Showing papers in "Journal of Nursing Regulation in 2015"

TL;DR: Structured transition programs that included at least six of the following elements were found to provide better support for newly graduated RNs: patient-centered care, communication and teamwork, quality improvement, evidence-based practice, informatics, safety, clinical reasoning, feedback, reflection, and specialty knowledge in an area of practice.

TL;DR: The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) published the results of the largest comprehensive study to date concerning the use of simulation as a substitute for traditional clinical experience as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: Challenging issues confronting LTC settings are discussed and strategies for managing the complexities of culture change, staffing, and education in LTC are provided.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the faculty development needed to maintain fidelity in the intervention, implementation, and evaluation processes of initiating simulation programs and share lessons learned from preparing faculty for the NCSBN simulation study.

TL;DR: Results indicate that the moral courage in perioperative nurses is significantly influenced by education level, certification, peer support, institutional culture and Magnet® designation, fear of reprisal and retaliation, and previous operating room experience.

TL;DR: A study was conducted in nonhospital facilities with licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and RNs to determine if NCSBN’s TTP program could be used effectively across settings and presents the findings of that study.

TL;DR: It is called for regulatory bodies to more proactively engage with wider policy initiatives to position their work in the context of driving change rather than being viewed as an obstacle to progress.

TL;DR: Two new compacts were developed and are being introduced as the preferred regulatory model to preserve state autonomy while providing solutions to the problems of regulating nursing practice across state lines.

TL;DR: The African Health Profession Regulatory Collaborative (ARC) was launched in 2011 to help countries develop or strengthen nursing regulations to ensure safe and sustainable nurse-initiated and nurse-managed HIV treatment.

TL;DR: The 2014 changes made to the nursing delegation rules, the protocol established for registered nurses using the virtual nurse model of care, and the training program for UAP providing diabetes nursing care are described.

TL;DR: The unique situation of CRNAs with SUD, the challenges they face in treatment and return to practice, and guidelines and recommendations to create a consistent approach for treatment and reentry forCRNAs are presented.

TL;DR: Questions about the long-term impact of marijuana use on health care and public safety, including the effects of abuse and dependence are reviewed.

TL;DR: Based on the results of this study, this article provides specific strategies to assist diverse stakeholders in addressing LPN job satisfaction.

TL;DR: FENs provide quality of care comparable to that of U.S.-educated nurses with regard to medication errors, which may be attributed to the rigorous registered nurse licensure exam; FENs' relatively higher educational background; the hospital's recruitment, mentoring, and training programs; and the implementation of health information systems.

TL;DR: An educational innovation for nursing home staff members to learn to collaborate in ways that differentiate registered nurse and licensed practical/vocational nurse scopes of practice and strengthen connections among licensed and unlicensed nurses to improve detection and management of conditions associated with avoidable hospitalizations is described.

TL;DR: This work compared the unsafe behaviors revealed by the NPP evaluation with those reported to the BON in the original complaint and investigative reports (IRs), and revealed remarkable consistency between the IRs and the N PP findings.

TL;DR: The findings indicate that facilities with more responding foreignborn, foreign-educated Filipino nurses exhibit lower quality of care in pain management, prevention of pressure ulcers, and catheter use, but higherquality of care regarding physical restraint use when compared with U.S-educated and non-Filipino foreign-born and foreign- educated nurses.

TL;DR: This observational, factorial vignette survey related video vignettes of RN–LPN collaboration in nursing home care to RN perceptions of current practice in their home; and preferred practice in the home, finding RNs identified high-capacity practice as preferred.

TL;DR: The topic of RN sedation is discussed and includes current sedation standards by the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the Joint Commission, and strategies to improve sedation research in order to advance practice are discussed.

TL;DR: It was found that years of experience and the Need for Closure were not related to reports of discrepancies, however, RNs detected discrepancies involving orders for high-risk medications significantly more often than LPNs, and no significant differences existed when identifying discrepancies in orders for low- risk medications.

TL;DR: The results suggest that the computer-based nurse supervisor course positively affects knowledge and self-efficacy, reduces substance abuse stigma, and adds another effective education resource for supervisors managing nurses enrolled in ADPs.

TL;DR: The Supreme Court's decision exposes boards of nursing (BONs) to increased antitrust scrutiny and raises questions regarding the composition of BONs.

TL;DR: A charge nurse at a Delaware psychiatric center determined that a patient who collapsed on the floor was breathing but nonresponsive, but left the patient to get help and was gone for 4 minutes until another staff member reported that the patient’s condition was worsening.

TL;DR: The development of a new, flexible, principle-based medication practice standard is described, which followed an innovative approach and expanded existing collaborations with members and stakeholders, including other health care professionals and nurses working in a variety of roles.

TL;DR: The Louisiana Multi-Regional Statewide Nursing Workforce Forecasting Model offers a unique and powerful tool to both monitor and forecast changes in the supply of, and demand for nurses at both the state and regional levels relative to specific health care settings.

TL;DR: A nurse was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child in violation of state law because the nurse did not report suspected sexual abuse of children because the suspected abuse was outside of the nurse's employment.