This study consisted of a bibliographical survey in the databases LILACS, MEDLINE and ILO-CIS BULLETIN - SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK, with a view to identifying the main agents that can favor contact with these risks and cause health alterations in nursing workers. 37 articles were found, only four of which were published in national journals. Articles reported on the detection of chemical risks in the manipulation of cytostatic drugs; in the exposure to anesthetic gases, formaldehyde/glutaraldehyde vapor and sterilizing gases, among others.
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Int J Older People Nurs
January 2025
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Sciences, Central Queensland University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Background: Enduring shortages in the gerontology nursing workforce are projected to increase as demand for services for older persons grows. Recruitment of Registered Nurses in gerontology is further hindered by negative perceptions held by students towards nursing older people.
Aim: To determine whether a professional development activity designed to assist clinical supervisors to build the mentorship capacity of care staff in residential aged care facilities could positively improve their clinical learning environment and improve student attitudes towards working with older adults.
Confl Health
January 2025
CRIMEDIM - Center for Research and Training in Disaster Medicine, Humanitarian Aid and Global Health, Università del Piemonte Orientale, 28100, Novara, Italy.
Background: The evolving nature of irregular warfare and the increasingly frequent violations of human rights law and international humanitarian law pose unique challenges for humanitarian actors delivering trauma care in conflict settings.
Methods: A scoping review was conducted on PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science and a web search (on Google, Google scholar and Bing) to analyze and review past humanitarian interventions offering trauma care in conflict settings. Relevant records were identified from scientific and grey literature.
BMC Palliat Care
January 2025
Department of Nursing, First Affiliated Hospital of Dali University, No.32, Carlsberg Avenue, Dali City, 671007, Yunnan Province, China.
Background: Palliative care is becoming more widely acknowledged as a crucial part of intensive care for all patients with life-threatening illnesses. Intensive care unit (ICU) nurses regard as a lead role to facilitate this integration, which require nurses to possess professional and comprehensive core competencies. However, there is little knowledge about the palliative care core competencies among ICU nurses.
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March 2025
College of Nursing, Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea.
Aim: This study aimed to estimate the annual cost burden of productivity loss due to sickness presenteeism among hospital nurses in South Korea.
Background: Despite nurses being potentially more vulnerable to presenteeism, few studies have analyzed nurses' productivity losses due to sickness presenteeism.
Methods: This cross-sectional study employed an online survey in January 2023 with 607 nurses working in general/tertiary hospitals in South Korea.
Int Nurs Rev
March 2025
Department of Foreign Languages, Fooyin University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
Aim: This study explored the relationship between workplace bullying, authentic leadership, workplace friendship and nurses' health conditions and identified the predictors of nurses' health. It also explored whether authentic leadership moderated the impact of workplace bullying on their health.
Methods: This study used a cross-sectional and correlational design following the STROBE guidelines.
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