Association of external interruptions with increased medication administration duration and self-interruptions: A direct observational study: Empirical research quantitative.

Aims: To examine task duration and frequency of self-interruptions among study participants during externally interrupted compared with externally uninterrupted simulated medication administration.

Background: Interruptions are prevalent during nursing medication administration and can lead to inefficient, delayed, omitted and unsafe patient care. Interrupted nursing tasks are shown to take longer to complete compared to uninterrupted tasks; however, studies seldom indicate if the time spent in the interruption was included or excluded in the reported task duration.

State responses to COVID-19: Potential benefits of continuing full practice authority for primary care nurse practitioners.

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, federal and state governments removed the scope of practice restrictions on nurse practitioners (NPs), allowing them to deliver care to patients without restrictions.

Purpose: To support policy makers' efforts to grant full practice authority to NPs beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, this manuscript summarizes the existing evidence on the benefits of permanently removing state-level scope of practice barriers and outline recommendations for policy, practice, and research.

Methods: We have conducted a thorough review of the existing literature.

Comparison of a Nurse-Nurse Handoff Mnemonic With Real-World Handoffs.

Background: Communication failures, including clinical handoff or clinical handover errors, contribute to 80% of all serious preventable adverse events each year. The N-PAS, N = Nurse, P = Patient Summary, A = Action Plan, and S = Synthesis, is a flexible standardized clinical handoff tool for nurses.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the proportion of N-PAS core components present in real-world patient handoffs.

High consequence infectious diseases training using interprofessional simulation and TeamSTEPPS.

Background: The comfort level of health care workers to respond to an infectious disease outbreak or epidemic is likely directly related to the amount of education, training, and experience they have in responding to these events.

Methods: A quasi-experimental study evaluated health care workers' state anxiety, self-efficacy, and interprofessional teamwork when working with patients simulated to have a potentially high consequence infectious disease.

Results: Pretest-posttest 1 scores revealed a significant decrease in state anxiety (P < .

Changing the Emergency Department's Practice of Rapid Sequence Intubation to Reduce the Incidence of Hypoxia.

Rapid sequence intubation (RSI) is an advanced procedure performed by nurse practitioners in the emergency department (ED). Hypoxia is one of the most common complications associated with RSI, which may lead to serious sequela, including death. Hypoxia may result from medications that are given to facilitate the procedure or the underlying disease process.

Respite Care and Stress Among Caregivers of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Integrative Review.

Unlabelled: While parenting, in general, can be stressful, mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience chronic stress comparable to combat soldiers. Research suggests that respite care may potentially reduce stress among caregivers. However, greater understanding of this relationship is needed.

Provider in triage: is this a place for nurse practitioners?

The role of nurse practitioners (NPs) in emergency care continues to evolve. A new and exciting role is the provider-in-triage (PIT) role. This innovative role has been implemented in many emergency departments (EDs) across the country.

Cuidate: implementation of a culturally based sexual risk reduction program for Hispanic adolescents.

Birth rates for adolescents have been declining in the United States since 1991 for all races. However, the rate for Hispanic teens still remains significantly higher than those for White teens. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that community-based organizations implement evidence-based programs to address the risky sexual behaviors of adolescents.