" I'm not a risk taker " : Risk Perceptions of Nursing Home Residents With Dementia.

Background: Persons living with Alzheimer disease and related dementia (ADRD) in nursing homes (NH) are often excluded from conversations about their health/safety. These omissions impinge on personhood and the rights to have care preferences heard and honored. While persons with ADRD maintain the ability to communicate their preferences long after their decision-making abilities are affected, little is known about how persons with ADRD understand the risks associated with their preferences.

Diabetes distress in Veterans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: Qualitative descriptive study.

Diabetes distress (DD) is a negative psychosocial response to living with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We sought insight into Veterans' experiences with DD in the context of T2DM self-management. The four domains in the Diabetes Distress Scale (i.

Identifying Barriers and Facilitators to Veterans Affairs Whole Health Integration Using the Updated Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.

Background: Veterans Affairs (VA) implemented the Veteran-centered Whole Health System initiative across VA sites with approaches to implementation varying by site.

Purpose: Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), we aimed to synthesize systemic barriers and facilitators to Veteran use with the initiative. Relevance to healthcare quality, systematic comparison of implementation procedures across a national healthcare system provides a comprehensive portrait of strengths and opportunities for improvement.

Treatment Fidelity of the Family-Centered Function-Focused Care Intervention.

The purpose of the current study was to evaluate treatment fidelity (i.e., the extent to which an intervention is provided as intended) in the Family-Centered Function-Focused Care (Fam-FFC) intervention.

Nursing Staff Perceptions of Outcomes Related to Honoring Residents' "Risky" Preferences.

Nursing homes (NHs) are challenged to consistently deliver person-centered care (PCC), or care based on residents' values and preferences. NH staff associate certain resident preferences with risk. However, there are limited evidence-based person-centered risk management strategies to assist NH staff with risky resident preferences.

Nursing Students' Knowledge, Personality Traits, and Self-Efficacy Related to Medication Administration Error.

Background: Nursing education influences medication administration practices, which involve clinical decision making and risk perceptions.

Method: This mixed-methods concurrent nested study explored the relationship among knowledge, personality traits, and self-efficacy related to medication administration error in fourth-year, prelicen-sure nursing students ( = 60) who were recruited from three campuses of a large university.

Results: Results indicated low mean knowledge (70.

Nursing students' risk perceptions related to medication administration error: A qualitative study.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to explore and describe pre-licensure nursing students' perceptions of risk for medication administration errors in fourth-year baccalaureate student nurses from three campuses at a large central Pennsylvania university.

Background: Medication administration errors continue to be a significant safety concern in healthcare settings. Pre-licensure nursing education is a critical time period during which to have an impact on future medication administration practices.

Function-Focused Goal Attainment and Discharge Outcomes in Hospitalized Persons With Dementia.

Hospitalized persons with dementia are at higher risk for functional decline and cognitive loss related to delirium. Family-centered, function-focused care (Fam-FFC) engages the family care partner in education and active participation in function-focused goal setting, implementation, and evaluation to support delirium prevention and abatement and return to baseline physical function. The purpose of the current study was to examine the association of function-focused goal attainment with two discharge outcomes, return to baseline physical function and delirium severity at discharge, in hospitalized persons with dementia.

Pain Incidence, Treatment, and Associated Symptoms in Hospitalized Persons with Dementia.

Background: Moderate to severe pain has been frequently reported in hospitalized older adults. Pain in hospitalized persons with dementia within the context of other common symptoms, functional decline, delirium, and behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), has received little attention.

Aims: Describe the incidence of pain, the pharmacologic management of pain, and the association of pain with physical function, delirium, and BPSD in hospitalized persons with dementia.