Showing papers in "Journal of Nursing Regulation in 2017"

TL;DR: Four challenges face the nursing workforce of today and tomorrow: the aging of the baby boom generation, the shortage and uneven distribution of physicians, the accelerating rate of registered nurse retirements, and the uncertainty of health care reform.

TL;DR: The STEP intervention strengthened understanding of systems thinking and revealed the importance of addressing the nurse as a second victim of medication errors, which is likely to be central to safety culture for nurses.

TL;DR: Key differences were observed in the number and duration of prescriptions written by NPs and PCPs, and in behavioral drug classes, such as antidepressants, antipsychotics, psychotherapeutics, and opioids and in patients with more comorbidities.

TL;DR: The factors that create moral distress and impactmoral disengagement among health care professionals, as well as ways to identify moral disengagement are described.

TL;DR: NPs with more experience and those with doctorate degrees worked without a physician on site more often, had fewer patient records reviewed, and were required to consult on fewer patients than those with less experience or without a doctorate.

TL;DR: All nurses have a duty to understand their nurse practice act and regulations, and to keep up with ongoing changes as this dynamic document evolves and the scope of practice expands.

TL;DR: A critical review of transition-to-professional-practice programs for newly graduated registered nurses revealed a high risk of bias in the reporting of TPPP outcomes, indicating a need for evaluations based on rigorous research.

TL;DR: The purpose of this article is to present the experience of implementing the 2008 APRN Consensus Model to assist other states.

TL;DR: In this article, an integrative literature review is presented to identify and assess how regulatory bodies, professional associations, and trade union organizations differ and interact and identify 16 themes and their associated characteristics.

TL;DR: The African Health Profession Regulatory Collaborative provided an effective, collaborative model to rapidly strengthen national regulatory frameworks, which other health professional cadres or regions may consider using to ensure a relevant health workforce, authorized and equipped to meet the emerging demand for health services.

TL;DR: Upon comparing findings from the vocational, associate degree, and baccalaureate degree nursing programs, three common interventions were deemed "extremely effective" for all program types: identifying at-risk students earlier, providing timely remediation for at- risk students, and enforcing program policies.

TL;DR: Patient-reported care experience was found to be more negative in hospitals employing more FENs, after controls for other possible explanations, and the findings suggest that research on the outcomes of transition programs for F ENs would be useful to inform regulatory policies.

TL;DR: The revised edition of the competency profile demonstrates the process that included community engagement, knowledge translation, implementation, and evaluation, and discusses how the profile will be continuously evaluated to facilitate future updates.

TL;DR: Changes in the registered nurse (RN) employment market in 2012 and 2013 negatively affected both employment for RNs and associate degree-prepared nurses (ADNs) and clinical placement for students in ADN preparation programs.

TL;DR: The key findings, trends, and influences for the continued professional certification program and the process the NBCRNA used to create and implement a recertification redesign to support lifelong learning and the expanding role of nurse anesthetists are reviewed.

TL;DR: The use of routine collected data shows potential for measuring the effect of improvement strategies in achieving the 30-day federal standard and the 15-day NCSBN–American National Standards Institute standard.

TL;DR: The authors found that males; older nurses; foreign-educated nurses; critical care, operating room, geriatric, administration, education, and research nurses; and nurses with multiple jobs worked excessive hours more frequently than their counterparts.

TL;DR: Estimates of the numbers of CNA training hours that yield the best nursing NH resident care outcomes are provided and given the increasing complexity of clinical settings in NHs, regulatory changes in U.S. nursing homes may be indicated.

TL;DR: This article describes policies and processes that can bridge the gaps between IEN competencies and those competencies required by the licensing body in Alberta, Canada and how they were developed.

TL;DR: The consensus among the BON and staff was that the CRA protocol and complaint resolution screening tool have been effective and efficient in leading complaint investigations to fair and consistent resolutions that support the mission of public protection.

TL;DR: A Tennessee prescription drug monitoring program stimulated interdisciplinary collaboration that has reduced opioid use, misuse, and abuse and offers ideas for teamwork in the areas of practice, education, and licensure.

TL;DR: In 2014, the South Dakota Board of Nursing decided to allow registered nurses to delegate diabetes care for school children to trained unlicensed personnel, based on a pilot study, a review of the literature, expert opinion from diabetes clinical nurse specialists, and input from stakeholders as discussed by the authors.