Nursing unions: A scoping review of outcomes for employees, patients, and administrators.

Background: Nursing labor organization is consequential to many stakeholders, but collective evidence for outcomes associated with nurse unionization is lacking.

Purpose: To synthesize evidence of associations between nursing unions and nurse, patient, and system outcomes.

Methods: A scoping review.

Nurses' returning to work after cancer: A focus group study.

Background: Nurses diagnosed with cancer face unique challenges when returning to work, yet there is limited understanding of their transition.

Purpose: To explore nurses' return-to-work experiences post cancer diagnosis and clarify related facilitators and challenges.

Methods: This focus group study employed a content analysis with constant comparative approach and member checking.

Individual and organizational factors influencing well-being and burnout amongst healthcare assistants: A systematic review.

Background: Increasing evidence suggests that clinician well-being influences patient, workforce, and organizational outcomes. Despite increasing attention to well-being among licensed clinicians (e.g.

Opportunities to Diversify the Pediatric Nursing Workforce: A Focus on Male Nurses.

Introduction: Pediatric nursing has been a profession dominated by women, but patients benefit from representation of both men and women. We describe characteristics associated with male pediatric nurses and consider potential pathways to greater male pediatric nurse workforce participation.

Method: We used data from the 2018 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, a nationally representative survey of nurses that estimates characteristics of the workforce.

Organizational trust breaches among nurses and aides: A qualitative study.

Background: Healthcare worker retention and burnout are confounding issues. Trust among workers and their employer, that is, organization, is an important yet underexplored concept in research.

Research Aim: The aim of this qualitative study is to explore organizational actions and systems that promote or denigrate trust among registered nurses and patient care aides (aides).

Construct Validity Testing of the Provider Co-Management Index to Measure Shared Care in Provider Dyads.

Background: Co-management encompasses the dyadic process between two healthcare providers. The Provider Co-Management Index (PCMI) was initially developed as a 20-item instrument across three theory-informed subscales.

Objective: This study aimed to establish construct validity of the PCMI with a sample of primary care providers through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses.

Describing the male registered nursing workforce toward increasing male representation in professional nursing.

Background: Men are significantly underrepresented in nursing and increasing their numbers should be a priority.

Purpose: To describe the male nursing workforce in terms of size, demographics, education, and work settings.

Methods: Using data from the 2018 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, we performed a secondary descriptive analysis.

The Perspectives of Advanced Practice Provider Directors on Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Alignment and Hiring.

Demand for acute care is forecasted to grow in the United States. To meet this demand, nurse practitioners (NPs) are increasingly employed in acute care settings. Yet, there is concern about an adequate supply of acute care NPs given demand.

A Scoping Review on Work Experiences of Nurses After Being Diagnosed With Cancer.

Problem Identification: To map key concepts underpinning work-related studies about nurses with cancer and identify knowledge gaps.

Literature Review: A search was conducted in the PubMed®, CINAHL®, and PsycINFO® databases for articles about nurses with cancer and work-related topics published through March 2023.

Data Evaluation: The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews Checklist was used to report results, and the JBI critical appraisal tools were used to assess the quality of studies.

Initial psychometric properties of the provider-co-management index-RN to scale registered nurse-physician co-management: Implications for burnout, job satisfaction, and intention to leave current position.

Team-based care has become a cornerstone of care delivery to meet the demands of high-quality patient care. Yet, there is a lack of valid and reliable instruments to measure the effectiveness of co-management between clinician dyads, particularly physicians and registered nurses (RNs). The purpose of this study was to adapt an existing instrument, Provider Co-Management Index (PCMI), previously used among primary care providers into a new version to scale RN-physician co-management (called PCMI-RN).

Hospital nurse staffing and sepsis protocol compliance and outcomes among patients with sepsis in the USA: a multistate cross-sectional analysis.

Objectives: Sepsis is a serious inflammatory response to infection with a high death rate. Timely and effective treatment may improve sepsis outcomes resulting in mandatory sepsis care protocol adherence reporting. How the impact of patient-to-nurse staffing compares to sepsis protocol compliance and patient outcomes is not well understood.

The impact of California's staffing mandate and the economic recession on registered nurse staffing levels: A longitudinal analysis.

Background: Despite the importance of adequate hospital nurse staffing, California is the only state with minimum nurse-to-patient ratio mandates. The health care workforce is historically "countercyclical"-exhibiting growth during economic recessions when employment in other sectors is shrinking.

Purpose: This study was to examine how staffing mandates impact hospital nurse staffing during economic recessions.

The Association of Hospital Magnet Status and Pay-for-Performance Penalties.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Pay-for-Performance (P4P) programs aim to improve hospital care through financial incentives for care quality and patient outcomes. Magnet recognition-a potential pathway for improving nurse work environments-is associated with better patient outcomes and P4P program scores, but whether these indicators of higher quality are substantial enough to avoid penalties and thereby impact hospital reimbursements is unknown. This cross-sectional study used a national sample of 2,860 hospitals to examine the relationship between hospital Magnet status and P4P penalties under P4P programs: Hospital Readmission Reduction Program, Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC) Reduction Program, Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program.

Association of hospital nursing and postsurgical sepsis.

Despite concerted research and clinical efforts, sepsis remains a common, costly, and often fatal occurrence. Little evidence exists for the relationship between institutional nursing resources and the incidence and outcomes of sepsis after surgery. The objective of this study was to examine whether hospital nursing resource quality is associated with postsurgical sepsis incidence and survival.

Why Some Nurses Obtain Specialty Certification and Others Do Not.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether there are modifiable characteristics of nurses and hospitals associated with nurse specialty certification.

Background: Hospitals, nurses, and patients benefit from nurse specialty certification, but little actionable evidence guides administrators seeking higher hospital certification rates.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional, secondary data analysis of 20 454 nurses in 471 hospitals across 4 states.

Association of Nurse Engagement and Nurse Staffing on Patient Safety.

Background: Nurse engagement is a modifiable element of the work environment and has shown promise as a potential safety intervention.

Purpose: Our study examined the relationship between the level of engagement, staffing, and assessments of patient safety among nurses working in hospital settings.

Methods: A secondary analysis of linked cross-sectional data was conducted using survey data of 26 960 nurses across 599 hospitals in 4 states.

Nurse Engagement in Shared Governance and Patient and Nurse Outcomes.

Objective: The objectives of this study were to examine differences in nurse engagement in shared governance across hospitals and to determine the relationship between nurse engagement and patient and nurse outcomes.

Background: There is little empirical evidence examining the relationship between shared governance and patient outcomes.

Methods: A secondary analysis of linked cross-sectional data was conducted using nurse, hospital, and Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey data.