Related Experiment Video
Updated: Oct 28, 2025
An Educational Video Demonstration of How to Prone a Critically Ill Intubated Patient
Published on: November 30, 2022
The Future Capacity of the Nursing Workforce: COVID-19 Pandemic's Impacts on New Nurses and Nursing Students Toward
Jennifer Emilie Mannino1, Pamela Watters, Elizabeth Cotter
1Author Affiliations: Professor (Drs Mannino, Cotter, Armstrong, and Moore), Barbara H. Hagan School of Nursing and Health Sciences, and Statistical Support Consultant (Dr Watters), Office of Graduate Academic Affairs, Molloy College, Rockville Centre - Nassau County, New York; and Professor (Dr Bongiorno) and Assistant Professor (Dr Kelley), Department of Nursing, State University of New York at Plattsburgh.
Background:
Nurses are concerned for their safety and conflicted about their career, because their duty to care for patients during the pandemic involved competing ethical obligations, including their own personal safety.
Purpose:
The aim was to explore the impact of COVID-19 on new nurses and nursing students in terms of safety and interest in nursing specifically related to self-efficacy, geographic region case density, and frontline experience in health care.
Methods:
New nurses and nursing students (N = 472) responded to an online survey examining self-efficacy, sense of safety, and interest in nursing. The survey included an open-ended question to support response interpretation.
Results:
Researchers identified significant differences among new nurses and students from contrasting case-dense regions in terms of safety and interest in nursing.
Conclusion:
Concerns about personal safety and the safety of others were apparent. Over time, this may lead to a decrease in willingness to enter or remain in the nursing profession.
Related Concept Videos
01:28Current Trends in Nursing I
01:30Current Trends in Nursing II
01:22The Professional Nurse
Communication skills: These are critical characteristics, especially speaking and listening.
01:30National Nursing Organizations II
The AACN emphasizes a healthy work environment through six standards to achieve an optimal patient outcome. The standards are appropriate staffing, meaningful recognition, collaboration, authentic leadership, effective communication, and decision-making. In addition, AACN provides certification programs, webinars, journals, and...
01:26National Nursing Organizations I
01:27Ethical Issues
Ethical Concerns in Healthcare: