Severe Loneliness and Isolation in Nursing Students during COVID-19 Lockdown: A Phenomenological Study.

In 2022, COVID-19 continued to spread across the globe, and to stop the spread of the virus and protect people's health, universities across China continued to remain in a lockdown state. Loneliness is an important topic among college students, and the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated loneliness. This prolonged school lockdown was unprecedented and it caused severe social isolation and emotional loneliness for students.

Quality of Life in Chinese Youth Following Open Thyroid Surgery: A Qualitative Study.

Background: Because of the increased incidence of thyroid cancer and good survival rates and with research into scarless techniques, it is increasingly important to understand the quality of life of thyroid cancer patients and identify areas for improvement. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the importance of neck appearance after thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer survivors in China.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of scarring after open thyroid surgery on the quality of life of young patients.

Experience of verbal violence among Chinese nursing students in clinical practice: a qualitative study.

Background: Workplace violence is prevalent in the nursing profession, and as a relatively junior link of the professional hierarchy, nursing students are not immune to it. Among these, verbal violence may have more serious consequences for the victims than physical violence, but the literature on verbal violence among nursing students in Chinese clinical settings is limited.

Aims: To explore the verbal violence experience among Chinese nursing students in clinical practice, and the strategies used by nursing students to cope with violence.

Trajectory analysis of the work and life experience of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal qualitative study.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a global health threat and has had a profoundly negative impact on the work and lives of healthcare workers. However, few people know how their experiences have evolved over time.

Aims: To describe healthcare workers' experiences during clinical responses to COVID-19 and how they changed over time.

The challenges of returning to work for differentiated thyroid cancer survivors in china: a qualitative study.

Purpose: Although thyroid cancer survivors have a good prognosis and the survival rate of differentiated thyroid cancer is close to 100%, treatment and its side effects seriously affect the quality of life of patients, especially rehabilitation at work. The purpose of this study was to explore the challenges faced by differentiated thyroid cancer survivors in returning to work and maintaining employment.

Methods: A purposive sample of differentiated thyroid cancer patients who had undergone surgical treatment and were followed up at the outpatient departments of thyroid surgery wards of two tertiary care hospitals in Jiangsu Province, China, between January and March 2023, were subjected to semi-structured interviews.

Family resilience in a crisis: A qualitative study of family resilience in multimember infected families in the context of COVID-19.

Objective: This study aimed to understand the family experience and identify family resilience factors to help families adapt to and cope with COVID-19.

Method: A purposive sample of 21 patients (from nine families) diagnosed with COVID-19 were recruited for interviews. Participants were interviewed using a semistructured question guide to explore family experiences.

The effect of death education course utilizing constructivist learning theory on first grade undergraduate nursing student attitudes and coping abilities towards death: A mixed study design.

Unlabelled: Inadequate clinical preparation for palliative care is often reflected in inadequate education about death. Nursing students as nurses of the future, it is necessary to make them aware of death and overcome fear of it so that they can cope with their future careers and provide qualified and warmly care service.

Objectives: To determine the effect of death education course using constructivist learning theory on first grade undergraduate nursing student attitudes and coping abilities towards death.

Relationship between Anxiety, Depression and Learning Burnout of Nursing Undergraduates after the COVID-19 Epidemic: The Mediating Role of Academic Self-Efficacy.

Background: Although cross-sectional studies on the learning status of nursing undergraduates during the COVID-19 epidemic have surged, few studies have explored the normalization of COVID-19 on students' learning burnout and mental health. The study was designed to investigate the learning burnout of nursing undergraduates in school under the normalization of the COVID-19 epidemic and explore the hypothesized mediation effect of academic self-efficacy in the relationship between anxiety, depression and learning burnout in Chinese nursing undergraduates.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among nursing undergraduates in the school of nursing of a university in Jiangsu Province, China ( = 227).

Barriers and Facilitators to the Choice of Active Surveillance for Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer in China: A Qualitative Study Examining Patient Perspectives.

Internationally, several clinical practice guidelines recommend active surveillance as a nonsurgical management strategy for select patients with low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma. However, patient's decision making when choosing active surveillance as a management approach is not well understood. Thus, our aim was to examine the barriers and facilitators to selecting active surveillance among patients with low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma in China.

Ethical challenges of death faced by nursing undergraduates in clinical practice: A qualitative study.

Background: The characteristics of nursing work determine that nursing practice is inseparable from ethical considerations and decision-making. Nursing students have difficulty in dealing with death and it is necessary to explore the ethical challenges faced by nursing undergraduates in the process of clinical practice of nursing dead or dying patients.

Objective: To explore the ethical challenges faced by undergraduate nursing students in nursing of dead or dying patients.

Nirvana: A Qualitative Study of Posttraumatic Growth in Adolescents and Young Adults with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

(1) Background: Psychosomatic discomfort is prevalent among adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Post-traumatic growth (PTG) has been a protective factor in earlier research. However, little is known regarding PTG among AYAs with IBD.

Challenges Faced in Large-Scale Nucleic Acid Testing during the Sudden Outbreak of the B.1.617.2 (Delta).

The Delta variant (B.1.617.