Abstract Background Healthcare workers (HCWs) caring for COVID-19 infected patients are
exposed to stressful and traumatic events with potential for severe and sustained adverse …

This study characterizes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental and physical
health of nurses. Qualitative data (collected using semi-structured interviews) were …

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed a need to understand the challenges
associated with wearing Personal protective Equipment (PPE). The aim in this study was to …

Aim. To explore and describe intensive care professional nurses' experiences caring for
COVID‐19 patients in private hospitals in Gauteng, South Africa. Introduction. Pandemics …

Background Although COVID-19 was a novel disease that very little was known about at the
start of the pandemic, the complex and far-reaching public health system in the United …

Background A healthcare system's collapse due to a pandemic, such as the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19), can expose healthcare workers (HCWs) to various mental health …

Objective Given the immense stress faced by medical staff during the COVID-19 pandemic,
this study aimed to evaluate the relationship between mindful attention awareness, fatigue …

Face masks represent an effective COVID-19 mitigation strategy; this study investigated the
quality in use of FFP2 masks in a group of 156 frontline HCWs recruited through a snowball …

Herein, we present the case of accidental intravenous injection of gasoline in a 62-year-old
male who was admitted to a dialysis center for his regular hemodialysis. Due to previous …

Background: A critical preventive measure during the rapid global spread of COVID-19 was
the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by healthcare professionals, especially …