Nursing and COVID-19 Ⅱ

• Other Authors: Gray, Richard (Editor), Udod, Sonia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Medicine; SARS-CoV-2; pandemic; confinement; Spain; depression; anxiety; COVID-19; health workforce; nursing students; professional identity; qualitative study; volunteers; nurse; willingness; relational capital; post-traumatic growth; psychological security; work meaning; coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); junior nurses; transformational experience; personal protection equipment (PPE); protective equipment; emergency medical services; post-traumatic stress disorder; mental status; sleep disorders; COVID-19 pandemic; sexism; female nurses; gender equity; gender bias; female stereotype; nursing records; patient isolation; nursing care; nurses; long-term care; community nursing; coronavirus; workforce; spirituality; palliative care; nursing skills; end-of-life; symptoms; depression symptoms; frontlines; meta-analysis; systematic review; public health; insomnia; nursing; mitigation measures; care homes; wellbeing; care ethics; relational care; narratives; infectious diseases; caregiving; qualitative research; psychosocial burden; psychosocial risk scale; nurse management; crisis management; primary healthcare; COVID-19 ambulatory care; in-action review; novel infectious disease; burnout; job stress; resilience; changes in outlook; influencing factors; crisis response; topic modeling; ultra-Orthodox; transcultural; minority; cultural competence; mixed methods; cross-cultural; item response theory; measurement invariance; mental health; nursing staff; pandemics; validation; WHO-5 Well-Being Index; correctional nurses; occupational health; work conditions; prison; management; professional roles; survey; potentially morally injurious event (PMIE); turnover intentions; basic psychological need satisfaction; episodic memories; self-determination theory; self-disclosure; perceived autonomy support; coping strategies; health; students
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Nurses represent the highest number of healthcare workers globally and have played a critical role in the COVID-19 pandemic. This reprint highlights the issues and challenges faced by nurses practicing in hospital and community settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The manuscripts herein focus on nurses in various areas of practice, including nurse managers, highlighting the impact, experience, and reality of providing care during the crisis. Interventions and strategies to support practice environments and the mental health and wellbeing of the nursing workforce were identified. Evidence from these manuscripts shed light on how nurse leaders can provide relevant, coordinated, and consistent organizational and leadership support to better establish a safe and healthy work environment that protects and fosters the mental health and wellbeing of all nursing personnel. The pandemic exacerbated the already demanding quality of work environments for nurses, as well as their mental health and wellbeing, thereby inducing a global nursing shortage; therefore, improving these factors, which ultimately influence nurse retention, is critical. We trust that sharing the lived experiences of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic can enable us to leverage their expertise in meeting the complex care needs of patients, including COVID-19 patients, while improving the care needed by nurses in their working environments, alongside preparing for future pandemic waves.