Implementation of an Enculturation Toolkit for New Nurses During Unit Onboarding.

Objective: This quality improvement project targeted an enculturation gap among new nurses by assembling and piloting an Enculturation Toolkit.

Background: Enculturation of new nurses contributes to engagement, performance, sense of belonging, and retention. During the COVID-19 pandemic, orientation was shortened, virtual, and asynchronous, creating a gap in enculturation.

A Sample of the Future: Digital Health and Near-Patient Testing.

We, a nurse and a laboratory director, share our experience supporting a research study that employed a digital health application and a rapid test for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and the implications of this approach for health care delivery.

Evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and research: A visual model.

Understanding the key similarities and differences between quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research can help improve nursing practice. This article presents visual models to illustrate the relationship between these processes.

Digital health: The next evolution of healthcare delivery.

Healthcare delivery models have evolved from fee-for-service to incentivized care like patient-centered medical homes and accountable care organizations. This article discusses the evolution of healthcare delivery models and presents a vision for digital health.