Tag: Nursing
Safety Climate Perceptions Linked to Health Provider Stress
Nurses have poorest safety perceptions, lowest job satisfaction, and highest reported stress
PPE Supplies Sent by FEMA to Nursing Homes Often Defective
Homes receiving items such as gowns that have no holes for hands and paper-thin surgical masks
Risk Factors for Suicide ID’d in Health Care Professionals
Asian or Pacific Islander ancestry, job problems, legal problems, physical health problems increase risk
VA May Not Have Enough PPE for Second COVID-19 Wave
Currently, the VA has about a 30-day supply of masks, gowns, and other protective gear
Nurse Understaffing May Up Risk for Multiple Organ Failure in ICU Patients
Nursing workload was significantly higher in patients with multiple organ failure, nonsurvivors
Italian Health Care Workers’ Mental Health Suffering During COVID-19
Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, and insomnia all common
Primary Care Providers Report More Workplace Burnout, Anxiety
Providers who experience higher levels of anxiety, withdrawal more likely to report burnout
CMS: Use ‘Extreme Caution’ in Reopening Nursing Homes
There have been more than 33,000 deaths due to coronavirus outbreaks in U.S. nursing homes
Mental Health Symptoms Up for Medics Dealing With COVID-19
Mean Symptom Checklist-90 score significantly higher for medical personnel responding to COVID-19
Sickness Presenteeism Common With Influenza-Like Illness
Most health care workers, non-HCWs continue to work when sick with ILI; more HCWs work with fever
