Background: In early , an outbreak of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-) occurred in Shanghai, China. The spread of the epidemic put a large amount of stress on the local healthcare system, especially emergency nurses (ENs), which may a ect their well-being and performance. Enhancing the psychological resilience of ENs during COVID-pandemic may improve job satisfaction, retention, and public health emergency response. However, few studies have researched the perception and psychological resilience of ENs during COVID-pandemic.Objective: To understand ENs' perception and psychological resilience and their coping strategies with adversity during COVID-in Shanghai, as well as factors associated with psychological resilience.Methods: This qualitative study was conducted using a phenomenological approach. A total of ENs from a rd level hospital in Shanghai were selected using a method of purposive sampling. Between April and May , in-depth semi-structured interviews and Colaizzi seven-step method were performed for data collection and analysis.Results: The investigation discovered three themes and nine subthemes. The first theme is "risk factors." Risk factors for ENs to remain resilience are sudden multiplication of workload, stressful of screening of infected patients, and the support nurses being unfamiliar with the procedure. The second theme is "promoting factors." ENs emphasized the importance of management assurance and humanistic care, as well as social support. They recognized adversity and resilience, and used self-management strategies to cope with the situation. The third theme is "motivated by altruism." ENs were driven by altruism to respond to adversity with a positive attitude. They realized their self-worth by helping patients with a sense of sacred mission. Conclusions:Psychological resilience is not a stable psychological characteristic but a constantly changing process that is a ected by internal and external factors. Enhancing resilience of ENs during the COVID-pandemic may improve work satisfaction, retention, and public health emergency response. Adequate preparation before a pandemic, reasonable arrangement, a trustworthy working atmosphere, encouragement and improvement of individual and collective strategies for nurses to Frontiers in Public Health frontiersin.org Jiang et al. . /fpubh. . cope with adversity, timely rewards, and nurse empowerment, as well as counseling and training, can be used to enhance psychological resilience of ENs.

BackgroundIn March 2022, Shanghai, China, was hit by a severe wave of SARS-CoV-2 transmission caused by the Omicron variant strain. The medical staff was greatly infected during this period, which posed a traumatic event for them. Meanwhile, they also experience post-traumatic growth under introspection and positive change. However, the psychological coping and growth after infection with COVID-19 among medical staff have rarely been investigated.ObjectivesTo explore the process and influencing factors of post-traumatic growth among emergency nurses infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) so as to provide a new perspective and theoretical basis for psychological rehabilitation or intervention for medical staff who experienced traumatic events.MethodsThe study used a qualitative design based on the phenomenological approach. A purposive sampling method was used to explore the subjective feelings and post-traumatic growth among 13 first-line emergency nurses infected with COVID-19 in Shanghai, China. Semi-structured face-to-face interviews were conducted in June 2022. A Seven-step Colaizzi process was used for data analysis.ResultsThemes were described and extracted from the experience and insights at different stages during the fight against the virus. Three main themes, i.e., stress period, adjustment period, and growth period, as well as several sub-themes, were identified.ConclusionFirst-line emergency nurses infected with COVID-19 are a sensitive group that should be given more attention. Investigating how they achieve psychological adjustment and growth in the case of severe trauma can provide valuable references for nursing management and education in the future. Society, hospital and nursing managers should pay more attention to the PTG of nurses and establish supportive PTG strategies, which will benefit the retention rate and career development of nurses.

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BackgroundClinical practicum provides nursing students with more opportunities to learn their professional knowledge and develop basic nursing skills. Intensive care unit (ICU) is often used as one of the clinical practicum departments for nursing students. Due to the characteristic fast-paced working environments, high acuity of patient care, and technical complexities of an ICU, nursing students are more susceptible to experiencing stress and lack of confidence in these settings, which hinders their professionalization and affects patient care.ObjectiveThe study aimed to summarize and evaluate the nursing students' experience in an ICU during their practicum and to provide a supportive ICU clinical practicum environment for them. One of the main objectives was to increase the ICU specialty nurse reserve and improve nursing care in the ICU.MethodsThe following databases were searched for related qualitative publications in Chinese and English by systematic searches across January 2022, including the nursing students' experience in ICU during their practicum: PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and so on. The qualitative meta-synthesis was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) recommendations. Two reviewers independently selected these studies and carefully evaluated the quality of each study. Meta-synthesis was then used to summarize the results.ResultsEleven sub-themes and 3 themes were revealed in 9 studies: challenges of clinical practicum in the ICU, the expectation of support from multiple sources, and the importance and necessity of practicum in the ICU.ConclusionPerforming one's practicum in ICU was considered by the nursing students in this review as a beneficial practicum despite the challenges involved. The appropriate guidance and monitoring should be given by hospital managers and college educators.