A comparison of burnout among oncology nurses working in adult and pediatric inpatient and outpatient settings.

Purpose/objectives: To investigate differences in burnout among oncology nurses by type of work setting, coping strategies, and job satisfaction.

Design: Descriptive.

Setting: A metropolitan cancer center.

Influencers of ethical beliefs and the impact on moral distress and conscientious objection.

Considering a growing nurse shortage and the need for qualified nurses to handle increasingly complex patient care situations, how ethical beliefs are influenced and the consequences that can occur when moral conflicts of right and wrong arise need to be explored. The aim of this study was to explore influencers identified by nurses as having the most impact on the development of their ethical beliefs and whether these influencers might impact levels of moral distress and the potential for conscientious objection. Nurses whose ethical beliefs were most influenced by their religious beliefs scored higher in levels of moral distress and demonstrated greater differences in areas of conscientious objection than did nurses who developed their ethical beliefs from influencers such as family values, life and work experience, political views or the professional code of ethics.

Comparison of syllabi expectations between faculty and students in a baccalaureate nursing program.

This study aimed to explore and compare expectations of syllabi between students and faculty in a university baccalaureate nursing department. Knowing what students expect from syllabi can lead to improved student success and may reduce faculty time in clarifying class policies. Faculty and nursing students from eight semesters volunteered to complete a survey exploring syllabi definitions, pertinent content, and the importance of student involvement in syllabi development.

Opinions of adult learners about negotiating syllabi rules in a baccalaureate nursing program.

A baccalaureate nursing (BSN) program is using the philosophy of adult learning as a tenet of curriculum development. This philosophical approach is to support the uniqueness of the adult learner. Are nursing faculty composing course syllabi in a way that allows accommodations for adult learners' complex lives? Which syllabi items, if any, would adult learners negotiate? This descriptive study was part of a larger study conducted by the same researchers that compared nursing faculty and student expectations of syllabi.

Exploring the Postpartum Adjustment Questionnaire as a predictor of postpartum depression.

Objective: To evaluate the usefulness of the Postpartum Adjustment Questionnaire in predicting symptoms of postpartum depression as measured by scores from the Postpartum Depression Screening Scale.

Design: Prospective descriptive.

Setting: Mid-sized urban regional medical center.