In summary, for a smooth running investigational study, the following are essential: 1) clear and concise understanding of the protocol and its criteria, 2) methods for subject recruitment and screening, 3) meetings with all involved ancillary departments and professional staff, 4) development and utilization of time-saving checklists, patient instruction sheets, and other forms, and 5) careful assessment and explicit documentation.
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J Nurs Adm
February 2025
Author Affiliation: Director of Policy and Professional Development (Dr Pate) and Director of Nursing Excellence (Dr Rankin), Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Although hospitals successfully achieving Magnet® designation demonstrate a multitude of positive outcomes, initial certification and maintenance require support from a highly engaged team. Two healthcare facilities used a team of master's-prepared nurses including the clinical nurse specialist, clinical nurse leader, and nursing professional development practitioner to strengthen a culture of nursing excellence, resulting in a successful redesignation cycle and the need for nurse executives to evaluate supportive nursing roles in acute care settings.
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February 2025
Author Affiliations: Assistant Professor (Dr House), University of North Carolina Greensboro School of Nursing; Assistant Professor (Dr Palazzolo), Truman State University Health and Exercise Science Department, Kirlsville, Missouri; Chief, Center for Nursing Science and Clinical Inquiry (Dr Stucky), Landstuhl, Germany; Instructor (Dr Campbell), Weber State University Annie Taylor Dee School of Nursing, Ogden, Utah; Clinical Nurse Specialist (Williams), Eglin Air Force Base Hospital, Eglin, Florida; PhD Student (Langerman), University of North Carolina Greensboro School of Nursing.
Objective: To determine if professional roles and demographic characteristics predict relational coordination (RC) among healthcare professionals in the ICU.
Background: Race, age, and sex diversity are increasing in the medical and nursing workforce, raising questions regarding how well healthcare professionals are collaborating. RC is a validated model for coordinating interdependent work among healthcare professionals.
Tijdschr Psychiatr
January 2025
Background: The Compulsory Mental Health Care Act in the Netherlands (CMHCA) came into effect in 2020. Mental health nurse practitioners have since been allowed to be ‘responsible clinician’ However, there seems to be diversity in the implementation of the role in practice.
Aim: To investigate the state of affairs regarding the role of the mental health nurse practitioners as ‘responsible clinician’ within the CMHCA and reflecting on this topic.
Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) often leads to lower extremity amputations when poorly managed. Managing DM in Ghana is difficult due to limited access to diabetic care, low public awareness, and a strong reliance on religious beliefs and traditional medicine.
Aim: This study examined the lifestyle changes of patients after lower limb amputation at Sunyani Teaching Hospital (STH) in Ghana, using the biopsychosocial model.
Front Child Adolesc Psychiatry
February 2024
National Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Background: Infancy regulatory problems (RP) of sleep, feeding and eating, and excessive crying are thought to play a key role in the development of psychopathology in childhood, but knowledge of the early trajectories is limited.
Objective: To explore RP at ages 8-11 months and the associations with mental health problems at 1½ years, and assess the influences of maternal mental health problems and relationship problems.
Methods: RP was explored in a nested in-cohort sample ( = 416) drawn from a community-based cohort ( = 2,973).
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