The Scope of LGBTQIA+ Health Content in Prelicensure Nursing Curricula.

Background: Little is known about the status of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, and inter-sex and asexual (LGBTQIA+) health content in prelicensure nursing curricula. This study explored curricular and pedagogical practices of LGBTQIA+ health content in nursing curricula in the United States.

Design: A quantitative, cross-sectional comparative descriptive design was implemented.

Joint optimization of land carbon uptake and albedo can help achieve moderate instantaneous and long-term cooling effects.

Both carbon dioxide uptake and albedo of the land surface affect global climate. However, climate change mitigation by increasing carbon uptake can cause a warming trade-off by decreasing albedo, with most research focusing on afforestation and its interaction with snow. Here, we present carbon uptake and albedo observations from 176 globally distributed flux stations.

Alcohol Abstinence Self-Efficacy and Recovery Using Alcoholics Anonymous: An Integrative Review of the Literature.

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a chronic health problem in the United States, with social, economic, and personal consequences. The purpose of the current integrative review was to examine recovery from AUD in adult Alcoholics Anonymous® (AA) members working the 12 steps. Databases were searched using a combination of search terms with inclusion criteria of human adult studies published in English between 2010 to 2020.

Psychometric Assessment of the Job Embeddedness Instrument: A Rasch Perspective.

The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the job embeddedness instrument (JEI) using a Rasch perspective in a sample of Registered Nurses (RNs). A secondary analysis of data was conducted from a previous study examining the job embeddedness of rural and urban RNs. A Rasch analysis supported the six underlying dimensions: organizational fit, community fit, organizational links, community links, organizational sacrifice, and community sacrifice.

Are Nurse Leaders Prepared to Lead Across the Continuum of Care in the New Paradigm?

The movement toward linking reimbursement with outcomes necessitates providing care across a continuum of settings, leading to the need for a new healthcare paradigm. Issues related to shifting to this new paradigm include disagreement about what this paradigm encompasses, the fragmentation of the healthcare system, and overreliance on the medical model as a framework for driving health policy decisions. We advocate for nurse leaders to guide the development of this new paradigm.

Hardwiring Bedside Shift Report.

Objective: The purpose of this project was to increase nurse compliance with bedside report and increase patient satisfaction scores.

Background: Bedside report is an evidence-based practice used to increase patient involvement in their care and improve patient satisfaction. A change management strategy and standardized approach to bedside report can help increase nurse compliance with the process.

The Job Embeddedness instrument: an evaluation of validity and reliability.

A cross sectional correlational mailed survey was used to assess the validity and reliability of the Job Embeddedness (JE) instrument for predicting nurse retention. A regression model using the variables of JE and age were predictive of nurse retention in a sample of Registered Nurses (RNs) working in long term care (LTC) settings. This study supports the multi-dimensionality, validity and reliability of the underlying JE construct.

Job embeddedness: a concept analysis.

Purpose: The current study examines the concept of job embeddedness (JE) and the implications for nurse retention.

Source: The published literature and model cases use the method developed by Walker and Avant.

Conclusions: The concept of JE and its relationship to nurse retention demonstrates recognition of the importance of community factors as well as organizational factors in the role of nurse retention.

Job embeddedness scoring: measurement equivalence between rural and urban nurses.

This study examined the measurement equivalency (ME) of the job embeddedness (JE) instrument for rural and urban registered nurses (RNs) using a secondary analysis of a cross-sectional mailed survey. JE represents the sum of reasons an employee remains at the present job. RNs from both rural and urban areas returned a 40-item JE instrument designed to assess their level of embeddedness.

A comparison of survey methods in studies of the nurse workforce.

Aim: To compare and contrast postal and internet surveys in studies of nurse workforces.

Background: There is little research that examines the advantages and disadvantages of different surveys in studies of nurse workforces.

Data Sources: Previous studies that used different approaches to disseminate surveys.

An overview of job embeddedness.

Nursing turnover in health care organizations is a considerable problem that needs to be reframed within the context of "nurse retention" and "job embeddedness" (JE). A construct from the business literature, JE has been associated with "retention" or "antiwithdrawal." Conversely, turnover encompasses the process of quitting.

Job embeddedness and nurse retention.

Background: Nurse retention is a different way of conceptualizing the employer-employee relationship when compared with turnover. Job embeddedness (JE), a construct based on retention, represents the sum of reasons why employees remain at their jobs. However, JE has not been investigated in relation to locale (urban or rural) or exclusively with a sample of registered nurses (RNs).