Articles: pandemics.
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Veterans may be especially susceptible to increased alcohol consumption following the COVID-19 pandemic. We aim to evaluate trends in alcohol use among US Veterans prior to, during, and following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. ⋯ High-risk alcohol use among US Veterans has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic onset, and in the third year following pandemic onset, 15% of Veterans overall and over 20% of young Veterans ages 18-39 years reported high-risk alcohol use.
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Mar 2024
Health care services for older people in COVID-19 pandemic times - A Nordic comparison.
To explore the Nordic municipal health and care services' ability to promote principal goals within care for older people during the COVID-19 pandemic. ⋯ Measures that can improve opportunities for an active and social life during a pandemic should have high priority, particularily within home care.
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During the first COVID-19 pandemic wave, non-intensive care unit (non-ICU) nurses were deployed to temporary ICUs to provide critical care for the patient surge. A rapid critical care training program was designed to prepare them to care for patients in either temporary or permanent ICUs. ⋯ The rapid training program provided basic critical care knowledge for nurses in temporary ICUs, but experiences differed significantly between those deployed to temporary versus permanent ICUs. Although participants believed they provided safe care, nurses with no critical care experience cannot be expected to learn comprehensive critical care from expedited instruction; more formal clinical support is needed for nurses in temporary ICUs. Rapid critical care training can meet emergency needs for nurses capable of providing critical care.
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As the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic continued into 2021 and beyond, unrelenting work pressures continued to mount on the emergency nursing workforce. In the second year of this longitudinal study on emergency nurse lived experiences, staff outlined the continued strain of the profession, highlighting their increasing levels of burnout and identifying early stages of trauma response. ⋯ Deep engagement with participant emergency nurses across 2 years of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has revealed a need for greater emphasis on staff well-being for future maintenance of a resilient and healthy workforce. Without this, lack of support for subsequent nursing cohorts may affect the quality and reliability of care being provided in acute care centers.
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In addition to the physical disease burden of the COVID-19 pandemic, concern exists over its adverse mental health effects. ⋯ None.