Safety of Simultaneous Administration of Bivalent mRNA COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccines in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).

Introduction: Bivalent mRNA coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines may be simultaneously administered with other recommended vaccines, including seasonal influenza vaccines. However, few studies have evaluated the safety of co-administration of bivalent mRNA COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccines.

Objective: The aim was to describe reports to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) after co-administration of bivalent mRNA COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccines.

Safety of co-administration of mRNA COVID-19 and seasonal inactivated influenza vaccines in the vaccine adverse event reporting system (VAERS) during July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022.

Background: COVID-19 vaccines may be co-administered with other recommended vaccines, including seasonal influenza vaccines. However, few studies have evaluated the safety of co-administration of mRNA COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccines.

Objective: To describe reports to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) after co-administration of mRNA COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccines.

Quality Olympics: Experiential Interprofessional Learning to Improve Quality and Safety.

Background: Effective communication and teamwork is essential to improve the safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness of patient care. Quality Olympics, a competitive, educational intervention, was designed to offer nursing and medical students the opportunity to apply new knowledge on safety quality and cost in an interprofessional environment.

Method: Nursing (N = 220) and medical students (N = 163) participated in Quality Olympics.

The state of the science of nurse work environments in the United States: A systematic review.

A healthy nurse work environment is a workplace that is safe, empowering, and satisfying. Many research studies were conducted on nurse work environments in the last decade; however, it lacks an overview of these research studies. The purpose of this review is to identify, evaluate, and summarize the major foci of studies about nurse work environments in the United States published between January 2005 and December 2017 and provide strategies to improve nurse work environments.

Increasing nurse competence in peripheral intravenous therapy.

Infiltration and phlebitis are common complications associated with peripherally inserted vascular (PIV) therapy. This performance improvement plan included a pretest, a competency-based training module, and a posttest to determine whether nursing knowledge of infiltration and phlebitis improved. The postintervention data revealed a 50% reduction in infiltration and phlebitis.

Business case for Magnet® in a small hospital.

There is minimal evidence related to Magnet® designation and the benefits in small hospitals. A business strategy for small hospitals (<100 beds) to achieve Magnet designation is presented, including a cost-benefit analysis, outcome measures, and financial impact data.