Archives of Nursing and Healthcare

The study by Younas and Maddigan [1] Proposing a policy framework for nursing education for fostering compassion in nursing students: A critical review, focused on the cultivation of the quality of compassion in nursing students. While these authors conducted a credible literature review that led to a conclusion that nurse educators should use a range of approaches to teaching students’ compassion, they did not articulate what those approaches could be.

The mini-review is an update of the original article: Do bachelor assignments in Danish midwifery- and nursing educations reflect evidence-based practice? A document study [1]. We will summarize the findings from the original article, add an analysis of 140 recent bachelor assignments and present the result of a new search of literature to see recent developments in the field. Our aim is to see if the bachelor assignments present evidence-based nursing. 

Nurses are leaving the profession at an alarming rate [1]. Like soldiers on the battlefield, many nurses post pandemic are left alive but injured, with a catalogue of emotional experiences to wrestle with. Using Stamm’s [2] breakdown, Compassion fatigue (CF) can be understood as the combination burnout and secondary trauma.

COVID-19 pandemic is a global threat that is having devastating consequences in congregate settings such as nursing homes and assisted facilities around the world. Several measures have been adapted by the nursing home through the guidance of CMS for protecting the most vulnerable population.

Objective: To study vaccine hesitancy among health care workers who provide direct care in nursing homes and long-term care facilities which cater to the most vulnerable population of the community.