models trained on healthcare workers in Finland demonstrated high accuracy in predicting psychological resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. These models showed potential for early detection of COVID-19-related distress among healthcare workers and targeting interventions.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Zoe Davey, Cynthia Srikesavan, Andrea Cipriani, Catherine Henshall
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the psychological health, well-being, and resilience of nurses, with both positive and negative effects. The study explores the experiences of nurses working during the pandemic and discusses the implications for coping and resilience, nursing identities, and workforce development.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Kriti Prasad, Colleen McLoughlin, Martin Stillman, Sara Poplau, Elizabeth Goelz, Sam Taylor, Nancy Nankivil, Roger Brown, Mark Linzer, Kyra Cappelucci, Michael Barbouche, Christine A. Sinsky
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased stress levels among healthcare workers, particularly nursing assistants, medical assistants, social workers, women, and people of color. Feeling valued and appreciated by organizations can reduce the risk of burnout among healthcare workers.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
YueYi Sun, ShuYue Zhu, GanXin ChenHuang, LiYa Zhu, ShuHan Yang, XiaoCong Zhang, Zheng Zheng
Summary: This study explores the psychological impact of pandemic-related isolation on Chinese college students and the relationships between COVID-19 burnout, resilience, and psychological distress. The findings indicate that isolation is a risk factor for psychological distress, while resilience can buffer the negative effects of COVID-19 burnout and improve college students' wellbeing during the pandemic.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Robert G. Maunder, Natalie D. Heeney, Alex Kiss, Jonathan J. Hunter, Lianne P. Jeffs, Leanne Ginty, Jennie Johnstone, Carla A. Loftus, Lesley A. Wiesenfeld
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has a sustained psychological impact on healthcare workers, with nurses and those with children and elders at home experiencing higher levels of emotional exhaustion and psychological distress over time. Ongoing support is needed to address the rising mental burden, with a focus on modifiable protective factors like restorative sleep and self-efficacy.
GENERAL HOSPITAL PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Mahsa Kamali, Marzieh Azizi, Mahmood Moosazadeh, Hossein Mehravaran, Roya Ghasemian, Maryam Hasannezhad Reskati, Forouzan Elyasi
Summary: This study investigated the prevalence rate of occupational burnout among healthcare workers in Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings showed a high prevalence rate of 18.3% and suggested that attention and intervention should be focused on improving the mental health of these individuals.
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Carlo Giacomo Leo, Saverio Sabina, Maria Rosaria Tumolo, Antonella Bodini, Giuseppe Ponzini, Eugenio Sabato, Pierpaolo Mincarone
Summary: Healthcare workers are facing burnout during the current global public health crisis, necessitating measures at individual, organizational, and cultural levels to prevent and reduce work-related stress. In addition to implementing various solutions, a cultural shift is needed to eliminate the stigma associated with mental illness.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Pedro Machado dos Santos, Claudia Ribeiro da Silva, Diana Costa, Carla Torre
Summary: Pharmacists play a crucial role in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and understanding their burnout and views on their work is essential. This study aimed to assess pharmacist burnout, identify associated characteristics, and determine critical limits.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Nursing
Jennie C. De Gagne, Eunji Cho, Hyeyoung K. Park, Jeehae D. Nam, Dukyoo Jung
Summary: This study examines the tweets posted by nursing students in the UK, US, and South Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic, revealing their concerns about the impact of COVID-19, daily life, student role, social connections, and sociopolitical issues. The findings can help nurse educators better understand and incorporate students' responses to the pandemic into preparedness and response efforts.
NURSING & HEALTH SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Paulino Feliciano, Jennifer J. J. Mootz, Antonio Suleman, Austin Y. Su, Saida Khan, Lidia Gouveia, Palmira Santos, Milton L. Wainberg, Annika C. Sweetland
Summary: The study aims to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-reported burnout, quality of care, and perceptions of COVID-19-related stigma among healthcare workers in Mozambique. The results show that, contrary to global studies, many healthcare workers in the sample reported a reduction in burnout, which may be associated with the lower overall caseloads seen during this period. The impact on the quality of care was minimal.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Antonio Jose Sanchez-Guarnido, Maria Gonzalez-Vilchez, Rosario de Haro, Magdalena Fernandez-Guillen, Mireia Graell-Gabriel, Valentina Lucena-Jurado
Summary: The measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain had interrupted nursing interventions for many patients with severe mental illness, but telemental health interventions helped reduce relapses.
Article
Psychiatry
M. Haroon Burhanullah, Pamela Rollings-Mazza, Jeffrey Galecki, Michael Van Wert, Thomas Weber, Mansoor Malik
Summary: This study examined the psychological burden of the COVID-19 pandemic on correctional workers in the United States and explored the relationship between their mental health and social demographics and work factors. The results showed a significant level of psychological symptoms among healthcare workers and correctional officers, with differences in depression, anxiety, burnout, and post-traumatic stress symptoms. Female correctional workers had higher anxiety scores than their male counterparts.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Bee-Ah Kang, Sijoung Kwon, Myoungsoon You, Heeyoung Lee
Summary: Front-line health workers for COVID-19 control in South Korea face mental health challenges due to factors such as mistrust of patients, ethical dilemmas, lack of collaboration with community health workers and interested parties, insufficient organizational support, and lack of social recognition. Multilevel strategies including organizational support and contingency plans are needed to improve mental health outcomes for these workers and the overall health system.
OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Nursing
Kim McMillan, Amelie Perron
Article
Nursing
Kim McMillan, Amelie Perron
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING
(2020)
Article
Nursing
Kim McMillan, Chaman Akoo, Ashley Catigbe-Cates
Summary: This study aims to explore the experiences of new graduate nurses entering the nursing profession in Ontario, Canada, during the Covid-19 pandemic approximately one year after entering the profession. The findings revealed that these nurses felt ill prepared and were aware of the challenges facing the nursing profession, which were exacerbated by the pandemic. They recognized the need to protect themselves from the impacts on mental health and made calculated early career decisions, demonstrating strong socio-political knowing. Half of the participants had already left their first nursing job due to unmet orientation, mental health, and wellbeing needs.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF NURSING RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Nursing
Kim McMillan, David K. Wright, Christine J. McPherson, Kristina Ma, Vasiliki Bitzas
Summary: The study found that nurses in palliative care understood the necessity of pandemic measures, but believed blanket policies separating patients and families contradicted the values of palliative care. Nurses navigated this tension by integrating safety and humanity into their work through ethical reasoning and action, highlighting the limits of a purely biomedical logic for guiding nursing ethics during the pandemic.
GLOBAL QUALITATIVE NURSING RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Nursing
Kim McMillan, Amelie Perron
Summary: The study found that nurses' resistance to change is not overt, but rather covert behaviors in micro-ethical moments. Nurses engage in resistance as a means to provide morally authentic care and regain power over their practice amidst feelings of powerlessness. Nurses' engagement with resistant behaviors in the context of organizational change demonstrates ethical action and political agency that enable morally authentic nursing practice.
RESEARCH AND THEORY FOR NURSING PRACTICE
(2021)
Article
Management
Kim McMillan, Amelie Perron
JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT
(2020)
