Tagged With "healthcare professionals"

By Amine Souadka, Hajar Essangri, Amine Benkabbou, et al., EClinical Medicine, May 17, 2020 During the COVID-19 outbreak, healthcare professionals are exposed to a high-risk of infection and mental health problems, but also fear of contagion and spreading the virus to their families. In fact, considering them as individuals implies looking beyond their function as frontline responders and taking into account their societal role as parents, spouses and offspring. While work-family balance is...

By Keisha Jefferies, May 11, 2020, The Conversation. During the coronavirus pandemic, nurses are among the nation’s front-line workers. Over the years and to this day, the contributions of Black nurses are hard-fought, unrecognized and under-appreciated. Nurses are essential in care delivery, policy directives and in shaping the health-care system. The year 2020 is the year of the nurse and midwife . Yet, Canada’s history of racism and segregation has contributed to residual anti-Black...

By Ana Veciana-Suarez, April 28, 2020, Miami Herald. Each has a compelling story about what inspired them to become a nurse. Now each of them has a gripping worry about contracting COVID-19. As these frontline healthcare workers mark another Nurses Week in May, it’s never been more stressful to help sick people get healthy — yet that hasn’t stopped nurses from going to work. “Typically,” says Barbara Bruce, a 42-year RN veteran who works for Memorial Healthcare System in Broward, “you don’t...

By Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc 1 , JAMA. Published June 30, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.12532 E choes of “medicine as the noble profession” continue to resonate, now 35 years since my legendary Chair of Medicine imbued me with this guiding ethos. Nobility in medicine is not obsolete; the selflessness, courage, self-sacrifice, and altruism on gallant display in the response to COVID-19 reassures that at its core, this ethic of egalitarian service remains intact and deeply established in the DNA...

Author links open overlay panelBYBJustin F Justin Fontenot MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Patrick McMurray BSN, RN Available online 15 August 2020 Abstract Nursing education is the foundation from which all nursing practice, theory, and science cultivate the professional practice of nurses working across the entire healthcare spectrum. Diversity in the nursing workforce originates in schools of nursing (SON). Selective-admission practices fluctuate across SONs. SONs, to limit bias, often de-identify an...

By Kay Miller Temple, November 10, 2020, Rural Monitor. Rural nursing researcher, instructor, and National Rural Health Association award recipient Jennifer Kowalkowski said the public perception of the nursing profession is important for even student nurses to understand. Reviewing the last Gallup News Service’s poll released in January 2020, Kowalkowski pointed out that for the eighteenth consecutive year, the 1,000 survey respondents rated the nursing profession as “high” and “very high”...

Visit www.starlings.ca to register or register directly here: https://starlingscommunity.web...nars/739363/register Today, we know that approximately: 1/10 individuals will be challenged by their substance use 4 people will be directly impacted by an individuals substance use 1/6 children are challenged by a parent's active addiction. As health professionals and first responders, we are ideally positioned to provide the compassionate and trauma-informed care needed to dismantle the stigma...

By Kelly Ilic, Oregon Center for Nursing, April 21, 2021 As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its second year, its impact on healthcare workers continues. A new research brief from the Oregon Center for Nursing (OCN) summarizes recent findings regarding the pandemic’s impact on the stress levels and emotional health of registered nurses and other healthcare workers. “The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Oregon’s registered nurses cannot be taken lightly,” said Executive Director Jana Bitton,...

We invite you to participate in the Mindfulness for Healthcare Summit , May 20-23, 2021 hosted online by our partner Mindful Communications and featuring Mindful Self-Compassion co-founder Kristin Neff along with 45 other experts in the mindfulness, compassion, and healthcare fields. This free virtual event will explore how mindfulness and compassion tools and practices support high-quality patient care and the well-being of healthcare workers , with a particular focus on promoting more just...

New research supported in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) shows that throughout the entirety of 2021, the total supply of RNs decreased by more than 100,000 in one year—a far greater drop than ever observed over the past four decades. Numerous studies conducted throughout the pandemic have revealed frighteningly high burnout rates among nurses. In a May American Journal of Nursing editorial , two nurses argue that it’s time to stop assessing the prevalence of nurse burnout...

Did I ever tell you that I LOVE snail mail, especially handwritten notes sent through the mail? The other day I sorted through the mail and found three cards! One was from Mom's Demand Action thanking me for speaking at a recent rally. One was from Jeanne Kiefner, a school nursing treasure who will be our forever "Head Nurse," thanking me for spending time together during our recent NASN conference. The third card, pictured above, was from Christa Varga, a school nurse who is one of the most...

Image: Mila Brokloff, 2, has a tracheotomy – a surgical opening in the throat to help her breath. She needs around-the-clock care. Photo courtesy of Analicia Brokloff. To read more of Claudia Boyd-Barrett's article, please click here. Finding nurses to care for medically fragile children at home has historically been difficult . But since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the problem has worsened dramatically, according to parents of children with disabilities and home health agencies. The...