Acute care nurse managers' definitions of and barriers to well-being: A thematic analysis of open-ended survey questions.

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, acute care nurse managers functioned in a critical role by helping to advance the mission and goals of their organization while navigating a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape. This resulted in high levels of ongoing job-related stress which is linked to negative physical, psychological, and job-related outcomes. Little is known about the perceptions regarding their own professional well-being during this time.

Well-being in acute care nurse managers: A risk analysis of physical and mental health factors.

Background: Nurse managers have experienced tremendous stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, contributing to negative psychological outcomes. Positive professional well-being is a construct that can be promoted to mitigate poor psychological outcomes and burnout in nurses. Little is known about the health, healthy behaviors, effects of stress on homelife, and well-being of nurse managers in the United States (U.

Health-related behaviors, self-rated health, and predictors of stress and well-being in nursing students.

Background: Nursing students are at increased risk for the consequences of stress on wellbeing. Little is known about nursing students' health promoting behaviors and how these relate to health, stress, and well-being.

Purpose: The purpose was to describe perceived stress and measures of well-being (self-compassion, happiness, and life satisfaction) along with self-reported health promoting behaviors and health status in order to identify factors that could affect stress and well-being in nursing students.

Evaluation of Mental Health Effects of a Mindfulness Workshop with Health Professions Students.

Our interprofessional team examined the mental health effects of a pilot mindfulness meditation workshop for college students (n = 39) from 4 health professions. A mixed-methods survey examined students' self-compassion (short form; SCS-sf), perceived stress (PSS-10), and self-reported mindfulness behaviors pre-workshop and at 2 months. The survey captured attitudes, beliefs, and intentions to continue mindfulness practices over time and perceived barriers to mindfulness practice.

Implications of a Retrospective Study on Weight-Based Risk for Post-Tonsillectomy Pain in Children.

Purpose: The purpose was to examine if children experience weight-based risks for post-tonsillectomy pain (PTP) in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU).

Design: This retrospective correlational cohort design included a sample of 180 children between the ages of 4 to 12 years who had tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy or tonsillectomy before August 2016; half were obese (OB) or overweight (OW).

Methods: The sample was obtained from children who had surgery at a large pediatric hospital with an attached outpatient surgical center in North Texas.

Framework to Explain the Progression of Pain in Obese or Overweight Children Undergoing Tonsillectomy.

An estimated 100,000 obese (OB) and overweight (OW) children undergo tonsillectomy each year in the United States. Pain management in this population is particularly challenging because of weight-based dosing, clinician fears, potential for airway obstruction, and genetic differences. A framework is proposed to explain factors involved in the post-tonsillectomy pain (PTP) experience in OB and OW children.

Modified Early Warning System as a Predictor for Hospital Admissions and Previous Visits in Emergency Departments.

This study addresses the development of a modified early warning system (MEWS) to predict hospital admissions from emergency departments (EDs) using the 2010 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS). A MEWS score was created for each patient in the NHAMCS data set using the vital signs recorded at admission. Multiple logistic regression analyses indicated that for every 1 unit increase in the MEWS score, patients were 33% more likely to be admitted to the hospital for further care even after controlling for demographics.