Facilitators of and Barriers to the Therapeutic Nurse-Patient Relationship: Perceptions From Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses.

Background: The therapeutic relationship serves as a cornerstone in psychiatric mental health nursing practice, providing a basis for implementing various interventions.

Aims: This study aimed to explore the perspectives of psychiatric mental health nurses regarding factors that facilitate and impede the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship.

Methods: A descriptive study was conducted among psychiatric mental health nurses employed at two community psychiatric hospitals in the northeast area of the United States.

Modifiable work stress factors and psychological health risk among nurses working within 13 countries.

Introduction: Nurses are identified as having higher work stress and poor mental health risk among health care workforce globally. It remains unclear which modifiable stress factors pose the greatest risk for poor psychological health among nursing workforce and needed to inform targeted practice and policy change. To determine which occupation-related or personal stress factors precipitate higher risk for burnout, depression, anxiety, job satisfaction or intention to leave one's position among nurses globally.

Corrigendum to [Nurse Leader 19 (2021) 95-100].

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Prevalence, Incidence, and Factors Associated with Posttraumatic Stress at Three-Month Follow-Up among New York City Healthcare Workers after the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: Prevalence, incidence, and factors associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms at follow-up among healthcare workers after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic are unknown.

Methods: A web survey invitation was sent to healthcare worker listservs at a NYC medical center (April, 2020). The Primary Care (PC)-PTSD questionnaire was used to screen for PTSD symptoms at baseline and then every 2 weeks for 10 weeks.

Setting the Research Agenda for Nursing Administration and Leadership Science: A Delphi Study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify and prioritize research topics for nursing administration and leadership science.

Background: Nursing administration and leadership research priorities should provide a framework for building the science needed to inform practice.

Methods: The Association for Leadership Science in Nursing (ALSN) and American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) Foundation (AONL-F) for Nursing Leadership and Education collaborated on a Delphi study.

The Professional Quality of Life and Work Engagement of Nurse Leaders.

Even before the current pandemic, the nurse leader (NL) role was demanding of time, energy, and resources. These demands often cause stress, fatigue, and burnout. The focused-on outcome metrics, increased regulations, and economic downturn are challenges that NLs have continued to face.

Optimizing Nurse Engagement: Using Liberating Structures for Nursing Professional Practice Model Development.

Nurse leaders seek effective strategies to engage nurses in decision-making when striving for clinical excellence. When leaders cultivate safe environments, nurses are encouraged to discover new knowledge and innovations. In our institution, nurse leaders designed a systematic guide using Liberating Structures to empower nurses to develop a professional practice model.

Engagement among psychiatric nurses: Is it different? How and why?

Organizational success requires engaged nurses to prevent turnover and provide high-quality care. Here, the authors share information from a study that investigated engagement levels and the drivers of engagement in a population of psychiatric nurses.

Psychological distress, coping behaviors, and preferences for support among New York healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: The mental health toll of COVID-19 on healthcare workers (HCW) is not yet fully described. We characterized distress, coping, and preferences for support among NYC HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional web survey of physicians, advanced practice providers, residents/fellows, and nurses, conducted during a peak of inpatient admissions for COVID-19 in NYC (April 9th-April 24th 2020) at a large medical center in NYC (n = 657).

Programmatic details and outcomes of an Academic-Practice Research Fellowship for clinical nurses.

Aim: Describe the programmatic details and outcomes of a competitive, two-year Academic-Practice Research Fellowship for clinical nurses.

Background: Numerous barriers challenge clinical nurses in their ability to conduct and disseminate research. We describe and evaluate a competitive, semi-structured, two-year Academic-Practice Research Fellowship in which clinical nurse 'fellows' accepted into the program are paired with a faculty mentor at a school of nursing to conduct and disseminate a research study that addresses a clinical problem identified by the fellow.

Evaluation of the joint nurse scientist role across academia and practice.

Background: Mapped with the guiding principles of academic-practice partnerships (APPs) outlined by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and the American Organization for Nursing Leadership, a joint nurse scientist role between a nursing school and acute care facility at a large academic health center was developed and characterized by a PhD-prepared nurse appointed in a research role across organizations. To date, eight faculty are now appointed across the School and four health systems.

Purpose: Describe outcomes, facilitators and vulnerabilities of the joint nurse scientist role.

Linking to Improve Nursing Care and Knowledge: Evaluation of an Initiative to Provide Research Support to Clinical Nurses.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to describe and evaluate the impact of the Linking to Improve Nursing Care and Knowledge (LINK) project on increasing nurse-led clinical research.

Background: Nurse-generated research is the cornerstone of evidence-based practice and continues to be a marker of nursing excellence. However, the dearth of PhD-prepared nurses creates a challenge for creating an environment to promote clinical nursing research.

Targeted Interventions to Advance a Culture of Inquiry at a Large, Multicampus Hospital Among Nurses.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to assist nurse leaders in developing innovative structures to foster a culture of inquiry among professional nurses.

Background: Critical to nurse's engagement in evidence-based practice (EBP) is a culture of inquiry, in which nurses critically evaluate patient care activities and actively review existing evidence to address identified clinical issues. A bundle of structural interventions was implemented across a large, multisite hospital to advance a culture of inquiry.

Maternal union instability and childhood mortality risk in the Global South, 2010-14.

Efforts to improve child survival in lower-income countries typically focus on fundamental factors such as economic resources and infrastructure provision, even though research from post-industrial countries confirms that family instability has important health consequences. We tested the association between maternal union instability and children's mortality risk in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia using children's actual experience of mortality (discrete-time probit hazard models) as well as their experience of untreated morbidity (probit regression). Children of divorced/separated mothers experience compromised survival chances, but children of mothers who have never been in a union generally do not.

Clarifying the Conundrum: Evidence-Based Practice, Quality Improvement, or Research?: The Clinical Scholarship Continuum.

Nurses' active involvement in clinical scholarship is necessary to advance the nursing profession and improve patient outcomes. Yet, definitional confusion and numerous barriers exist to clinical scholarship in and across academic and patient care settings. We discuss factors that pose barriers to the continuum of clinical scholarship and suggest opportunities for clinician-researcher collaborations that promote nurses' engagement in evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and research.

Design Effectiveness Analysis of a Media Literacy Intervention to Reduce Violent Video Games Consumption Among Adolescents: The Relevance of Lifestyles Segmentation.

Background: Exposure to media violence might have detrimental effects on psychological adjustment and is associated with aggression-related attitudes and behaviors. As a result, many media literacy programs were implemented to tackle that major public health issue. However, there is little evidence about their effectiveness.

Filipino-American Nurses' Knowledge, Perceptions, Beliefs and Practice of Genetics and Genomics.

Introduction: There is limited information on the knowledge, perceptions, beliefs, and practice, about genetics and genomics among Filipino-American nurses. The National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Organizations (NCEMNA), in which the Philippine Nurses Association of America (PNAA) is a member organization, conducted an online survey to describe the genomic knowledge, perceptions, beliefs, and practice of minority nurses. This study reports on responses from Filipino-American survey participants, which is a subset analysis of the larger NCEMNA survey.

Multi-ethnic minority nurses' knowledge and practice of genetics and genomics.

Purpose: Exploratory studies establishing how well nurses have integrated genomics into practice have demonstrated there remains opportunity for education. However, little is known about educational gaps in multi-ethnic minority nurse populations. The purpose of this study was to determine minority nurses' beliefs, practices, and competency in integrating genetics-genomics information into practice using an online survey tool.

Growth and development considerations for craniomaxillofacial surgery.

The purpose of craniomaxillofacial surgery is to improve function, occlusion, craniofacial balance, and aesthetics. Accurate diagnosis, assessment, and careful treatment planning are essential in achieving a successful outcome, and an understanding of the pattern of facial growth is integral in this process. Patients with craniofacial congenital dysmorphologies, posttraumatic asymmetries, or disturbances of facial balance from radiation may have functional and/or aesthetic issues that require treatment.

Closing the RN engagement gap: which drivers of engagement matter?

Objective: This study focused on the relationship between RNs' perceptions of drivers of engagement and their workplace engagement.

Background: In multiple studies, mostly not in healthcare, researchers found that employees engaged in their work are in the minority. This phenomenon is referred to as the engagement gap.