Telehealth across nursing education: Findings from a national study.

Background: The onset of COVID-19 perpetuated the necessity for nursing students to be telehealth savvy upon graduation. There is minimal research regarding the integration of telehealth in nursing curricula across multiple levels.

Purpose: The purpose of this survey study was to determine the current or future use of telehealth content and experiences in prelicensure and graduate nursing program curricula.

Manual vs Automatic Prone Positioning and Patient Outcomes in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

Background: Prone positioning is a standard treatment for moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), but the outcomes associated with manual versus automatic prone positioning have not been evaluated.

Objective: To retrospectively evaluate outcomes associated with manual versus automatic prone positioning as part of a pronation quality improvement project implemented by a multidisciplinary team.

Methods: A retrospective, descriptive-comparative approach was used to analyze data from 24 months of a prone positioning protocol for ARDS.

Oral care practices in non-mechanically ventilated intensive care unit patients: An integrative review.

Aims And Objectives: To explore current oral care practices in nonmechanically ventilated ICU patients.

Background: Oral hygiene is an important aspect of nursing care in hospitalised populations. Oral care is a disease preventive and cost-effective measure for patients, particularly in ICU patients.

The impact of interprofessional collaboration on the effectiveness, significance, and future of advanced practice registered nurses.

Interprofessional collaboration was essential for the conduct of research that demonstrated the effectiveness and significance of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) in providing care, in reducing health care costs, and in developing innovative models of care for the nation's citizens. If the 2010 Affordable Care Act is to be implemented, APRNs, with their expertise and numbers, are essential to its implementation. Continued interdisciplinary collaboration is needed to expand the scope of APRN state practice regulations, to change reimbursement for APRN services, and to mute opposition to these changes by medical organizations.

Health Problems and APN Interventions in Pregnant Women with Diabetes.

The purpose of this study was to compare health problems and advanced practice nursing (APN) interventions in two types of APN care provided to 41 childbearing women with diabetes. The study's design involved content analysis of interaction logs containing the process of APN care during two clinical trials: 1) APN care was added to physician care (n = 22); and, 2) half of physician care was substituted with APN care (n = 19). Women's' health problems and APN interventions were classified using the Omaha System's Problem Scheme and Intervention Scheme.

Global considerations in measuring effectiveness of advanced practice nurses.

Documentation of advanced practice nurses' (APNs) effectiveness globally is essential in developing educational programs and standards, regulations, titling, prescribing privileges, and scope and standards of practice. Based on the body of research on APN effectiveness to date, two major factors have emerged in developing future studies, (1) careful, deliberate choice of outcomes and (2) dose effects. The purpose of this paper is to review these measurement issues.