Psychosocial needs and outcomes of adults with spina bifida: A scoping review, 1974-2023.

Limited evidence exists that serves to guide the field of practice and research pertaining to the long-term issues and needs of adults with spina bifida. Understanding the lived experience of adults with spina bifida has lagged behind considerably resulting in limited evidence-based guidance for individuals with spina bifida and their families and the health care professionals who provide services to this population. Given the paucity of knowledge of the lived experience as it pertains to adulthood, this scoping review was undertaken.

The state of employment in the United States among young adults with cerebral palsy.

Young adults with Cerebral Palsy (CP) have lower employment rates compared to young adults in general, as they may be confronted with physical, sensory, and cognitive impairments, coupled with personal and societal barriers as they mature. These challenges are clear, but the solutions are less so. Understanding the factors that impact employment is vital.

Multifaceted role of the registered nurse on an oral immunotherapy clinical team.

Oral immunotherapy (OIT) emerged into clinical practice, and its delivery highlights the multifaceted expertise of registered nurses (RN) as central to allergy/immunology interprofessional collaborative teams. The allergist-RN model of clinical evidenced-based OIT provision is presented. RN competencies, role components, and intervention examples are included to assist RNs and allergists in maximizing RN capabilities.

Use of Andexanet Alfa for Factor Xa Inhibitor Reversal in US Verified Trauma Centers: A National Survey.

Direct oral factor Xa inhibitors are replacing vitamin K-dependent antagonists as anticoagulation treatment in many clinical scenarios. Trauma centers are noting an increase in patients presenting on these medications. The 2018 Food and Drug Administration approval of andexanet alfa provides an alternative anticoagulation reversal.

Virtual and Low-Fidelity Simulation: An Integrated Approach to Achieving Learning Outcomes for Early Clinical Students.

The purpose of this educational initiative was to transition a portion of onsite acute care/hospital clinical learning to an experience integrating virtual and low-fidelity simulation for undergraduate nursing students. The integrated simulation created a safe, nonthreatening environment for students to learn and develop competence and confidence to meet the demands of real-world practice settings. Virtual with low-fidelity simulation offered a standardized approach that fostered consistency in meeting clinical, course, and program outcomes.

Nurses' confidence in starting a new venture, startup or project in the context of nurse-led hackathons: Results of prehackathon survey.

Background: A hackathon framework has been successfully applied to solving health care challenges, including COVID-19, without much documented evidence of nurses' baseline or acquired confidence.

Purpose: To understand differences in baseline confidence levels in starting a new venture, startup or project in the context of nurse-led hackathons.

Method: A retrospective secondary analysis of a presurvey of hackathon participants from two NurseHack4Health (NH4H) events held in 2021.

The long-term impact of COVID-19 on nursing: An e-panel discussion from the International Network for Child and Family Centred Care.

Aim: To explore the International Network for Child and Family Centred Care (INCFCC) members' experiences and views on the long-term impact of COVID-19 on the nursing workforce.

Background: On the 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. While some countries adopted a herd immunity approach, others imposed stricter measures to reduce the transmission of the virus.

Impressions of the Nursing Profession Among Nursing Students and New Graduates During the First Wave of COVID-19: A Qualitative Content Analysis.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has been a defining event for the next generation of the nursing workforce. Complex pandemic practice environments have raised concerns for the preparation and support of novice nurses, even as a multitude of nurses leave the profession.

Purpose: Researchers sought to examine nursing students' and new graduate nurses' impressions of the nursing profession in contrasting regions of New York State during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Translating Authentic Nursing Knowledge From One Era to Another.

As time passes, concepts change. The risk to nursing theories is that concepts can shift so far away from a theorist's originally intended meaning that future scholars might misunderstand or misuse what will become historically time-bound theories. To preserve authentic nursing knowledge, the process of conceptual matching and translation is proposed.

Health Care Transition Planning: Educational Needs of Pediatric Nurses and Pediatric Nurse Practitioners.

Introduction: The purpose was to identify the educational needs of pediatric nurses and pediatric nurse practitioners providing direct care to transition-aged youth with chronic illness and disability and to identify strategies to develop health care transition planning (HCTP) expertise.

Method: Mixed-methods descriptive analyses were performed on survey data extracted from a larger national study exploring the provision of HCTP activities performed by nurses of two pediatric nursing professional organizations.

Results: Items querying educational needs were completed by 1,162 pediatric nurses serving in advanced practice and staff roles.

Health care transition planning: A potpourri of perspectives from nurses.

Purpose: Nurses have important roles as members of the healthcare transition (HCT) planning interdisciplinary team. Nursing's scope of practice and framework of care brings a distinctive and complementary approach to this expanding field in pediatric care. It is therefore relevant to better understand the extent to which pediatric nurses are involved with the provision of HCT services and model development.

Effect of Race and Nativity on Functional Outcomes Following Traumatic Brain Injury Among Asian, Hispanic, and Non-Hispanic White Survivors in the United States: A NIDILRR TBI Model Systems Study.

Objective: To compare the racial/ethnic differences in traumatic brain injury (TBI) recovery among Asians, Hispanics, and Whites, and explore the effect of nativity in the recovery process.

Setting: Six Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) centers.

Participants: In total, 7953 patients who had at least 1 severe TBI between 2000 and 2016 were admitted to one of the TBIMS centers.

The Future Capacity of the Nursing Workforce: COVID-19 Pandemic's Impacts on New Nurses and Nursing Students Toward the Profession.

Background: Nurses are concerned for their safety and conflicted about their career, because their duty to care for patients during the pandemic involved competing ethical obligations, including their own personal safety.

Purpose: The aim was to explore the impact of COVID-19 on new nurses and nursing students in terms of safety and interest in nursing specifically related to self-efficacy, geographic region case density, and frontline experience in health care.

Methods: New nurses and nursing students (N = 472) responded to an online survey examining self-efficacy, sense of safety, and interest in nursing.

Psychometric Testing of Family Centered Care (FCC) Instrument: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Pediatric Nurses and Their Workplace Perceptions of FCC.

Background/purpose: Family-Centered care (FCC) is a model used in pediatric healthcare delivery wherein planning care for children incorporates the family, but questions remain whether there has been effective FCC implementation in practice. The purpose of this study was to examine the importance of FCC to pediatric nurses and their view of their organizations' support of FCC implementation.

Method: A survey with FCC descriptor statements was distributed electronically to the Society of Pediatric Nurses.

Prescribed Walking for Glycemic Control and Symptom Management in Patients Without Diabetes Undergoing Chemotherapy.

Background: Hyperglycemia may potentiate symptom experiences. Exercise is a nonpharmacological intervention that can potentially improve glycemic control and mitigate symptom experiences in patients undergoing chemotherapy for cancer.

Objectives: The primary objective was to assess the feasibility of patients engaging in a walking exercise study for 6 months.

Psychosocial outcomes for adults with spina bifida: a scoping review protocol.

Objective: The objective of this scoping review is to explore the evidence on psychosocial needs and related outcomes for adults with spina bifida.

Introduction: Individuals with spinal bifida have complex service needs that can lead to the emergence of secondary conditions and health complications, which can result in serious, life-threatening illnesses. While much is known about the biological impact of spina bifida, there is a dearth of information regarding its psychological and social impact.

On-Campus Clinical: Preparing Prelicensure Nursing Students for a Safe Clinical Practice.

Background: Ensuring students are both confident and competent for clinical practice will lead to improved patient outcomes. Early exposure to delivering safe and effective care using knowledge, skills, and abilities that are consonant with professional practice is essential.

Problem: Caring for an increasingly complex patient population is challenging.