Evaluation of education initiatives to increase delivery of age-friendly care in retail clinics.

Background: The Age-Friendly Health Systems model, encompassing four key elements (4Ms)-What Matters, Medication, Mentation, Mobility-is integral to delivering high-quality care to older adult patients. In May 2020, the MinuteClinic at CVS implemented the 4Ms model in all 1100+ store locations nationwide. To prepare healthcare providers to deliver 4Ms care, educational modules were developed to provide an understanding of the gerontology principles that support the 4Ms model of care.

Research interest groups: Creating the foundation for professional nursing education, mentorship, and collaboration.

Background: Research Interest Groups have been used to enhance collaboration within specialty health care areas.

Purpose: This article was to demonstrate the impact of an organic model created by the TriService Nursing Research Program which became a conduit for collaboration across the three branches of Military Nursing Services to answer relevant research questions and support evidence-based practice.

Methods: Groups were organized around different specialty topics with a focus on education, mentorship, and collaboration.

Theories of Health Care Decision Making at the End of Life: A Meta-Ethnography.

The aim of this meta-ethnography is to appraise the types and uses of theories relative to end-of-life decision making and to develop a conceptual framework to describe end-of-life decision making among patients with advanced cancers, heart failure, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and their caregivers or providers. We used PubMed, Embase, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) databases to extract English-language articles published between January 2002 and April 2015. Forty-three articles were included.

Creating and sustaining a military women's Health Research Interest Group.

In 2008, four doctorate military nurse scientists representing the triservices (Army, Navy, and Air Force) identified a common interest in the health and care of all women in the armed forces. For 7 years, the team's shared vision to improve servicewomen's health inspired them to commit to a rigorous schedule of planning, developing, and implementing an innovative program that has the capability of advancing scientific knowledge and influencing health policy and practice through research. The ultimate goal of the Military Women's Health Research Interest Group (MWHRIG) is to support military clinicians and leaders in making evidence-based practice and policy decisions.

Effect of a study map intended to support informed consent in transplant research.

Context: Research participants' informed consent is integral to the protection of human subjects; studies exploring the enhancement of standard informed consent processes have had mixed success in increasing patients' understanding of complex research protocols.

Objective: To determine the effect of a "study map," a flow diagram of a research protocol, on research participants' understanding of research purpose and procedures.

Design: This study was an experimental posttest-only design using 30 research participants enrolling in a study of decision making and recovery among living kidney donors.