Effectiveness of using a simulation combined with online learning approach to develop discharge teaching skills.

Background: Despite evidence of the impact of discharge teaching on patient outcomes, nursing students are poorly prepared in the pedagogical skills necessary for their role as patient and family educators in clinical practice. This study evaluated the effectiveness of simulation combined with online learning to improve nursing students' discharge teaching skills.

Methods: The module included simulations before and after an online module on patient/family teaching for hospital discharge.

Nurse spiritual self-care: A scoping review.

Background: The health care research on spirituality has focused on patients. Less is known about the spiritual self-care of nurses who work with these patients in all types of challenging environments. Nurse spiritual self-care may be helpful in reducing workplace stress and burnout.

A Delphi Study to Understand Clinical Nursing Faculty Preparation and Support Needs.

Background: Nursing programs are challenged with staffing qualified clinical faculty. Many hires, part time and full time, lack formal preparation or experience in leading student clinical groups. To have prepared clinical faculty, it is important to understand their learning preparation and support needs.

Student motivation, stressors, and intent to leave nursing doctoral study: A national study using path analysis.

Background: The demand for doctorally prepared nurses worldwide is higher than ever. Universities have responded with increased numbers of DNP and Ph.D.

Intentional learning: A concept analysis.

Aim: To use a concept analysis to determine a clear definition of the term "intentional learning" for use in nursing.

Background: The term intentional learning has been used for years in educational, business, and even nursing literature. It has been used to denote processes leading to higher order thinking and the ability to use knowledge in new situations; both of which are important skills to develop in nursing students.

Nursing Practices and Policies Related to Family Presence During Resuscitation.

Background: Despite its shown benefits, family presence during resuscitation (FPDR) is a controversial topic among critical care nurses and is not routinely implemented.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to describe FPDR practices among critical care nurses, as well as the prevalence of FPDR policies and education.

Methods: The study used a descriptive survey design.

Implementation and Evaluation of an APRN-Led Opioid Monitoring Clinic.

Evidence-based strategies helped reduce opioid doses and identify abuse and misuse in patients referred to an opioid monitoring clinic.

Family Presence During Resuscitation: Impact of Online Learning on Nurses' Perception and Self-confidence.

Background: Family presence during resuscitation (FPDR) is supported by patients and their family members. Nurses, however, including critical care nurses who frequently implement resuscitative care, have mixed views.

Objectives: To determine the impact of online learning on critical care nurses' perception of and self-confidence with FPDR.

What predicts nurse faculty members' intent to stay in the academic organization? A structural equation model of a national survey of nursing faculty.

Objective: To investigate the relations among several factors regarding the academic context within a nationally representative sample of U.S. nursing faculty.

A national survey examining the professional work life of today's nursing faculty.

Objective: To examine factors that influence faculty member's work life in order to provide a supportive environment for recruiting and retaining nursing faculty.

Design: A cross-sectional non-experimental design incorporating correlation-based analyses gathered from a 45-item online survey.

Setting: The survey gauged several aspects of the nurse faculty work life, including teaching competence, productivity, and organizational support.

Outcomes of newly practicing nurses who applied principles of holistic comfort theory during the transition from school to practice: a qualitative study.

The aim of this qualitative study was to explore if newly practicing nurses benefited from learning holistic comfort theory during their baccalaureate education, and to provide a conceptual framework to support the transition from school to practice. The study was conducted among graduates of an accelerated baccalaureate nursing program where holistic comfort theory was embedded as a learner-centered philosophy across the curriculum. A phenomenological process using van Manen's qualitative methodology in education involving semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis was used.

The structural relationships between organizational commitment, global job satisfaction, developmental experiences, work values, organizational support, and person-organization fit among nursing faculty.

Unlabelled: GUTIERAIM: The aim of this correlational study was to examine the relations between organizational commitment, perceived organizational support, work values, person-organization fit, developmental experiences, and global job satisfaction among nursing faculty.

Background: The global nursing shortage is well documented. At least 57 countries have reported critical shortages.

Effects of overweight and obesity on walking characteristics in adolescents.

Child and adolescent obesity is growing at a staggering rate. Associated potential health risks have been acknowledged in the adult population, and similar concerns have been raised for children and adolescents. However, distinguishing locomotor characteristics related to obesity have yet to be clearly identified for adolescents.

Survey of generational aspects of nurse faculty organizational commitment.

Purpose: To describe organizational commitment and generational differences in nursing faculty. The study provides new knowledge on generational differences in organizational commitment among nursing faculty with regard to work values, perceived organizational support, perceived person-organization fit, developmental experiences, and global job satisfaction.

Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive design was used with random stratified sampling procedures.

Nursing's leadership in positioning human health at the core of urban sustainability.

The United Nations predicts that by 2050 nearly three fourths of the world's population will live in urban areas, including cities. People are attracted to cities because these urban areas offer diverse opportunities, including the availability of goods and services and a higher quality of life. Cities, however, may not be sustainable with this population boom.

An online doctoral education course using problem-based learning.

The number of doctoral nursing programs has greatly increased over the past several years. There has also been a shift toward delivering programs either partially or fully online. The literature lacks discussions about doctoral-level teaching methods in the online environment.

Attaining organizational commitment across different generations of nurses.

Aim: To inform nurse managers about the generational differences that exist among nurses, how it affects the work environment and how this information can be used to encourage organizational commitment.

Background: Every person is born into a generational cohort of peers who experience similar life experiences that go on to shape distinct generational characteristics. Thanks to delayed retirements, mid-life career changes, job re-entry and a small but significant group of younger graduates, the nursing profession is now experiencing four generations in the workforce: Veterans, Baby Boomers, Generation X and the Millennial Generation.

Recent RN graduate perceptions of educational preparation.

Nursing education programs strive to deliver curricula that prepare and transition graduates not just to survive but to truly thrive in any workplace environment. It is therefore important to reach out to those who have recently entered the nursing workforce to understand their views on educational preparation for practice. The purpose of this descriptive survey was to examine the perceptions of recent nurse graduates with regard to how well their educational programs prepared them for practice in their first jobs as registered nurses.

Learning to let go: the challenge of de-crowding the curriculum.

Nurse educators often lament there is not enough time to teach all the content students need to learn. Every year, information regarding healthcare increases exponentially. Typically, educators respond by increasing content without removing outdated information resulting in overcrowded courses.

Meeting the at-risk challenge: empowering nursing students through mentoring.

Wanting to improve student retention, progression, and graduation, the nursing faculty of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas developed a program for undergraduate students. Designated faculty mentors are available for academically at-risk students, or any student wanting to improve learning skills. Through mentoring sessions, students are helped to assess their learning difficulties, develop individualized prescription plans for learning, gain support during implementation of learning strategies, and evaluate results.

A case for learning-centered curricula.

Nurses must be able to anticipate and manage the care of patients with complex conditions in a rapidly changing, highly technological health care environment. Yet many of today's nursing programs are failing to provide curricula to meet the changing needs of students who will work in that environment. Typical teacher-centered programs are content heavy and focus on what faculty want to teach, not what students need to learn.

First job experiences of recent RN graduates: improving the work environment.

Objective: To determine registered nurses' (RNs) perceptions of their first nursing position experience, and if they left the position, why.

Background: Little information is available regarding job perceptions of RNs in practice for 5 years or less. Nurses with negative perceptions of first job experiences may soon leave the position, thus doing little to alleviate staffing shortages and wasting precious recruitment and orientation resources.

Renal regulation of extracellular fluid volume and osmolality.

In order for our body cells to function properly, they must be surrounded in extracellular fluid that is relatively constant with regard to osmolality. The kidneys, in concert with neural and endocrine input, regulate the volume and osmolality of the extracellular fluid by altering the amount of sodium and water excreted. This is accomplished primarily through alterations in sodium and water reabsorption, the mechanisms of which differ within each nephron segment.

Vitamin B12 deficiency: issues in nursing care.

Vitamin B12 deficiency is a relatively common occurrence with potentially devastating consequences. The wide range of etiologies and symptoms makes it imperative for the nurse to use a comprehensive approach to assessing and managing the patient with vitamin B12 deficiency.

Developing a unit-specific falls reduction program.

Though an extensive amount of literature addresses the significance of patient falls and mechanisms to identify those at high risk, much less has been written regarding units in which nearly every patient fits the high-risk category. In addition, little information describes specific interventions designed to protect at-risk patients. In response to a record number of falls in the Transitional Care Unit at an acute care facility, an interdisciplinary team was developed to review patient falls, design a unit-specific falls reduction program, and begin its implementation.