The COVid-19 pandemic through the eyes of pediatric nurses: A qualitative study.

Purpose: This study explored pediatric nurses' lived experiences during the first calendar year (2020) of the COVid-19 pandemic.

Design And Methods: An electronic survey used an exploratory-descriptive qualitative approach to gather data from 231 pediatric nurses working in a variety of settings across the United States. The survey consisted of seven open-ended questions to capture participants' experiences in the workplace.

Anxiety in nursing students: The impact of using mobile technology with quick response codes.

Background: Pre-licensure nursing students often experience anxiety, especially during their clinical learning experiences. High levels of anxiety can be disruptive to both clinical learning and safe patient care. Providing students with educational resources via mobile devices to review prior to performing psychomotor skills with real patients may help reduce their anxiety.

Evaluations of Sexual Assault Prevention Programs in Military Settings: A Synthesis of the Research Literature.

The prevention of sexual assault (SA) in the U.S. military is a significant priority.

Association of Breastfeeding and the Federal Poverty Level: National Survey of Family Growth, 2011-2013.

Breastfeeding is strongly endorsed in the Healthy People 2020 goals; however, there remain many disparities in breastfeeding prevalence. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between breastfeeding and the Federal Poverty Level in the United States. Data from 5,397 women in the National Survey of Family Growth 2011-2013 survey were included in this study.

Comparison Study of Braden Scale and Time-to-Erythema Measures in Long-term Care.

Purpose: The Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Sore Risk is used to assess risk, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid guidelines suggest the use of a tissue tolerance procedure that detects time-to-erythema (TTE) to further refine tissue tolerance, a component of the Braden Scale. The aim of this study was to compare the Braden Scale and TTE as risk classification methods and their utility in identifying care planning interventions.

Design: Descriptive study using retrospective chart review.

An Evidence-Based Cue-Selection Guide and Logic Model to Improve Pressure Ulcer Prevention in Long-term Care.

Pressure ulcers have consistently resisted prevention efforts in long-term care facilities nationwide. Recent research has described cueing innovations that-when selected according to the assumptions and resources of particular facilities-support best practices of pressure ulcer prevention. This article synthesizes that research into a unified, dynamic logic model to facilitate effective staff implementation of a pressure ulcer prevention program.

Successful aging theory and the patient with chronic renal disease: application in the clinical setting.

As life expectancies increase, nurses will care for more individuals with chronic conditions, one of which is chronic renal disease. Increasing diversity and complexity of older adult healthcare needs signals a need to reconceptualize perceptions of successful aging. By emphasizing health promotion and adaptation, successful aging is possible for those with chronic renal disease.

Cultural caring in nursing practice: a meta-synthesis of qualitative research.

The number of qualitative studies regarding the experience of nurses caring for patients from cultures other than their own has increased, yet there remains a limited understanding of the meanings derived from this work. Using the methodology of Noblit and Hare's metaethnographic comparative method, the main themes and concepts from 13 qualitative studies are reduced to six overall themes that describe over 1000 nurses' experience caring for patients from other cultures. The themes include: (a) connecting with the client, (b) cultural discovery, (c) the patient in context, (d) in their world, not mine, (e) road blocks, and (f) the cultural lens.