Heading for the Frontline: Nursing Graduates Entering the Profession During a Global Pandemic. DOI Open Access

Victoria R. Terry,

Renée L. Parsons-Smith, J.P. Elliott

et al.

Published: Jan. 3, 2024

COVID-19 affected health and wellbeing globally. Graduating nursing students face a variety of stressors entering the profession during pandemic added additional stress. Mood, perceived stress, resilience, coping were assessed in an Australian sample 112 graduating students, who completed Brunel Mood Scale (BRUMS), Perceived Stress (PSS-4), Brief Resilient Coping (BRCS). Mean BRUMS scores for tension, fatigue, confusion significantly above population norms, vigour below. PSS-4 reflective but showed higher levels stress younger on-campus compared to those older or studied externally. BRCS data that 82.1% medium high resilient copers. profiles suggested 19.6% participants had elevated mental risk, 23.2% potential risk burnout, only 17.9% reported mood associated with positive health. High mean tension by indicated apprehension about joining profession, although resilience they adequately managing generated global pandemic.

Language: Английский

Heading for the Frontline: Nursing Graduates Entering the Profession During a Global Pandemic. DOI Open Access

Victoria R. Terry,

Renée L. Parsons-Smith, J.P. Elliott

et al.

Published: Jan. 3, 2024

COVID-19 affected health and wellbeing globally. Graduating nursing students face a variety of stressors entering the profession during pandemic added additional stress. Mood, perceived stress, resilience, coping were assessed in an Australian sample 112 graduating students, who completed Brunel Mood Scale (BRUMS), Perceived Stress (PSS-4), Brief Resilient Coping (BRCS). Mean BRUMS scores for tension, fatigue, confusion significantly above population norms, vigour below. PSS-4 reflective but showed higher levels stress younger on-campus compared to those older or studied externally. BRCS data that 82.1% medium high resilient copers. profiles suggested 19.6% participants had elevated mental risk, 23.2% potential risk burnout, only 17.9% reported mood associated with positive health. High mean tension by indicated apprehension about joining profession, although resilience they adequately managing generated global pandemic.

Language: Английский

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