Concept Mapping in Simulation within Nursing Education: A Scoping Review Protocol.

Background: Simulation has been found to enhance nursing student knowledge and confidence, as well as to improve clinical performance. The use of concept maps during simulation has been found to play a key role in student learning. There is a need to understand what is known to date about the use of concept mapping in simulation within nursing education.

Interprofessional collaboration among first responder students in a simulated disaster exercise.

Introduction: Interprofessional disaster simulation exercises provide an opportunity for first responder students to learn about disaster response and recovery, to practice their roles and to learn to collaborate with other first responders. With the move to virtual education during the COVID-19 pandemic, a table-top disaster exercise is an alternative format to inperson exercises. To date, most disaster simulation exercises for students have focused on the roles of healthcare providers.

Evaluation of Nursing Students' Experiences in an Interprofessional Simulated Disaster Exercise.

Background: Disaster simulation exercises provide a unique opportunity for nursing students to experience interprofessional collaboration. The limited study of interprofessional education using disaster simulation has focused on two to three health disciplines. In reality, teams comprise members from multiple disciplines in health care and emergency management.

Exploring the Transitional Experience of First-Year Undergraduate Nursing Students.

Background: Nursing students encounter various adjustments during their first year of nursing school, including challenging coursework, competing demands, and clinical preparation. Limited research exists on first-year nursing students' experiences and the impact these experiences have on their success. This study examined nursing students' transitional experiences during their first year of university and identified support requirements needed.

Measuring health literate discharge practices.

Purpose Health literate discharge practices meet patient and family health literacy needs in preparation for care transitions from hospital to home. The purpose of this paper is to measure health literate discharge practices in Ontario hospitals using a new organizational survey questionnaire tool and to perform psychometric testing of this new survey. Design/methodology/approach This survey was administered to hospitals in Ontario, Canada.

Work motivation in health care: a scoping literature review.

Aim: The aim of this scoping literature review was to examine and summarize the factors, context, and processes that influence work motivation of health care workers.

Methods: A scoping literature review was done to answer the question: What is known from the existing empirical literature about factors, context, and processes that influence work motivation of health care workers? This scoping review used the Arksey and O'Malley framework to describe and summarize findings. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were developed to screen studies.

Development of Indicators to Measure Health Literate Discharge Practices.

Health literate discharge practices meet the health literacy needs of patients and families at the time of hospital discharge and are associated with improved patient outcomes and reduced readmission. A Delphi panel consisting of nurses, other health care providers, and researchers was used to develop a set of indicators of health literate discharge practices based on the practices of Project RED (Re-Engineered Discharge). These indicators can be used to measure and monitor the use of health literate discharge practices.

Routines for change: how managers can use absorptive capacity to adopt and implement evidence-based practice.

Aims: This paper uses the construct of absorptive capacity to understand how nurse managers can facilitate the adoption and use of evidence-based practice within health-care organisations.

Background: How health-care organisations adopt and implement innovations such as new evidence-based practices will depend on their absorptive, or learning, capacity. Absorptive capacity manifests as routines, which are the practices, procedures and customs that organisational members use to carry out work and to make work-related decisions.

Role of context in care transition interventions for medically complex older adults: a realist synthesis protocol.

Introduction: Approximately 30-50% of older adults have two or more conditions and are referred to as multimorbid or complex patients. These patients often require visits to various healthcare providers in a number of settings and are therefore susceptible to fragmented healthcare delivery while transitioning to receive care. Care transition interventions have been implemented to improve continuity of care, however, current evidence suggests that some interventions or components of interventions are only effective within certain contexts.

How do health care organizations take on best practices? A scoping literature review.

Aims: The aims of this scoping literature review are to examine and summarize the organizational-level factors, context, and processes that influence the use of evidence-based practice in healthcare organizations.

Methods: A scoping literature review was done to answer the question: What is known from the existing empirical literature about factors, context, and processes that influence the uptake, implementation, and sustainability of evidence-based practice in healthcare organizations? This review used the Arksey and O'Malley framework to describe findings and to identify gaps in the existing research literature. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were developed to screen studies.

Validation and evaluation of two observational pain assessment tools in a trauma and neurosurgical intensive care unit.

Background: Studies have demonstrated that patients in the intensive care unit experience high levels of pain. While many of these patients are nonverbal at some point during their stay, there are few valid tools available to assess pain in this group.

Objectives: To evaluate the validity and clinical utility of two pain assessment tools, the revised Adult Non-Verbal Pain Scale (NVPS-R) and the Critical Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT), in a trauma and neurosurgical patient population.

Patient satisfaction and documentation of pain assessments and management after implementing the adult nonverbal pain scale.

Background: Accurate assessment and management of pain in critically ill patients who are nonverbal or cognitively impaired is challenging. No widely accepted assessment tool is currently in place for assessing pain in these patients.

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of implementing a new pain assessment tool in a trauma/neurosurgery intensive care unit.

Pain assessment and management for a dialysis patient with diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

More than 50% of all patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) have pain, and this pain is often due to diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Using a case study of a dialysis patient who has neuropathic pain, this article examines the assessment and management of this pain. Assessment is the essential first step.

Patient satisfaction and pain management: an educational approach.

The importance of assessing and managing pain has become paramount in today's hospital environment. Poor pain management is associated with impaired health, decreased patient satisfaction, and increased healthcare costs. This quality improvement project on an internal medicine unit at an urban teaching hospital examined the impact of pain education on patient satisfaction with pain management.