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The Economic Impact of the Opioid Use Disorder Epidemic in America: Nurses' Call to Action The unprecedented public health opioid epidemic in America has created a tremendous economic burden. Exorbitant costs from premature mortality, criminal justice, childcare and family assistance, lost productivity, and healthcare services are skyrocketing. Given the escalating economic burden of this national crisis, nurses as frontline providers are called to action to combat the opioid epidemic through the provision of comprehensive, cost-effective, humanistic levels of prevention, including primary, secondary, and tertiary care. Nursing Economics 2020 Neville, Kathleen & Foley, Marie
Falls in Older Adults: Prevention and Assessment of Risk in Primary Care   Advances in Family Practice Nursing 2020 Greenberg, Sherry
Senior Oral Health: A Community Based, Interprofessional Educational Experience for Nursing and Dental Students The current article highlights an interprofessional, older adult oral health community program, created through an Accelerating interprofessional Community-Based Education and Practice grant from the National Center for interprofessional Practice and Education, designed to address the gap between older adult health education and care delivery   2020 Greenberg
Analysis of child and adolescent psychiatric-mental health APRN education: Implications for the nursing workforce There is a decreased number of advanced practice mental health nurses with specialization in child and adolescent mental health.  There is a lack of standardization across nursing curricula focused child and adolescent mental health content Archives in Psychiatric Nursing 2020 Galehouse, Pamela
Interventions that impact weight status in Hispanic preschool children Objectives: The objectives of this systematic review of literature include: (a) describe the intervention strategies; (b) examine the outcomes as they pertain to the child (individual level), families (interpersonal level), and community or culture (organizational level); and (c) develop a foundation of interventional approaches that specifically target obesogenic behaviors in Hispanic preschool-aged children. Public Health Nursing 2020 Innella, Nancy & James, B.E.
The role of school nurse presence in parent and student perceptions of helpfulness, safety, and satisfaction with Type 1 Diabetes care Adolescents with type 1 diabetes (TID) and their parents depend on school nurses to keep students safe in school. Parent satisfaction with T1D care is impacted by school factors including school nurse presence. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships among parental satisfaction with diabetes care in school, parental report of diabetes-related safety, adolescent report of school nurse helpfulness, and school nurse presence represented by school nurse to student ratios. Journal of School Nursing 2020 Wilt, Lori
Identification of workload measurement indicators for school of nursing practice Many school districts rely on caseload or student to school nurse ratios that are not grounded in evidence-based research. There is a need for a comprehensive workload instrument to describe the work of school nurses that incorporates the complexities of the role and includes acuity, care processes, and social determinants of health. The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify workload activities from a previous Delphi study that can be empirically measured as items for a workload instrument. Journal of School Nursing 2020 Jameson, B.E.
Use of the Worklife and Levels of Burnout Surveys to assess the school nurse work environment  This study provides insights into the domains of work that can cause burnout among school nurses and provides evidence that can inform school leadership and policy makers on ways to promote healthy work environments. Journal of School Nursing 2020 Jameson, B.E.
The value of faculty during student on-site evaluations The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board recognizes the value of nurse practitioner faculty in evaluating students at the clinical site. The Board of Commissioners recently approved the awarding of clinical hours to nurse practitioner faculty for clinical site visits. This article outlines the rationale and procedure for conducting and documenting student visits that can be applied to recertification. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 2020 Roberts, Mary Ellen E.
Themed Issue: Topics in nurse practitioner professional role development   Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 2020 Roberts, Mary Ellen E.
Business documents of the advanced practice registered nurse: Curriculum vitae, resume and biosketches Advanced practice nurses (APNs) now have great opportunities to serve in leadership positions for organizations, institutions of higher education, community and public agencies, and more. The need exists for APNs to have a full set of professional business documents readily available. Such common documents would extend beyond the professional business card and professional photograph to include the curriculum vitae, the resume, and the National Institutes of Health Biographical Sketch (biosketch) and a professional biosketch. Advanced practice nurses should understand the differences between the documents as each document helps to share the professional identity. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 2020 Roberts, Mary Ellen E.
Addressing alcohol misuse in primary care BACKGROUND: Alcohol misuse (AM) among young adults remains a public health issue that is underaddressed in primary care. Despite well-supported recommendations to screen and offer brief interventions for AM, most primary care providers do not address the issue. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 2019 Conklin, Teresa M.
Understanding the Orthodox Jewish family during childbirth PURPOSE: This educational intervention uses the generalized empirical method (GEM) of Bernard Lonergan for nursing students to gain an understanding of the Orthodox Jewish family during childbirth. SETTING AND POPULATION: this activity occurred at a baccalaureate, nursing program in the Northeast United States. It consisted of two semesters of 32 undergraduate junior nursing students enrolled in a maternal-newborn nursing course. FINDINGS: Five themes emerged from students' reflective journaling related to the Orthodox Jewish Laws and traditions included: Laws of Modesty, Laws of Niddah, Laws of Sabbath and Holidays, Laws of Kosher, and Laws of Naming the child and circumcision.

Nursing Forum

 2019 DeVito, Josephine
The Effect of a Pet Therapy and Comparison Intervention on Anxiety in Hospitalized Children The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a brief pet therapy visit and a comparison intervention on anxiety in hospitalized children. This quasi-experimental study compared state anxiety before and after structured research interventions in a convenience sample of children between the ages six and 17 (N = 93) in two groups. Participants were assigned to the pet therapy group or control group, based upon timing of data collection. Participants in each group received either a visit from the research assistant, therapy dog and handler, or from the research assistant for completion of a puzzle.

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

 2019 Hinic, Katherine
No room at the inn: Use of maternal-child simulation when hospital clinical is restricted BACKGROUND: This qualitative, educational, and phenomenological study examined practical nursing (PN) students entering the maternal-child component of the nursing program. With the limited availability of hospital sites, students were unable to attain hands-on hospital experience. To bridge this gap in nursing education, strategies utilizing maternal-child high-fidelity simulation (HFS) were implemented as an effective intervention. METHODS: One group of students (n = 10) participated for this pilot project over one semester as part of their curriculum. Normal and emergency simulation training related to childbirth was reviewed first with lecture, then observing, practicing, and critiquing classmates during HFS exercises.

Nursing Forum

 2019 Barra, Maryanne
Anticipatory loss in noncaregiving adult children: A hybrid concept analysis AIM: The aim of this article is to describe the concept of anticipatory loss in adult children for independent aging parents. BACKGROUND: The existing literature, with numerous definitions of anticipatory loss, is disease and event specific. The literature on anticipation of the normative losses experienced by adult children is sparse. DESIGN: The Schwartz-Barcott and Kim hybrid concept analysis was used to examine anticipatory loss in adult noncaregiving children. This three-step approach, involving literature review, fieldwork, and final analysis, has been used successfully to compare, revise, and expand a number of existing definitions. DATA SOURCE: Empirical and conceptual literature as well as qualitative fieldwork.

Nursing Forum

 2019 Wells, Munira
Guidelines for creating meaningful meeting minutes In academia, documentation of meaningful minutes ensures quality and integrity of education practice and serves as evidence in accreditation reviews. Nurse faculty often share responsibility for minute taking during various academic meetings, but frequently lack mentorship and learn by trial and error. The article provides guidelines for formulating meaningful meeting minutes. It offers concrete strategies for ease and facilitation of comprehensive documentation of minutes

Teaching and Learning in Nursing

 2019 Neville, Kathleen
Safe Childbirth: A Call to Action Since the publication of Lamaze's Six Healthy Birth Practice papers in 2014, there has been increasing concern with the safety of the current maternity care system. A doubling of the maternal mortality rate in the United States and the continued high cesarean rate, as well as ongoing research that supports physiologic birth and identifies the risks of interfering with the physiologic process, has resulted in updated guidelines for care and has spurred advocacy efforts to transform maternity care.

The Journal Of Perinatal Education

 2019 Lothian, Judith A.
Healthy Birth Practice #4: Avoid Interventions Unless They Are Medically Necessary Maternity care in the United States continues to be intervention intensive. The routine use of intravenous fluids, restrictions on eating and drinking, continuous electronic fetal monitoring, epidural analgesia, and augmentation of labor characterize most U.S. births. The use of episiotomy has decreased but is still higher than it should be. These interventions disturb the normal physiology of labor and birth and restrict women's ability to cope with labor. The result is a cascade of interventions that increase risk, including the risk of cesarean surgery, for women and babies.

The Journal Of Perinatal Education

 2019 Lothian, Judith A
The Relationships Among School Nurse to Student Ratios, Self-Efficacy, and Glycemic Control in Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes Adolescents with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) experience unique self-management challenges, which can lead to poor glycemic control and sequelae. School nurses may impact student self-efficacy behaviors for T1D management in adolescents. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships among school nurse staffing patterns, measured by school nurse to student ratios, self-efficacy, and glycemic control in adolescents with T1D. The sample consisted of 89 parent-adolescent dyads. Adolescents aged 10-16 years old with T1D completed the Self-Efficacy for Diabetes Self-Management (SEDM) Scale. Parents completed a demographic questionnaire. Higher school nurse to student ratios correlated with better glycemic control and older age.

The Journal of School Nursing

 2019 Wilt, Lori
State of the Science, Best Evidence: Physical Restraint Use in the Critical Care Environment Physical restraint use (PR) is been a controversial practice occurring in nursing. Research supports that nurses decide whether or not to restrain a patient with a physician's verbal order often obtained after PR initiation. Therefore, nursing's role in PR use and its impact on the clinical environment needs to be examined.

 

 2019 Stinson, Kristi J.
Transition From Hospital to Home: The Role of the Nurse Case Manager in Promoting Medication Adherence in the Medicare Population Lack of adherence to medication plans is a factor in costly hospital readmissions. Adherence to medication plans in the home care setting in relation to hospital readmission is a major issue among the Medicare population. Nurse case managers are in a key position to provide care after hospital discharge to promote medication adherence and thus reduce the chance of hospital readmission. This article discusses barriers to taking medications as prescribed and directed, the importance of ongoing medication reconciliation at home, and strategies to promote adherence to medication plans.

Creative nursing

 2019 Logan, Diane
Child Temperament, Maternal Feeding Practices, and Parenting Styles and Their Influence on Obesogenic Behaviors in Hispanic Preschool Children Although obesogenic behaviors (physical activity and/or sedentary behavior and dietary intake) are known predictors of childhood weight status, little is known about mother and child behaviors contributing to obesogenic behaviors and obesity in Hispanic preschool children, whose obesity rate is higher than in non-Hispanic Whites and non-Hispanic Blacks. The purpose of this cross-sectional, descriptive study was to examine relationships among child temperament, maternal behaviors (feeding practices and parenting style), child obesogenic behaviors, and child weight status in 100 Hispanic preschool children.

The Journal of School Nursing

 2019 Innella, Nancy
The Experience of Adult Children Caregiving for Aging Parents When the normal progression of life for an aging person is interrupted by a decline in physical and or mental abilities, adult children are often suddenly faced with assuming care of their parent(s). Currently, adult child caregivers of aging parents work up to 100 hours per month at caregiving. Most existing literature is focused on informal caregivers, which can consist of spouses, relatives, and friends' caregiving for persons with debilitating illnesses. Despite the amount of time dedicated to parental caregiving, little is known about the experience of this exclusive caregiver group. The aim of this study was to explore and describe the experience of adult children caregiving for aging parents at any stage of health.

Home Health Care Management & Practice

 2019 Conway, Kimberly
UCLA Partners with GAPNA To Improve Alzheimer's and Dementia Care   Caring for the Ages 2019 Greenberg, Sherry
A Scoping Review of the Evidence about the nurses improving care for healthsystem elder (NICHE) program The Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) is a nurse-led education and consultation program designed to help health care organizations improve the quality of care for older adults. To conduct a scoping review of the evidence associated with the NICHE program to (a) understand how it influences patient outcomes through specialized care of the older adult and (b) provide an overview if implementation of the NICHE program across organizations as well as its impact on nursing professionals and the work environment. The Gerontolgist 2019 Greenberg, Sherry
Development of care competencies and recognition program fo gerontological nursing educators This paper describes the development of seven core competencies for nurse educators who teach in academic and professional development programs, as wll as criteria for their recognition. An iterative development process was used to define the core competencies, along with descriptions and exemplars of each domain. Journal of Professional Nursing 2019 Greenberg, Sherry
Provides Perspectives of Medication Complexity in Home Health Care: A Qualitative Secondary Data Analysis A primary service provided by home care is medication management. Issues with medication management at home place older adults at high risk for hospital admission, readmission, and adverse events. This study sought to understand medication management challenges from the home care provider perspective. Medical Care Research and Review 2019 Greenberg, Sherry
Too big to be seen: Weight-based discrimination among nursing students An educational intervention was conducted to determine the efficacy of an obesity sensitivity program to determine nursing students' attitudes toward obese clients. As part of the clinical curriculum, nursing students (N = 103) received weekly obesity sensitivity education on weight-based discrimination.

Nursing Forum

 2018 Barra, Maryanne
Thoughts About Nursing Curricula: Dark Clouds and Bright Lights In this essay, several nurse scholars who are particularly concerned about the contemporary state of nursing science present their concerns about the inclusion of nursing conceptual models and theories in the curricula of nursing programs (dark clouds) and ways in which the concerns have been addressed (bright lights). This essay is the second of two essays that were catalyzed by Barrett's paper, "Again, What Is Nursing Science?"

Nursing Science Quarterly

 2018 Hansell, Phyllis 
Thoughts About Advancement of the Discipline: Dark Clouds and Bright Lights In this essay, several nurse scholars who are particularly concerned about the contemporary state of nursing science present their specific concerns (dark clouds) about the advancement of our discipline and the ways in which the concerns have been addressed (bright lights). This essay is the first of two essays that were catalyzed by Barrett's paper, "Again, What Is Nursing Science?" The second essay will be published in the next issue Nursing Science Quarterly.

Nursing Science Quarterly

 2018 Hansell, Phyllis
Spiritual Perspective, Mindfulness, and Spiritual Care Practice of Hospice and Palliative Nurses Spiritual care is a key tenet of palliative care. A nurse's spiritual perspective has been recognized as an influencing factor in spiritual care, and results from several studies have shown an increase in spiritual perspective as a result of participation in programs designed to develop mindfulness as well as developing skills necessary for spiritual care. A descriptive correlational design was used with a convenience sample of nurses from the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association.

Journal of hospice and palliative nursing: JHPN: the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association

 2018 Ricci-Allegra, Patricia
Ask the Right Questions: What Do Non-Caregiving Adult Children Need From Health Care Providers? Extended healthy life spans are a relatively recent phenomenon that increase the amount of time families spend with older adults in non-caregiving roles. As the emphasis of health care moves to population health and health prevention, nurses caring for older adults must be knowledgeable about this family life stage. To learn more about the lived experience of non-caregiving adult children, 16 non-caregiving adult children were interviewed. The purpose of the current article is to share what needs non-caregiving adult children have from the health care system as they obtain care for themselves and accompany their parent for health care visits.

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

 2018 Wells, Munira
Patient-centered care coordination in population health case management While driving through any American city, it is easy to see that neighborhoods differ dramatically. Some are blessed with amenities that promote optimal health and well-being for their residents such as parks, playgrounds, walking trails; super markets that provide healthy foods options, fresh fruits and vegetables; buildings in good repair and hospitals within close proximity. All of these amenities/attributes of healthy living are designed to promote social and health success. Healthy people make healthy communities and healthy communities make healthy societies. It must be noted however, that medical health needs are best satisfied and health services are easier to access if you are insured or possess health literacy.

Nursing & Care Open Access Journal

 2018 Sailsman, Ann
Intravenous Fluid Administration: Improving Patient Outcomes With Evidence-based Care Intravenous (IV) fluid administration is one of the most common interventions in the hospital setting. The associated complication rate is higher than previously believed, with adverse effects impacting recovery, length of stay, cost, patient safety, and survival. Several patient populations are at increased risk, and there are substantial data implicating inappropriate fluid administration as a contributing factor to increased morbidity and mortality. Related complications are largely preventable, and unmet educational needs are well-documented. An increase in evidence-based management has the potential to improve outcomes related to a number of quality indicators.

The Journal for Nurse Practitioners

 2018 Connolly, Katherine
Transforming Maternity Care in the United States In this column, the associate editor of The Journal of Perinatal Education provides a snapshot of the current state of maternity care in the United States and highlights the efforts of researchers, childbirth educators, and professional organizations to transform maternity care practices and, in doing so, to improve outcomes for mothers and babies. The associate editor also describes the contents of this issue, which offer a broad range of resources, research, and inspiration for childbirth educators in their efforts to promote, support, and protect natural, safe, and healthy birth.

The Journal of Perinatal Education

 2018 Lothian, Judith A.
Case Management and the Homeless Population: Nursing Case Managers Meeting the Challenge Homelessness has increasingly become a health concern in the United States. It has been well documented the involvement of the nurse case manager in the delivery of care can serve to enhance the outcomes of any patient population. A review of the literature on the homeless population confirms this assumption. The purpose of this paper is to explain the many facets of homelessness and their health issues in the United States as well as the role of the case manager for this population. The impact case management has on medical and non-medical/social outcomes for this population is discussed.

Journal of Managed Care Nursing

 2018 Halley-Boyce, Jamesetta
Blueprint for Advancing High-Value Maternity Care Through Physiologic Childbearing The Blueprint for Advancing High-Value Maternity Care Through Physiologic Childbearing charts an efficient pathway to a maternity care system that reliably enables all women and newborns to experience healthy physiologic processes around the time of birth, to the extent possible given their health needs and informed preferences. The authors are members of a multistakeholder, multidisciplinary National Advisory Council that collaborated to develop this document. This approach preventively addresses troubling trends in maternal and newborn outcomes and persistent racial and other disparities by mobilizing innate capacities for healthy childbearing processes and limiting use of consequential interventions.

The Journal of Perinatal Education

 2018 Lothian, Judith A.
Pathmaking: The Lived Experience of Non-Caregiving Adult Children The purpose of this article is to explore the lived experience of adult children of aging parents in the twentyfirst century, as technology and extended life span impact the family life course. Sixteen participants were selected through purposive and snowball sampling and interviewed twice each. The sample was 75 percent female, aged thirty to early sixties, all with at least one child, and living on the East Coast of the US. Descriptive phenomenology was used to analyze the transcripts of audiotaped interviews. Analysis revealed that participants experienced a variety of emotions, including sadness, gratitude, joy, worry, and guilt, as they engaged in activities with their parent(s).

International Journal of Aging & Society

 2018 Wells, Munira
Town & Gown Innovative approaches for building "town and gown" relationships between practicing school nurses, community partners, and universities/colleges are presented through exemplars relating to research, education, policy, and practice. The exemplars demonstrate the critical factors of successful partnerships as validated by their outcomes.

NASN school nurse (Print)

 2017 Foley, Marie
Self-reported frequency of nurse-provided spiritual care AIM: To describe how frequently RNs provide 17 spiritual care therapeutics (or interventions) during a 72-80h timeframe. BACKGROUND: Plagued by conceptual muddiness as well as weak methods, research quantifying the frequency of spiritual care is not only methodologically limited, but also sparse. METHODS: Secondary analysis of data from four studies that used the Nurse Spiritual Care Therapeutics Scale (NSCTS).

Applied nursing research: ANR

 2017 Ricci-Allegra, Patricia
Professor in Residence: An Innovative Academic-Practice Partnership This article describes an academic-practice partnership between an American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet®-designated hospital and an academic nurse educator that has increased the hospital's capacity for research, evidence-based practice, and support for nurses continuing their education. Through close collaboration with the full-time nurse researcher and members of the nursing education department, the professor in residence consults with clinical staff to support completion of research and evidence-based practice projects. The collaboration also has resulted in the development of a formal year-long mentoring program for clinical nurses in the area of evidence-based practice.

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

 2017 Hinic, Katherine
Precepting nurse practitioner students: A new view-Results of two national surveys of nurse practitioner preceptors PURPOSE: The aim of two national studies was to identify characteristics of nurse practitioners (NPs) who precept and the benefits, incentives, and barriers associated with the NP preceptor role. METHODS: Stratified randomized sampling was used to invite a representative number of NPs from each state to participate in a 2015 survey and a follow-up survey in 2016. These descriptive, exploratory studies distributed electronic questionnaires to 5000 randomly selected NPs in the 2015 survey and 40,000 NPs in the 2016 survey. Responses from 10.9% (n = 548) and 9.9% (n = 3970), respectively, were analyzed. CONCLUSIONS: The findings show strong support among our NP colleagues to assist with educating future NPs.

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners

 2017 Roberts, Mary Ellen
Fall and Fracture Risk in Nursing Home Residents With Moderate-to-Severe Behavioral Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Initiating Antidepressants or Antipsychotics Background: Both antidepressants and antipsychotics are used in older adults with behavioral symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Despite the prevalent use of these agents, little is known about their comparative risks for falls and fractures. Methods: Using 2007-2009 Medicare claims data linked to Minimum Data Set 2.0, we identified new users of antidepressants and antipsychotics among nursing home residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias who had moderate-to-severe behavioral symptoms.

The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

 2017 Lucas, Judith A.
Benner's Framework and Clinical Decision-Making in the Critical Care Environment Completed as part of a larger dissertational study, the purpose of this portion of this descriptive correlational study was to examine the relationships among registered nurses' clinical experiences and clinical decision-making processes in the critical care environment. The results indicated that there is no strong correlation between clinical experience in general and clinical experience in critical care and clinical decision-making. There were no differences found in any of the Benner stages of clinical experience in relation to the overall clinical decision-making process.

Nursing Science Quarterly

 2017 Stinson, Kristi J.
In This Issue—The Winds of Change: The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Recommends Limiting Interventions in Labor and Birth The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recent committee opinion, "Approaches to Limit Intervention During Labor and Birth," reflects a shift in thinking that holds promise for sweeping changes in maternity care. This editorial puts the document in the context of the history of evidence-based maternity care and highlights the approaches suggested by ACOG including the use of intermittent auscultation, no routine amniotomy, or intravenous, delayed hospital admission, and freedom of movement throughout labor and birth. "Approaches to Limit Intervention During Labor and Birth" signals winds of change in maternity care.

The Journal of Perinatal Education

 2017 Lothian, Judith
Understanding and Promoting Birth Satisfaction in New Mothers Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of select maternal psychosocial and experiential factors on birth satisfaction of new mothers during early postpartum., Study Design and Methods: This is a descriptive correlational study exploring the relationships among birth satisfaction, breastfeeding self-efficacy, and perceived stress in 107 new mothers in the first 4 days postpartum. Instruments used included the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised, the Perceived Stress Scale, the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form, and a researcher-generated demographic form. Quantitative analysis included descriptive statistics, correlation, one-way Analysis of Variance, and multiple linear regression.

Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

 2017 Hinic, Katherine
A Pilot Study to Examine the Relationship Between Napping and Fatigue in Nurses Practicing on the Night Shift OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to explore the relationship of night-shift napping on fatigue., BACKGROUND: Nurses' fatigue, especially at night, interferes with quality of life and job performance and impacts safety and health., METHODS: Night-shift nurses completed the Brief Fatigue Inventory and a demographic information sheet to determine differences in fatigue between nurses who napped during their night shift as compared with nurses who did not nap., RESULTS: No statistically significant differences in global fatigue were found; differences in rotating shift, age, and, gender were identified. Rotating shifts, a 2nd job, and caring for family predicted fatigue.

Journal of Nursing Administration

 2017 Neville, Kathleen
CMS Strategies To Reduce Antipsychotic Drug Use In Nursing Home Patients With Dementia Show Some Progress The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services initiated three strategies (in March and July 2012 and in May 2013) to reduce the use of unnecessary antipsychotic medications in nursing homes, especially their widespread use to control behavioral symptoms of dementia. We examined 86,163 state recertification surveys conducted at 15,055 facilities in the period January 1, 2009-March 31, 2015. We found that these strategies were associated with increases in citations for only one of two targeted deficiencies (unnecessary drug use) and only after the third strategy (revisions to the federal guidelines for the citations) was implemented.

Health Affairs; Chevy Chase

 2017 Lucas, Judith A.
In This Issue—Making Home Birth Even Safer for Mothers and Babies There is research that supports the safety of planned home birth for healthy women, and more women in the United States are choosing to give birth at home. Strategic initiatives developed at the Home Birth Summit in 2011 address issues related to planned home birth including integration into the health system. This editorial discusses the ongoing work on these initiatives including the development and endorsement of best practice guidelines for safe transfer from home to hospital. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists revised policy statement on home birth calls for the integration of home birth into the health system. This is an important step in making home birth even safer for mothers and babies.

The Journal of Perinatal Education

 2017 Lothian, Judith A.
The Experience of Male Nursing Students PURPOSE: To explore the experience of male nursing students in a baccalaureate nursing program. METHODS: This study used a qualitative approach with content analysis. Written narratives in response to open-ended questions were analyzed. Lincoln and Guba's guidelines were followed. SETTING AND POPULATION: This study took two academic years to complete, at a baccalaureate nursing program in the northeast United States. It consisted of 23 male undergraduate nursing students who had completed three clinical nursing courses. FINDINGS: Five themes emerged from the data analysis: staying focused, opinions matter, I want to be "a nurse," relationships, and looking ahead.

Nursing Forum

 2016 DeVito, Josephine
Nurses' Attitudes, Clinical Experience, and Practice Issues With Use of Physical Restraints in Critical Care Units BACKGROUND: Physical restraints are more likely to be used in critical care units than in other hospital units because use of invasive procedures and mechanical ventilation is more common in critical care units. Initiation and maintenance of physical restraint devices is largely a nursing responsibility. Previous clinical experience is a variable often suggested to be related to intensive care nurses' use of physical restraints.

American Journal of Critical Care: An Official Publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses

 2016 Stinson, Kristi J.
Mortality Risk of Antipsychotic Dose and Duration in Nursing Home Residents with Chronic or Acute Indications OBJECTIVES: To examine disease-specific associations between antipsychotic dose and duration and all-cause mortality. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: A 5% random sample of Medicare beneficiaries who had a Minimum Data Set 2.0 clinical assessment completed between 2007 and 2009. PARTICIPANTS: Three mutually exclusive cohorts of new antipsychotic users with evidence of severe mental illness (SMI, n = 5,621); dementia with behavioral symptoms (dementia + behavior) without SMI (n = 1,090); or delirium only without SMI or dementia + behavior (n = 2,100) were identified.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

 2016 Lucas, Judith
Facilitating Social Integration for People With Severe Mental Illness Served by Assertive Community Treatment PURPOSE: This article explores the experience of workers on Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams surrounding their efforts to facilitate social integration for their clients. DESIGN AND METHODS: Sixteen workers were individually interviewed and eight additional workers participated in two focus groups. FINDINGS: The formation of caring relationships between worker and client was an important first step towards social integration for ACT clients. Community activities offer opportunities for social interaction. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: The frequency of community based activities should be increased. Social integration should be a targeted focus of service by structurally embedding a social integration specialist onto the ACT model.

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

 2016 Sturm, Bonnie A.
Curriculum vitae: An important tool for the nurse practitioner Advanced practice nurses (APNs) should maintain a curriculum vitae (CV) that comprehensively reflects the individual's work and professional accomplishments. This article guides APNs through best practices for development of a CV. Tips are offered to help guide the content, format, and maintenance of the CV.

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners

 2016 Roberts, Mary Ellen 
Algorithm for Identifying Nursing Home Days Using Medicare Claims and Minimum Data Set Assessment Data BACKGROUND: No consensus exists about methods of measuring nursing home (NH) length-of-stay for Medicare beneficiaries to identify long-stay and short-stay NH residents. OBJECTIVES: To develop an algorithm measuring NH days of stay to differentiate between residents with long and short stay (≥101 and <101 consecutive days, respectively) and to compare the algorithm with Minimum Data Set (MDS) alone and Medicare claims data. RESEARCH DESIGN: We linked 2006-2009 MDS assessments to Medicare Part A skilled nursing facility (SNF) data. This algorithm determined the daily NH stay evidence by MDS and SNF dates.

Medical Care

 2016

Lucas,

Judith A.
Does Childbirth Education Make a Difference? Childbirth education is designed to help women access accurate and up to date information about childbirth and make informed decisions about their care. Exposure to evidence based information about maternity care practices should assist women to make informed decisions that are based on that evidence. Evidence based childbirth education should ultimately affect outcomes but there is a dearth of research that looks at the outcomes of childbirth education. This editorial suggests that this research is long overdue.

The Journal of Perinatal Education

 2016 Lothian, Judith A.
Predictors of Breastfeeding Confidence in the Early Postpartum Period Objective To identify factors related to breastfeeding self-efficacy, an important psychological variable in sustained breastfeeding, in the postpartum period.

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing

 2016 Hinic, Katherine
Validation of the Nurses' Perception of Patient Rounding Scale: An Exploratory Study of the Influence of Shift Work on Nurses' Perception of Patient Rounding Hourly rounds have re-emerged as standard practice among nurses in acute care settings, and there is the need to identify nurses' perceptions regarding this practice. The purpose of this descriptive study was to explore nurses' perception of the required practice of patient rounding, to examine the influence of nurses' shift on nurses' perception of round practice, and to provide additional psychometric support for the Nurses' Perception of Patient Rounding Scale (NPPRS).

Orthopaedic Nursing

 2016 Neville, Kathleen
Implementation of quiet time for noise reduction on a medical-surgical unit The objective of this evidence-based investigation is to determine the efficacy of a quiet-time intervention to reduce noise in the hospital setting.

Journal of Nursing Administration

 2016 Neville, Kathleen
Exploring nurses' personal dignity, global self-esteem and work satisfaction This study examines nurses' perceptions of dignity in themselves and their work. Nurses commonly assert concern for human dignity as a component of the patients' experience rather than a necessary in the nurses' own lives or in the loves of others in the workplace. This study is exploratory and generates potential relationships for further study and theory generation in nursing.

Nursing Ethics

 2016 Sturm, Bonnie
Motivational interviewing to improve diabetes outcomes in African Americans adults with diabetes The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a motivational interviewing intervention on regimen adherence and diabetes markers among African Americans with diabetes.

Western journal of nursing research

 2015 Wall, Mary Patricia
Treated Behavioral Symptoms and Mortality in Medicare Beneficiaries in Nursing Homes with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias OBJECTIVES: To assess changes in behavioral symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRDs) after antipsychotic (AP) or antidepressant (AD) treatment and to estimate the effect of treatment response on mortality risk. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study using 2006-2009 Medicare administrative and prescription drug claims data linked to Minimum Data Set 2.0. SETTING: Long-stay (≥101 days) nursing home residents.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

 2015 Lucas, Judith
The Effects of Antipsychotic Quality Reporting on Antipsychotic and Psychoactive Medication Use OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to examine how nursing homes changed their use of antipsychotic and other psychoactive medications in response to Nursing Home Compare's initiation of publicly reporting antipsychotic use in July 2012. RESEARCH DESIGN AND SUBJECTS: The study includes all state recertification surveys (n = 40,415) for facilities six quarters prior and post the initiation of public reporting. Using a difference-in-difference framework, the change in use of antipsychotics and other psychoactive medications is compared for facilities subject to public reporting and facilities not subject to reporting.

Health Services Research

 2015 Lucas, Judith
Advancing Normal Birth In this column, the associate editor of The Journal of Perinatal Education provides an overview of research on the benefits of promoting and protecting the normal, physiologic processes of childbirth and the risks of interfering with those processes without clear medical indication. The associate editor also describes the contents of this issue, which offer a broad range of resources, research, and inspiration for childbirth educators in their efforts to promote, support, and protect natural, safe, and healthy birth.

The Journal of Perinatal Education

 2015 Judith, Lothian A.
Improving parental adherence to a failed vision screening referral in the United States Vision screening is an important function of the school nurse's role. Parental cooperation after a child's failed vision screening remains a problematic issue for school nurses, as research reveals inconsistent follow-up and a low rate of parental adherence to school nursing screening referral. 

British Journal of School Nursing

 2015 Neville, Kathleen