98%
921
2 minutes
20
Physicians and other clinicians continue to wrestle with how to provide safe, high-quality, compassionate care despite ever-changing and potentially dangerous work conditions in the setting of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The risk for contracting COVID-19, the challenges of caring for medically complex patients, and a polarized political environment compound workplace hazards and stress. The authors urge employers and organized medicine to take tangible steps to preserve the clinical workforce.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
---|---|
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8500335 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.7326/M21-3381 | DOI Listing |
Psychol Health
September 2025
Institute of Applied Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
Objective: There is a lack of research on how illness representations as represented in the Common Sense Self-Regulation Model (CS-SRM) emerge and develop. We aimed to describe the evolution of COVID-19 illness representations over time, and to explore associations with sociodemographic characteristics and protective behaviours.
Methods And Measures: This study (June 2020 release from lockdown to February 2021 after vaccine roll-out) used 17 independently recruited cross-sectional cohorts.
J Healthc Sci Humanit
January 2024
Program Manager, Center for Biomedical Research/Research Centers in Minority Institutions (TU CBR/RCMI), Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), Tuskegee University, Phone: (334) 724-4391, Email:
The emergence of the Novel COVID-19 Pandemic has undoubtedly impacted the lives of individuals across the globe. It has drawn the attention of major public health agencies as they work intensely towards understanding the behavior of the virus causing the disease, while simultaneously establishing ways to curb the spread of the virus among populations. As of the time of writing, 7,949,973 confirmed cases have been reported globally; with the United States (US) contributing to 26.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Hosp Med
August 2025
Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
A 58-year-old man with no significant medical history or prescribed medications, including coronary artery disease, presented to the emergency department with hypoxemia due to COVID-19. A non-contrast chest computed tomography (CT) ordered to evaluate for the cause of the patient's hypoxemia revealed mild ground-glass opacities and moderate incidental coronary artery calcium (iCAC), noted in the body of the report. The CT report impression only reads "Peripheral ground glass opacities in keeping with COVID-19 infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSAGE Open Med
August 2025
Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
Objectives: The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 resulted in closed universities, digital teaching and restricted social contact. The students may encounter psychological stress and worries about their careers ahead, and some may experience feelings of doubt and helplessness while studying. Little is known about this closure's impact on undergraduate nursing students writing their bachelor's theses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Educ Health Promot
July 2025
Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan.
Background: Critical care nurses (CCNs) experience serious work-related stress due to a myriad of factors, like insufficiently trained staff, shortages, and high workloads. They might develop healthy or unhealthy coping strategies. The aim of this study was to measure stress levels and determine coping strategies among CCNs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF