Introspective Learning From Interprofessional Virtual Grand Rounds.

Background: Interprofessional collaboration in health care settings improves patient safety and outcomes, yet collaboration among health professionals requires specific competencies and skills. Providing nursing students with interprofessional learning experiences with multiple health professions is possible yet challenging.

Problem: Opportunities for effective online interprofessional learning are lacking.

Using Critical Incident Assessments to Understand Nursing Students' Perceptions That Impact Learning.

Nurse faculty have a responsibility to examine nursing incidents that have a negative effect on students and identify methods for improvement. The purpose of this study was to explore nursing students' perceptions of weekly incidents that impact learning in order to alert faculty to problems early in the program of study. A qualitative descriptive design was used to identify common themes of first-semester BSN students' perceptions using Brookfield's Critical Incident Questionnaire.

The Impact of Preoperative Education on Patients Undergoing Elective Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: The Relationship Between Patient Education and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Preoperative education has been found to be responsible for patients having a realistic expectation of surgery as well as high level of satisfaction with their recovery. The Joint Academy offers preoperative educational classes for all patients undergoing elective knee and hip replacements.

Purpose: The purpose of this descriptive study was to determine whether the education provided by The Joint Academy has an impact on anxiety, expectation, and preparedness in patients who undergo elective total knee or hip arthroplasty.

Transforming Nursing Students' Attitudes Toward End-of-Life Care.

End-of-life care is an important nursing competency and must be incorporated into the baccalaureate nursing curriculum. The purpose of this research was to examine the outcomes of an actual hospice compared with a simulated hospice clinical experience. This pretest and posttest nonequivalent 2-group design consisted of a sample of 65 undergraduate nursing students enrolled in a community health course.

Understanding Interconnectedness From the Military Nurse Perspective.

Background: Nurses who serve in the military have a unique perspective on nursing and health care delivery that nurtures wholeness and inspires peace and healing on a global scale.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore health promotion and healing from the military nurse perspective.

Design: Video-recorded interviews were conducted with 10 military nurses who represented various branches and times of service.

Quality Improvement in Clinical Nutrition: Screening and Mealtime Protection for the Hospitalized Patient.

Purpose: The purpose of the quality improvement project was to (1) enhance awareness, accuracy, and use of the validated nutrition screening tool by the nurse and (2) improve compliance to the nutrition care plan that included increasing patient meal intake percentage.

Description Of The Project: Nurses were provided with an in-depth educational program focused on the implementation of the nutrition screening tool on patient admission to the clinical site. Second, a unit-level patient protected mealtime program was implemented in an effort to decrease unnecessary mealtime interruptions and promote nurses and nursing assistants to assist with meals during mealtime to improve patient meal intake percentage and, finally, to encourage collaboration between the clinical nurse specialist, unit level nurses, and registered dietitians to improve patient nutritional care.

Stroke Transitions of Care.

This quality improvement project focused on improving patient education and patient satisfaction, and reducing all-cause 30-day readmissions. A 72-hour discharge follow-up telephone call was completed in patients discharged home with diagnosis of stroke.

The Impact of a Cultural Immersion Study Abroad Experience in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Study abroad programs have increased dramatically. Most programs are short-term and include a cultural immersion as well as classroom and/or service learning. In this article, the authors discuss a study abroad program to China that included cultural immersion and classroom learning specific to traditional Chinese medicine.

Delirium: Why Are Nurses Confused?

Nurses have a key role in detection of delirium, yet this condition remains under recognized and poorly managed. The aim of this study was to explore nurses' knowledge of delirium-related information as well as their perception of their level of knowledge.

Improving transition of care for veterans after total joint replacement.

Background: Patients transitioning from hospital to home are at risk for readmission to the hospital. Readmissions are costly and occur too often. Standardized discharge education processes have shown to decrease readmissions.

Arch support use for improving balance and reducing pain in older adults.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of arch supports on balance, functional mobility, and pain in the back and lower extremity joints among older adults.

Design: A single-factor within-subjects design was used.

Method: A convenience sample of older adults formed a single group for fitting with arch supports.

Caring for the orthopaedic patient who is obese.

Obesity is a major health problem in the United States, and it is occurring at an increasing rate. When an orthopaedic patient is obese, the care plan and interventions must be adjusted for the specific patient needs. This article explores the multidimensional challenges and suggests strategies to provide safe care for the patient who is obese.

Effects of T'ai Chi exercise on fibromyalgia symptoms and health-related quality of life.

Background: Fibromyalgia (FM), one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders, is associated with high levels of impaired health and inadequate or limited symptom relief. The cause of this complex syndrome is unknown, and there is no known cure. Numerous research results indicate that a combination of physical exercise and mind-body therapy is effective in symptom management.

Effects of Tai Chi exercise on balance, functional mobility, and fear of falling among older women.

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of Tai Chi exercise among older women. Multiple regression analysis revealed statistically significant improvements in scores for balance (p <.001), functional mobility (p <.

National practice patterns for the care of the patient with total joint replacement.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine national practice patterns for common nursing procedures related to the care of total hip and total knee patients.

Design: This was a comparative descriptive study utilizing a survey developed by the NAON Total Joint Special Interest Group.

Sample: Two hundred eight-seven valid surveys were completed by NAON members.