Nurses communication competencies in social media: A bibliometric review.

Objective: To analyse the characteristics of articles published on the competencies, abilities, knowledge and education that nurses should have to be able to communicate, inform, disseminate and/or be an informative source in mass media and social media.

Design: This bibliometric study involved a comprehensive search of two databases, PubMed and Scopus. The search terms included 'nursing', 'communication', and 'mass media', along with their synonyms.

Understanding Daily Care Experience Preferences Across the Lifespan of Older Adults: Application of Natural Language Processing.

Introduction: Older adults are a heterogeneous group, and their care experience preferences are likely to be diverse and individualized. Thus, the aim of this study was to identify categories of older adults' care experience preferences and to examine similarities and differences across different age groups.

Methods: The initial categories of older adults' care experience preferences were identified through a qualitative review of narrative text (n = 3134) in the ADVault data set.

Exploring healthcare facilities' blenderized tube feeding policy trends: A survey of registered dietitian nutritionists.

Background: Recent surveys suggest that registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs) are increasingly supportive of blenderized tube feeding (BTF). However, its actual use in clinical practice continues to lag. This disconnect may be explained by a lack of comprehensive BTF policies.

Call for Decision Support for Electrocardiographic Alarm Administration Among Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Staff: Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Survey.

Background: Previous studies have shown that electrocardiographic (ECG) alarms have high sensitivity and low specificity, have underreported adverse events, and may cause neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) staff fatigue or alarm ignoring. Moreover, prolonged noise stimuli in hospitalized neonates can disrupt neonatal development.

Objective: The aim of the study is to conduct a nationwide, multicenter, large-sample cross-sectional survey to identify current practices and investigate the decision-making requirements of health care providers regarding ECG alarms.

Facilitating the Transition From New Graduate to Practicing Advanced Practice RN: A Comparison of Orientation Programs and Fellowships.

The transition from graduate education to clinical practice is a pivotal phase in the career of advanced practice RNs (APRNs). This transition is often marked by a phenomenon known as transition shock, characterized by feelings of anxiety, self-doubt, and inadequacy as new APRNs adjust to the demands of clinical practice.

Does Hospital Accreditation or Certification Impact Patient Outcomes? Findings From a Scoping Review for Healthcare Industry Leaders.

Objective: This scoping review describes findings from published literature, evaluates the association between hospital accreditation or certification and patient outcomes, and identifies gaps.

Background: Healthcare accreditation and certification organizations set standards and evaluate whether the standards are met. Despite the extensive efforts of both parties to improve healthcare delivery, poor patient health outcomes still exist in the United States.

Gastric cancer: Nursing care and impact.

Patients with gastric cancer experience symptoms that impact adequate nutritional intake. Delayed diagnosis may result in advanced disease. Surgery, chemotherapy, biologic therapy, and radiotherapy comprise interventions.

Implementation of the RQI System: Baseline Skills and Self-Report Competence and Confidence Data From 12 NLN Inaugural Change Agent Nursing Programs.

Aim: This article describes the implementation, baseline cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills, and competence and confidence in skills of participants in 12 nursing programs piloting the Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) program. Of 1,847 participants, 175 had not previously completed a CPR course.

Method: Schools could choose the sequence for completing baselines skills and required e-learning modules.

Breastfeeding Journeys: Comparing Mothers' Experiences with Autistic and Neurotypical Infants.

Breastfeeding is a complex task that requires proficiency at several key developmental skills to feed successfully. It is unclear how Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) affects an infant's breastfeeding experience and conflicting reports exist on shortened breastfeeding duration in infants later diagnosed with ASD. The purpose of this study was to describe the experiences of mothers breastfeeding both their autistic and neurotypical children to better understand the differences in their breastfeeding experiences and maternal and infant factors that contributed to breastfeeding cessation in their autistic child.

Final Report of Trends in Pregnancy and Birth Survey after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident: The Fukushima Health Management Survey.

This study aimed to assess long-term changes in pregnancy and birth outcomes after the Great East Japan Earthquake and the accident at the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima Prefecture.　This is the final report on perinatal outcomes of the Prefectural Health Survey, which ended after a 10-year observation period.　Questionnaires based on a pregnancy and birth survey conducted by the Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey were sent to women who had received maternal and child health handbooks from municipal officers in Fukushima Prefecture.

Building a Time-Series Model to Predict Hospitalization Risks in Home Health Care: Insights Into Development, Accuracy, and Fairness.

Objectives: Home health care (HHC) serves more than 5 million older adults annually in the United States, aiming to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits. Despite efforts, up to 25% of patients in HHC experience these adverse events. The underutilization of clinical notes, aggregated data approaches, and potential demographic biases have limited previous HHC risk prediction models.

Early childhood respiratory morbidity according to gestational age at birth: A nationwide cohort study.

Background: Preterm birth survivors are at risk for short- and long-term respiratory morbidity. This includes increased rates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and infectious morbidity. Previous studies showed increased utilization of healthcare services throughout early childhood.

An electronic health record metadata-mining approach to identifying patient-level interprofessional clinician teams in the intensive care unit.

Objectives: Advances in health informatics rapidly expanded use of big-data analytics and electronic health records (EHR) by clinical researchers seeking to optimize interprofessional ICU team care. This study developed and validated a program for extracting interprofessional teams assigned to each patient each shift from EHR event logs.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective analysis of EHR event logs for mechanically-ventilated patients 18 and older from 5 ICUs in an academic medical center during 1/1/2018-12/31/2019.

Social isolation, perceived social support, and type D personality among gastrointestinal cancer survivors in China: A mediating model analysis.

Objective: To explore the mediating effect of social isolation between perceived social support and type D personality in gastrointestinal cancer survivors based on the WHITE heuristic cognitive-behavioral model of emotion cognition theory.

Methods: The study utilized a convenience sampling method to recruit 183 survivors of gastrointestinal cancer who were undergoing chemoradiotherapy. SPSS 26.

National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine Recommendations for Transformative Change in Women's Health Research at the National Institutes of Health.

Background: Due to significant gaps in knowledge around women's health, Congress commissioned the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) to conduct a consensus study on funding allocation, workforce needs, and priority research areas for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Objectives: This manuscript summarizes the key points of the new NASEM report on women's health research for NIH, presents the relevance and importance for nursing research, and briefly discusses the need for increased representation of nurse scientists on NASEM panels.

Methods: Beginning in the Fall of 2023, a multidisciplinary panel of 17 experts was convened by NASEM to address gaps in women's health research at NIH.

Differing perspectives on artificial intelligence in mental healthcare among patients: a cross-sectional survey study.

Introduction: Artificial intelligence (AI) is being developed for mental healthcare, but patients' perspectives on its use are unknown. This study examined differences in attitudes towards AI being used in mental healthcare by history of mental illness, current mental health status, demographic characteristics, and social determinants of health.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of an online sample of 500 adults asking about general perspectives, comfort with AI, specific concerns, explainability and transparency, responsibility and trust, and the importance of relevant bioethical constructs.

Integrated Care Services for Dementia and Their Challenges from a Nursing Home Perspective: An Ethnographic Study.

Background: The number of older adults living with dementia is increasing in China and worldwide. There is limited attention paid to dementia care in nursing homes, and this study aimed to explore the current situation and challenges of providing integrated care services in nursing home settings.

Methods: A 3-month focused ethnographic study, including semi-participatory observations and in-depth interviews, was conducted in a nursing home in Suzhou, China, from June to August 2022.

Interventions for Prevention and Management of Gynecological Cancer-Related Lower Limb Lymphedema: A Systematic Scoping Review.

Objectives: This scoping review aims to map out evidence on interventions for reducing lower limb lymphedema incidence and symptoms after gynecological cancer surgery.

Methods: This scoping review followed the methods and protocol outlined by the Joanna Briggs Institute Methods Manual. Five databases, including Pubmed, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL, and PsycINFO were searched in January 2024.

Interventions to enhance the core competencies of clinical nursing preceptors: A systematic review.

Unlabelled: Aim This systematic review aimed to identify intervention studies on core competencies of clinical nursing preceptors, evaluate their quality using quantitative indicators, and summarize the effectiveness of the intervention programs and limitations of included studies.

Design: This review was reported in accordance with the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) 2020 checklist.

Data Sources: Between May 1, 2024 and May 30, 2024, we searched PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL, Medline, EMBASE and ProQuest (Health & Medical Collection) to get relevant literature published between January 2010 and May 2024.

Exploring Burnout and Leadership Mitigation Plans in Academic Nursing Environments.

Background: Staff burnout in higher education may affect nursing department functionality. There is limited literature regarding staff burnout and its manifestations in nursing colleges and schools.

Purpose: This study evaluated academic nurse leaders' perceptions of burnout and mitigation strategies in colleges and schools of nursing.