Analysis of Ohio Nurses' Voting Behaviors 2020-2023.

This study provides baseline data for voting patterns and the political affiliation of licensed nurses (licensed practical nurses [LPNs], registered nurses [RNs], and advanced practice registered nurses [APRNs]) in Ohio for the November 2020, 2022, and 2023 general elections. Using two public databases (licensed nurses and registered voters), the findings for 73.7% of all licensed nurses registered to vote are reported, including 18,894 APRNs, 30,731 LPNs, and 137,353 RNs.

A novel opioid/pramipexole combination treatment for the management of acute pain: a pilot study.

Purpose: Despite their dangerous side effects, opioid drugs remain a standard of care for moderate to severe pain with few alternatives. Strategies to maintain the analgesic effects of opioids while minimizing the associated risks are needed. Pre-clinical studies have shown using a dopamine 3 receptor (D3R) agonist as an adjuvant to morphine provides superior analgesia against painful stimuli compared to morphine alone.

Using virtual simulation to teach substance use screening and brief intervention skills across the health professions: Examining training outcomes among an interprofessional graduate student sample.

Background: The benefits of utilizing virtual simulation in substance use disorder (SUD) training are emerging in the literature. However, a clear understanding of how behavioral health graduate trainees experience virtual simulation as part of an interprofessional SUD training is still needed.

Method: Graduate-level health professions students ( = 69) from four different behavioral health disciplines completed an interprofessional training program, including completion of two virtual simulations, that addressed SUD screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) and teamwork topics using an interprofessional lens.

Civic knowledge and self-reported political astuteness of academic nurse educators in the United States.

Background: A nurse's perspective is unique and invaluable to health policy. Although political astuteness is essential for nurses and nurse educators to be effective participants in health policy, there is a gap in the nursing literature on civic knowledge and its potential relationship to political astuteness.

Purpose: This research aimed to assess the civic knowledge and self-reported political astuteness of academic nurse educators, their associated factors, and the relationship between these two concepts.

Strengthening Nurses' Influence in Health Policy.

With nurses at the forefront of health care, the need for their active engagement in policy has never been more urgent. Numerous national and global reports call for nurses to lead policy change. The Patton Zalon Ludwick Policy Assessment Framework is intended to answer this call by serving as a foundational guide to nurses' self-assessment of their health policy actions.