Emotional and Psychological Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Nursing Students.

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the mental health and educational experiences of nursing students in undergraduate and graduate programs. A larger mixed-methods study aimed to understand how COVID-19 impacted personal lives and learning experiences of students across all programs levels. This article reports on qualitative data obtained from focus groups organized by student program level.

Understanding Facilitators and Barriers to Providing Equity-Oriented Care in the NICU.

The current study examined the use of immersive technology as a way to improve access to high-quality interpersonal breastfeeding interactions in an undergraduate clinical lactation course. In particular, we investigated the impact of immersive consultation videos and related activities on student self-efficacy, motivational beliefs, and perceived skill level. Results indicate that usability was high, with participants rating videos, interactives, and activities positively.

Facilitation of Forgiveness: Impact on Health and Well-being.

Although the practice of forgiveness is encouraged, the healing properties of this virtue by health care professionals are often overlooked. Forgiveness is the voluntary, conscious decision to abandon negative feelings toward another who has caused hurt and replacing those feelings with unconditional love and compassion. It is not about forgetting the hurt or ignoring the pain; it is an actual transformation of the heart.

Impact of COVID-19 on Nursing Students: Factors Associated with PTSD Risk.

The COVID-19 pandemic rapidly transformed nursing education, creating multiple stressors for students. The researchers in this study examined how undergraduate and graduate nursing students at a faith-based university perceived the impact of COVID-19. A multiple linear regression model explored the effect of 17 variables on the Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R) scores.

The Efficacy of a Forgiveness Bibliotherapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial with Nursing Students.

The need for forgiveness education for nursing self-care and forgiveness facilitation has risen. Therefore, the present pilot study tested the efficacy of an 8-week forgiveness bibliotherapy with a small number of undergraduate nursing students. Matched pairs of nursing students were randomly assigned to either the experimental group or no-contact control group.

Reducing the Negative Impact of Social Distancing Through Intentional Connectedness.

Social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in both positive and negative effects. Nursing education was significantly impacted by the necessity of remote learning and absence of clinical experiences. The purpose of this article is to discuss how intentionality in social connectedness can combat the negative impact of social distancing in nursing education.

Caring for a Child with Cancer: Experiences of Jordanian Mothers.

The diagnosis of childhood cancer is one of the most serious and unexpected experiences a mother can endure. A descriptive phenomenological approach was used to explore the experiences of mothers of children diagnosed with cancer in Jordan. Themes that emerged include (1) Emotional response on knowing the diagnosis (feelings of shock, lack of preparedness, denial, and feelings of "paralysis"), (2) Fear of the dreaded disease (fear of suffering and fear of death), and (3) The challenges of the treatment journey (inadequate financial resources, role transition, and feeling socially isolated).

Nurses' knowledge and practices of physical restraints in intensive care units: An observational study.

Aim: To investigate the knowledge and practice of physical restraints (PR) among Jordanian intensive care unit (ICU) nurses.

Design: A descriptive, observational design was used.

Methods: A convenience sampling was used to recruit participants.

Parenting a Child With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Perspective of Jordanian Mothers.

Introduction: Parenting a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is challenging for mothers because of concerns related to behavior, difficulties in accessing specialized care, and lack of community acceptance, yet their stories in Jordanian context are still unknown. Common challenges in Jordan include financial burdens, lack of public awareness, and lack of specialized knowledge even among health care providers, which may lead to delays in obtaining the diagnosis and interventions for ASD.

Method: A phenomenological descriptive approach was used to explore and understand the mothers' everyday lived experiences of raising a child with ASD.

Effect of the Helping Babies Breathe Training Program: An Experimental Study on Jordanian Midwives' Knowledge and Skills.

The Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) training program trains providers in effective resuscitation of infants in developing countries. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the HBB training program on midwives' knowledge and skills in Northern Jordan. Using a nonequivalent control group design, 50 midwives (control, n = 25; experimental, n = 25) from 3 public hospitals in Northern Jordan were recruited and their knowledge and skills were evaluated before and after the training.

Horizontal Integration of Concepts: An Innovative Teaching Strategy.

Background: Horizontal integration of a prelicensure nursing curriculum is an innovative discipline-specific teaching-learning strategy for facilitating interactive learning and achievement of quality student learning outcomes.

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to describe the impact of the horizontal integration of an nursing curriculum on students' attendance, collaboration for interactive learning, course grades, and satisfaction with the course learning outcomes.

Methods: An intervention of horizontal integration of 2 courses, one on nursing research and evidence-based practice and the other on mental health nursing, in an undergraduate nursing curriculum was used.

Surrogacy: Pathway to Parenthood.

Assistive reproductive technology has progressed significantly over the past few decades. In spite of the advances, people may still resort to a surrogate for bearing and birthing a baby. Surrogacy, though an altruistic act, has been commercialized in the past few years, leading to emergence of several ethico-legal concerns.

Nursing Care of Infants With a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt.

Background: Infants with congenital or posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus may require a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt to divert the flow of cerebrospinal fluid, thus preventing increase in intracranial pressure. Knowledge on various aspects of caring for a child with a VP shunt will enable new and experienced nurses to better care for these infants and equip parents for ongoing care at home.

Purpose: To review the nurses' role in care of infants with hydrocephalus, care after VP shunt placement, prevention of complications, and parental preparation for home care.

Ideal Site for Skin Temperature Probe Placement on Infants in the NICU: A Review of Literature.

Background: Maintaining normothermia and prevention of hypothermia are critical determinants of morbidity and mortality in infants. Noninvasive monitoring of skin temperature using skin temperature probes (STPs) has been a practice in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) for decades. Incubators and radiant warmers use feedback mechanisms from the STP readings to determine the heat output to maintain normothermia.

Expanded Newborn Screening: Challenges to NICU Nurses.

Background: Newborn screening programs provide testing for all newborns born in this country for conditions that can potentially cause death or disability. Currently each state is responsible for its programs and the number of disorders screened varies from state to state. The current universal recommended metabolic screening panel may include 32 to 58 disorders.

Oral Feeding Outcome in Infants with a Tracheostomy.

Purpose: Currently, there is a lack of evidence-based guidelines on the proper protocol for feeding infants with a tracheostomy in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The purpose of this study was to provide preliminary insight into the outcomes of these infants in one mid-Atlantic pediatric hospital.

Design And Methods: Retrospective and descriptive.

Transition from NICU to Home: Are the Parents Ready to Manage Any Emergency? An Evidence-Based Project.

Transitioning the care of a previously critically ill infant to home poses many challenges for the parents. Prior to the infant's discharge, the parents undergo rigorous training to continue the care of their infants at home. Even after training, parents may feel overwhelmed by the thought of managing an emergency at home.

Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation: Challenges to Nurses and Outcome in Extremely Preterm Babies.

Worldwide, about 15 million infants are born prematurely each year. Technological advances, including invasive mechanical ventilation, play a major role in the survival of extremely preterm babies. Those who survive may have prolonged morbid conditions that result in long-term sequelae.

Tracheotomy after laryngotracheoplasty: risk factors over 10 years. [Corrected].

Background: Subglottic stenosis (SGS) is the most common congenital and/or acquired laryngotracheal anomaly requiring tracheotomy in infants. We sought to determine factors associated with a greater likelihood of tracheotomy in symptomatic infants with SGS who underwent laryngotracheoplasty (LTP).

Methods: Retrospective case series with chart review of patients undergoing single-stage LTP for SGS over a 10-year period (2001-2010) in a tertiary-care pediatric hospital.

Double ABCX model of stress and adaptation in the context of families that care for children with a tracheostomy at home: application of a theory.

Theories provide a roadmap for scientific inquiry, help organize knowledge, and establish the foundation for knowledge development. The Double ABCX Model of Family Stress and Adaptation is a middle-range theory developed in social science and widely used by researchers of various disciplines. This model encompasses the major variables of interest in this study, including stress, coping, duration of tracheostomy, and quality-of-life, and forms an excellent framework for this specific research study.

Parental quality of life: caring for an infant or toddler with a tracheostomy at home.

Purpose: To explore the relationships between stress, coping, duration of tracheostomy, and quality of life (QOL) of parental caregivers who care for a child with a tracheostomy at home.

Design: A cross-sectional correlational design was used to study parents who care for a child with a tracheostomy at home. Family Inventory of Life Events, Family Crisis Oriented Personal Evaluation Scale, and Psychological General Well-Being Index were used to measure stress, coping, and QOL, respectively.

Tracheostomy in infants: parent education for home care.

Children with tracheostomies are increasingly discharged home for continued care by their parents. Nurses are responsible for providing these parents with the extensive education required for a smooth and successful transition to home care. This article is intended to help neonatal and pediatric nurses to effectively prepare the parents of an infant with a tracheostomy to provide safe, quality care to their child after being discharged from an acute care setting to their home.

Stress in fathers of surgical neonatal intensive care unit babies.

The purpose of this study was to identify and measure components of perceived stress in fathers of infants in a surgical neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The Parent Stressor Scale: Infant Hospitalization (PSS:IH) was used to assess perceived stress in 22 fathers. Paternal stress was highest in the domains of "Parental Role Alteration" and "Infant Appearance and Behavior.