Associations Between Nursing Students' Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes and Participation in Experiential Learning on Care for People With Disabilities.

Background: Experiential learning activities on care for people with disabilities (PWD) would help nursing students develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) needed to provide quality care for PWD.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the perceived changes in nursing students' KSAs related to the care for PWD following participation in health assessment and prevention (HAP) experiential learning activities.

Methods: This was a quasi-experimental, pre- and posttest educational intervention study.

Interleaving Foundational Nursing Concepts for Accelerated Nursing Students Through Gamification.

As nursing education adapts to post-COVID learning and an ever-increasing data-connected world, interactive gaming experiences may help students retain information and encourage teamwork and critical thinking skills. This article explores the innovative use of an escape room as a means to interleave essential nursing concepts for first-semester students pursuing an accelerated bachelor's degree in nursing. The unique approach proved to be an effective and engaging way to introduce and reinforce key principles.

Applying person-centered research ethics in the design of dementia-specific measures.

There is an emerging call for new strengths-based measures to guide research, care, and support for persons living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Person-centered interventions have demonstrated a positive impact in global quality of life, but many promising approaches lack strengths-based measures with sufficient sensitivity to document relevant outcomes. Human centered design is an innovative method for person-centered instrument development.

Reshaping the Future: An Innovative Academic-Practice Collaboration for COVID-19 Vaccinations and Testing.

The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic posed unprecedented challenges for health care organizations, schools of nursing, and surrounding communities. Health care organizations encountered rapidly changing guidelines and shortages in the health care workforce and critical medical supplies. Schools of nursing were responding to abrupt suspensions of clinical placements, uncertainties about the transmission of the novel virus, and shortages of personal protective equipment.

Person-centered assessment of people living with dementia: Review of existing measures.

Introduction: Person-centered care and assessment calls for measurement tools that help researchers and providers understand people with dementia, their social relationships, and their experience of the care environment. This paper reviewed available measures and evaluated their psychometric properties.

Methods: Literature searches of major databases (PsycInfo, PubMed, EBSCO, CINAHL) for papers examining person-centered constructs in samples of people living with dementia or mild cognitive impairment.

Spiritual Wellbeing of Cancer Patients: What Health-Related Factors Matter?

This study aimed to determine the predictors of spiritual wellbeing of non-terminal stage cancer patients hospitalized in oncology units in Lithuania. An exploratory cross-sectional study design was employed. During structured face-to-face interviews, 226 cancer patients hospitalized in oncology units responded about their spiritual wellbeing, perception of happiness, satisfaction with life, pain intensity, levels of education and physical functioning, and length of inpatient stay.

Quality improvement and models of behavioral healthcare integration: Position paper #2 from the International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses.

This is the second article in a series written to present and address the position of the International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses (ISPN) related to the notion of behavioral healthcare integration and the role of nurses in the 21st century. The first article addressed assumptions, definitions and roles related to the integration of behavioral healthcare. The purpose of this article is to focus on Integrated Care within the context of recent initiatives that endeavor to improve quality, safety and reduce costs in the US healthcare system also known as the "Triple Aim" (or more recently, the Quadruple Aim).

Preparing for the transition from clinical practice to academia.

Although education is an essential component of good nursing practice, clinical practice proficiency does not equate to competence in academia. Expert clinicians are not automatically expert educators. However, more and more academic institutions are relying on full-time clinicians to assume academic teaching positions.

Evaluation of a Hospital: Community Partnership to Reduce 30-Day Readmissions.

Purpose: To evaluate the ComPass program by (1) effectiveness in reducing 30-day hospital readmissions, (2) reach of program into target population, and (3) implementation of key program elements.

Primary Practice Setting: An academic hospital in New England (John Dempsey Hospital).

Methodology And Sample: Retrospective analysis of Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries hospitalized at John Dempsey Hospital between May 1, 2012, and November 30, 2014.

Traditional and Accelerated Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Self-Efficacy for Interprofessional Learning.

Aim: The aim of the study was to examine self-efficacy among traditional and accelerated nursing students with regard to interprofessional learning.

Background: The World Health Organization and other organizations recognize the need for interprofessional education to prepare health care providers for collaborative practice. Graduates of baccalaureate nursing programs require competence in interprofessional collaboration and communication.

Appropriate Use Criteria for Hyaluronic Acid in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis in the United States.

Objective: A workgroup of clinical experts has developed an Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) for the use of hyaluronic acid (HA) in the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. The increasingly broad and varied use of HA injections, lack of published clinical guidance, and limited coverage for their use has created the imperative to establish appropriateness criteria.

Methods: The experts of this workgroup represent rheumatology, orthopedic surgery, physiatry, sports medicine, and nursing clinicians with substantive knowledge of intra-articular HA therapy.

Unusual Fungal Lesion Presenting as a Neoplastic Pediatric Tongue Mass.

Tongue lesions in the pediatric population are rare. The differential diagnosis of these lesions is broad, and rapid growth of the lesion is concerning for a neoplastic process. We present a rare case of a fungal lesion mimicking a neoplastic growth in a 22-month-old girl.

A Cross-sectional Study on Evidence-Based Nursing Practice in the Contemporary Hospital Setting: Implications for Nurses in Professional Development.

Evidence indicates that nurses inconsistently engage in evidence-based practice (EBP). This cross-sectional study of 402 nurses at a medical-surgical hospital identifies strategies for augmenting EBP. Nurses' EBP beliefs scores were higher than their EBP implementation scores.

A three perspective study of the sense of home of nursing home residents: the views of residents, care professionals and relatives.

Background: The sense of home of nursing home residents is a multifactorial phenomenon which is important for the quality of living. This purpose of this study is to investigate the factors influencing the sense of home of older adults residing in the nursing home from the perspective of residents, relatives and care professionals.

Methods: A total of 78 participants (n = 24 residents, n = 18 relatives and n = 26 care professionals) from 4 nursing homes in the Netherlands engaged in a qualitative study, in which photography was as a supportive tool for subsequent interviews and focus groups.

The Factors Influencing the Sense of Home in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review from the Perspective of Residents.

Purpose. To provide an overview of factors influencing the sense of home of older adults residing in the nursing home. Methods.

Utilization of EHR Provider Prompts to Maximize Adult Pertussis Immunization Rates.

Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, is a highly contagious but preventable bacterial infection. The increased prevalence may be attributable to the low rate of adults being vaccinated against the disease. The purpose of this pilot study was to examine how a computerized clinical reminder assists in improving adherence to adult pertussis immunization Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines.

Spiritual care as perceived by Lithuanian student nurses and nurse educators: A national survey.

Background: Political restrictions during 50years of Soviet occupation discouraged expressions of spirituality among Lithuanians.

The Aim: The aim of this paper is to describe Lithuanian nursing educators' and students' perception of spiritual care in a post-Soviet context.

Design And Settings: This cross-sectional study was carried out among student nurses and nursing educators at three universities and six colleges in Lithuania.

The Value of Continuous ST-Segment Monitoring in the Emergency Department.

Practice standards for electrocardiographic monitoring recommend continuous ST-segment monitoring (C-STM) in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with signs and/or symptoms of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but few studies have evaluated its use in the ED. We compared time to diagnosis and 30-day adverse events before and after implementation of C-STM. We also evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of C-STM in detecting ischemia and infarction.

The development of professional identity and the formation of teams in the Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System's Center of Excellence in Primary Care Education Program (CoEPCE).

Purpose: The United States Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System (VACHS) is one of five Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education (CoEPCE) pilot sites. The overall goal of the CoEPCE program, which is funded by the Office of Academic Affiliations, is to develop and implement innovative approaches for training future health care providers in postgraduate education programs to function effectively in teams to provide exceptional patient care. This longitudinal study employs theoretically grounded qualitative methods to understand the effect of a combined nursing and medical training model on professional identity and team development at the VACHS CoEPCE site.

Clinical assessment and management of ankle sprains.

Ankle sprains are a common occurrence and are frequently either undertreated or overtreated. With the incidence estimated at more than 3 million a year and at a rate of 2.15/1,000 in the United States alone, this is an orthopaedic injury that providers should be acutely aware of and successfully able to evaluate and treat.

Teambuilding across healthcare professions: the ELDER project.

Background: The key to ensuring quality care for older adults is a nursing workforce that collaborates across professions and provider levels (Wright M.C., Phillips-Bute, B.

Lessons learned from urban Latinas with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

This study focused on Latinas (female Hispanics) with Type 2 diabetes because this disease has a high prevalence and incidence among this population and cultural norms may affect women's experiences with diabetes. The study used a descriptive phenomenology design with a purposive sample of 13 Latina volunteers recruited from a local community health center in southern New England. Data were collected via interviews in English or Spanish.