The importance of the profession of nursing in health care: Current and future issues

Gatchel, Robert J.

doi:10.1111/jabr.12127

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“…Nursing is an important role in our health care system, and patient care is heavily reliant upon their ability to work optimally and deliver the best care possible [54]. It is becoming increasingly recognised that nurses are affected by symptoms of stress, depression, and anxiety [9].…”

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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in a Cohort of Australian Nurses

Maharaj

Lees

Lal

2018

IJERPH

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Nurses remain at the forefront of patient care. However, their heavy workload as a career can leave them overworked and stressed. The demanding nature of the occupation exposes nurses to a higher risk of developing negative mental states such as depression, anxiety, and stress. Hence, the current study aimed to assess the prevalence and risk factors of these mental states in a representative sample of Australian nurses. The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale was administered to 102 nurses. Information about demographic and work characteristics were obtained using lifestyle and in-house designed questionnaires. Prevalence rates of depression, anxiety, and stress were found to be 32.4%, 41.2%, and 41.2% respectively. Binominal logistic regressions for depression and stress were significant (p = 0.007, p = 0.009). Job dissatisfaction significantly predicted a higher risk of nurses developing symptoms of depression and stress respectively (p = 0.009, p = 0.011). Poor mental health among nurses may not only be detrimental to the individual but may also hinder professional performance and in turn, the quality of patient care provided. Further research in the area is required to identify support strategies and interventions that may improve the health and wellbeing of nursing professionals and hence the quality of care delivered.

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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in a Cohort of Australian Nurses

Maharaj

Lees

Lal

2018

IJERPH

294

231

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“…From an ACT perspective, treatment is designed to promote acceptance of one’s private experiences and participation in activities to accomplish one’s value-based goals (Lee et al, 2017), which is the conceptual framework based on the model of cognitive flexibility that has guided this study. In this line, recent studies focused on interdisciplinary interventions under the framework of The Psychological Flexibility Model and ACT have empathized the importance of the role of nurses in regard to care recommendations in the treatment of chronic pain (Gatchel, 2018; Vilardaga et al, 2020). Incorporating an understanding of activity patterns into nursing practice can help nurses encourage regular physical activity in patients who are living in a long-term care setting (Ingrid & Marsella, 2008), in turn will help the patients maintain their ability to carry out activities of daily living.…”

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Is Perfectionism Always Dysfunctional? Looking into Its Interaction with Activity Patterns in Women with Fibromyalgia

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The intrinsically adaptive or maladaptive nature of certain activity patterns in fibromyalgia (FM) has been put into question. The role of contextual factors related to their influence on functional limitation is required. Perfectionism complicates the ability to cope of these patients. The aim of the study has been to analyze the moderating role of perfectionism between activity patterns and functional limitation. The sample were 228 women with FM. Moderation analyses were conducted with the PROCESS Macro. Activity avoidance and excessive persistence were associated with poorer functionality, regardless of perfectionism. Pain avoidance and task persistence were more strongly associated with FM impact in women with high or moderate levels of perfectionism. In a clinical setting adapting the recommendations given to patients according to their level of perfectionism would be justified. Pain avoidance might be inadvisable at high levels of perfectionism, and task persistence is recommendable especially when perfectionism is high.

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“…Nurses are the most trusted professionals and one of the biggest segments of the workforce in healthcare [30]. They play a vital role in the delivery of healthcare services and the administration of treatment protocols that is imperative for essential patient care [31]. In today's COVID-19 crisis, it is important to know about the emergency awareness, preparedness and, barriers faced by frontline nurses so that optimal measures and steps can be taken before a mass disaster.…”

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Response to and perception of nurses during the COVID-19: a qualitative assessment

Hashmi¹,

Iqbal²,

Haider³

et al. 2020

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BackgroundThe COVID-19 outbreak was declared pandemic by the WHO on 11 March 2020. For that reason, we gathered insight from frontline healthcare professionals (nurses) regarding their perceptions, awareness, and familiarity of COVID-19. MethodsBeing a novel outbreak, we opted for a qualitative research design. With the help of a self-constructed and validated interview guide, face-to-face interviews were conducted with nurses to gain an in-depth knowledge. All interviews were audio-taped, transcribed verbatim, and were then analyzed for thematic contents by the standard content analysis framework. ResultsThe saturation was reached at the 12th interview. Two more interviews were carried out to ensure the saturation achieved at the 12th interview. Thematic content analysis yielded four major themes. (1) Perceived knowledge, awareness, and severity of COVID-19, (2) perceived personal capability of handling and managing the COVID-19, (3) perceived organizational capability of handling and managing the COVID-19, and (4) barriers in handling and managing the COVID-19. ConclusionFindings of our study and reservations of our nurses’ highlight areas of concern and scheme of improvement in the effective management of the COVID-19. The respondents are faced with substantial difficulties and barriers in providing healthcare services to patients. We believe that the current study can help in planning policies and generating guidelines that can meet the healthcare needs of the society while managing the COVID-19 as well as for future pandemic outbreaks of the same nature.

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The importance of the profession of nursing in health care: Current and future issues

Cited by 11 publications

References 10 publications

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in a Cohort of Australian Nurses

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in a Cohort of Australian Nurses

Is Perfectionism Always Dysfunctional? Looking into Its Interaction with Activity Patterns in Women with Fibromyalgia

Response to and perception of nurses during the COVID-19: a qualitative assessment

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