Telehealth Virtual Simulation Across the Family Nurse Practitioner Curriculum.

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing recognizes telehealth education as an essential aspect of nurse practitioner (NP) education because it increases accessibility to health care. Studies reported in the literature have focused on NP telehealth simulation, but findings for the inclusion of simulation in multiple courses throughout the curriculum are scarce. This pre- and post-survey design study aimed to evaluate family nurse practitioner students' perceptions of knowledge, confidence, and attitudes regarding telehealth before and after engaging in telehealth virtual simulations in six courses.

Seek to Understand: Cultural Humility in Undergraduate Nursing Students and Faculty.

There exists a critical knowledge deficit in undergraduate nursing students when caring for multiculturally diverse clients. A mixed-methods study was conducted with a sample of undergraduate nursing faculty and students. Foronda's Cultural Humility Scale was used, along with a survey about cultural experiences in undergraduate nursing education.

Foundations of Nursing: Comparing Face-to-Face Versus Blended Learning.

Research focusing on blended learning for foundations of nursing courses is limited. The purpose of this study was to compare course performance outcomes when teaching foundations using blended learning compared to face-to-face instruction and to evaluate learner satisfaction and perceptions of effectiveness regarding blended learning. No significant differences were found in exam or final course grades between the two modalities.

Impact of summer healthcare diversity camp on students' interest and pursuit of healthcare careers.

Introduction: The diversity of the United States population has increased drastically, yet minority enrollment in healthcare schools continues to be low. The annual Healthcare Diversity Summer Camp for underserved minority high school students with an interest in a future healthcare career was created to expose students to pharmacy, nursing, and dental medicine.

Methods: Camp participants completed pre- and post-surveys before and after attending the summer camp over four years to assess students' knowledge and confidence in pursuing a career in the healthcare field.

SystemCHANGE™ Solutions to Improve Medication Adherence in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Secondary Data Analysis.

The SystemCHANGE™ intervention has led to great improvements in medication adherence, which is a challenge for nearly one-third of kidney transplant recipients. This secondary data analysis sought to measure the frequency of individual solutions utilized by participants in a previously conducted randomized controlled trial of the SystemCHANGE™ intervention and to determine which classes of solutions had greatest impact on improved medication adherence. Solutions that were significant predictors of improving medication adherence to the 85% or higher level included alarm cues (p ≤ 0.

High-Fidelity Mannequin Simulation versus Virtual Simulation for Recognition of Critical Events by Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists.

Early recognition of intraoperative critical events is essential in optimizing the health outcomes of surgical patients. Use of simulation in nurse anesthesia education allows students to practice recognizing changes in the patient's condition in a safe learning environment. Second- and third-year student registered nurse anesthetists were randomly assigned to 2 groups to explore differences in recognizing intraoperative myocardial infarction (MI) using highfidelity mannequin simulation vs virtual simulation.

Development of a Nursing Electronic Medical Record Usability Protocol.

Assessing usability of an electronic medical record is useful for organizations wishing to customize their electronic medical record and determine the impact on usability. The purpose of this article is to describe the development of a protocol to measure electronic medical record usability from a nursing perspective and to develop a scoring methodology. The Technical Evaluation, Testing, and Validation of the Usability of Electronic Health Records (NISTIR 7804), published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, guided protocol development.

Persistent Post-Mastectomy Pain: Risk Factors and Current Approaches to Treatment.

Persistent Post-Mastectomy Pain (PPMP) is a common condition that can follow surgeries for breast cancer, the most common cancer in women. Because of the frequency of PPMP and its potential severity, it has received increasing research attention. This manuscript reviews the recent research literature, beginning with a brief history and then relevant medical, surgical, demographic, and psychosocial risk factors.

Is the DNP the answer to the nursing faculty shortage? Not likely!

The DNP is being touted as the answer to the faculty shortage. There is no evidence that DNP graduates are any more willing to embrace the low salaries of nursing faculty than PhD graduates. The idea of the DNP as the answer to the faculty shortage is challenged.

Mentoring as a teaching-learning strategy in nursing.

Current nursing and faculty shortages necessitate development of strategies that prepare all students to function in their roles immediately after graduation. This study used a practicum experience through which nurse educator students mentored nursing students to enhance the teaching and learning of both groups. Study methods, evaluation, and results are discussed.

Design and implementation of a nursing clinical decision support system to promote guideline adherence.

This article describes the development and implementation of a nursing clinical decision support system that prompts nurses to place mechanically ventilated patients in a semirecumbent position in the absence of contraindications. A literature review is provided regarding (1) ventilator-associated pneumonia and recommendations from expert panels to maintain mechanically ventilated patients in a semirecumbent position (unless contraindicated) and (2) clinical decision support systems. Use of clinical decision support systems has primarily been developed for physicians; however, there is growing interest in expanding this technology to nurses working in the clinical area.

Hispanic acculturation: a concept analysis.

Although acculturation has been widely used as a health research variable among Hispanics, several inconsistencies exist in the definitions of this concept. The work of Walker and Avant is used as a guide to analyze and to clarify the definitions of acculturation in the Hispanic population. Multidisciplinary research studies involving Hispanic populations and the concept of acculturation are reviewed.

History of the roles of nurses caring for persons with mental retardation.

A historic examination of the major responsibilities of nurses in providing care to individuals with mental retardation indicates that the responsibilities have remained relatively constant, whereas the roles have shifted and expanded over time from nursing assistant activities to advanced practice roles. Regardless of the setting, nurses have been involved in primary and secondary prevention, case finding, health care management of the individual with mental retardation and their family across the life span, instruction about this care to other nurses, and referral. This specialty nursing practice has a long history.

Prostate screening health beliefs and practices of African American men.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the health beliefs and practices of African American men regarding prostate cancer screening. A descriptive non-experimental design was used with a self-administered questionnaire to identify participants' knowledge level, health beliefs and practices related to the screening and early detection of prostate cancer in African American men. Results indicate that most participants had a high level of prostate cancer knowledge, early detection and had prostate screening done on a regular basis.