A Qualitative Exploration of Nurse Faculty Experiences Related to the Sudden Unanticipated Death of a Nursing Student.

Background: Nurse faculty serve as teachers, role models, and mentors to nursing students. This unique relationship results in a myriad of feelings when a student dies. Limited research exists in examining faculty grief related to the sudden unanticipated death of a nursing student.

Work-life balance and professional quality of life among nurse faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: The rapid transition to online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic created additional stress and workload issues for nurse faculty. Burnout has been reported in nurse faculty who cite workplace factors that influence satisfaction and work-life balance as major contributing factors.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine life balance and professional quality of life among nurse faculty (N = 216) in 2021 during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and to describe the challenges of delivering virtual learning experiences.

Nurses' pandemic lives: A mixed-methods study of experiences during COVID-19.

Background: The US healthcare settings and staff have been stretched to capacity by the COVID-19 pandemic. While COVID-19 continues to threaten global healthcare delivery systems and populations, its impact on nursing has been profound.

Objectives: This study aimed to document nurses' immediate reactions, major stressors, effective measures to reduce stress, coping strategies, and motivators as they provided care during COVID-19.

A Phenomenological Study: Student Nurses' Perceptions of Care of the Dying in a Hospice-Based Facility.

Despite emerging evidence of increased death education in nursing curricula, research suggests the graduate nurse is unprepared to effectively communicate and manage the array of symptoms experienced by the dying patient. This qualitative phenomenological research study's intent was to explore the impact of clinical experience in a community-based free-standing hospice facility as an effective pedagogical strategy for preparing student nurses to care for patients and families at the end of life (EOL). The researchers used descriptive phenomenology rooted in Husserl's philosophy.

Code blue: chaos or control, an educational initiative.

Participation in a cardiopulmonary resuscitation team can create pandemonium among novice as well as experienced healthcare providers. Staff development educators, faced with the challenge of providing continuous education to improve efficiency in code organization and management, may benefit from lessons learned in the field. This author describes an institution's initiative to address multidisciplinary code blue education using a creative acronym coupled with multilevel didactic and simulation exercises.