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{"title":"Factors associated with nursing and midwifery students' satisfaction with the clinical learning environment: a cross-sectional study in Morocco.","authors":"Khadija Guejdad, Laila Lahlou, Ali Ikrou, Redouane Abouqal, Jihane Belayachi","doi":"10.1186/s12912-025-02969-2","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12912-025-02969-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Clinical practicum is a vital part of nursing education. A supportive clinical learning environment (CLE) is essential for students' learning, professional integration, and well-being, as well as for ensuring high-quality patient care throughout their careers. This study aimed to evaluate nursing and midwifery students' satisfaction with the CLE, and identify factors associated with their satisfaction in Morocco.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study involved 1175 nursing and midwifery students from two Moroccan higher education institutes during the 2022 - 2023 academic year. Data was collected using the Arabic version of the Clinical Learning Environment, Supervision, and Nurse Teacher Scale (CLES + T). The mean scores of the overall CLES + T scale and its dimensions were calculated by averaging item ratings, with higher scores indicating greater satisfaction with the CLE. Student characteristics were analyzed using the student's t-test or analysis of variance to assess satisfaction levels across groups. Linear regression was employed to identify factors linked to student satisfaction with the CLE.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Students showed a moderate level of satisfaction with their clinical experiences, with a mean score of 3.21 out of 5. They expressed great satisfaction with the leadership style of the ward manager but reported decreased satisfaction with the supervisory relationship and the clinical role of the nurse teacher. The least satisfied were midwifery, last year students, those achieving their practicum in hospital wards, those with shorter placements, those who had unsuccessful supervision, and those without consistent supervisor meetings.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Significant enhancements are required in Morocco's CLE. A shift from team supervision to individual supervision is recommended, accompanied by a robust preceptor training program to enhance clinical supervision. Moreover, nurse teachers should explore using new educational methods to substitute the lack of in-person interactions with students in clinical settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":48580,"journal":{"name":"BMC Nursing","volume":"24 1","pages":"304"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11934522/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143701892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Patterns of vicarious trauma and vicarious posttraumatic growth among oncology nurses: a latent profile analysis.","authors":"Dandan Chen, Yi Zhou, Jinghan Xu, Yunxian Zhou","doi":"10.1186/s12912-025-02893-5","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12912-025-02893-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Vicarious trauma (VT) and vicarious posttraumatic growth (VPTG) are potential psychological responses of oncology nurses to indirect exposure to traumatic events in long-term clinical practice. However, limited research has examined the concurrent patterns of VT and VPTG. This study aimed to identify the coexisting patterns of VT and VPTG among oncology nurses and explore the specific predictors of these subgroups.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The Medics' Vicarious Trauma Scale and Posttraumatic Growth Inventory were utilized to assess self-reported VT and VPTG among 401 Chinese oncology nurses across multiple hospitals in Zhejiang Province, China. Latent profile analysis was conducted to explore potential patterns of VT and VPTG, and multinomial logistic regression was applied to investigate factors influencing these profiles.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The latent profile analysis results indicated that a three-class profile best fit the data, characterized by the following patterns: mild VT - high VPTG (45.9%), mid VT - mid VPTG (30.2%), and mild VT - mild VPTG (23.9%). Variations in VT and VPTG patterns were associated with age, fertility status, job satisfaction, and social support.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings enhance understanding of the coexisting patterns of VT and VPTG and provide valuable insights for clinical administrators to implement tailored managerial and supportive interventions for oncology nurses.</p>","PeriodicalId":48580,"journal":{"name":"BMC Nursing","volume":"24 1","pages":"300"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11934782/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143701906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychometric properties and validity of inventory of symptoms of professional traumatic grief among nursing professionals.","authors":"Ester Gilart, Anna Bocchino, Isabel Lepiani, Patricia Gilart, Ma José Cantizano Nuñez, María Dueñas","doi":"10.1186/s12912-025-02907-2","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12912-025-02907-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Traumatic grief can exert a considerable influence on the mental and physical well-being of nurses, potentially altering their ability to provide high quality care. This impact is most pronounced in specific contexts such as health emergencies, palliative care and paediatric intensive care units. In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, health professionals have faced an unprecedented increase in loss and trauma, and this situation is seen as an exacerbating factor in complicated bereavement. Despite the availability of instruments for the assessment of prolonged or pathological grief, there is a pressing need for additional studies that allow for a more accurate understanding and measurement of this phenomenon, filling certain existing methodological gaps. The main purpose of this research is to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Inventory of Symptoms of Professional Traumatic Grief (ISDUTYP), with a view to improving assessment tools in this field.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Construct validity, reliability, criterion validity, convergent validity and discriminant validity were assessed. The scale's psychometric properties were tested with 930 nursing professionals. The data were collected between September 2022 and January 2023.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 930 people took part in the study. The factorial analysis of ISDUTYP showed that, according to eigenvalues and the scree plot, the optimal number of factors was 2. These factors consisted of 13 and 12 items, respectively, and had clinical significance. Factor 1 could be termed \"Behavioural Symptoms,\" while Factor 2 could be termed \"Emotional Symptoms.\" Cronbach's alpha values demonstrated excellent reliability for all scores. In particular, Cronbach's alpha was 0.964 for the overall score, 0.950 for the behavioural symptoms subscale, and 0.950 for the emotional symptoms subscale. Regarding criterion validity, all expected correlations were statistically significant. Finally, almost all hypotheses defined of convergent and discriminant validity were fulfilled.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The high reliability and validity of the scale supports its use in research and clinical practice to assess the impact of professional traumatic grief and enhance its treatment. The validated scale for measuring nurses' grief has significant implications in clinical practice, allowing for the identification and management of nurses' grief, fostering a healthy work environment, and improving patient care quality.</p>","PeriodicalId":48580,"journal":{"name":"BMC Nursing","volume":"24 1","pages":"303"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11934758/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143701908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A theoretical model of the mechanism of entrepreneurial leadership attributes and leadership behaviours on nursing team creativity in a new hospital: a grounded theory study.","authors":"Jing Gong, Lorna Kwai Ping Suen, Binxu Yang, Yifei Yang, Xintong Deng, Jing Zhou","doi":"10.1186/s12912-025-02953-w","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12912-025-02953-w","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background: &lt;/strong&gt;A new hospital is a recently established healthcare organization, recognized by Chinese law, that can provide medical services to meet the health needs of the population and has been in operation for no more than 42 months. However, new hospitals face several challenges, including low market acceptance, healthcare quality and safety issues, a shortage of healthcare personnel, and the time required to build patient trust. As a result, they experience greater uncertainty compared to established hospitals. Nurses play a vital role as health promoters in new hospitals. Nursing team creativity refers to the ability of team members to use creative thinking and methods to solve problems in the nursing service process. This ability helps medical institutions adapt to the changing healthcare environment and deliver better, more efficient, and sustainable health services. Entrepreneurial leadership is a style of leadership that inspires and guides employees to explore strategic values and seek opportunities. Research has shown that entrepreneurial leadership is crucial in fostering creativity among nurses. It encourages nurses to explore and utilize entrepreneurial opportunities, positively impacting their organizations' development. While many studies have used quantitative data to examine how entrepreneurial leadership influences team creativity through mediating variables, few have focused on the interactive qualities and intrinsic motivations between entrepreneurial leadership and team creativity. Grounded Theory is a qualitative research method that emphasizes a dynamic, step-by-step process of collecting and analyzing real-world data to generate theories. Therefore, this study uses Grounded Theory to explore the interactive qualities and leadership behaviors that promote nursing team creativity within the Chinese cultural context.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Methods: &lt;/strong&gt;Data were collected from a new hospital in Guizhou, China, using purposive and theoretical sampling techniques. Participants included 15 nursing managers and 14 nursing team members. Semi-structured interviews were conducted from April 2023 to July 2023. The data were analyzed using NVivo software, and the reporting follows the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research guidelines.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Results: &lt;/strong&gt;The study identified five core attributes of entrepreneurial leadership and two types of leadership behaviors. These explain the interactive process nursing managers use to stimulate creativity in their teams within new hospitals. The leadership attributes include achievement orientation, flexibility and patience, concerns and questions, communication and sharing and execution and support. The entrepreneurial leadership behaviors were categorized into positive and negative behaviors CONCLUSION: Nursing managers in new hospitals can enhance their teams' creativity and health-promoting capabilities by applying the five entrepreneurial leade","PeriodicalId":48580,"journal":{"name":"BMC Nursing","volume":"24 1","pages":"305"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11934790/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143701882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nurses' and midwives' job satisfaction and retention during COVID-19: a scoping review.","authors":"Laura Hynes, Sadie Geraghty, Sheena McChlery, Aisling Smyth, Reeti Brar, Karen Clark-Burg","doi":"10.1186/s12912-025-02908-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12912-025-02908-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic focused attention on the previously well-documented world-wide shortage of nurses and midwives. The pandemic accentuated this crisis, which resulted in nurses and midwives questioning their roles and their careers. The impact of the pandemic on job satisfaction and the intention of nurses and midwives to stay has not been adequately explored.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>The aim of this scoping review was to identify and map the literature that describes the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that influenced nurses' and midwives' job satisfaction and intent to stay or leave their employment or profession during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This scoping review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) and the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) guidelines. Studies written in English and published between 2019 and December 2023 were included, and consisted of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods studies. MEDLINE, CINAHL, and PsychINFO were the key information sources. The search terms for this review were developed using the PCC mnemonic: Population, Concept and Context. The JBI approach to sources selection, data extraction and presentation of data was used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1833 relevant articles were identified. Of these, 17 articles met the inclusion criteria. Ten factors were identified as impacting on nurses and midwives job satisfaction and retention during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings reveal key factors, such as patient acuity, staffing dynamics, leadership quality, and resource availability, have significantly shaped the professional experiences of nurses and midwives during the pandemic. These insights can inform targeted policies and interventions to improve job satisfaction and retention, while future research should address gaps, particularly the unique challenges faced by midwives, to strengthen the healthcare workforce for future crises.</p><p><strong>Problem: </strong>Little is known about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on job satisfaction and intention to stay among nurses and midwives.</p><p><strong>What is already known: </strong>The pandemic resulted in unprecedented and demanding working environments for nurses and midwives.</p><p><strong>What this paper adds: </strong>This scoping review maps the intrinsic and extrinsic factors regarding nurses' and midwives' job satisfaction and intent to stay in their professions during the COVID-19 pandemic. There were multifaceted challenges and adaptations in the nursing and midwifery work environments during the COVID-19 pandemic. More research is required, especially about the effects of the pandemic on midwives.</p>","PeriodicalId":48580,"journal":{"name":"BMC Nursing","volume":"24 1","pages":"299"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11931827/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143693980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From knowledge management to evidence-based practice among nurses: a structural equation modeling study.","authors":"Masoumeh Tajafari, Nasrin Fanoodi","doi":"10.1186/s12912-025-02971-8","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12912-025-02971-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Knowledge management can provide effective strategies for enhancing the evidence-based practice (EBP) of nurses. Accordingly, by establishing a knowledge management system in healthcare centers, the knowledge present in the organization can be provided to all staff. Therefore, this research aimed at examining the model predicted from the effect of knowledge management on EBP among nurses.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with 250 nurses who were selected using a cluster random sampling method in Mashhad, Iran. Data were collected using a questionnaire, which comprised demographic information (4 items), knowledge management (23 items), and evidence-based practice (EBP) (30 items). Data analysis was performed using SPSS 25 and AMOS 24.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Knowledge management showed a direct effect on forming EBP (β = 0.229, p < 0.007, CI 95%=0.075-0.383). In addition, knowledge management through acquiring knowledge about EBP and generating attitudes about EBP showed an indirect effect on forming EBP (β = 0.015, p < 0.001, CI 95%=0.004-0.036).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Today a massive volume of knowledge is generated in healthcare centers. Thus, the implementation of knowledge management systems in these centers would lead to the storage and organization of the knowledge of staff in healthcare centers. Given their important role in patient care, nurses can acquire positive knowledge and attitude about EBP through knowledge management and would be able to employ EBP instead of traditional practice when providing nursing care.</p>","PeriodicalId":48580,"journal":{"name":"BMC Nursing","volume":"24 1","pages":"307"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11934711/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143701895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Job stress and patient safety culture: a qualitative study among hospital nurses in Palestine.","authors":"Loai M Zabin, Jamal Qaddumi, Sajed Faisal Ghawadra, Maher M Battat","doi":"10.1186/s12912-025-02993-2","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12912-025-02993-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In recent years, the healthcare industry has witnessed growing concern over patient safety culture, with a specific focus on the role of nursing professionals. This research explores the intricate dynamics between job-related stress and patient safety culture perceptions among hospital nurses in Palestine.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study employed a qualitative, interpretative phenomenological approach to explore the lived experiences of nurses. A purposive sampling strategy was used to select seven registered nurses from multiple hospital units across the North West Bank, Palestine. The participants were selected based on criteria including a minimum of one year of clinical experience, experience in diverse hospital units, and willingness to share their experiences. Special emphasis was placed on including nurses with a Master's degree in nursing because of their potential for advanced insights and the high percentage of nurses with this degree in Palestine. In-depth semi-structured interviews, lasting approximately 28-40 min each, were conducted in September 2023. Three interviews were conducted via Zoom, and four were conducted face-to-face. Thematic analysis was used to identify key themes and patterns. The small sample size was justified by the study's focus on in-depth exploration of individual experiences and the achievement of thematic saturation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study findings revealed six main themes: five related to patient safety culture and three related to job stress. Factors such as teamwork, workload, staffing, communication, conflict with colleagues, lack of support, and error reporting significantly influence job stress and patient safety culture. The study suggested that job stress has a negative effect on the perception of patient safety culture. Notably, support for nurses in managing job stress was primarily at the individual level, with limited hospital-based initiatives.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study emphasized the importance of customized policies and interventions to address nurses' specific stressors and improve hospital patient safety culture. Additionally, it highlighted the distinct challenges encountered by Palestinian nurses, including resource limitations and staffing issues. These factors intensify job stress and could increase job stress and impact patient safety. Recognizing these contextual nuances is essential for designing focused interventions and support systems that prioritize nurses' overall well-being and enhance the quality of patient care. Hospital administrations should also focus on implementing coping mechanisms to help nurses manage stress and mitigate its effects on their well-being and patient outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":48580,"journal":{"name":"BMC Nursing","volume":"24 1","pages":"308"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11934625/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143701898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nursing students' knowledge, attitudes and awareness regarding shelter nursing in disaster preparedness.","authors":"Beytullah Eren, Seher Çevik Aktura, Mehmet Emin Çolak","doi":"10.1186/s12912-025-02972-7","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12912-025-02972-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Shelter nursing plays a crucial role in disaster preparedness, yet its integration into nursing education remains limited. This study aims to evaluate nursing students' knowledge, attitudes, and awareness concerning shelter nursing and identify their educational needs in this critical area.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among nursing students from Fırat University and Sakarya University Faculties of Health Sciences between August and November 2024. A total of 1,450 students were invited, and a sample size of 304 was determined using OpenEpi Version-3 software (power = 80%, confidence level = 95%). Data were collected through an online structured questionnaire, and statistical analyses included descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, means, and standard deviations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study sample included 304 participants with a mean age of 20.92 ± 2.66 years. The majority were female (83.2%) and single (98.7%). Only 5.9% had prior knowledge of shelter nursing, and 6.6% could correctly define the concept, highlighting significant educational gaps. Chi-square analysis revealed that gender significantly influenced awareness (p = 0.018), with female students demonstrating higher awareness levels. However, no significant differences were observed for other variables. A total of 76.6% of participants identified the need for additional training, while only 1% had received prior education on shelter nursing. Additionally, 91.1% of students reported inadequate knowledge of basic medical interventions in shelter nursing. Despite these gaps, 73.7% expressed a strong interest in crisis management training, with trauma and psychological issues being identified as the most critical health challenges in shelter environments.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There is a critical need to integrate shelter nursing education into nursing curricula to enhance disaster preparedness. Findings highlight the importance of incorporating gender-sensitive and subgroup-focused educational strategies. The inclusion of simulation-based training, field exercises, and disaster management modules is strongly recommended. Although knowledge deficits exist, students' high willingness to engage in shelter nursing education suggests a strong foundation for future curriculum development.</p><p><strong>Clinical trial number: </strong>Not applicable.</p>","PeriodicalId":48580,"journal":{"name":"BMC Nursing","volume":"24 1","pages":"297"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11929339/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143693985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Second victim syndrome among nursing professionals as a result of COVID-19: qualitative research.","authors":"Inmaculada Corral-Liria, Marta Losa-Iglesias, Ricardo Becerro-De-Bengoa-Vallejo, Elena Herraiz-Soria, César Calvo-Lobo, Marta San-Antolín-Gil, Sara González-Martín, Raquel Jimenez-Fernández","doi":"10.1186/s12912-025-02974-5","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12912-025-02974-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The infection caused by the COVID-19 virus, with its high capacity for spread and transmission, reached the level of an international pandemic, affecting many people and resulting in a large number of deaths.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To analyse the experiences of nursing professionals caring for patients with COVID-19 during the early stages of the pandemic and the skills or coping strategies that they employed.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A qualitative study was carried out with an interpretative phenological design. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 20 nursing professionals working in emergency and critical care units, which were adapted to care for patients with symptoms of the disease, in public hospitals in Madrid, Spain. The data were analysed following, the Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) of Smith et al. FINDINGS: Five themes were identified: \"emotional brain training (EBT) to cope with great emotional stress\", \"material and sequential difficulties\"; \"an experience similar to a war that can cause burnout\"; \"Second Victim Syndrome (SVS), the emotional impact of witnessing trauma\"; and \"Surviving COVID-19 with overloads of energy and positivity\".</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Nursing professionals who cared for patients with Covid-19 during the first wave of the pandemic lived an experience in which they experienced a brain training of feelings, including sadness, impotence, fear, anger, pain and much worry. They also experienced a great feeling of suffering and guilt as in Second Victim Syndrome, in a situation similar to a war, due to the number of deaths caused by the virus, with all this resulting in a great overload of work. It is essential that these situations do not affect the mental health of these professionals in the dimensions that they did, and it is necessary to regain enthusiasm and motivation to provide comprehensive care for patients with COVID-19. Nursing professionals are not alone and need to be taken care of to respond to the chaos that can cause a pandemic, without ignoring the risks that it entails. They require specific training, which is necessary to provide them with proper security, and it is necessary to develop health and welfare policies, which will not be possible without first understanding their experiences.</p>","PeriodicalId":48580,"journal":{"name":"BMC Nursing","volume":"24 1","pages":"298"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11929328/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143693986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of discharge training given by nurses to postpartum mothers to artificial intelligence: an alternative approach to health care.","authors":"Müjde Kerkez, Mehmet Kaplan","doi":"10.1186/s12912-025-02966-5","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12912-025-02966-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The present study aims to evaluate the discharge training given by nurses to postpartum mothers using artificial intelligence.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The study used a qualitative research design with a descriptive thematic approach and was conducted in a state hospital's maternity ward between April and May 2024. Sixteen nurses with varying experience levels were selected through maximum variation sampling. Data were analyzed using coding and thematic analysis to understand participants' experiences.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the nurses, 81.25% held a bachelor's degree, 43.75% had 6-10 years of experience. Postpartum discharge training emphasized baby cues, sleep management, hygiene, and routine health checks. For maternal care, focus was on rest, vaccinations, avoiding heavy activity, psychological support, exercise, and nutrition. AI provided more comprehensive guidance in both maternal and infant care.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study highlights that AI-assisted guidance is a valuable tool in postpartum discharge training, offering effective general advice. However, human input remains essential for specific and practical recommendations.</p>","PeriodicalId":48580,"journal":{"name":"BMC Nursing","volume":"24 1","pages":"296"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11927230/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143677352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}