Changing test answers: A scoping review.

Objective: Various disciplines at all education levels worldwide are steeped in contradictions regarding the value of answer changing on exams. Therefore, the purpose of this scoping review was to explore the current evidence related to answer changing at the graduate and undergraduate level with a focus on nursing education.

Design: The scoping review was guided by Arksey and O'Malley's scoping review framework.

Exploring Jordanian emergency registered nurses' experiences of workplace violence: A phenomenological study.

Background: Workplace violence against emergency nurses is an alarming hazard in Jordan, as it is globally. There is no prior research exploring the experiences of workplace violence against Jordanian emergency nurses. This study aimed to investigate Jordanian emergency registered nurses' lived experiences of workplace violence from their patients or relatives while working.

CareLink-Corrections Phase 1: A Feasibility Study Inside Prisons to Improve Self-Care Upon Release.

CareLink-Corrections is an evidence-informed self-care management (SCM) program designed to provide nursing and health services students an opportunity to serve a vulnerable justice-involved population while learning to provide clinical care service. Within this program, SCM of health is the clinical focus and is conceptualized as a competency where the individual acquires the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that facilitate health maintenance, health care management, and/or health promotion. Thirty undergraduate nursing students and 47 incarcerated persons participated in this first phase of the program.

Significance of Self-Care Management as Persons Prepare to Reintegrate Into the Community.

Introduction: Persons reentering the community after incarceration often confront a range of challenges that influence their ability to engage in self-care. This study sought to gain insight and understanding of how persons recently released from an incarceration experience perceive their preparedness for reentry and how this affects their ability to engage in self-care management.

Method: Using focus group methodology, four male, two female, and one mixed focus groups (N = 31) were held at a syringe access program, a medication-assisted recovery clinic, and a postincarceration support service.

Nursing in the American Justice System.

Efforts to provide humane care for the mentally ill has led to growth of more suitable services in community-based settings, yet resources are insufficient to meet the needs of mentally ill who interface with the criminal justice system. The resulting collateral damage has created a pathway to prison for massive numbers of impaired individuals, and the inhumane warehousing of thousands of mentally ill people is reminiscent of a century ago. The criminal justice system was never intended to be a safety net for the public mental health system.

An Examination of Simulation Prebriefing in Nursing Education: An Integrative Review.

Aim: The aim of the integrative review was to examine the prebriefing phase of simulation as the foundation for the learning experience of nursing students and to determine effective prebriefing activities to enhance learning.

Background: There are currently no frameworks or specific time allotments for prebriefing comparable to those implemented for debriefing.

Method: Eight electronic databases were searched for the period 2012 to 2019.

Evaluation of Interprofessional Teaching Strategy for Nursing Students on Perinatal Trauma-Informed Care.

Little research exists on secondary traumatic stress for obstetric nurses and best educational strategies. Mixed-methods analysis was conducted to evaluate use of interprofessional panel debriefing to prepare nursing students for trauma-informed care. A pretest and posttest paired-samples design evaluated student experience and internalization of communication techniques.

Using Simulation With Nursing Students to Promote Affirmative Practice Toward the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Population: A Multisite Study.

Aim: The aim of this research was to evaluate the impact of a transgender simulation on nursing students' affirmative practice when caring for a transgender person.

Background: There is a paucity of research that assesses the attitudes of nursing students toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons and a deficit in nursing curricula regarding LGBT content.

Method: A nonexperimental, pretest-posttest design was used to evaluate nursing students' affirmative practice when caring for a transgender patient using the Gay Affirmative Practice Scale.

Self-Care Management in Corrections: Perspectives From Persons With an Incarceration Experience.

The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions and beliefs of what self-care management looks like for a person with an incarceration experience. This is the first phase of a two-phase study. This qualitative study, held in three county jails in Massachusetts, utilized a focus group methodology.

Using simulation to address care of the transgender patient in nursing curricula.

This descriptive study explored the use of simulation as a means to increase cognitive and reflective practice as well as determining if simulation can alter perceptions and attitudes related to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. This manuscript describes how student nurses perceive their role when providing care to and, more specifically, the care of transgender patients. The research question asks: How does a transgender simulation impact the attitudes and beliefs of nursing students related to the LGBT community? One-hundred and fifty-nine students, with a subset of 120 students attending a school in central Florida and 50 students attending a Connecticut programme, participated in the completion of the instruments.

Correctional Nursing Interventions for Incarcerated Persons with Mental Disorders: An Integrative Review.

The authors explore the current state-of-the art of correctional nursing by summarizing the types of interventions employed by nurses, across studies, designed to assist this challenging group of patients. This examination of evidence-based interventions implemented and tested by correctional nurses provides a better understanding of their role and function. Correctional health is a nurse driven system, yet a minimal amount is known about the nurses who practice in these environments or about their contributions to the practice of mental health nursing in correctional environments.

Enhancing Empathy in Undergraduate Nursing Students: An Experiential Ostomate Simulation.

Aim: The aim of this study was to implement and evaluate an experiential learning simulation created to enhance nursing students' empathy during patient care encounters.

Background: The investigators proposed that an ostomy simulation experience would be an efficient method for providing this educational content.

Method: Content analysis was conducted on essays using Krippendorff's technique to quantify the simulation.

Addressing methodological issues in correctional health research: a case report.

This case study describes the experiences of a novice correctional nurse researcher's application of the recommended strategies from the correctional literature to improve the conduct of research in a correctional institution. An innovative booster intervention was implemented and evaluated as a pilot study in a state correctional institution. Correctional nurse researchers encounter many challenges when conducting research in a correctional facility.

Medication adherence among female inmates with bipolar disorder: results from a randomized controlled trial.

To describe the differences in medication adherence between 2 groups of inmates in the Connecticut Department of Correction diagnosed with bipolar disorder treated with either the Texas Implementation of Medication Algorithm (TIMA) for Bipolar Disorder or treatment as usual (TAU). Using a prospective longitudinal analysis of secondary data and chart data, a comparison was made between participants who were assigned either to TIMA or TAU and treated for 12 weeks for either Bipolar Disorder Type I or II. A secondary data set containing 12 weeks of medication data was combined with medical chart data, including medication administration records, which were retrospectively reviewed to determine numbers of psychotropic and other medications prescribed, number of doses per day prescribed, number of times the medications were taken, any patterns and reasons for missed doses, and side effects experienced.