A D Clayden
Who should teach medical statistics, when, how and where should it be taught?
Statistics in medicine
registered nurses working frontline covid19 pandemic encountered significant challenges including exposure critical incidents critical incidents refer sudden unexpected clinical events surpass individuals ability cope leading considerable psychological distress could potentially result development posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms research shown high prevalence posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among healthcare workers particularly close contact covid19 patients assess levels posttraumatic stress symptoms among registered nurses relation exposure working conditions covid19 pandemic much work affected pandemic redeployment working hours hindering sufficient recovery shifts critical incidents cross sectional study registered nurses working multiple health care services covering 21 geographic regions sweden total 1923 registered nurses part swedish national cohort followed since nursing education invited participate survey late september 2021 15 19 years post graduation data analyzed using descriptive statistics unpaired ttests oneway analysis variance cohens employed quantify differences mean levels subgroups response rate 565 50 experienced registered nurses reported significant disruptions work environments total 85 registered nurses exposed least one critical incident work pandemic 60 facing organisational changes nearly 50 experiencing emotionally distressing situations exposure work situations involving critical incidents consistently demonstrated strong associations higher levels posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms compared exposed effect sizes ranging moderate high study underscores profound impact working conditions redeployment exposure critical incidents mental health registered nurses offer valuable insights registered nurses pandemicrelated challenges highlighting need support interventions prevent manage critical incidents ultimately promoting wellbeing also highlight significance thorough workforce readiness planning future pandemics challenging health care scenarios staff shortage