Correlation of health literacy and learning style preference in persons with heart failure.

Objective: The purpose of the study was to describe demographic and health literacy correlates of learning style in older adults with heart failure (HF).

Methods: Cross sectional data on learning styles (VARK Questionnaire, 16 items) and health literacy (S-TOFHLA, 36 items) were collected. Preferred learning style was determined and correlated to health literacy and demographic measures.

Physical Heart Failure Symptom Clusters Predictive of Delay in Seeking Treatment.

Background: Recent research has focused on the relationship between heart failure (HF) symptom clusters and outcomes, including mortality, hospitalization, functional status, and quality of life. No known studies to date have explored the role of physical HF symptom clusters and delays in seeking treatment.

Objectives: Describe physical symptom clusters in a population of HF patients and determine if a specific cluster is predictive of delay in seeking treatment for HF symptoms.

American Association of Heart failure nurses' knowledge, barriers and facilitators in conducting research.

Background: To provide high-quality patient care, heart failure (HF) nurses must comprehend/use best evidence; however, HF nurses' ability to do so are unknown.

Objectives: To describe HF nurses' research interest/involvement, confidence, facilitators/motivators, and barriers to lead/collaborate in research studies.

Methods: A descriptive design with convenience sampling and online data collection (Qualtrics) were used with American Association of HF Nurses members.

Perspectives Regarding Engagement in Physical Activity in Women: Traditional Gender Role-Based Themes.

Background: There has not been a significant improvement in cardiovascular disease (CVD) statistics among women; 44.4% of women older than 20 years have a diagnoses of CVD. Only 24.

A Socioecological Model of Heart Failure Self-Care.

Heart failure is a chronic, progressively worsening condition afflicting more than 64 million individuals worldwide. Heart failure outcomes are influenced by self-care, a naturalistic patient-centered decision-making process. The situation-specific theory of heart failure self-care addresses how this decision-making process determines actions and outcomes.

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of primary healthcare providers with assessing and supporting older informal caregivers.

A time burden, financial strain, and prioritizing care recipient needs over their own are key barriers preventing informal caregivers from engaging in health-promoting self-care. Primary healthcare providers are well positioned to assess and support informal caregivers. A cross sectional descriptive, correlational study was used to examine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of healthcare providers regarding assessment and support of older informal caregivers.

The Use of Guided Reflection in Simulation-Based Education With Prelicensure Nursing Students: An Integrative Review.

Background: This integrative review synthesized the findings of studies to determine the uses and outcomes of guided reflection in simulation-based education (SBE) with prelicensure nursing students.

Method: A search of Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL) Plus, Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), Education Research Complete (ERC), and PsychINFO using the key words reflection, guided reflection, simulation (nursing education or nursing student), traditional, and baccalaureate identified 18 articles.

Results: Findings suggest facilitation of guided reflection in SBE has a positive effect on leadership development, clinical judgment, student satisfaction, and critical thought.

A Transformative Learning Experience for Senior Nursing Students.

Background: Research suggests that clinical practicums in hospital-based settings are important, even if condensed, to provide students with the opportunity for real-world learning experiences. Rational dialogue makes learning meaningful and empowers students to learn by reflecting on experiences.

Problem: The COVID-19 pandemic minimized availability of traditional one-to-one mentorship practicums.

Internet Recruitment of a Diverse Population of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Nurses in a Study of Substance Use and Minority Stress.

Introduction: There is a lack of lesbian, bisexual and gay (LGB)-focused nursing research, in part, because the population is traditionally difficult to access. This article explores the effectiveness, benefits, and limitations of online recruitment of a distinct population of LGB-identified nurses in a study of substance use and minority stress.

Methodology: A sample of nurses who self-identified as LGB were recruited for an online survey using organic Facebook outreach.

Entry and Passage Variables Associated with Nursing Home Adjustment in Older Adults with Dementia.

A theory-guided non-experimental, descriptive, correlational design was used to evaluate how entry and passage variables were related to nursing home adjustment for individuals with dementia. Older adults with dementia may be unable to speak for themselves, therefore proxy responses of Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) provided the data for completion of the Nursing Home Adjustment Scale. Guided by the Meleis' Theory of Transitions, entry level factors (i.

Age and gender differences in physical heart failure symptom clusters.

Background: Gender differences exist in structure and function of the heart resulting in HF symptom variation. Previous HF symptom cluster research described symptom clusters that were linked to functional status, mortality, quality of life and rehospitalization. Age and gender differences between cluster groups were described in one study.

Uncertainty levels differ by physical heart failure symptom cluster.

Background: The role of uncertainty, unpredictable symptoms, and unknown illness trajectory are frequent concerns reported in heart failure (HF) literature. Illness uncertainty can lead to difficulty interpreting symptoms, potentially impacting outcomes. Impaired functional status, quality of life, all-cause mortality, rehospitalization, and event-free survival are predicted by symptom clusters.

Changing Nurse Practitioner Students' Attitudes and Beliefs About Caring for Those With Opioid Use Disorders.

Purpose: Nurse practitioners (NPs) are in a unique position to address the problem of opioid use disorders (OUDs) because they provide a large percentage of primary care services (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2014). This study aimed to increase doctoral NP students' beliefs/attitudes about their ability to care for and about individuals with OUDs through a multifaceted educational approach, guided by social cognitive theory.

Methods: Researchers used a quasi-experimental pre/post design.

Description and comparison of exam wrapper learning strategy use in baccalaureate and associate degree nursing students: A descriptive study.

Background: Exam wrapper, a structured self-regulated learning strategy, assists students to review study habits and performance on an exam with the goal of improving future study habits. Little is known about the use of this strategy in nursing students, particularly associate degree students.

Objectives: To describe and compare demographic characteristics, study habits, reasons for getting content wrong on an exam and future study plans between associate degree and baccalaureate nursing students.

Use of Exam Wrapper Metacognitive Strategy to Promote Student Self-assessment of Learning: An Integrative Review.

Background: Metacognitive knowledge and regulation are critical to nursing students who must apply knowledge to rapidly changing and complex conditions. Exam wrappers assist learners to consider past study habits with the goal of improving future exam preparation. However, little is known about use of exam wrappers in nursing education.

Personal, social and cultural factors affecting elders' transitions to long term care: Certified nursing assistant perspectives.

A focus group methodology was employed to elicit information from Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) about their views of the personality, social, institutional and cultural factors that affect the success or failure of elders' adaptation to nursing home life. The focus group (N = 6) was conducted in one long-term care facility. CNAs identified three themes that represent the process of successful adaptation to the nursing home.

Nursing Student Perceptions of Academic and Clinical Integrity.

Aim: This study aimed to explore how nursing students define and describe academic and clinical integrity and to identify social and psychological influences on student decisions to act with integrity.

Backgroud: Nursing students are exhibiting a decline in academic and clinical integrity. Academic dishonesty often correlates to clinical dishonesty, subsequently impacting patient care quality and safety.

Sociodemographic Indicators of Social Position and Self-care Maintenance in Adults with Heart Failure.

Social determinants of health (SDH) are known to influence health. Adequate self-care maintenance improves heart failure (HF) outcomes. However, the relationship between self-care maintenance and SDH remains unclear.

The impact of demographic and self-management factors on physical activity in women.

Aim: Guided by the Individual and Family Self-Management Theory, this study examines demographic and self-management variables that impact the outcome of physical activity.

Background: Multiple sources indicate relationships between physical activity and reduced incidence of cardiovascular disease. Women engage in significantly less physical activity than guidelines recommend.

Executive dysfunction is associated with self-care confidence in patients with heart failure.

Aim: To explore differences in self-care maintenance, management and confidence levels between American heart failure (HF) patients with and without executive dysfunction.

Background: Evidence indicates some aspect of cognitive impairment is prevalent in up to 75% of the HF patient population. Moreover, cognitive impairment has been identified as a barrier to adequate self-care contributing to poor outcomes.

Substance Use and Minority Stress in a Population of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Nurses.

The aim of this study was to explore the incidence of problematic substance use (PSU) and the relationship between level of substance use, minority stress, and general stressors in a population of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) identified nurses. A national, convenience sample of 394 self-identified LGB nurses completed an online survey in March 2019. Using data from the ASSIST V3.

Patterns of Heart Failure Dyadic Illness Management: The Important Role of Gender.

Background: The ways in which patients with heart failure (HF) and their care partners work together to manage HF are often overlooked.

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify and compare different patterns of HF dyadic illness management.

Methods: This was a secondary analysis of data on HF dyads.

The Post-caregiving Health Model: A Theoretical Framework for Understanding the Health of Former Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia.

Presently, there is a dearth of theoretical models to guide research on the population of former dementia caregivers. The purpose of this article is to describe the development of the Post-caregiving Health Model and its potential for generating a more nuanced understanding of the health of family caregivers following the death of a care recipient with dementia. The model highlights the impact of personal and environmental characteristics, appraisal, coping, and emotion on long-term health outcomes in this population and offers a viable framework for studying long-term health outcomes among caregivers following the care recipient's death.

Heart Failure Dashboard Design and Validation to Improve Care of Veterans.

Background: Early electronic identification of patients at the highest risk for heart failure (HF) readmission presents a challenge. Data needed to identify HF patients are in a variety of areas in the electronic medical record (EMR) and in different formats.

Objective: The purpose of this paper is to describe the development and data validation of a HF dashboard that monitors the overall metrics of outcomes and treatments of the veteran patient population with HF and enhancing the use of guideline-directed pharmacologic therapies.

Meditation interventions among heart failure patients: An integrative review.

Background: There has been growing interest in meditation techniques as an intervention in chronic disease populations. Little is known of the effect meditation practice has on outcomes among patients with heart failure.

Purpose: To identify and examine current literature on meditation interventions on heart failure outcomes.