Women's Prodromal Myocardial Infarction Symptom Perception, Attribution, and Care Seeking: A Qualitative Multiple Case Study.

Background: Most women experience prodromal myocardial infarction (MI) symptoms, but more information is needed about the perception, attribution, and care-seeking behaviors related to these prodromal symptoms.

Objectives: We aimed to describe women's perceptions, attributions, and care-seeking behaviors related to prodromal MI symptoms.

Method: We used a qualitative, multiple case study approach, recruiting participants during summer 2019 from a large hospital in the Midwestern United States.

New nurse graduates and rapidly changing clinical situations: the role of expert critical care nurse mentors.

Objectives: New nurse graduates may be prone to instances of failure to rescue. Mentoring programs may be an opportunity to assist them with clinical decision making in situations of patient decline. We explored the experiences of new nurse graduates and expert nurses after participation in a mentoring program.

Comparison of lecture and manipulative teaching methods on learning and application to practice.

Importance: Manipulatives are hands-on or virtual displays that facilitate teaching and learning and are interactive and engaging to students during the learning activity. Manipulatives have been shown to be effective teaching tools for a wide range of students.

Objective: This study examined whether the use of manipulatives in nursing education improved Satisfaction, Learning/Knowledge Retention, Behavior/Transfer of Learning, and Intentions to Change Practice.

Motivation and exercise in rural postmenopausal women: A literature review.

Purpose: Most rural Americans are not meeting recommended guidelines for physical activity (PA); rural postmenopausal women (RPMW) have the highest inactivity rates. Self-Determination Theory, a motivational theory which examines the effects of qualitatively different types of motivation is used to conceptualize how RPMW make decisions regarding PA. The purpose of this review is to examine published literature related to motivation and exercise or PA in RPMW.

Lessons Learned: Raising Awareness of Civility and Incivility Using Semi-Virtual Reality Simulation.

Background: The purpose of our web-based, semi-virtual reality simulation was to raise baccalaureate nursing students' awareness of civility and incivility. Educators know civility in nursing is crucial to safe and effective patient care. However, nursing students have reported physiological and psychological distress after experiencing incivility.

A qualitative exploration of prodromal myocardial infarction fatigue experienced by women.

Aims And Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore adult women's unique and shared experiences of prodromal myocardial infarction fatigue.

Background: Fatigue is the most prevalent symptom experienced by women in the weeks and months before myocardial infarction. However, dimensions of this fatigue, such as timing, distress, intensity, quality, patterns and associated characteristics have not been established through studies of this symptom.

Lessons Learned in Implementation of an Expert Nurse Mentor Program.

Experienced critical care nurses have the expertise to respond quickly and appropriately in emergency situations. New graduate nurses, however, typically lack this expertise and may benefit from mentoring as they learn to manage rapidly deteriorating patients. The purpose of this article is to describe the lessons learned during implementation of an Expert Nurse Mentor Program.

A qualitative study of influences on long-term physical activity in physically active African American women.

Performing routine physical activity (PA) is one of several measures that may be taken to prevent chronic illness; however, African American (AA) women are among the least physically active groups in the United States. The purpose of this study was to gain perspectives of AA women who are physically active and understand how they continue long-term PA. In this qualitative descriptive study, we interviewed 14 AA women using researcher-developed open-ended questions.

Manipulatives in nursing education: A concept analysis.

Use of manipulatives is an active learning strategy that relies on student interaction with objects to help them understand abstract concepts. Manipulatives are frequently used in elementary and middle schools but literature demonstrates that they are also effective tools for adult learners. The aim of this concept analysis is to evaluate the use of manipulatives in education and its applicability to nursing education.

Methodological Issues of Research with African-American Women: Influences on Long-Term Physical Activity in Physically Active African-American Women.

This paper reports the methodological challenges encountered while performing a descriptive, qualitative study examining the perspectives of African-American women who successfully maintained long-term physical activity. The socioecological model was used to expand on the dynamics pertaining to the long-term physical activity of 14 African-American women between 35 and 65 years of age. These women were recruited in 2 Midwestern American states and had been physically active for more than 6 months at the time of the study.

An Integrative Review Examining Student-to-Student Incivility and Effective Strategies to Address Incivility in Nursing Education.

Background: Incivility is a low-intensity, discourteous behavior intended to disrupt or harm positive interaction. If allowed, student-to-student incivility can undermine the educational environment.

Purpose: The purpose of the integrative review was to examine factors influencing incivility among nursing students and teaching strategies used to reduce incivility in nursing education.

A qualitative exploration of nursing students' perceptions of the homeless and their care experiences.

The health care needs of the homeless are more complex than those of the population at large. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore undergraduate nursing students' perceptions of the homeless. Thematic content analysis of responses from 19 undergraduate nursing students yielded four themes describing student experiences with the homeless, their perceptions of homelessness and the health care of the homeless, and their suggestions for best teaching strategies.

Exploring Cultural Influences of Self-Management of Diabetes in Coastal Kenya: An Ethnography.

In spite of increasing prevalence of diabetes among Kenyans and evidence suggesting Kenyans with diabetes maintain poor glycemic control, no one has examined the role of cultural attitudes, beliefs, and practices in their self-management of diabetes. The purpose of this ethnographic study was to describe diabetes self-management among the Swahili of coastal Kenya, and explore factors that affect diabetes self-management within the context of Swahili culture. Thirty men and women with type 2 diabetes from Lamu town, Kenya, participated in this study.

A measure of facilitators and barriers to rapid response team activation.

Purpose: Poor patient outcomes and increased costs may be associated with underutilization of RRTs. The aim of this study was to develop and test an instrument that identifies specific facilitators and barriers to rapid response team (RRT) activation.

Methods: Using an exploratory design, we surveyed a convenience sample of 250 registered nurses (RNs) employed in five Illinois hospitals.

Lessons from the Homeless: Civil and Uncivil Interactions with Nurses, Self-Care Behaviors, and Barriers to Care.

Background: Civility, rooted in social justice, is a fundamental value of nursing. Homeless people are particularly at risk for experiencing uncivil behavior from nurses.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore homeless people's perceptions of their interactions with nurses.

Perceptions of New Nurses Concerning Incivility in the Workplace.

Background: Although an atmosphere of civility in which nurses respect and value each other is crucial to health care, incivility continues to be widespread.

Method: New graduate nurses completed an online questionnaire in which they described incivility and discussed its impact on new nurses and patients.

Results: Findings were categorized according to the impact of incivility on new nurses and patients.

Non-Critical-Care Nurses' Perceptions of Facilitators and Barriers to Rapid Response Team Activation.

Rapid response teams can save lives but are only effective when activated. We surveyed 50 nurses for their perceptions of facilitators and barriers to activation. Findings showed that participants need more education on their role and when to activate the rapid response team.

Lessons learned from conducting qualitative research in a hospital.

Aim: To examine unexpected barriers to the conduct of hospital research during a study of nurses' activation of rapid response teams.

Background: We interviewed hospital nurses regarding their decisions to activate rapid response teams and encountered unexpected barriers to the conduct of this study in the hospital setting.

Data Sources: Experience of conducting qualitative research with bedside nurses in a community hospital.

An intervention to promote civility among nursing students.

Aim: The purpose of this exploratory, mixed-methods study was to test an intervention to build social capital and civility among nursing students.

Background: Incivility impacts nurses and nursing students, and can negatively influence patient care and the quality of nursing education. The Institute of Medicine and the Joint Commission recommended implementation of strategies to manage incivility and build social capital.

Qualitative exploration of nurses' decisions to activate rapid response teams.

Aims And Objectives: To identify barriers and facilitators to nurses' decisions regarding activation of rapid response teams (RRTs) in hospitals.

Background: Hospitalised patients in the United States who experience cardiopulmonary arrest seldom recover. Most of these patients show signs of clinical deterioration prior to cardiopulmonary arrest.

Nursing students' clinical judgment regarding rapid response: the influence of a clinical simulation education intervention.

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the impact of a novel educational intervention on student nurses' clinical judgment regarding the management of patients experiencing rapid clinical deterioration.

Method: A randomized sample of baccalaureate nursing students enrolled in the final semester of their program at a midwestern public university participated. All students (N = 79) were pretested; the control group (n = 39) was posttested after receiving traditional code blue and rapid response education.

Perceptions of academic integrity among nursing students.

Purpose: Academic dishonesty is growing among nursing students. Reasons for this growth can be categorized into student, faculty, and system factors. Nursing faculty designed a study to explore this problem.

Journal clubs: a strategy to teach civility to nursing students.

Incivility affects nurses and nursing students and can negatively influence patient care and the quality of nursing education. The Institute of Medicine, The Joint Commission, and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing recommended implementation of strategies to manage incivility and build social capital. The purpose of this mixed methods study was to explore the influence of a journal club as an educational intervention to build civility and academic integrity among nursing students.