Cultural Tailoring and Implementation Science for Cardiometabolic Interventions in Asian Americans: A Systematic Review.

Aim: The purpose of this systematic review was to identify key factors that lead to variations in outcome in cardiometabolic interventions among Asian Americans.

Design: Systematic review.

Review Methods And Data Sources: In October 2022, a systematic search was conducted in the following databases: CINAHL, Cochrane, PsycINFO, PubMed and Web of Science.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical care and patient-focused outcomes of advanced nursing practice: A cross-sectional study.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted advanced practice nurses' practice and posed great challenges in patient care delivery.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the practice of advanced practice nurses in mainland China and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR). Methods A cross-sectional descriptive survey was conducted March 2021 and January 2022.

Karen J. Foli: A Nurse Scholar With an Unconventional Trajectory.

Nurse scholar Karen J. Foli has had an unconventional trajectory. She has written everything from mysteries to thrillers to peer-reviewed journal manuscripts and Food and Drug Administration documents.

Improving Diabetic Care Through Education and Innovation.

Despite the innovative advancements in diabetes care, providers may not recognize patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who qualify for a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) device or the benefits of a telemedicine program for improving self-management behaviors. This quality improvement (QI) project aimed to determine if an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN)-led telemedicine program using CGM could improve glycemic control and self-management in patients with insulin-dependent T2DM. A 6-week telemedicine program was developed and implemented using the CGM's time-in-range to deliver patient-specific education.

Intensive Care Unit Sleep Promotion Bundle: Impact on Sleep Quality, Delirium, and Other Patient Outcomes.

Background: High-quality sleep is important for optimal patient recovery. Sleep deprivation during hospitalization may lead to poor patient outcomes.

Objective: To examine whether implementation of a sleep promotion bundle in the intensive care unit affects rates of delirium and agitation, restraint use, and length of stay.

Breaking Barriers with Simulation-Enhanced Interprofessional Education: Transforming Interprofessional Education Through Simulation.

Simulation-enhanced interprofessional education (SIM-IPE) offers an avenue to teach and facilitate communication, collaboration, and teamwork while gaining an appreciation for the unique roles different healthcare professionals from a variety of settings bring to such learning experiences. This article provides an initial overview of the current trajectory of interprofessional simulation-based education in healthcare practice. An introduction to the Interprofessional Education Collaborative Core Competencies and the Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice will have a TM after Practice in superscript.

Trigger Warnings in Nursing Education: Psychiatric Mental Health Instructors' Practices and Perspectives.

Psychiatric mental health (PMH) nursing education covers topics that some students find potentially distressing and anxiety-producing. Trigger warnings are commonly found in entertainment and social media venues, but there is little research to explore the use of trigger/content warnings in undergraduate nursing education. This current research surveyed PMH nursing instructors ( n = 48) and found that most give trigger warnings and believe them to be helpful.

Gratitude Predicts Meaning in Life in Family Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer's Disease.

Gratitude is a well-known and researched internal positive psychological resource. Empirical data, however, on the association between gratitude, meaning in life, and burden in family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease is scant. The aims of this study were to (1) investigate the relationships among these variables in a sample of family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's; and (2) determine if gratitude mediates the effects of perceived burden on meaning in life in this population.

Empowering School Nurses: Enhancing Child Trafficking Awareness and Preparedness in American Public Schools.

Child trafficking poses a momentous public health threat to students in public schools. Although school nurses are exceptionally positioned to identify and respond to trafficking, most lack training and resources in this critical area. This project aimed to evaluate the impact of a multifaceted intervention on school nurse preparedness and practices related to child trafficking in an Oklahoma public school district.

Hyperlipidemia Prevention and Management Utilizing Lifestyle Changes.

Hyperlipidemia incidence is on the rise and lifestyle behavior change is the first-line therapy. Left untreated, hyperlipidemia can result in cardiovascular disease leading to increased morbidity and mortality in persons worldwide. Evidence has demonstrated behavioral changes such as increased exercise, healthy nutrition, smoking cessation, alcohol abstinence, and other lifestyle modification interventions significantly decrease the incidence and severity of hyperlipidemia.

Hope Mediates Stress to Reduce Burden in Family Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer's Disease.

The experience of burden among family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia may be deleterious for their health and well-being. Little is known, however, about the degree to which internal positive psychological resources, such as hope, influence burden perceptions in this population. The current study is novel in that it examined how multiple dimensions of hope, hope-agency and hope-pathway, influenced burden in a sample of one-hundred and fifty-five family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease.

A sense of connectedness, transcendent experiences, and insights for compassionate action emerge through an international collective labyrinth walk with a shared intention during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Introduction: Labyrinth walking is an integrative contemplative practice that aims to engage the body, heart, mind, and spirit. In this article, qualitative findings from the first year of a mixed methods study on collective labyrinth walking with a shared intention are described. This form of labyrinth walking is distinct in that it is a social contemplative practice.

Evaluation of Social Determinants of Health in Nursing Education through Service Learning.

This manuscript describes an in-state nursing student global health-care experience. The 2021 Rio Grande Valley service learning team at Louise Herrington School of Nursing at Baylor University traveled from Dallas to McAllen, Texas to volunteer in a COVID vaccination clinic and refugee respite center on the U.S.

A case for the health welfare of Texans-A nurse practitioner state regulation policy analysis.

Restrictive nurse practitioner (NP) practice regulation at the state level continues to obstruct patient access to quality affordable care because primary care provider shortages heighten across the nation. Evidence-based research supports NPs as cost-effective providers without conceding quality of care. A patchwork of highly variable state policies subjectively determines the degree of collaborative oversight required for NPs to practice in each state.

Holistic Hypertension Management.

Hypertension (HTN) is a major health care problem affecting nearly half of American's adult population. HTN is one of the costliest diagnoses among cardiovascular disease and leads to other major cardiovascular complications, which increase overall morbidity and mortality. Of those diagnosed with HTN in America, only one-fourth of patients are living with well-controlled HTN.

Establishing a pediatric acute stroke protocol: experience of a new pediatric stroke program and predictors of acute stroke.

Introduction: Pediatric stroke is among the top 10 causes of death in pediatrics. Rapid recognition and treatment can improve outcomes in select patients, as evidenced by recent retrospective studies in pediatric thrombectomy. We established a collaborative protocol involving the vascular neurology and pediatric neurology division in our institution to rapidly diagnose and treat pediatric suspected stroke.

Trauma in the Obstetric Patient.

The authors provide a concise, comprehensive overview of the unique anatomic and physiologic features of pregnancy as well as modification and considerations important for the management of the pregnant trauma patient.

Resilience mediates the effects of self-care activation and hope on medication adherence in heart failure patients.

Medication adherence is important to heart failure (HF) self-care. However, the rate of medication nonadherence is approximately 50%. Evidence suggests that self-care activation and hope may be internal motivators for medication adherence.

Perceived Risk of Diabetes Among Vietnamese Americans With Prediabetes: Mixed Methods Study.

Background: Vietnamese Americans have a relatively high risk of developing diabetes at younger ages, yet there are no published studies exploring their risk perceptions.

Objective: This mixed methods study describes perceived diabetes risk in the context of an underserved population.

Methods: This study was guided by the Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation.