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Edwin HS, Trinkoff AM, Mills ME, Zhu S. Psychological distress symptoms in nurses and their intention to leave: A cross-sectional secondary data analysis. J Adv Nurs 2024. [PMID: 39031572 DOI: 10.1111/jan.16290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2024] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 07/22/2024]
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AIM This study aimed to examine the psychological symptoms of distress among nurses in relation to their intention to leave. DESIGN This study was a secondary data analysis of a cross-sectional survey collected between November 2020 and March 2021. METHODS Chi-square was used to examine the associations between the demographic characteristics and intention to leave and psychological distress symptoms-feeling depressed, anxious and worried. Multiple linear regression analyses were performed to examine if work settings, position (staff, charge, administrators, educators/researchers and advanced practice registered nurses) and years of experience were associated with psychological distress and intention to leave. A mediation analysis examined if psychological distress mediated the relationship between years of experience and intention to leave. RESULTS Overall, psychological distress was significantly positively associated with intention to leave and negatively associated with years of experience. Nurses with less than 2 years of experience had increased psychological distress, while nurses with >25 years of experience had decreased psychological distress. Both groups of nurses had increased intention to leave compared to those with 16-25 years of experience. Psychological distress partially mediated intention to leave in nurses with less than 2 years of experience and more so among nurses with >25 years of experience. CONCLUSIONS This study suggests that nurses encounter psychological distress symptoms, such as feeling anxious, depressed and worried, that contribute to an increased intention to leave. Among the workplace locations, nurses practicing in nursing homes had the highest intention to leave. IMPACT The study emphasizes that organizations need to focus on mitigating distress across all levels of nurses to promote retention efforts and intention to stay. REPORTING METHOD The authors adhered to the STROBE guidelines. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION No patient contribution. Completion of the survey in the original study (NWWS) implied consent from the participating nurses.
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- University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Zhu J, Xie X, Pu L, Zou L, Yuan S, Wei L, Zhang F. Relationships between professional identity, motivation, and innovative ability among nursing intern students: A cross-sectional study. Heliyon 2024; 10:e28515. [PMID: 38596131 PMCID: PMC11002581 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024] Open
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Objective To explore the relationships among motivation, professional identity, and innovative ability of nursing intern students. Background Professional identity and innovative ability are important for nursing students' core competitiveness and care quality. During the internship, nursing students integrate theoretical knowledge and practice, and have a rapid growth. Motivation is positively associated with professional identity and innovative ability. However, there are limited studies examining the professional identity, motivation, and innovative ability of nursing intern students. Design A descriptive cross-sectional online study. Methods Students in the nursing schools in southwest and central of China were included in this study and conducted from June to July 2022. A total of 474 nursing intern students were recruited from 16 nursing schools. Research data were collected with "Participants' Demographics Form", "the Professional Identity Questionnaire for Nursing Students", "the Revised Life Goals Questionnaire", and "the Revised Multidimensional Innovative Questionnaire". Independent-sample t-tests, one-way analysis of variance, correlation coefficients, and structural equation modeling were used in data analysis. This study adhered to the STROBE guidelines. Results A significantly positive correlation was determined among the professional identity (67.55 ± 8.42), motivation (53.38 ± 5.54), and innovative ability (47.99 ± 5.46) of nursing students (r > 0.4, P < 0.001). Motivation had a mediating effect on professional identity and innovative ability (P = 0.003), accounting for 10.9% (0.075/0.689) of the total effect. Conclusions There was a positive correlation among professional identity, motivation, and innovative ability. Developing motivation and professional identity can enhance nursing intern students' ability to innovate.
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- Jiayi Zhu
- West China School of Nursing/Nursing Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province/West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- West China School of Nursing/Nursing Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province/West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Department Internal Medicine, Section Nursing Science, 3015GD, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, 4111, Australia
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, 4111, Australia
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- Academic Affairs Department, West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- West China School of Nursing/Nursing Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province/West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- West China School of Nursing/Nursing Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province/West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- West China School of Nursing/Nursing Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province/West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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Ryan C, Walker F, Dean S, Ahchay D, Bingon B, Cho J, Doherty K, Gaut-Tye C, Stagg M. Insights from the pandemic: an autoethnography of nursing clinical placement teams. Contemp Nurse 2024; 60:21-32. [PMID: 38241179 DOI: 10.1080/10376178.2024.2304232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/07/2024] [Indexed: 01/21/2024]
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BACKGROUND Designated placement staff, including academics, professional clinical support teams and stakeholder clinical teams, are responsible for organising students' clinical placements. Disciplines have reported sustained innovations in the way placement staff work following the pandemic. There are few published reports from nursing placement staff. Aim: Understand how challenges during the pandemic, may have led to disrupting the status quo for nursing placement staff. DESIGN Nine academic, professional and industry nursing placement staff reflected on their daily work practices and team culture post the pandemic disruptions. The reflections were analysed using a descriptive thematic approach. RESULTS Staff described "a double-edged sword" balancing fatigue from the dynamic situation increasing their workloads with wanting to seize opportunities to challenge the status quo. Three themes were identified. CONCLUSION Clinical placement staff shared reflections are useful for identifying workplace initiatives that may enhance nursing and other disciplinary placement staff team culture and ways of working.
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- Colleen Ryan
- School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Sciences, CQUniversity, 160 Ann St, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
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- Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University, Gold Coast Campus, Southern Cross Drive, Bilinga, QLD 4225, Australia
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- Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Prince Charles Hospital, Nursing Education and Workforce, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
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- Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University, Lismore, Gold Coast, Coffs Harbour, Australia
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- Nursing, Midwifery, and Social Sciences, Educational Quality and Integrity Directorate, CQUniversity Australia, Building 18, Bruce Hwy, North Rockhampton, QLD 4701, Australia
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- Nursing, Midwifery, and Social Sciences, Educational Quality and Integrity Directorate, CQUniversity Australia, Building 18, Bruce Hwy, North Rockhampton, QLD 4701, Australia
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- Nursing, Midwifery, and Social Sciences, Educational Quality and Integrity Directorate, CQUniversity Australia, Building 18, Bruce Hwy, North Rockhampton, QLD 4701, Australia
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- Nursing, Midwifery, and Social Sciences, Educational Quality and Integrity Directorate, CQUniversity Australia, Building 18, Bruce Hwy, North Rockhampton, QLD 4701, Australia
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Lee N, Kim HR. Nursing Students' Perceptions of Factors Influencing Nursing Intentions toward COVID-19 Patients. Healthcare (Basel) 2024; 12:285. [PMID: 38338170 PMCID: PMC10855262 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare12030285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Revised: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 01/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a pandemic to which nursing students are particularly susceptible. This study aims to comprehensively examine nursing students' knowledge, attitudes, risk perceptions, preventive behaviors related to COVID-19, and nursing intentions toward patients with the virus. A questionnaire was administered to 149 nursing students from two universities. Data on the respondents' general characteristics, knowledge levels, attitudes, perceived risk, preventive behaviors toward COVID-19, and nursing intentions toward COVID-19 patients were collected. The collected data were statistically analyzed using SPSS software (version 26.0). This involved descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression analyses. The analyses of the factors affecting nursing students' nursing intentions for COVID-19 patients showed that the most predictive factor was perceived risk (β = -0.38, p < 0.001), followed by attitudes (β = 0.29, p < 0.001) and preventive behaviors (β = 0.17, p = 0.017), which explained 26% of the variance in nursing intentions. Lowering the perceived risk of infectious diseases and cultivating positive attitudes and preventive behaviors can increase nursing students' intentions toward COVID-19 patients. Finally, infection management education programs and research on interventions for nursing students are necessary to enhance the quality of nursing care provided to patients with novel infectious diseases.
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- Nari Lee
- Chosun University Hospital, Gwangju 61453, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju 61452, Republic of Korea
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Ferri P, Stifani S, Morotti E, Alberti S, Vannini V, Di Lorenzo R, Rovesti S, Palese A. Nursing students' evaluation of clinical learning environment and supervision models before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparative study. ACTA BIO-MEDICA : ATENEI PARMENSIS 2023; 94:e2023256. [PMID: 38054684 PMCID: PMC10734234 DOI: 10.23750/abm.v94i6.14750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM The COVID-19 pandemic has required a rapid reorganization of clinical training and supervision models for nursing education. The aim of this study was to compare students' levels of perception of the quality of the Clinical Learning Environment (CLE) using two different clinical supervision models. METHODS A comparative design was implemented. A convenience sample of second and third-year undergraduate nursing students (n=127) in clinical training in the 2018/2019 Academic Year (AY) received the usual nursing staff supervision model, while during the COVID-19 pandemic in the following year, they (n=69) received an individualized supervision model. Data were collected using three instruments: the Clinical Learning Environmental Quality Evaluation Index (CLEQI); the Clinical Learning Environment, Supervision and Nurse Teacher Scale (CLES+T); and a socio-demographic tool. RESULTS The mean total scores of both scales had increased in the second survey (CLEQI: M=57.88±11.8 vs. M=60.88±9.3, p=0.035; CLES+T: M=148.4±23.3 vs. M=154.5±21.9, p=0.037). The nursing students reported high levels of CLE quality with both supervision models, even though the individualized supervision model was rated significantly higher by the students than the staff supervision model. CONCLUSIONS Students supported by a personal supervisor during clinical training had a more positive experience and rated the quality of the tutorial strategies, learning opportunities, safety and nursing care, leadership style of the ward manager and overall CLE more highly.
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- a:1:{s:5:"en_US";s:38:"University of Modena and Reggio Emilia";}.
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Robledo-Martín J, Acea-López L, Pérez-Urdiales I, Alcolea-Cosín MT, Bellon F, Oter-Quintana C, Blanco-Blanco J, Pastor-Bravo MDM, Rubinat-Arnaldo E, Briones-Vozmediano E. From students to nurses under pressure: Nursing students' entry into employment during the first COVID-19 wave. J Clin Nurs 2023; 32:7209-7226. [PMID: 37335081 DOI: 10.1111/jocn.16800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Revised: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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AIMS AND OBJECTIVE To describe the experiences of nursing students and their mental health as they entered employment during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (May-June 2020). BACKGROUND As other healthcare professionals, nursing students who worked during the first COVID-19 wave suffered from dysfunctional mental health symptoms. DESIGN Sequential, mixed-method, multicentre study. METHODS The study population comprised 92 students in the third and fourth year of the Nursing degree at three Spanish universities, who entered employment during the pandemic. Data were collected between May and June 2020. In the quantitative phase, data were collected using an online questionnaire containing both validated anxiety and stress scales. In the qualitative phase, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 participants. A descriptive analysis of the quantitative data and a reflexive thematic analysis of the qualitative data were carried out, and analyses were combined. COREQ checklist was used for reporting. RESULTS The combined quantitative and qualitative results were organised into five thematic areas: (1) Interruption of clinical placements, (2) Entering employment on a healthcare assistant contract, (3) Preventing contagion, (4) Adapting to the situation and managing emotions, and (5) Lessons learned. CONCLUSION The students had a positive overall experience of entering employment, as they were able to develop their nursing skills. However, they had an emotional impact in form of stress caused by excessive responsibility, academic uncertainty, lack of personal protective equipment and training in its use, and the possibility of spreading disease to their family members. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE In the current context, changes must be made in study programmes to instruct nursing students to be able to cope with extreme clinical situations, such as pandemics. The programmes should include a more extensive coverage of epidemics and pandemics and management of emotional aspects such as resilience.
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- Juana Robledo-Martín
- Department of Nursing, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Gregorio Marañón Health Research Institute (IiSGM), Madrid, Spain
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit, Clinical Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Nursing I, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Member of the Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, Member of the Health Care Research Group (GRECS) and Society, Health, Education and Culture Research Group (GESEC), Lleida, Spain
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- Department of Nursing, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Nursing and Health Care Research Group, Puerta de Hierro-Segovia de Arana Research Institute (IDIPHISA), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, Member of the Health Care Research Group (GRECS) and Society, Health, Education and Culture Research Group (GESEC), Lleida, Spain
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- Department of Nursing, University of Murcia, Member of ENFERAVANZA Research Group, IMIB-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, Member of the Health Care Research Group (GRECS) and Society, Health, Education and Culture Research Group (GESEC), Lleida, Spain
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- Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, Member of the Health Care Research Group (GRECS) and Society, Health, Education and Culture Research Group (GESEC), Lleida, Spain
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