Improving Data-Informed Care in New Brunswick Long-Term Care Homes: A Qualitative Study on an Educational Intervention for interRAI Coordinators.

: InterRAI is a globally validated platform aimed at improving care for individuals with disabilities and complex medical needs, particularly in long-term care settings. This study explores the experiences of interRAI coordinators in New Brunswick, Canada, and their perceptions of an educational intervention designed to enhance their ability to effectively use interRAI data for quality care. : The study recruited interRAI coordinators from 73 New Brunswick long-term care homes for an educational intervention.

RREACT: A mobile multidisciplinary response to overdose.

Opioid overdose is a leading cause of death in the United States, and engaging with patients following overdose to provide harm reduction and recovery resources can prove difficult. Quick response models use mobile, multidisciplinary teams to establish a time-sensitive connection between individuals who overdosed and harm reduction and recovery resources that improve outcomes. These quick response models are consistent with the broader field of mobile-integrated health programs that are growing in number and acceptability, though the literature base is sparse and programs vary.

Mapping the way: functional modelling for community-based integrated care for older people.

Background: Healthcare system sustainability is challenged by several critical issues; one of the most pressing is the ageing population. Traditional, episodic care delivery models are not designed for older people who are medically complex and frail. These individuals would benefit from health and social care that is more comprehensive, coordinated, person-centred and accessible in the communities in which they live.

Ohio Health Care Professionals' Pandemic-Related Help-Seeking Knowledge, Behaviors, and Concerns.

Background: Health care professionals (HCPs) historically exhibit high rates of stress, burnout, and low rates of service utilization from Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) and Professional Health Programs (PHPs). New and magnified stressors that accompanied COVID-19 exacerbated HCPs' risk of burnout.

Purpose: During the pandemic, this study examined Ohio HCP's utilization of EAPs and PHPs, knowledge of available services, barriers to accessing services, and likelihood of future service utilization.

Pedagogical and teaching strategies used to teach writing to pre-licensure students enrolled in health professional programs: a scoping review protocol.

Objective: The objective of this review is to map the existing literature on pedagogical approaches and teaching strategies used to teach academic and professional writing to pre-licensure students who are enrolled in health professional programs.

Introduction: Health professional programs are intended to develop competence in both academic and professional writing. Effective academic writing skills prompt critical reflection and engagement with research communities, while professional writing skills are used to document interventions and communicate across health systems.

Ohio pharmacy personnel's burnout and wellbeing: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: While burnout is a well-known phenomenon among physicians and nurses, burnout among pharmacists and pharmacy personnel is understudied and less recognized.

Objectives: The primary objectives of this study were to describe and compare Ohio pharmacy personnel's self-reports of burnout and wellbeing prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: A one-time online survey was completed by over 13,000 health care professionals in Ohio in July and August 2021.

Recovery Support and Capacity Assessment Using the Calculating an Adequate System Tool: Two Case Studies.

Background: There are multiple, reliable, and authoritative federally managed data sources for understanding the incidence and prevalence of substance use disorder (SUD) and its sequela. However, there remains a gap in metrics representing the need and capacity for treatment and related supports within local communities. To address this challenge, Calculating an Adequate System Tool (CAST) was developed in 2016 by an interdisciplinary group of researchers at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality to assess the capacity of the SUD care system within a defined geographic area.

Nursing students' experiences of a post-licensure practical nurse bridging program: a qualitative systematic review.

Objective: The objective of this systematic review was to synthesize qualitative evidence on students' experiences of a post-licensure practical nurse to registered nurse bridging program.

Introduction: A worldwide shortage of registered nurses has prompted governments and educational institutions to develop alternate pathways to nursing licensure. One strategy used to increase the supply of registered nurses is bridging programs.

Nursing Home Residents' Use of Radiography in New Brunswick: A Case for Mobile Radiography?

Introduction: Identifying ways to eliminate unnecessary transfer of nursing home (NH) residents to hospitals provides an opportunity to improve outcomes and use scarce healthcare resources more efficiently. This study's goal was to better understand where NH residents access X-ray (XR) and computed tomography (CT) scans and to determine if there was a case for mobile radiography policies in New Brunswick.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of all the visits to the emergency department (ED) and outpatient imaging departments in two hospitals in Saint John, New Brunswick, in 2020, that involved XR or CT investigations was conducted.

Strategies Used in Canadian Nursing Programs to Prepare Students for NCLEX-RN Licensure Exam.

Nursing educators need strategies for preparing students to be successful in the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN). Understanding the educational practices used is an important step in informing curricular decisions and helping regulatory agencies evaluate nursing programs' efforts to prepare students for practice. This study described strategies used in Canadian nursing programs to prepare students for the NCLEX-RN.

Education and training for infection prevention and control provided by long-term care homes to family caregivers: a scoping review protocol.

Objective: The objective of this review is to map the infection prevention and control education and training that long-term care homes use with families during a pandemic or infectious outbreak.

Introduction: During the COVID-19 pandemic, restrictions were imposed on visits to long-term care homes to decrease the risk of virus transmission. These restrictions had negative consequences for both residents and families.

Associations Between Mothers' Adverse Childhood Experiences, Material Hardship, and Breastfeeding Challenges in the United States.

Background: Breastfeeding is the biological norm and is associated with numerous superior health outcomes for children and mothers when compared to human milk substitutes. Yet, breastfeeding difficulties and the inability to meet one's breastfeeding goals are common in the United States and maybe more common among mothers who have experienced trauma.

Research Questions: (1) Are mothers' adverse childhood experiences, and current experiences of discrimination, material hardship, and decreased social support associated with breastfeeding challenges; and (2) are these experiences associated with the number of breastfeeding challenges reported?

Methods: A prospective, non-probability, cross-sectional study design with a diverse sample who had delivered a live baby within the previous year ( = 306) was conducted.

Iatrogenesis in the Context of Residential Dementia Care: A Concept Analysis.

Background And Objectives: This concept analysis aims to explore iatrogenesis within the context of residential dementia care and to distinguish this phenomenon from similar phenomena, such as abuse and inadvertent harm.

Research Design And Methods: Walker and Avant's method for concept analysis was used to define critical attributes of iatrogenesis within residential dementia care, and to explore antecedents and consequences of its occurrence. A review of the literature about iatrogenesis in the context of residential dementia was conducted across 4 electronic databases.

Nursing students' experiences of a post-licensure practical nurse bridging program: a qualitative systematic review protocol.

Objective: This systematic review will synthesize the qualitative literature on students' experiences of a post-licensure practical nurse to registered nurse bridging program.

Introduction: The worldwide shortage of registered nurses has prompted governments and educational institutions to develop alternative pathways to nursing licensure. One strategy used to increase the supply of registered nurses is bridging programs.

Mothers' Resilience: Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence Survivors at Work.

Mothers who experience intimate partner violence can be resilient in maintaining employment during periods of abuse. The current qualitative study examines mothers' experiences of abusive workplace disruptions as well as helpful responses from workplaces. Two main research questions are addressed: 1.

Use of an Ambient Activity Technology for Long-Term Care Residents With Dementia.

The purpose of the current pilot study was to determine the impact of an ambient activity technology, ABBY, on responsive behavior and family visiting in a long-term care (LTC) home. We were also interested in family and staff perceptions of the technology. A mixed methods research study was conducted over a 6-month period and data were collected using standardized measures and focus groups.

Experiences of faculty and staff nurses working with nursing students during clinical placement in residential aged care facilities: a systematic review of qualitative evidence.

Objective: The objective of this review was to synthesize evidence on the experiences of faculty and staff nurses working with nursing students in clinical placement in residential aged care facilities.

Introduction: Nursing education helps prepare students to provide quality care to older adults. Nursing programs across the globe are championing the integration of content on the care of older adults into their curricula as well as recognizing the value of clinical placements that focus exclusively on this population.

The Functional Resonance Analysis Method as a health care research methodology: a scoping review.

Objective: The objective of this review was to examine and map the literature on the use of the Functional Resonance Analysis Method (FRAM) in health care research.

Introduction: The FRAM is a resilient health care tool tat offers an approach to deconstruct complex systems by mapping health care processes to identify essential activities, how they are interrelated, and the variability that emerges, which can strengthen or compromise outcomes. Insight into how the FRAM has been operationalized in health care can help researchers and policy-makers understand how this method can be used to strengthen health care systems.

Postpartum physical health: The role of mothers' adverse childhood experiences and material hardship.

Objective: Postpartum physical health is a neglected field of research, yet postpartum physical health problems can significantly interfere with mothers' abilities to meet personal, familial, and work-related responsibilities. This study sought to provide increased understanding of the role that social determinants of health-adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), material hardship, and social support; and discrimination-play in mothers' postpartum physical health.

Method: An online survey was completed by a racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse sample ( = 306) of United States women (age 18 and older) who delivered a live baby within the previous year.

Nurses' provisions for self-determination in residents with cognitive impairment who live in a residential aged care facility: a scoping review.

Objective: This scoping review aimed to map the existing literature about nursing provisions for self-determination in residents with cognitive impairments living in residential aged care facilities.

Introduction: Freedom to decide for oneself and express preferences about daily care is important for all older adults. When older adults transition to residential aged care facilities, they may experience barriers to self-determination due to routine care practices and staff attitudes about autonomy.

Improving Primary Health Care for Residents Living in Assisted Living: Evidence for Practice and Policy.

The fact that there is a large and growing number of older Canadians has generated a sense of urgency in improving seniors' access to health and long-term care services. Many provincial health care systems have engaged in a range of reforms to help older adults remain healthy and independent. Although many transformational changes have taken place across Canada to improve primary care, variations exist across provinces and territories in terms of older adults' access to primary health care.

Modeling and analyzing hospital to home transition processes of frail older adults using the functional resonance analysis method (FRAM).

The main purpose of this study was to model and analyze hospital to home transition processes of frail older adults in order to identify the challenges within this process. A multi-phase, multi-sited and mixed methods design was utilized, in which, Phase 1 included collecting semi-structured interviews and focus group data, and Phase 2 consisted of six patient/caregiver dyad prospective case studies. This study was conducted in three hospitals in three cities in a single province in Canada.

Approaches for defining and assessing nursing informatics competencies: a scoping review.

Objective: The objective of this scoping review was to examine and map the literature on defining and assessing nursing informatics competencies for nurses and nursing students.

Introduction: Over the past three decades, nursing informatics competency research has evolved markedly within countries and nursing roles. It is important to examine the available literature on defining and assessing nursing informatics competencies to inform education, clinical practice, policy, and future research.