Publications by authors named "Emma Cuenca"

Introduction: There is evidence for relatively lower COVID-19 vaccine uptake among people of color in the United States. The purpose of this study was to investigate associations between race/ethnicity and COVID-19 vaccine uptake among nurses.

Methods: Nurses in Southern California ( = 1183) completed a one-time, web-based survey to assess COVID-19 vaccine perceptions and uptake.

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Bullying, lateral violence, and incivility are real phenomena in the nursing workplace and remain widespread across all care settings. The American Nurses Association recommends zero tolerance for any form of violence from any source and adopting evidence-based strategies to mitigate incivility and bullying. This integrative review examined the evidence regarding nurse-to-nurse incivility, bullying, and workplace violence for 4 nurse populations-student, new graduate, experienced, and academic faculty.

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Mismanaged pain challenges health care systems. In the early 1990s, pain resource nurse programs were developed by Ferrell and colleagues. Variations of the model have existed for more than 20 years.

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Purpose: The study purpose was to describe clinical nurse specialist (CNS) practice patterns (activities, outcomes, and practice barriers).

Design: A cross-sectional survey design was used for this research study.

Setting And Sample: California Board of Registered Nursing certified CNSs (N = 1,523).

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