Nursing Challenges and Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has required healthcare organizations to creatively address patient care needs. The pandemic-induced disruption resulted in multiple examples of disruptive innovation. Several innovative strategies and learnings identified during the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in approaches to nursing education and staffing, which will serve to optimize the future healthcare environment.

Speaking to the Heart of Our Patients: An Empathic Communication Education Initiative.

Communicating with empathy is a critical skill within the nurse-patient relationship and a driver of a positive patient experience. Staff at a large midwestern medical organization identified an education-based communication improvement strategy to address a gap within its patient experience data. An evidence-based empathic communication education framework was developed and delivered to more than 8,400 nurses and allied health staff.

Transoral outlet reduction with full thickness endoscopic suturing for weight regain after gastric bypass: a large multicenter international experience and meta-analysis.

Background And Aims: Many patients who undergo bariatric surgery will experience weight regain and effective strategies are needed to help these patients. A dilated gastrojejunal anastomosis (GJA) has been associated with weight recidivism after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB). Endoscopic transoral outlet reduction (TORe) with a full thickness endoscopic suturing device (Overstitch, Apollo Endosurgery, Austin, TX) is a minimally invasive therapeutic option.

Comparison of oral antibiotic failure rates in post-Roux-en-Y gastric bypass patients versus controls.

Background: Due to the malabsorptive nature of the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), there is a potential for impaired absorption of oral medications. Clinical outcomes of patients who receive oral antibiotics after RYGB have not been adequately described in the literature.

Objectives: The primary objective was composite therapeutic failure.

Patient-Reported Adherence to Empiric Vitamin/Mineral Supplementation and Related Nutrient Deficiencies After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.

Background: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is associated with nutrient deficiencies, but the optimal supplement regimen remains unclear. We assessed patient-reported adherence to and efficacy of Mayo Clinic's post-RYGB vitamin/mineral supplement protocol and the related incidence of common nutrient deficiencies.

Methods: Data were collected on 287 obese patients who underwent RYGB.