Bridging the experience-complexity gap with longitudinal clinical placements.

Background: Clinical learning is a critical element to prepare nursing students for the profession. There is limited evidence on the experience-complexity gap among novice nursing students entering the workforce.

Purpose: This study aimed to implement a novel longitudinal clinical experience program and examined readiness for practice for undergraduate nursing students.

Using Gamification to Engage Clinical Nurses in Quality Improvement.

Engaging clinical nurses in quality improvement is essential to achieve improved patient outcomes. By using gamification, nursing professional development specialists can increase motivation and improve attitudes toward quality improvement. This project was designed to create and implement a virtual escape room to engage clinical nurses in nursing-sensitive quality improvement.

Evaluation of a charge nurse leadership development program.

A pilot study evaluated the change in charge nurses' perception of their leadership skills after engaging in a 4-month structured leadership program. Based on a self-assessment, multimodal education using authentic leadership tenets and an appreciative inquiry framework increased participants' confidence in their skills.

Chemorepulsion from the Quorum Signal Autoinducer-2 Promotes Helicobacter pylori Biofilm Dispersal.

Unlabelled: The gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori forms biofilms on abiotic and biotic surfaces. We have shown previously that H. pylori perceives the quorum signal autoinducer-2 (AI-2) as a chemorepellent.