Nurses during war: Profiles-based risk and protective factors.

Introduction: Nurses in southern Israel's public hospitals were exposed to unusual traumatic events following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, and the ensuing Swords of Iron War. This study aimed to clarify the complexity of wartime nursing by identifying profiles based on risk factors (i.e.

Choosing a nursing specialty: connection to nursing students' personality traits, clinical self-efficacy, adoption of technology changes, and specialty prestige; a cross-sectional study.

Background: Choosing a field of specialization within the nursing profession is affected by nurses' personality traits, self-confidence in performing clinical skills, and the field's prestige. A successful choice of area of expertise may improve nurses' job satisfaction and reduce job mobility. This study aims to examine the relationship between personality traits, clinical self-efficacy, perceived prestige, adoption of technological changes, and choice of specialty field among nursing students.

"God gave you a special child because you are special": difficulties, coping strategies, and parental burnout of Jewish mothers - a qualitative study.

Background: "Parental Burnout" is a specific syndrome resulting from an imbalance between continuous exposure to chronic parenting stress and available protective resources. Mothers of children with special needs have an increased risk of Parental Burnout due to dealing with various difficulties from carrying out long-term childcare.

Purpose: To examine difficulties, coping strategies, and PB (risk factors and protective resources), among ultra-Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jewish mothers of children with special needs with high or low levels of Parental Burnout.

Nursing students' experiences of unprofessional behaviours and associations with guideline compliance: A multicenter survey.

Aims: To assess the reported prevalence of unprofessional behaviours, including incivility and bullying, experienced by nursing students during their clinical practice. To assess the prevalence of students' abilities to speak up about unprofessional behaviours encountered and infection control concerns; their compliance with standard precautions and COVID-19 guidelines; and their perceived responsibility for infection prevention. Lastly, to describe the potential impact of unprofessional behaviour on compliance with these guidelines.

The role of sense of coherence in workplace violence directed at nurses in the shadow of COVID-19: A cross-sectional study.

Aims: To explore (a) the associations between sense of coherence (SOC), previous exposure to COVID-19, and the intention to act violently towards nurses, and (b) the role of SOC and sociodemographic variables as risk or protective factors involved in the intention to act violently.

Design: A cross-sectional study with a convenience sample.

Methods: A structured self-report questionnaire was distributed from February to March 2022.

Coping with fibromyalgia - a focus group study.

Purpose: Fibromyalgia affects patients' quality of life. Therefore, an essential part of patients' medical management is to develop appropriate coping strategies. This study aimed to obtain a comprehensive picture of patients' cognitive and behavioural strategies to cope with fibromyalgia.

Playing the Role of a Nurse in a Virtual Reality Simulation: A Safe Environment for Emotion Management.

Background: Nurses' successful emotional coping with unpleasant emotions triggered by intense clinical situations is associated with better-quality patient care. Nursing students experience significant challenges with managing their emotions in clinical practice.

Purpose: To evaluate a virtual reality (VR)-based simulation as a platform for emotional management training.

The Healthcare Environment Survey: A multicountry psychometric evaluation of nurses' job satisfaction.

Aim: To evaluate the properties of a reduced-item Healthcare Environment Survey measuring nurses' job satisfaction across eight countries.

Background: There is currently no rigorously tested international measure of nurses' job satisfaction that can be used internationally to improve the nurse work environment.

Methods: Nursing staff from 11 hospitals in eight countries participated in this study.

Use of Health Information Exchange in the Continuity of Care as Viewed by Patients and Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Patients' attitudes toward sharing their personal health information are critical for implementation of health information exchange. Nurses contribute significantly to information sharing within the care continuum in hospitals and community. This study aimed to examine the awareness and readiness of patients with chronic illness and nurses to the use health information exchange.

Emotion management of women at risk for premature birth: The association with optimism and social support.

Objective: To examine the emotion management of women at risk for premature birth, and the connection to their optimism and social support.

Background: A shortened uterus cervix in early pregnancy (24-34 weeks gestation) is a predictor of preterm birth and is a common reason for hospitalization in a high-risk unit. Women hospitalized for this reason often feel a wide spectrum of emotions that may require emotional work, where deep acting techniques are used to evoke or suppress emotions in order to meet social expectations.

When a child is hospitalized in a Covid-19 ward: An emotional roller coaster for parents.

Purpose: To examine the emotions demonstrated by parents of children hospitalized in a pediatric Covid-19 ward.

Background: Although Covid-19 is mostly a mild disease in children, a small proportion develop severe disease requiring prolonged intensive care support.

Methods: On October 1st, 2020, a unique ward for children with Covid-19 was established in a large hospital in Israel.

The public's mixed emotional responses to violence directed at nurses: A mixed methods study.

Aims And Objectives: To understand whether exposure to an incident of violence directed at nurses, evoke among the public a sense of identification with the victim or with the perpetrator.

Background: Worldwide, evidence regarding workplace violence (WPV) in healthcare systems, explored the characteristics of the perpetrator, the healthcare settings and staff. Nevertheless, no studies examine the emotions of the public towards WPV in the healthcare systems.

Nursing students' emotional work and its consequences following encounters with e-patients who present reliable or unreliable information; a scenario based cross sectional survey.

Background: Hochschild's theory of emotional work explains how people evoke or suppress emotions in order to adhere to social norms. An encounter with an e-patient who presents potentially unreliable medical information from the internet can lead to caregivers undergoing emotional work. This may have a negative impact on caregivers, such as mental exhaustion or professional dissatisfaction.

A multi-level examination of nursing students' resilience in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak: A cross-sectional design.

Aims: To examine nursing students' stress and coping with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic through an ecological model of resilience. Specifically, to examine the relative contribution of different resilience levels in decreasing nursing students' strain symptoms: at the individual level, resilience trait; at the relational level, students' coping strategies; at the university level, nursing students' perceptions on their university's readiness to handle the virus outbreak; and at the national level, nursing students' trust in policymakers' decisions.

Design: The study used a cross-sectional design.

A Mixed-Methods Study of Nurse Managers' Managerial and Clinical Challenges in Mental Health Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Purpose: The worldwide outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has posed challenges for nurses. The aim of this study was to examine the managerial and clinical challenges of nurse managers in mental health centers during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Design: A mixed-methods study based on an analysis of data obtained in focus groups with 25 nurse managers from two mental health centers in Israel.

Nursing students' experiences and perceptions of an anatomy laboratory session: Mixed methods study.

Many nursing curricula do not offer anatomy laboratories and exposure to cadaveric material. In this mixed methods study, nursing students' perceptions and experiences from an anatomy laboratory session were examined. Students from two academic nursing programs (a four-year general baccalaureate nursing program and a two-year accelerated nursing program for non-nursing baccalaureate graduates) took part in an anatomy laboratory session (N = 223).

Association Between Witnessing and Justifying Workplace Violence Towards Nurses in Israel.

Background: Workplace violence perpetrated by patients and their families towards nurses has become a global problem.

Purpose: The present study explores associations between individuals' having witnessed violent incidents in the past and holding attitudes justifying violence in the present, and their intention to behave violently in a nurse-patient interaction at a healthcare facility.

Design: A cross-sectional study sampled 1,350 participants from among the general public in Israel.

Associations between gender, sex types and caring behaviours among nurses in mental health.

WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Developing sex type is the process in which one develops behavioural attributes and personality characteristics socially defined as matching one's biological sex. "Psychological androgyny" means that a person should not be judged in terms of his or her traditional sex role. "Androgynous" sex type means that a person could have both female and male characteristics, depending on the circumstances.

Public knowledge, attitudes, and intention to act violently, with regard to violence directed at health care staff.

Background: Violence directed at health care staff is widely prevalent. Few studies have explored public attitudes regarding violence against health care staff.

Purposes: To examine the Israeli public's attitudes regarding violence against health care staff and their intention to act violently in various health care settings.

It Takes Two to Tango: Public Attitudes Toward Prevention of Workplace Violence Against Health Care Staff: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Workplace violence (WPV) directed toward health care staff by patients and their relatives has become one of the major problems faced by health care systems around the world. Incidences of WPV have increased over the past decade, crossing borders and cultures and creating a worrisome global phenomenon. To date, most of the research has examined health care workers' perceptions of strategies that might prevent violence.

Nurse and Nurse Student Attitudes and Perceived Self-efficacy in Use of Information and Communication Technologies: Professional and Cultural Differences.

Information and communication technologies have become essential and design-effective tools in the global healthcare system. Evidence suggests that information and communication technologies can promote nursing practice and patient satisfaction and quality of care. Competency with information and communication technologies is essential for both nurses and nursing students, and attitudes toward its use and perceived self-efficacy are important for implementation in the workplace.

The associations between peer caring behaviors and social support to nurse students' caring perceptions.

Caring is seen as an essential part of nursing and as a desirable competency expected of nursing students. Yet, students have difficulties in understanding the meaning and practice of caring relationships. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between perceived social support and peer caring behaviors to nurse students' caring perceptions.

Mental Health Nurse's Exposure to Workplace Violence Leads to Job Stress, Which Leads to Reduced Professional Quality of Life.

Professional quality of life (ProQOL) reflects how individuals feel about their work as helpers. Psychiatric ward nurses cope with significant psychological and physical challenges, including exposure to verbal and physical violence. This study was based on two aspects of ProQOL, the positive compassion satisfaction, and the negative compassion fatigue, with the aim of investigating the relation of ProQOL to job stress and violence exposure at a large mental health center.

The role of personal resilience and personality traits of healthcare students on their attitudes towards interprofessional collaboration.

Background: Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) improves communication between healthcare workers and healthcare delivery. Interprofessional education (IPE) is essential in preparing healthcare students for cooperating with other healthcare disciplines in a real work setting. Although higher education settings have a responsibility to provide collaborative healthcare practice to students, IPE has not yet been prompted worldwide as a formal division in health professional education and in Israel IPE among health professions students is scarce.