Navigating Pediatric Pain: Emerging Trends and Best Practice.

This article examines the pivotal role of critical care nurses in managing pediatric pain, emphasizing the multifaceted nature of care. It covers the challenges and opportunities nurses face, stressing the importance of education and training. The background section underscores the global issue of inadequately managed pediatric pain and the importance of addressing social determinants of health while recognizing perceptions, beliefs, stereotypes, and biases on pain management.

Microaggressions in Nursing.

How to address these behaviors to promote health equity and inclusion.

Comparison of Nurse Burnout, Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Pandemics are not new, but our global community allows the spread of disease to occur much more rapidly than ever before. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has placed nurses on the frontlines caring for contagious and acutely ill patients. Nurse burnout is not new either; however, these demands have put a strain on nurses, and nurse burnout has been reported as being at high levels.

Factors Associated with Burnout in the United States Versus International Nurses.

Nurse burnout is a serious global problem that is associated with adverse job factors. In this article, research on burnout as measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory is reviewed from 2000 to 2019, specifically analyzing job factors associated with nurse burnout and comparing US with international findings. Most of the reviewed articles found a significant relationship between nurse burnout and a nurse's intention to leave their job, job stress, nurse satisfaction, and workplace violence.

Gastrointestinal Motility Problems in Critically Ill Patients.

Gastrointestinal (GI) motility problems are common complications in critical care patients. GI problems contribute to an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Toxic megacolon (TM) is a type of acquired megacolon categorized as a medical emergency and includes severe inflammation affecting all layers of the colon wall.

Faculty Perceptions of Online Teaching Effectiveness and Indicators of Quality.

Online education programs in nursing are increasing rapidly. Faculty need to be competent in their role and possess the skills necessary to positively impact student outcomes. Existing research offers effective teaching strategies for online education; however, there may be some disconnect in the application of these strategies and faculty perceptions of associated outcomes.

It's about time: use of nonpharmacological interventions in the nursing home.

Purpose: To provide a stronger evidence base for cultural change in the nursing home, this study elicited nursing, recreational therapy, and medical staff perceptions of barriers to the implementation of nonpharmacological interventions for the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD).

Design: Thirty-five staff members (registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, nurses' aides, recreational therapists, activity personnel, and medical directors) from six nursing homes located in Pennsylvania and North Carolina participated in the qualitative study.

Methods: A focus group methodology was used to capture discussions that were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim.

Utilizing conjoint analysis to explicate health care decision making by emergency department nurses: a feasibility study.

This descriptive study tests the feasibility of using clinical simulation to understand proxy decision making by emergency department nurses for individuals with intellectual disability (ID). Results from a conjoint analysis used to identify decision-making patterns indicated that nurses relied on future health status, functional status, and family input while making important health care decisions for their clients. This information enhances our understanding of the complex array of services and supports that nurses are expected to provide.