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2. "I feel broken": Chronicling burnout, mental health, and the limits of individual resilience in nursing.
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Akoo, Chaman, McMillan, Kimberly, Price, Sheri, Ingraham, Kenchera, Ayoub, Abby, Rolle Sands, Shamel, Shankland, Mylène, and Bourgeault, Ivy
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PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience , *PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout , *MENTAL health , *SABBATICAL leave , *QUALITATIVE research , *SEX distribution , *MEDICAL care , *WORK environment , *JUDGMENT sampling , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *THEMATIC analysis , *NURSES' attitudes , *JOB stress , *HEALTH facilities , *DATA analysis software , *COVID-19 pandemic , *PSYCHOLOGY of nurses , *EMPLOYMENT reentry - Abstract
Healthcare systems and health professionals are facing a litany of stressors that have been compounded by the pandemic, and consequently, this has further perpetuated suboptimal mental health and burnout in nursing. The purpose of this paper is to report select findings from a larger, national study exploring gendered experiences of mental health, leave of absence (LOA), and return to work from the perspectives of nurses and key stakeholders. Given the breadth of the data, this paper will focus exclusively on the qualitative results from 53 frontline Canadian nurses who were purposively recruited for their workplace insight. This paper focuses on the substantive theme of "Breaking Point," in which nurses articulated a multiplicity of stress points at the individual, organizational, and societal levels that amplified burnout and accelerated mental health LOA from the workplace. These findings exemplify the complexities that underlie nurses' mental health and burnout and highlight the urgent need for multipronged individual, organizational, and structural interventions. Robust and timely interventions are needed to restore the health of the nursing profession and sustain its future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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3. 'It's overwhelming at the start': transitioning to public transit use as an older adult.
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Ravensbergen, Léa, Newbold, K. Bruce, and Ganann, Rebecca
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ACTIVE aging , *CONFIDENCE , *TRAVEL , *RESEARCH methodology , *INTERVIEWING , *SELF-efficacy , *QUALITATIVE research , *ABILITY , *TRAINING , *ACCESSIBLE design of public spaces , *PHYSICAL mobility , *RESEARCH funding , *SOCIAL attitudes , *PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation , *DATA analysis software , *SOCIAL skills , *TRANSPORTATION , *OLD age - Abstract
Independent mobility is an important component of healthy ageing. Public transit may be an affordable way to achieve independent mobility, and yet little is known about older adults' transition to public transit. This paper addresses this research gap by providing an exploration of older adults' experiences transitioning to public transit use, and by comparing these experiences to those of older people who have always travelled using transit. Twenty-four older adults (65+) living in Hamilton, Canada, who use public transit completed semi-structured interviews during which they discussed their experiences when they first began to use transit. These experiences are framed herein with the concept self-efficacy, i.e. how one's belief in their ability to complete a task shapes their ability to complete said task. Results indicate that most older adults acquire skills to transition to public transit, such as trip planning, boarding, knowing where to sit and exiting the bus. These skills are developed through practice. As one gains experience, one becomes more confident in their ability to meet their daily travel needs using transit. Therefore, the transition to public transit as an older adult can be more challenging for those with little experience using public transit. This paper highlights the danger of assuming all older adults will effortlessly take up transit and stresses the importance of older adults gaining experience using public transit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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