A Digital Self-Administered Check-Up Assessment and Evaluation of Risk Communication in Older People.

Background: Digital health tools can significantly contribute to the continuum of care and support for persons with their self-management role. Despite the increasing adoption of digital health tools, little is known about the uptake and comfort of use among older persons.

Methods: A mixed methods design was used to assess the feasibility and utility of the check-up (CU), a self-administered digital health assessment for older persons.

Nursing Care Delivery Models and Intraprofessional Collaborative Care: Canadian Nurse Leaders' Perspectives.

Introduction: There are many different types of nursing care delivery models used to organize and provide care in hospitals. These models are comprised of different organizational structures and staffing skill mixes.

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore how nursing care delivery models promote intraprofessional collaborative care in acute care hospitals from the perspectives of nurse leaders.

Nursing care delivery models and outcomes: A literature review.

Objective: The purpose of this literature review was to determine the types of nursing care delivery models currently being used in acute care hospitals to determine the effectiveness of the model and the outcomes being measured.

Method: A literature search was conducted, and databases searched included CINAHL, Nursing and Allied Health, Medline, EMBASE, ProQuest Theses, and Dissertations for the years 2000-2020. Sixteen studies were retrieved.

Collaboration among nurses when transitioning older adults between hospital and community settings: a scoping review.

Background: The transitioning of older patients between healthcare sectors requires the provision of high-quality nursing care. Collaboration among nurses is identified as an essential element of transitional care, yet nurse-nurse collaboration has received little attention.

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the extent, range and nature of nurse-nurse collaboration when transitioning older patients between hospital and community settings, and to identify gaps in the literature.

Collaboration among Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses: A Scoping Review of Practice Guidelines.

Professional associations, nurse scholars, and practicing nurses suggest that intraprofessional collaboration between nurses is essential for the provision of quality patient care. However, there is a paucity of evidence describing collaboration among nurses, including the outcomes of collaboration to support these claims. The aim of this scoping review was to examine nursing practice guidelines that inform the registered nurse (RN) and registered/licensed practical nurse (R/LPN) collaborative practice in acute care, summarize and disseminate the findings, and identify gaps in the literature.

Does it make a difference? Evaluation of a Canadian poverty reduction initiative.

Program evaluation is an important aspect of any organization. The ability to reflect on past performance and plan for the future is essential to an organization's health and future growth. This exploratory study is part of a larger program evaluation initiative that examined the efficacy of a regionally based organization that provided funding to community groups to alleviate poverty.

Where Does the Patient Fit? An Analysis of Word Use Within the Context of Interprofessional Collaborative Care.

Patient-centeredness is considered central to interprofessional collaborative patient care as a participatory, partnered approach between health care professionals and patients. Content analysis of 501 articles from the 1986, 1987, 1988, 1996, 2006, 2013, 2014, and 2018 volumes of a selected journal was undertaken. The purposes were to identify contexts in which the term patient was used in articles with a primary focus on interprofessional care and to identify trends in its usage.

Practice readiness of new nursing graduates: A concept analysis.

Practice readiness is not well defined in the literature and its conceptualization fluctuates from one practice setting to the next. The lack of common perception of what it means to be "practice ready" across sectors (academia, practice, regulatory) creates difficulty in identifying the boundaries of the concept and promotes varying expectations. This paper reports a concept analysis on practice readiness using Rodgers' evolutionary method of concept analysis.

Collaboration among registered nurses and practical nurses in acute care hospitals: A scoping review.

Aim: This study examined the extent, range, and nature of registered nurse (RN) and practical nurse (PN) collaboration in acute care hospitals and identified research gaps in the existing literature.

Background: Optimal patient care requires collaboration between RNs and PNs. A lack of unity and unresolved tension among different types of nurses influences collaboration and has significant implications on practice and the organizations where nurses work.

Factors Influencing New RNs' Supervisory Performance in Long-Term Care Facilities.

In long-term care facilities (LTCF), registered nurses (RNs) perform both clinical and supervisory roles as part of a team aiming to provide high-quality care to residents. The residents have several co-morbidities and complex care needs. Unfortunately, new RNs receive minimal preparation in gerontology and supervisory experience during their program, leading to low retention rates and affecting resident outcomes.

A Power Experience: A Phenomenological Study of Interprofessional Education.

The purpose of this supplementary analysis of a hermeneutic phenomenological study of the experience of interprofessional collaboration for nursing and medical students was to explore the experience of power that was threaded throughout the original study. Seventeen students participated in guided, face-to-face conversations in the original study (Prentice, Engel, Taplay, & Stobbe, 2014). Through the processes of deductive analysis and inductive reasoning, 2 themes of power emerged from these research conversations: (a) complicated knowledge is power and (b) the power and silence of intimidation.

Staff perceptions of collaboration on a new interprofessional unit using the Assessment of Interprofessional Team Collaboration Scale (AITCS).

The aim of this study was to obtain baseline information on staff attitudes and perceptions of interprofessional collaboration on a newly formed interprofessional education unit. The Assessment of Interprofessional Team Collaboration Scale (AITCS) was administered to 54 interprofessional team members on a 30-bed medical interprofessional education (IPE) unit. We found that the team members respected each other but felt they needed more organisational support to further develop team skills.

Recommendations From the International Consortium on Professional Nursing Practice in Long-Term Care Homes.

In response to the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics' global agenda for clinical research and quality of care in long-term care homes (LTCHs), the International Consortium on Professional Nursing Practice in Long Term Care Homes (the Consortium) was formed to develop nursing leadership capacity and address the concerns regarding the current state of professional nursing practice in LTCHs. At its invitational, 2-day inaugural meeting, the Consortium brought together international nurse experts to explore the potential of registered nurses (RNs) who work as supervisors or charge nurses within the LTCHs and the value of their contribution in nursing homes, consider what RN competencies might be needed, discuss effective educational (curriculum and practice) experiences, health care policy, and human resources planning requirements, and to identify what sustainable nurse leadership strategies and models might enhance the effectiveness of RNs in improving resident, family, and staff outcomes. The Consortium made recommendations about the following priority issues for action: (1) define the competencies of RNs required to care for older adults in LTCHs; (2) create an LTCH environment in which the RN role is differentiated from other team members and RNs can practice to their full scope; and (3) prepare RN leaders to operate effectively in person-centered care LTCH environments.

Social Interaction and Collaboration among Oncology Nurses.

Collaboration is a complex process influenced by organizational, professional, interpersonal, and personal factors. Research has demonstrated that collaboration may also be influenced by social factors. Nurses spend much of their time working in collaborative teams, yet little is known about how they socially interact in practice.

Oncology nurses' experience of collaboration: A case study.

Purpose: Changes in the health system have created new models of healthcare delivery such as nurse-led teams. This has resulted in the increased opportunity for enhanced collaboration among nurses. Oncology nurses have a long history of working together, yet little is known about their perceptions about collaboration in the practice setting.

Interprofessional Collaboration: The Experience of Nursing and Medical Students' Interprofessional Education.

In this hermeneutic phenomenological study, we examined the experience of interprofessional collaboration from the perspective of nursing and medical students. Seventeen medical and nursing students from two different universities participated in the study. We used guiding questions in face-to-face, conversational interviews to explore students' experience and expectations of interprofessional collaboration within learning situations.

Systematic review of clinical judgment and reasoning in nursing.

A systematic review was conducted to examine the findings on clinical judgment and reasoning in nursing that have emerged since Tanner's review in 2006. Electronic databases were searched to locate primary research studies about clinical judgment and reasoning in nursing. Fifteen studies were extracted and analyzed using the five main conclusions outlined by Tanner.

Relational ethics in everyday practice.

Oncology nurses frequently encounter ethical issues in their everyday practice because of the complex needs of patients, which require the expertise of many health care providers. The involvement of various health care providers, as well as of the patient and family means there is the potential for differing views about what is best for the patient. The focus of this paper is to share a case history describing the ethical issues experienced by nurses and to illustrate how relational ethics can offer guidance for nurses caring for patients with cancer.

Safe practice: using high-fidelity simulation to teach blood transfusion reactions.

High-fidelity simulation can play an important role in educating novice nurses for a challenging health care environment by fostering their confidence levels in recognizing high-risk, low-incident events. This paper reports on a quality improvement project to increase student nurses' knowledge and skills in caring for clients receiving blood transfusions.

The ethics of interprofessional collaboration.

Interprofessional collaboration has become accepted as an important component in today's health care and has been guided by concerns with patient safety, quality health-care outcomes, and economics. It is widely accepted that interprofessional collaboration improves patient outcomes through enhanced communication among health-care providers and increased accessibility to services. Although there is a paucity of research that provides confirmatory evidence, interprofessional competencies continue to be incorporated into the curricula of health-care students.

Collaboration among nurse practitioners and registered nurses in outpatient oncology settings in Canada.

Aim: This article is a report on a case study that described and analysed the collaborative process among nurse practitioners and registered nurses in oncology outpatient settings to understand and improve collaborative practice among nurses.

Background: Changes in the health system have created new models of care delivery, such as collaborative nursing teams. This has resulted in the increased opportunity for enhanced collaboration among nurse practitioners and registered nurses.

Bathing residents with dementia in long-term care: critical incidents described by personal support workers.

Aim And Objective: The aim of this study was to describe and gain insight into the critical incidents depicted by personal support workers (PSWs) in long-term care (LTC) related to bathing residents who have dementia.

Background: Residents with dementia in LTC often display responsive/protective behaviours during bathing. Consequently, bathing is a source of stress for PSWs who provide most of the personal care for LTC residents in Ontario, Canada.

A case management experience: implementing best practice guidelines in the community.

This article discusses the implementation of a best practice guideline (BPG) in a community setting using a case management model The role of the case manager is presented as well as the process of evaluation. Challenges to implementing a BPG in a community setting are also addressed.