As in the whole world, the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic poses many threats to healthcare workers in our country too, which leads to anxiety in healthcare workers. This study was conducted to ...explore the anxiety levels of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study is a cross-sectional study. The population consisted of health care workers employed in hospitals in seven regions in Turkey. All volunteer healthcare workers were included in the study, and 356 healthcare workers responded to the questionnaire. The data were collected using the State Anxiety Inventory and a questionnaire created by the researchers using an online questionnaire between 10 May 2020 and 15 May 2020. In the evaluation of the data, mean, standard deviation, percentages, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and multiple regression analysis were used. 33% of healthcare workers did not have anxiety, 50% had mild, and 17% had severe anxiety. The anxiety scores of those who were nurses (
p
< 0.001), who were working in the emergency room (p < 0.001), who were involved in treatment for COVID-19 patients (
p
= 0.040), who left their homes to prevent transmission to their families and relatives during the pandemic (
p
= 0.038), and whose working hours had changed (
p
= 0.036) were found to be significantly higher. It was observed that there was a positive and significant relationship between the fear of death and disease transmission, uncertainty, loneliness, anger, and hopelessness, and anxiety levels in healthcare workers. The main factors that significantly affected the anxiety levels of healthcare workers were male gender, weekly working hours, the presence of chronic diseases, and feelings of anger and uncertainty. In conclusion, during the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers experienced some negative emotions, their anxiety levels increased, and they were psychologically affected. Planning psychosocial interventions for healthcare workers in the high-risk group will make significant contributions to the health system.
This study was carried out to determine the effect of burnout and moral sensitivity levels of surgical unit nurses on their job satisfaction.
A descriptive and correlational design study.
The ...population consisted of 268 nurses working in health institutions in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey. The data were collected online between 1 and 30 April, 2022 using a sociodemographic data form, the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale, and the Moral Sensitivity Scale. Pearson correlation analysis and logistic regression analysis were used to evaluate the data.
The nurses' moral sensitivity scale mean score was 105.2 ± 18.8, and the Minnesota job satisfaction scale mean score was 3.3 ± 0.7. The participants' mean emotional exhaustion score was 25.4 ± 7.3, the depersonalization score average was 15.7 ± 4.6, and the personal accomplishment mean score was 20.5 ± 6.7. The factors affecting the job satisfaction of nurses were found to be moral sensitivity, personal accomplishment, and satisfaction with the unit they worked.
Nurses had high levels of burnout due to emotional exhaustion, one of the subdimensions of burnout, and moderate levels of burnout due to depersonalization and personal accomplishment. The moral sensitivity and job satisfaction of nurses are moderate. As the nurses' accomplishment and ethical sensitivity levels increased and their emotional exhaustion levels decreased, their job satisfaction levels increased.
Purpose
This study was carried out to determine the burnout levels and sleep quality of nurses in the coronavirus disease‐2019 process.
Design and Methods
The population of this descriptive and ...cross‐sectional study consisted of all nurses working in hospitals in Turkey.
Findings
Nurses' mean scores were compared by gender. The emotional burnout and personal achievement scores of male nurses were higher than those of female nurses. Single nurses had significantly higher emotional exhaustion and depersonalization scores than married individuals. Nurses mostly experienced emotional exhaustion, and burnout levels increased in line with insomnia.
Implications for Nursing Practice
Nurses struggling on the frontline during the pandemic were determined to be at risk of insomnia and burnout.
The study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of workplace violence (WPV) against pediatric emergency healthcare workers and evaluate the relationship between WPV and psychological ...resilience. This study is cross-sectional and correlational. According to the results, the prevalence of WPV was 69.8%, and its distribution was as follows: verbal abuse (56.9%), bullying/mobbing (37.6%), physical abuse (12.8%), and sexual abuse (2.2%). Being single/separated/divorced/widowed (odds ratio OR: 1.85, 95% confidence interval CI: 1.03-3.30), being a physician (OR: 4.74, 95% CI: 1.73-12.96), being a staff member (OR: 2.57, 95% CI: 1.10-5.99), routine direct physical contact with patients/clients (OR: 2.77, 95% CI: 1.40-5.48), and lack of encouragement to report WPV (OR: 3.76, 95% CI: 2.01-7.01) were independent predictors of WPV (P < .05), and WPV was found to be associated with low psychological resilience. Arrangements related to violence prevention, preparation, and intervention should be made and maintained in all pediatric emergency departments.
Objective: This article aimed to investigate the needs of caregivers of patients with palliative neurological problems and contribute to the solution proposals. Material-method: Phenomenological ...research design, a qualitative research design, was used in the study. The article was conducted with 16 relatives of patients with palliative neurological problems. The interviews were conducted using face-to-face in-depth semi-structured interview form. Colaizzi’s phenomenological analysis method used for the analyse. Results: In the analysis of the data, three categories, eight main themes, and seventeen sub-themes emerged. As a result of the interviews with the participants, the category of the effect of neurological palliative disease on the quality of life of individuals was gathered under three main themes, namely mental, physical, and social effects, and in the process of coping with the disease requiring neurological palliative care, two main themes were identified as emotion-focused coping and problem-focused coping. Conclusion: It was concluded in our study that having a patient in palliative care has psychological, social, and physical effects on the relatives of the patients. The burden of caregiving mostly affects the relatives of patients negatively. Relatives of patients mostly need time for themselves, moral support, and companion support.
•Nursing students may face many challenges or threats in clinical settings.•Simulation techniques can be used to lessen teaching challenges comparable to this one.•Students that participate in ...serious game have the chance to test their knowledge, make mistakes, and try again.
This study was carried out in a randomized controlled manner to determine the effect of a serious game based web application on stoma care education for nursing students.
The learning styles and digital game motivation levels of the students in the study were determined, and aprior knowledge test was performed. While the website of the serious game-based application was open to the access of the intervention group for two weeks, no intervention was made for the control group. Second knowledge and skil lmeasurements were performed after two weeks for all students in the study, and evaluations of retention were performed four weekslater.
The analyses revealed that the second and retention stoma care and colostomy irrigation knowledge test and skill scores of the intervention group were significantly higher than those of the control group (p<0.05).
As the students' time to use the serious game increased, their knowledge tests and skill scores also increased significantly. Therefore, it was concluded that serious game technology had a positive effect on teaching nursing students the practice of stoma care.
To determine the practices and coping experiences of the relatives of patients with pressure injuries (PIs).
The authors used a qualitative, phenomenologic research design. They interviewed 20 ...relatives of patients with PIs face-to-face using an in-depth semistructured interview form. The data were analyzed using the Colaizzi phenomenologic method.
Three categories, 8 main themes, and 22 subthemes emerged from the interviews. The category of "the impact of the need for care on the lives of the patient's relatives" was analyzed according to psychological, social, and physical effects. In the category of "practices to prevent pressure injuries," two themes emerged: practices toward the patient and the environment. Relatives of individuals with PIs have psychological, physical, and social needs.
Providing care to a patient with PIs has psychological, social, and physical effects on the patient's relatives. The care burden mostly affects these caregivers negatively, and they mainly need time for themselves and moral and companion support.
Aim
This study aims to determine the effect of COVID‐19 anxiety levels of healthcare professionals on their working life quality.
Method
The sample of the descriptive, cross‐sectional and ...correlational study consisted of healthcare professionals working in two university hospitals in western Turkey between May and July 2021. We used the “Personal Information Form, Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, and Working Life Quality Scale” as data collection tools. We used numbers and percentage calculations, arithmetic mean, median (25th–75th percentile), Mann–Whitney U test, Spearmen correlation analysis and Linear Regression analysis to analyse the data.
Results
The mean score on the Quality of Life Scale of healthcare professionals was 3.74 ± 0.28, and the mean score on the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) was 9.66 ± 6.06 (min. 0; max. 20). We found a negative and weakly significant relationship between the mean score of the CAS of healthcare professionals and the mean score of the employee quality of life scale. According to the results of the multiple linear regression analysis, we found the factors significantly affecting the anxiety states of healthcare professionals related to the Coronavirus are the quality of working life, age, sex and the state of caring for a patient with COVID‐19.
Conclusion
As a conclusion of this study, it was determined that healthcare professionals experienced anxiety, and anxiety decreased as ages, working years and the number of children they have increased. In addition, it was determined that as the anxiety of healthcare professionals increased, the quality of working life decreased.
Background
Intensive care is a noisy environment for patients and one that affects pain, anxiety levels, and sleep quality.
Aims and objectives
To determine the relationship between noise levels and ...pain, anxiety, and sleep levels in patients in intensive care units.
Design
A descriptive and observational study design was used.
Methods
This study was conducted between June and December 2018 in a public hospital and included 111 patients admitted to surgical critical care for at least 24 hours. Three Benetech Gm1351 manual sound level metres were used to measure noise. A Patient Information Form, a pain Visual Analog Scale (VAS), the Spielberger State‐Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Richards Campbell Sleep Questionnaire (RCSQ) were used for data collection.
Results
The mean age of the patients was 57.29 years. The mean noise level detected in the intensive care unit was 66.52 dB (dB). Patients' mean pain VAS score was 3.79 ± 1.72, the mean State Anxiety Inventory score was 39.74 ± 2.98, and the mean total RCSQ score was 25.10 ± 13.17. Our findings show that patients in the intensive care unit are exposed to high noise levels and that, while this has no effect on pain, it significantly impacts anxiety and quality of sleep.
Conclusions
Noise levels in intensive care units significantly exceed recommended thresholds, and this adversely affects patients' anxiety levels and sleep quality. It is important for suitably restful conditions to be provided for patients, to be aware of the potential for anxiety, and for these factors to be borne in mind when planning nursing interventions.
Relevance to clinical practice
Further studies on the effects of noise levels on pain, anxiety, and sleep levels in patients admitted to intensive care units are needed.
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