Examining Mental Health Disorders in Overweight and Obese Pediatric Patients.

Introduction: We investigated the frequency and variation in three mental health diagnoses among obese or overweight children and adolescents.

Method: Logistic regression was used to examine the association between the outcome variables-anxiety, depression, and adjustment disorders-with the following covariates: overweight/obesity status, sex, age, and race.

Results: Findings show anxiety, depressive, and adjustment disorder diagnoses were significantly higher for overweight or obese youth in our sample.

Holistic review of BSN to DNP applicants: A step-by-step approach to implementation.

Background: Now, more than ever, enhancement of diversity and inclusion is significant to the nursing profession. One way that nursing institutions can enrich diversity in the workforce is through enrollment of students from diverse backgrounds.

Purpose: The overarching goal of this innovative admissions revision project was to implement and assess the process of holistic admissions in a BSN to DNP family nurse practitioner track.

Care During Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum, and Human Milk Feeding for Individuals Who Identify as LGBTQ.

The growing number of families that include members of sexual and/or gender minority (SGM) groups requires perinatal nurses to know how to provide respectful and affirming care to all people, including this population. Approximately 19% of adults who are members of SGM groups are raising 3 million children, with many hoping to become pregnant, foster, use surrogacy, or adopt in the future. Based on current literature, many nurses are not prepared to meet the clinical needs of patients who are members of SGM groups in the maternity setting.

Narratives of Doctorally Prepared Nursing Faculty on Tenure Track: A Pilot Study.

Background: The process of transitioning to academia as a new faculty on tenure-track is complex. During a global nursing shortage and the rising number of nursing faculty needed, careful attention must be given to the consideration of retaining nursing faculty. The purpose of this pilot study was to explore the experiences of DNP and PhD prepared faculty on tenure-track in academia through narrative stories.

Teaching Nurses From a Holistic Comfort Perspective.

Nursing students in various degree programs experience an array of stressful and demanding circumstances. As such, nursing faculty have a unique opportunity to provide student-centered teaching from a holistic comfort perspective. Holistic comfort is a concept supported by evidence symbolizing more than just the relief of pain.

The Pediatric Procedural Holistic Comfort Assessment: A Feasibility Study.

Introduction: Holistic comfort is an essential component of pediatric procedural care. However, a main gap in the literature is the ability to measure this. In this study, researchers report the feasibility of implementing a newly developed psychosocial measurement instrument in clinical practice.

Piloting Virtual Clinical Site Visits in a Family Nurse Practitioner Program.

Background: In nurse practitioner (NP) programs, NP faculty are responsible for evaluating student progress via clinical site visits. The purpose of this pilot study revolved around investigating the following aims: virtual clinical site visit feasibility, faculty perspectives related to implementing virtual and face-to-face clinical site visits, and exploration of student learning and related experiences with both virtual and face-to-face site visits.

Method: This mixed-methods pilot study included cross-sectional assessment of faculty and preceptor perspectives, as well as an open-ended qualitative descriptive survey for students.

Exploring Holistic Comfort in Children Who Experience a Clinical Venipuncture Procedure.

Purpose: Children often experience the uncomfortable effects of invasive procedures as a part of primary care and during times of illness. Holistic comfort has been well documented in adult literature but little research exists on the understanding of holistic procedural comfort from the child's perspective. In this study, holistic comfort related to an invasive venipuncture procedure was explored in children age 5 to 7 years and their caregivers of all ages.

Cognitive Dissonance and Pediatric Procedural Pain Management: A Concept Clarification.

Background: Pediatric nurses have often reported that pain management is a vital part of patient care. Evidence, however, suggests pediatric procedural pain treatments are often underused. Cognitive dissonance, the mental conflict leading to unpleasant thoughts and or feelings, may be related to this evidence-based gap found between what pediatric nurses claim about procedural pain management (that it is important) and what they actually do (underutilize pain treatments).

Holistic Comfort Interventions for Pediatric Nursing Procedures: A Systematic Review.

Comfort interventions for children during invasive nursing procedures have been well documented in the literature. It is important, however, to distinguish between the provision of holistic comfort management and pain alleviation. Holistic comfort focuses on treating the child's whole procedural experience and includes more than simply reducing pain.

Increasing nursing treatment for pediatric procedural pain.

Procedural pain management is an underused practice in children. Despite the availability of efficacious treatments, many nurses do not provide adequate analgesia for painful interventions. Complementary therapies and nonpharmacologic interventions are additionally essential to managing pain.