Journal of nursing management
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To assess the nurses' perceptions of spiritual climate of their hospital and to examine how it influences their professional quality of life (ProQoL). ⋯ This research provides direction for hospital policymakers and nurse leaders on the areas that could be improved to ensure excellent ProQoL among nurses. Making sure that the nurses' unique spirituality is encouraged, respected and accepted in clinical areas could contribute to improving compassion satisfaction and decreasing compassion fatigue among nurses.
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To investigate the prevalence of insomnia among front-line nurses fighting against COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, and analyse its influencing factors. ⋯ An in-depth understanding of the influencing factors of insomnia among front-line nurses can help nurse managers develop solutions to improve front-line nurses' sleep quality, which will enhance the physical and mental conditions of nurses and promote the quality of care.
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Health care professionals, particularly nurses, are considered a vulnerable group to experience acute stress disorder (ASD) and subsequent psychological distress amid COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to establish the prevalence of acute stress disorder and predictors of psychological distress among Jordanian nurses. ⋯ Nursing leaders and managers are in the forefront of responding to the unique needs of their workforces during the COVID-19 crisis. They need to implement stress-reduction strategies for nurses through providing consecutive rest days, rotating allocations of complex patients, arranging support services and being accessible to staff. They also need to ensure nurses' personal safety through securing and providing personal safety measures and undertake briefings to ensure their staff's physical and mental well-being, as well as providing referrals to appropriate psychological services.
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To investigate patient safety culture and its relationship with obstacles to adverse event reporting in Chinese nursing homes. ⋯ A barrier-free adverse event reporting system should be built to reduce reporting obstacles and create a non-punitive patient safety culture in nursing homes.
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To identify Australian primary health care nurses' immediate support needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. ⋯ Responding to the needs of primary health care nurses has the potential to facilitate their role in providing community-based health care. This knowledge can guide the provision of support for primary health care nurses during the current pandemic, as well as informing planning for future health crises across the health service.