Learning environment and evidence among professionals and students satisfaction (LEAPS), experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic required schools to transition courses to an online platform. This shift to Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) created gaps in the literature about its impact on students. The purpose of this study was to test the relationship between learner and instructional attributes and learner satisfaction with ERT.

A theory analysis of Mastery Learning and Self-Regulation.

This analysis examines the applicability of Mastery Learning and Self-Regulation theories as a combined approach to nursing education. The conclusion may serve as a foundation for an innovative, evidence-based approach to teaching nurses resulting in improved patient care and outcomes. Mastery Learning promotes a teaching approach that supports achievement of content taught.

Implications of Proposed Changes to Models of Care for Kidney Disease.

A foreshadowing of changes for other populations and nursing specialties?

Enhanced Enrollment in the National Diabetes Prevention Program to Increase Engagement and Weight Loss for the Underserved: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Type 2 diabetes affects 9.4% of US adults with higher rates among racial and ethnic minorities and individuals of low socioeconomic status. The National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP) is an evidence-based and widely disseminated behavioral intervention to reduce diabetes incidence through modest weight loss.

A Description of the Characteristics and Behaviors of Master Teachers in Nursing.

Master teachers are associated with achieving excellence in teaching; however, there are no research studies that describe master teachers in nursing. Based on an analysis of interview responses from eleven, experienced, full-time, undergraduate nurse educators, this qualitative study offers an empirically based description of characteristics and behaviors of master teachers in nursing. This description of master teachers provides nurse educators with characteristics and behaviors that may be needed to develop a master teacher practice.

The Patient Experience of Waiting on the Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant List While Receiving Dialysis.

End stage renal disease (ESRD) is a global health problem, and the gold standard treatment is kidney transplantation. However, due to the global shortage of organs, many patients with ESRD rely on dialysis for survival while waiting several years for a kidney transplant. An integrative review of qualitative studies was conducted on the experience of patients with ESRD who require either peritoneal dialysis or hemodialysis while waiting for a deceased donor kidney transplant.

Self-reported and objectively assessed knowledge of evidence-based practice terminology among healthcare students: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Self-reported scales and objective measurement tools are used to evaluate self-perceived and objective knowledge of evidence-based practice (EBP). Agreement between self-perceived and objective knowledge of EBP terminology has not been widely investigated among healthcare students.

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine agreement between self-reported and objectively assessed knowledge of EBP terminology among healthcare students.

Repetitive Practice With Peer Mentoring to Foster Skill Competence and Retention in Baccalaureate Nursing Students.

A one-group, repeated-measures study explored the effect of repetitive practice with peer mentoring on skill competence and retention of vital signs and auscultation of breath and heart sounds in baccalaureate nursing students. Vital signs competence significantly increased after repetitive practice with peer mentoring. Skill competence in vital signs and auscultation of breath and heart sounds did not significantly change four months after repetitive practice with peer mentoring.

Beyond anger: emotion regulation and social connectedness in veterans with traumatic brain injury.

Primary Objective: Patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) often present with emotion dysregulation. Most TBI rehabilitation has addressed this impairment primarily in relation to anger, irritability and aggressiveness. Yet, emotion regulation (ER) may have broader ramifications for psychological well-being.

A qualitative, interprofessional analysis of barriers to and facilitators of implementation of the Department of Veterans Affairs' Clostridium difficile prevention bundle using a human factors engineering approach.

Background: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is increasingly prevalent, severe, and costly. Adherence to infection prevention practices remains suboptimal. More effective strategies to implement guidelines and evidence are needed.

Transitional Care Experience in Home Health: Exposing Students to Care Transitions Through Scenarios and Simulation.

Chronically ill older adults are at risk for avoidable adverse events especially during care transitions, the transfer to one care setting or one level of care to another. Because of the expected increase in the older adult population, increased demand for transitional care is anticipated. Despite the consistent call for expanded competencies in care transitions, nursing education has not incorporated these concepts into nursing curricula.

A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Technology-Based Approach for Preventing Excess Weight Gain during Pregnancy among Women with Overweight.

Objective: Overweight/obesity and excess weight gain during pregnancy are associated with adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. Few interventions have been effective in limiting gestational weight gain among women with overweight or obesity. This pilot, randomized clinical trial compared treatment as usual (TAU) to a lifestyle modification program delivered phone for the prevention of excess gestational weight gain in women who had overweight or obesity.

The Effect of a Formal Mentoring Program on Career Satisfaction and Intent to Stay in the Faculty Role for Novice Nurse Faculty.

Aim: The purpose of this mixed-method study was to explore the influence of a formal mentoring program on career satisfaction of novice full-time nurse faculty in academia.

Background: The transition from the role of clinician to faculty in an academic setting can be challenging for novice nurse faculty.

Method: A link to an electronic survey with open-ended questions was emailed to 1435 participants.

How Nurse Work Environments Relate to the Presence of Parents in Neonatal Intensive Care.

Background: Parental presence in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is essential for families to participate in infant care and prepare them to transition from hospital to home. Nurses are the principal caregivers in the NICU. The nurse work environment may influence whether parents spend time with their hospitalized infants.

Access to and Satisfaction with Prenatal Care Among Pregnant Women with Physical Disabilities: Findings from a National Survey.

Background: Previous qualitative studies suggest that women with physical disabilities face disability-specific barriers and challenges related to prenatal care accessibility and quality. This study aims to examine the pregnancy and prenatal care experiences and needs of U.S.

Obstetric clinicians' experiences and educational preparation for caring for pregnant women with physical disabilities: A qualitative study.

Background: Women with physical disabilities (WPD) experience major barriers to care during pregnancy. Lack of education about disability in health professionals' education is a pervasive barrier to quality care. In an effort to explore this issue, this study examined the issue from the perspective of obstetric clinicians who provide care to WPD.

Perceptions of academic administrators of the effect of involvement in doctoral programs on faculty members' research and work-life balance.

Background: Support for research strongly predicts doctoral program faculty members' research productivity. Although academic administrators affect such support, their views of faculty members' use of support are unknown.

Purpose: We examined academic administrators' perceptions of institutional support and their perceptions of the effects of teaching doctoral students on faculty members' scholarship productivity and work-life balance.

The Impact of Physical Disability on Pregnancy and Childbirth.

Background: Women with physical disabilities increasingly aspire to become pregnant and bear children. Limited information about the potential interaction of their disabling conditions with pregnancy and childbirth exists to guide these women and their clinicians.

Materials And Methods: The interview guide was created with questions on topics such as pregnancy complications and secondary conditions, the impact of prior surgeries, experiences with pain relief during labor, and the impact on women's independence and participation in life activities.

Nursing Doctoral Faculty Perceptions Related to the Effect of Increasing Enrollments on Productivity.

Nursing faculty teaching in research and clinical doctoral programs participated in a national survey study to examine the impact of expanded doctoral enrollments on the doctoral faculty's scholarly productivity. They were invited to respond to an open-ended question soliciting information not already addressed in the survey. Results of the analysis are reported here.

CE: Early Intervention in Patients with Poststroke Depression.

: Nearly one-third of stroke survivors experience depression. Poststroke depression is associated with longer hospital stays, poor physical and cognitive recovery, poor quality of life, high caregiver distress, increased risk of recurrent stroke, and higher rates of morbidity and mortality. Poststroke depression, however, often goes unrecognized and untreated because the physical and cognitive repercussions of stroke make it difficult to identify.

Labor, delivery, and anesthesia experiences of women with physical disability.

Background: Although many women with physical disabilities report poor quality reproductive health care, little research has addressed labor, delivery, and anesthesia experiences of these women. This study was conducted to explore these experiences in women with significant mobility disabilities.

Methods: A qualitative descriptive study was conducted with 22 women from the United States who had delivered newborns within the prior 10 years.