Strategic Planning for a Very Different Nursing Workforce

Weston, Marla J.

doi:10.1016/j.mnl.2021.12.021

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“…Furthermore, these participants have adapted to unprecedented challenges potentially strengthening personal resilience and adapted coping styles as reported elsewhere (Drach‐Zahavy et al, 2022 ). Regardless, the COVID‐19 pandemic highlighted existing challenges within the existing nursing workforce, and although the effect will continue to be felt soon (Dow et al, 2020 ; Weston, 2022 ), the impact of the COVID pandemic on the emergent and future workforce is yet to be fully realized.…”

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The mental health impact of COVID‐19 on pre‐registration nursing students in Australia: Findings from a national cross‐sectional study

Usher

Jackson

Massey

et al. 2022

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aim The study aimed to measure and describe the mental health impact of COVID‐19 on Australian pre‐registration nursing students. Background The COVID ‐19 pandemic has had a swift and significant impact on nursing students across the globe. The pandemic was the catalyst for the closure of schools and universities across many countries. This necessary measure caused additional stressors for many students, including nursing students, leading to uncertainty and anxiety. There is limited evidence available to identify the mental health impact of COVID‐19 on Australian pre‐registration nursing students currently. Design A cross‐sectional study was conducted across 12 Australian universities. Methods Using an anonymous, online survey students provided demographic data and self‐reported their stress, anxiety, resilience, coping strategies, mental health and exposure to COVID‐19. Students' stress, anxiety, resilience, coping strategies and mental health were assessed using the Impact of Event Scale‐Revised, the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, the Brief Resilience Scale, the Brief Cope and the DASS‐21. Descriptive and regression analyses were conducted to investigate whether stress, anxiety, resilience and coping strategies explained variance in mental health impact. Ethical Approval was obtained from the University of New England Human Research Ethics Committee (No: HE20‐188). All participating universities obtained reciprocal approval. Results Of the 516 students who completed the survey over half ( n = 300, 58.1%) reported mental health concerns and most students ( n = 469, 90.9%) reported being impacted by COVID‐19. Close to half of students ( n = 255, 49.4%) reported signs of post‐traumatic stress disorder. Mental health impact was influenced by students' year level and history of mental health issues, where a history of mental health and a higher year level were both associated with greater mental health impacts. Students experienced considerable disruption to their learning due to COVID‐19 restrictions which exacerbated students' distress and anxiety. Students coped with COVID‐19 through focusing on their problems and using strategies to regulate their emotions and adapt to stressors. Conclusion The COVID‐19 pandemic has considerably impacted pre‐registration nursing students' mental health. Strategies to support nursing students manage their mental health are vital to assist them through the ongoing pandemic and safeguard the recruitment and retention of the future nursing workforce. Impact statement This study adds an Australian understanding to the international evidence that indicates student nurses experienced a range of negative psychosocial outcomes during COVID‐19. In this study, we found that students with a pre‐existing menta...

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The mental health impact of COVID‐19 on pre‐registration nursing students in Australia: Findings from a national cross‐sectional study

Usher

Jackson

Massey

et al. 2022

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…The long-term, complex composite of market, technological, and societal influences has eroded the ability to respond to cyclical changes in the need for nurses 18. Pervasive societal disrespect, workplace discrimination and racism, disregard for the human needs of nurses, inappropriate utilization of nursing knowledge, a focus on fiscal management rather than quality work environments, and attractive alternatives to hospital nursing are primary contributors to the current acute care nursing workforce deficiencies 12,19–26.…”

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Nursing the Future

Duchscher

Corneau

2023

Nursing Administration Quarterly

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The transition from student to practitioner for newly graduated nurses is impacted by their physical, social, professional, and practice environments. COVID-19, global insecurity, institutional restructuring, and "acute on chronic" staffing shortages have increased the immediate burden experienced by emerging nurses. As detailed through the historical development of Duchscher's Stages of Transition Theory and Transition Shock Model, theorization of the transition process offers graduates, their educators, and workplace managers key areas of support opportunities for these new practitioners. In part 1 of a 2-part article series, this article explores how novel new graduate supports have been developed and delivered in partnership with nonprofit groups, government bodies, and employers across much of Canada. For nurse stakeholders, theorists, and beyond, support for the transition period of new nurses remains anecdotally, evidentially, and fiscally advisable, with an increasing urgency due to rising human capital pressures.

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“…NMs are the culture creators of clinical areas, occupying a linchpin role that highly influences the success or failure of the nation's nursing workforce and healthcare organizations nationwide 1,5,6. Current conditions in healthcare organizations, particularly nursing staff shortages and increased nursing staff turnover, further highlight the importance of competent, healthy, and effective NMs.…”

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“…Unfortunate is the steady loss of leadership and clinical expertise as experienced nurse leaders retire only to be replaced by those far less seasoned in either realm 2,3. In addition, newly graduated nurses are entering into the exceedingly complex practice environment of today far less prepared for practice realities and challenges than novice nurses of previous cohorts 5…”

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“…[1][2][3][4] Training tailored to the needs of clinical nurses new to nursing management is imperative as few other roles in healthcare have similar farreaching and significant effects on patient care. [1][2][3][4][5][6] In the literature, NMs are recognized as vitally important for organizational A lack of organizational support for those transitioning into NM roles is characterized by the absence or deficiency of onboarding structure, formal orientation, and/or organized training along with insufficient or nonexistent NM coaching and mentoring. 1,2,8,10 Complicating the NM transition is the selection of NM candidates from a relatively small applicant pool of skilled clinical nurses and the far greater priority assigned to operational needs over those of nurses and their professional development by organizational executives.…”

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