Factors and Strategies Influencing Chemotherapy Safety Among Oncology Nurses: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.

The purpose of this research is to describe the factors affecting hazardous chemotherapy exposure and strategies to foster chemotherapy safety among oncology nurses. Fifteen oncology nurses and 5 oncology nurse managers were recruited from 2 medical centers in the Midwest United States through convenience purposive sampling. A qualitative descriptive approach was employed.

Emergency Department Workers' Perceived Support and Emotional Impact After Workplace Violence.

Introduction: Workplace violence (WPV) is a common experience among healthcare workers in the United States. Although WPV may affect workers physically, WPV can also affect workers' mental health. Emergency department (ED) workers' perceptions of available and necessary WPV support have not been previously reported.

Stress and Coping in Emergency Nurses Following Trauma Patient Care: A Qualitative Grounded Theory Approach.

Background: Experiencing symptoms of traumatic stress may be the cost of caring for trauma patients. Emergency nurses caring for trauma patients are at risk for traumatic stress reactions.

Objective: This study explored the stress and coping behaviors experienced by emergency nurses who provide trauma care.

Family Management Skills Reported by Parents of Preterm Infants in the NICU Using the Self- and Family Management Framework (SFMF).

Background: Across the globe, family-integrated care (FICare) has become an evidence-based standard in which parents deliver the majority of infant care in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Because of extensive barriers to parent presence, adaptations to FICare may be required for successful implementation. Family management theory may provide structure to the Parent Education of FICare and help nurses guide parents' skill development as equal care members.

Addressing Workplace Violence With Evidence.

Aim: The purpose of this article is to describe how regional community assessment survey data specific to healthcare workers' (HCWs') attitudes and actions related to workplace violence (WPV) from 1 participating urban tertiary hospital was compared with current evidence to identify evidence-based interventions to promote a safer work environment. The regional survey assessed real-time data regarding the state of WPV and its impact on HCWs, and to drive proposed interventions to prevent and reduce WPV in the healthcare community.

Background: Incidents of WPV in healthcare continue to increase, resulting in calls for action from staff, leadership, and regulatory organizations.

Association of Prescription Opioid Exposure and Patient Factors With Prolonged Postoperative Opioid Use in Opioid-Naïve Patients.

The purpose of this research study was to identify factors associated with prolonged postoperative opioid use in opioid-naïve patients in 2 domains: specific patient characteristics and exposure through postoperative opioid prescriptions. A retrospective analysis was conducted of electronic medical records of opioid-naïve adult orthopedic surgical patients at a large academic medical center from January 1, 2012, through December 31, 2017. In this cohort, 4% continued to refill opioid prescriptions more than 90 days after their surgical procedure.

Maximizing Effectiveness of the Holistic Admission Process: Implementing the Multiple Mini Interview Model.

Background: Nursing programs have responsibility to become more holistic in admission practices, ensuring they admit applicants based on more than grades and test scores to determine the best fit for their program.

Problem: One frequently cited holistic admissions barrier is incorporating qualitative measurement of applicant characteristics through interviews. Finding the best interview model is a challenge, depending on a program's intent to learn about applicants.

Comparative Cost of Virtual Reality Training and Live Exercises for Training Hospital Workers for Evacuation.

Adoption of virtual reality technology may be delayed due to high up-front costs with unknown returns on that investment. In this article, we present a cost analysis of using virtual reality as a training tool. Virtual reality was used to train neonatal intensive care workers in hospital evacuation.

Use of a Systematic Consultation Process to Facilitate Nursing Research Projects: An Exemplar.

Purpose/objectives: The purpose of this article is to describe the use of a well-established, 5-stage consultation process, to advise a research team on planning strategies to engage domestic violence shelters (DVSs) as community partners in their study. The research team is testing a health promotion intervention for teens living in shelters with their parent and needed to enlist shelters as sites to recruit teens and conduct the intervention. Consultation aims were to (a) identify highly promising strategies described in peer-reviewed literature for identifying, recruiting, and collaborating with community organizations in research and (b) identify DVSs that would potentially serve as effective community partners for the study.