Cultivating Self-Compassion to Protect Nurses From Burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress.

Nursing burnout, a result of prolonged occupational stress, has always been a challenge in health care, but recently the COVID-19 pandemic made this issue into a national priority. In fact, burnout among health care workers is one of the four priorities of the U.S.

Student preferences and perceptions of learning from vSIM for Nursing™.

This study explored BSN students' perceptions of learning with vSim for Nursing™. Using a mixed methods design with 99 students, key points of learning were medication administration and respiratory interventions. Qualitative data demonstrated learning of assessment, prioritization, and emergency management.

Using Continuous Vital Sign Monitoring to Detect Early Deterioration in Adult Postoperative Inpatients.

Background: Episodic vital sign collection (eVSC), as single data points, gives an incomplete picture of adult patients' postoperative physiologic status.

Local Problem: Late detection of patient deterioration resulted in poor patient outcomes on a postsurgical unit.

Methods: Baseline demographic and outcome data were collected through retrospective chart review of all patients admitted to the surgical unit for 12 weeks prior to this quality improvement project.