Commentary on: Byrne S, Sledge H, Franklin R, Boland F, Murray DM, Hourihane J; CORAL Study group. Social communication skill attainment in babies born during the COVID-19 pandemic: a birth cohort study. Arch Dis Child. 2023 Jan;108(1):20-24. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-323441. Epub 2022 Oct 11.
Future research must explore contexts of crisis and disaster to investigate whether delays in acquiring the pointing gesture and the first meaningful words would result in cascading impairments in language development in early childhood. During crises and disasters, caregivers must be encouraged to enhance verbal responsiveness following infants’ communicative and exploratory behaviours.
Several studies conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic have indicated deficits in different domains of infant development. This study by Byrne and colleagues compared early developmental milestones in two infant cohorts: babies born at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and babies born between...
Commentary on: Tucker G, Urwin C, Unsworth J. The impact of unsuccessful resuscitation and manikin death during simulation on nursing student’s resuscitation self-efficacy: A quasi-experimental study. Nurse Educ Today. 2022 Dec;119:105587. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105587. Epub 2022 Oct 4.
A well-structured resuscitation simulation can improve nursing students’ self-efficacy, whether or not it ends with the death of the manikin. Future research should examine the impact of manikin death on other essential factors that contribute to nursing students’ learning.
Simulation is widely used to train nursing students in assessing and managing cardiac arrest. However, considerable debate has been about whether the manikin should die due to unsuccessful cardiopulmonary resuscitation in simulation. Some believe that it could cause undue stress and interfere with learning.
Commentary on: Ulupınar F, Erden Y. Intention to leave among nurses during the COVID-19 outbreak: A rapid systematic review and Meta-Analysis. J Clin Nurs. 2022 Nov 27. doi: 10.1111/jocn.16588. Epub ahead of print.
During COVID-19, nurses experienced stress, anxiety and fear. Psychological support will help retain staff. Further longitudinal studies on the long-term psychological impacts of the pandemic are needed.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nurses was unprecedented with high volumes of critically ill patients. This strain on direct care nurses included an increased workload, long hours, separation from family, potential exposure and patient death.