Collegian : Journal of the Royal College of Nursing, Australia

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the implementation of social distancing measures, travel restrictions, and infection control measures that introduced a myriad of disruptions in the conduct of clinical research worldwide. As a result, many aspects of clinical research were variably impacted. AIM: To explore the impact of the first 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical research across accredited nursing, pharmacy, and medicine program providers in Australian and New Zealand universities...

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic is a global health crisis that affected nurses' professional values and competence. AIM: Our study examined the relationship between nurses' professional values and competence in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: This study used a descriptive cross-sectional design with 748 nurses from Saudi Arabia. Two self-report instruments were used to collect data. Structural equation modelling was conducted to analyse the data...

BACKGROUND: Prone positioning (PP) is a well-known respiratory support approach. Limited data are available for the use of PP in non-intubated patients with COVID-19. AIM: This study aims to investigate the effect of PP on the clinical outcomes of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. METHODS: In This clinical trial, the participants in the PP group (n=41) were asked to lie comfortably in a prone position for 90 minutes. In the supine position (SP) group (n=41), the participants were asked to lie comfortably in a supine position for 90 minutes...

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Background: : Nursing shortages are a persistent and concerning problem for the nursing workforce worldwide. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought additional stressors and workloads and has worsened nursing shortages. Aim: : To investigate interrelationships among emotional intelligence, job performance, and turnover intentions of nurses during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and explore the mediating effect of job performance between emotional intelligence and turnover intentions...

Background: : Although rural nurses' roles are indispensable for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) management, increased roles, workload, burnout, and reduced job satisfaction can hinder their work, potentially affecting nurses' disaster nursing competencies. Aim: : The aim of the study was to identify the predictors of rural nurses' disaster nursing competencies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: : Nurses from rural community hospitals in South Korea (N=204) were surveyed during June-July 2021...

Background: Working as a front-line worker during a pandemic is a unique situation that requires a supportive work environment. An informed understanding of nurses and midwives' workplace experiences during a pandemic, such as COVID-19, may enable better preparation and targeted support for future pandemics at an individual, organisational and policy level. Aim: The aim of this study was to explore nurses and midwives' workplace experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic response. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey consisting of open-ended questions was conducted with a convenience sample of nurses and midwives ( n  = 1003) working in New South Wales Health hospital settings, in Australia...

Background: Although the emotional and psychological impact of nurses' work had been identified before the COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic aggravated risk indicators for their mental health. Aim: The objective of this study was to analyse the levels of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress and burnout of nurses in the Balearic Islands (Spain) during the pandemic to identify possible sociodemographic and related occupational factors. Design: A cross-sectional study of 892 nurses was conducted during four weeks from February to March 2021...

Background: Since the outbreak of COVID-19 worldwide, frontline nurses have faced tremendous stress. Younger nurses in their early-to-mid careers can be more exposed to burnout and work stress, and perceived organisational support can influence the quality of nursing care for vulnerable patients. Aim: To identify the impact of younger nurses' work stress and perceived organisational support on their willingness to care for COVID-19 patients. Methods: The cross-sectional secondary data analysis included 211 hospital nurses (<35 years) in South Korea with a mean age of 24...

Background: : The COVID-19 pandemic both exposed and increased weaknesses in the healthcare system, so that novice nurses have become a more vulnerable group during this context. Aim: : This study sought to illuminate experience of novice nurses in providing care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: : It consists of a qualitative study conducted with data collected by means of semi-structured interviews, audio recorded, transcribed, anonymised, and analysed in the light of the phenomenological hermeneutic approach...

Background: Coronaphobia is an excessive fear of becoming infected by the COVID-19 virus. Situations of coronaphobia against health professionals have been identified. Therefore, there is a need to develop studies to understand family impact and experience of Covid-19 pandemic and coronaphobia. Aim : To describe the coronaphobia experience of health professionals and of one of their family members during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Exploratory qualitative study using narrative inquiry was used...

Background: : Because nursing students are important human resources for future public health, their participatory behaviors related to preventive health during a pandemic were explored. Aim: : This study examines the impact of nursing students' risk communication, anxiety, and their perception of risk on their participatory behavior during COVID-19. Methods: : Data were collected from 180 South Korean nursing students in six provinces via an online survey and were analyzed using independent t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and multiple regression...

Background: During the early phase of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic, health care workers had elevated levels of psychological distress. Historical exposure to disease outbreak may shape different pandemic responses among experienced health care workers. Aim: Considering the unique experience of the 2003 SARS outbreak in Hong Kong, this study examined the association between prior epidemic work experience and anxiety levels, and the mediating role of perceived severity of COVID-19 and SARS in nurses...

Background: Given the duration and intensity of the COVID-19 pandemic, with strict emphasis on social distancing, many individuals and families are experiencing social isolation. The need to explore effective strategies for health promotion and wellness is clear. Aim: The purpose of this report is to highlight evidence supporting the health benefits of nature-based therapeutics and to describe the exploratory and translational research agenda for a nurse-led program entitled RxPLORETM : Prescribing Life Outdoors and Real Exploration...

Background: The global COVID-19 pandemic has escalated the prevalence of mental illness in the community. While specialist mental health nurses have advanced training and skills in mental health care, supporting mental health is a key role for all nurses. As front-line health care professionals, primary health care (PHC) nurses need to be prepared and confident in managing mental health issues. Aim: To critically analyse and synthesise international literature about the knowledge gaps and learning needs of PHC nurses in providing mental health care...

BACKGROUND: Over the last number of years, the healthcare system has become more complex in managing increasing costs and outcomes within a defined budget. To be effective through reform, especially moving forward from the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare leaders, specifically in nursing, have an increased need for business acumen beyond traditional leadership and management principles. AIM: This paper examines the concept of business acumen in the profession of nursing, specifically for managers and higher nurse leaders, establishing whether these skills are optional or essential...

Background: The wellbeing of individuals influences organisational outcomes. Insight into nurses' wellbeing is crucial to a sustaining a high-quality workforce. Aim: To describe nurses' perceptions and experiences of wellbeing, work wellbeing, and mental health. Method: Using a qualitative descriptive design, semi-structured interviews were conducted, transcribed verbatim, analysed inductively and thematically, and reported per consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research...

Background: Rapidly implementing telehealth-facilitated healthcare services in a COVID-19 environment generates relational challenges for people with intellectual disability. Disability Nurse Navigators assume a critical intermediary role between the healthcare system and this population. Aim: To discuss the impact that rapid service change, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, can have on people with disability and the work of Disability Nurse Navigators who support them...

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Background: Technology can support transformational outcomes of high quality and evidenced-based care and education. Embedding nursing informatics into the undergraduate nursing curriculum enhances nursing students' digital health literacy, whilst preparing them to use health information systems and technological innovations to support their learning both at university and in the clinical environment. Aim: This scoping review aimed to provide an overview of the published literature on how nursing informatics was embedded and integrated into the undergraduate nursing curriculum in Australia prior to COVID-19...