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Work wellbeing, also known as workplace wellbeing, is a global concern for nurses, particularly because excessive stress and exhaustion contribute to burnout.
The Caring Science International Collaborative (CSIC), an international research network, empirically investigates nurse work wellbeing using the Profile of Caring, a psychometrically validated and reliable instrument.
The CSIC framework defines wellbeing intrinsically—as caring and clarity—and extrinsically—as the social and technical resources needed to work efficiently and effectively. The Profile of Caring explains 80% of work wellbeing in nursing without bias across 10 countries.
This research protocol describes an international multicenter observational study that measures nurse work wellbeing using the Profile of Caring and other concepts and outcomes measures.
Work-related stressors have been associated with physician suicide. Physician burnout and depression were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, remain unresolved and of national concern. Future pandemics are predicted. This study is the first to characterize professional and pandemic-related stressors in physician suicides during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This study aimed to evaluate whether there was a change in reported job-related stressors after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Physician suicides were identified within the National Violent Death Reporting System dataset (March 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021). Free-text law enforcement and medical examiner notes for physician suicides were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis.
Of 307 physician suicides, 70 included professional or pandemic-related stressors associated with death. Themes included pandemic-related dysregulation, financial distress, relationship issues, mental/physical/substance use problems, grief, and discipline.
While loss of employment, physical, mental health, legal, and substance use issues continue to be associated with suicide, grief and pandemic-specific stress were novel findings. Fear of disease, quarantine, and prolonged illness due to contracting COVID warrant psychological support. Psychological support is also indicated for recent discharge, grief management, transition into retirement, and during disciplinary processes. The stress of a pandemic may exacerbate previous risks. Proactive physician suicide prevention measures remain indicated.
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