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The study reviews the effect of the COVID-19 crisis on the satisfaction and performance of nurses during the crisis as examined in studies carried out in ten countries (Italy, Australia, Great Britain, Germany, Israel, New Zealand, Spain, Canada, Romania, and Switzerland). The purpose of the study is to identify the scope and frequency of the phenomena reported by the nursing workforce from a broad global perspective and to provide information and recommendations to improve preparation for the future. The review shows that the COVID-19 crisis has affected the mental health of the nurses (Spain, Switzerland), anxiety, depression, and burnout (Switzerland, New Zealand, Canada, Germany), deterioration of working conditions mainly due to lack of staff, high employee turnover, and the lack of personal protective equipment (UK), and symptoms of stress and fear of contracting the disease (Romania, Germany, Canada). Also, the experience of coping during the pandemic period is seen as a deep mental trauma (Italy) and is characterized by the lack of mental support for the medical staff (Israel). The phenomena reported by the nursing staff in the countries examined caused less ability to function, lack of confidence, (to plan, concentrate, and organize), and a general decrease in motivation (Australia). Post-traumatic stress disorders were reported in all the countries examined.
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Due to the recent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, rapid technological innovation and nursing practice transformation exposed a deepening divide in the knowledge and awareness of information and communication technologies (ICT) among nurses. This technological skills gap undermines the benefits of ICT to nursing practice such as increased nurse satisfaction, improved care quality, and reduced costs. Nurse leaders are positioned to promote the use of ICT among nurses but may suffer from the same knowledge deficit of ICT as their followers. Guided by Locsin's technological competencies as caring in nursing theory, Staggers and Parks' nurse-computer interaction framework, and Covell's nursing intellectual capital theory, this DNP scholarly project was conducted to determine if an educational intervention focused on ICT increases knowledge and awareness among nurse leaders in a federal clinical research hospital. Twenty-eight (N = 28) voluntary participants completed a pretest and posttest on the content of a virtual group learning session about ICT and nursing practice. Using a Wilcoxon Signed Rank test to estimate data measuring learning, an increase in knowledge of ICT (z = -4.72, p < 0.001), an increase in awareness of the benefits of ICT to nursing practice (z = -3.50, p < 0.001), and an increase in awareness of the role of nurse leaders to promote ICT (z = -3.57, p < 0.001) were indicated. This project contributes to positive social change by increasing the knowledge and awareness of ICT among nurse leaders, thereby, narrowing the technological skills gap in the nursing workforce and paving the way for increased nurse satisfaction, improved care quality, and reduced costs. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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Nurse burnout is a serious global problem that is associated with adverse job factors. In this article, research on burnout as measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory is reviewed from 2000 to 2019, specifically analyzing job factors associated with nurse burnout and comparing US with international findings. Most of the reviewed articles found a significant relationship between nurse burnout and a nurse's intention to leave their job, job stress, nurse satisfaction, and workplace violence. There were very few articles reporting on research done in the United States, whereas most of them described international research. Recommendations on how to decrease the risk of nurse burnout are summarized.