Integration of an APP-Led Supportive and Palliative Oncology Care Program: A Quality Improvement Project.

Patients with advanced cancer have been found to demonstrate severe symptoms and low quality of life at diagnosis; therefore, it is imperative that they have early access to palliative care services along the continuum of care. Oncology advanced practice providers are uniquely poised to serve as champions for primary palliative care integration within their practice. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to develop and implement an APP-led supportive and palliative oncology care (SPOC) program within routine cancer care.

PrEP Demographics and Disparity: The Race, Ethnicity, Gender Identity, Sex Assigned at Birth, Sexual Orientation and Age of Current PrEP Use.

Purpose: Identification of disparity in preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) prescription by demographic group.

Design: Exploratory descriptive study.

Methods: Secondary data analysis of 1114 patients who received PrEP from Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts (PPLM) between 2017 and 2020.

The Perception of Preparedness in Undergraduate Nursing Students During COVID-19.

Background: The purpose of this study was to explore the perception of preparedness in nursing students who transitioned to online and virtual learning platforms brought about by Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Design: Descriptive, correlational, nonexperimental research design.

Method: Data collection was attained through Facebook groups using the Casey-Fink Readiness for Practice Survey and questions about comfort in nursing skills and multiple patient assignments.

Improving Critical Care Nurses Perceived Self-Efficacy in Providing Palliative Care: A Quasi-Experimental Study.

Background: Palliative care is a service that focuses on quality of life and symptom management. It is particularly important for patients with chronic disease. Palliative care in general is an underutilized service for various reasons.

A Systematic Review Exploring Racial Disparities, Social Determinants of Health, and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Black Women.

Objective: To explore and describe racial disparities, the role of social determinants of health, and individual risk behaviors among Black women as related to sexual health and/or sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Data Sources: Electronic resource databases used were PubMed, CINAHL, and Google Scholar. Peer-reviewed articles published during 2010 to 2020 were considered.

Spanish translation and cross-language validation of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Standardized Shoulder Assessment Form.

Background: The American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) Standardized Shoulder Assessment Form is one of the most frequently used outcomes score for shoulder pathology. The patient report section of the ASES questionnaire (p-ASES) is easy to complete, can be quickly administered, and is applicable to a wide range of shoulder pathologies, yet a validated Spanish translation of this questionnaire does not currently exist for diverse Spanish-speaking populations. The purpose of this study was to translate and culturally adapt the patient report section of the ASES to Spanish and to assess its validity and reliability among a culturally diverse group of Spanish-speaking patients, typically seen in the United States.

Exploring novice nurse practitioner job satisfaction.

Background: With the continued increase in new nurse practitioners expected over the next 5 years and beyond, more individuals will experience nurse practitioner role transition. It is beneficial to nurse practitioners, patients, and the health care industry to understand factors relating to job satisfaction during role transition.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to contribute to the understanding of the transition period of new nurse practitioners by exploring demographics and job satisfaction during the first 6 months to 2 years of practice.

An exploratory descriptive study of compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction: Examining potential risk and protective factors in advanced nurse practitioners.

Background: Larger patient caseloads and increased workplace responsibility for nurse practitioners (NPs) may exacerbate factors leading to compassion fatigue (CF).

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze the rate of burnout in practicing NPs by looking at contributing factors that play a role in CF and compassion satisfaction (CS).

Methods: A NP social media platform was used to distribute a survey to a convenience sample of 208 NPs.

Outcomes Comparison of Enculturating Advance Directives Process at a Health System.

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services requires organizations to comply with the Patient Self-Determination Act by having processes that inform patients about their rights to execute an advance directive (AD) and engage in shared decision-making. The aim of this study was to compare AD data from a previous study (1999-2002) to a postenculturation (2011-2015) of a structured process for documented patient's preferences. Second, to conduct a descriptive, bivariate analysis of the enculturated structured ADs process during 2011 and 2015.

Impact of Individual and Neighborhood Factors on Cardiovascular Risk in White Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Women and Men.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality for adults in the US, regardless of ethnicity. A cross-sectional correlational design was used to describe and compare CVD risk and cardiac mortality in White Hispanic and non-Hispanic women and men. Data from 3,317 individuals (1,523 women and 1,794 men) hospitalized for non-cardiac causes during 2012-2013, and data from the 2010 United States Census were included.

Point-of-Care Testing of Troponin Levels Compared With Automated Laboratory Evaluation: A Reliability Study.

Traditionally, troponin levels are measured in the blood using an automated laboratory protocol, but the use of a faster technology, the point-of-care (POC) testing of troponin levels, has shown promise in the effective differential diagnosis of cardiac injury. The purpose of this study was to compare the 2 methods. A total of 1567 patients were seen in the emergency department who were tested with both the POC iSTAT troponin and laboratory troponin from a secondary analysis of retrospective data collected between June 2012 and December 2012.

Clinical Partners' Perceptions of Patient Assignments According to Acuity.

Clinical partners (CPs) experienced disproportionate workloads related to patients' levels of acuity. This problem was addressed on a medical-surgical unit by developing patient acuity ratings and equitable acuity assignments for the CPs.

Evaluating the impact of medication cabinets in patients' rooms on a medical-surgical telemetry unit.

Results of a pre-post survey study designed to evaluate the impact of medication cabinets in patients' rooms on nurses' satisfaction with medication administration, medication charge accuracy, and errors are described.