Nurses' mental health from early COVID-19 pandemic to vaccination.

Aims: The influence of the COVID-19 vaccine and the evolution of the pandemic over time on nurses' mental health have not been thoroughly examined. This study aimed to explore the changes in nurses' mental health from the early pandemic to the early vaccination period over a 1-year time span and examine vaccination and coping mechanisms as predictors of nurses' poor mental health and burnout.

Methods: Three cross-sectional surveys were conducted: Early-pandemic (n = 320), pre-vaccination (n = 228), and early-vaccination cohorts (n = 292).

COVID-19: Update on Health Care Workers' Mental Health and Coping During the Pandemic.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, health care workers experienced much higher symptoms of anxiety or depression than during the prepandemic period. As coping mechanisms, high resilience, spirituality, and satisfaction with family functioning were associated with 2- to 3-fold lower odds of anxiety or depression. Health care organizations may consider implementing evidence-based and practical supportive measures to help health care workers maintain good mental health during and after the pandemic.

Adherence to colorectal cancer and polyps screening recommendations among filipino-americans.

This cross-sectional study explored the perceptions and behaviors toward colorectal cancer screening and the predictors of adherence to colorectal cancer and polyps screening recommendations among Filipino-Americans. A total of 188 participants were recruited from community churches in southern California from September to November 2011. About half of the participants were found to be adherent to the screening recommendations.

Randomized controlled trial of graduate-to-undergraduate student mentoring program.

This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effects of graduate-to-undergraduate student mentoring on anxiety, self-efficacy, academic performance, and satisfaction with nursing as a career choice among students enrolled in a nursing fundamentals course during the first semester of a baccalaureate nursing program. The nursing students assigned to the experimental group received up to 20 hours of mentoring by registered nurses who were enrolled in a graduate nursing program at the same university. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Baccalaureate Student Self-efficacy Questionnaire, nursing fundamentals course performance scores, and satisfaction with nursing as a career choice were measured.

Medium-term post-Katrina health sequelae among New Orleans residents: predictors of poor mental and physical health.

Aims: To assess the medium-term post-Katrina mental and physical health of New Orleans residents and to determine demographic, social and environmental factors that predict poor mental and physical health.

Background: Major disasters can have a negative impact on the health of survivors for prolonged periods. Although the initial and short-term impacts of Hurricane Katrina have been well described, the medium-term impacts have not been studied as thoroughly.