Black Americans Receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine and Effective Strategies to Overcome Barriers: An Integrative Literature Review.

Background: Black Americans have a greater likelihood of serious morbidity or mortality from contracting the coronavirus and represent the lowest percentage of vaccinated individuals by race. This integrative literature review aims to identify the major barriers to Black Americans receiving the COVID-19 vaccine and proposed solutions to improve vaccination rates among this population.

Method: Databases CINAHL and LitCovid from the National Library of Medicine were utilized to find the articles included in this review.

Ensuring Safe Sleep in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Systematic Review of Informed Development of Clinical Guidelines for Implementation in Practice.

Introduction: Although general safe sleep guidelines have been established, their utility and implementation have yet to be examined systematically for inpatient populations for application to infants in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) setting. This study aimed to complete a systematic review of inpatient safe sleep practices studies to develop then safe sleep clinical guidelines for implementation in the care of medically complex infants in the PICU.

Method: This review was registered with PROSPERO and adheres to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses systematic review guidelines.

Moral Distress Experienced by US Nurses on the Frontlines During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Nursing Policy and Practice.

Introduction: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic represents the largest contemporary challenge to the nursing workforce in the 21 century given the high stress and prolonged strain it has created for both human and healthcare supply resources. Nurses on the frontlines providing patient care during COVID-19 have faced unrivaled psychological and physical demands. However, no known large-scale qualitative study has described the emotions experienced by nurses providing patient care during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US.

Examining effective communication in nursing practice during COVID-19: A large-scale qualitative study.

Aim: The aim of this study was to conduct a primary examination of the qualitative communication experiences of nurses during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

Background: Ambiguity in ever-evolving knowledge on how to provide care during COVID-19. Remaining safe has created a sense of urgency, which has in turn created the need for organizations to quickly alter their operational plans and protocols to support measures that increase capacity and establish a culture of safe care and clear communication.

COVID-19: Qualitative Research With Vulnerable Populations.

With COVID-19 affecting all types of research, the authors of this article contribute to the discussions on how COVID-19 affects the world of qualitative nursing research in irrefutable ways. Underrepresented and vulnerable populations are faced with higher rates and severity of COVID-19, heightening the need to better address their health needs, which require their voices to be heard. Moreover, nurses' perspectives on practicing during COVID-19 are needed.