Tackling the Nursing Workforce Crisis
Health care and nursing organizations have joined to collaborate on an action plan. (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - July 29, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: In the News Source Type: research
Incorporating Music-Listening Interventions into Clinical Nursing Practice
A call to expand the study and use of this effective adjunct therapy. (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - July 29, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Viewpoint Source Type: research
Gun Violence: The Carnage at Home
We must address this growing public health crisis. (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - July 29, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Guest Editorial Source Type: research
American Psychiatric Association Adds ‘Prolonged Grief’ to the DSM
Decision comes after a decade of debate. (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - July 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: In the News Source Type: research
Night Shift
Sometimes nothing a nurse does for a patient feels like enough. (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - June 24, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Reflections Source Type: research
Promoting Goals-of-Care Discussions in Seriously Ill Patients
Patient-specific guides were effective in promoting documented goals-of-care discussions and were feasible and acceptable to patients, surrogate decision makers, and clinicians. (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - June 24, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Journal Watch Source Type: research
Interventions Led by General Practice RNs Can Significantly Reduce Blood Pressure
Interventions led by general practice RNs can reduce systolic and diastolic blood pressure in adults with hypertension. (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - June 24, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Journal Watch Source Type: research
HPV-Associated Cancer Trends Since Vaccine Initiation
Decreasing cervical cancer rates may be associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine use.It may be too early to evaluate the association between HPV vaccine use and trends in oropharyngeal cancer in men. (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - June 24, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Journal Watch Source Type: research
Pressure Injuries Due to Prone Positioning in Patients with COVID-19
Preemptive interventions are needed to prevent pressure injuries in patients with COVID-19 who are placed in the prone position.Risk factors for pressure injuries in these patients include severe obesity, a long duration of prone positioning, male sex, a high D-dimer level, and the use of commercial endotracheal tube holders. (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - June 24, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Journal Watch Source Type: research
Collaborative Nurse–Engineer Product Innovation
This is the second article in a series on nurse innovators, which focuses whenever possible on nurse–engineer partnerships and outlines working, replicable models of collaboration between the two disciplines. In this installment, we profile Lindsey Roddy, a nurse, and Kyle Jansson, an engineer—partners who collaborated on an innovative medical device called SecureMove-TLC, designed to improve caregiver workflow, reduce health care costs associated with line dislodgment, and promote safety for both patients and caregivers. (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - June 24, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Nurse Innovators Source Type: research
An Introduction to Yoga
This article, from AJN's February 1976 issue, was written by Robin L. Wilson, a nurse and yoga instructor, who today is a member of the YogaNurse Academy. In this early AJN article on the subject, Wilson described the many benefits of the practice, and shared easy-to-follow instructions for a simple yoga routine. She noted, “These exercises can be adapted for patient care, taught to patients, or practiced by nurses to maintain their own health.”
In this issue, Angela Dossett and colleagues describe the results of a program of structured yoga sessions for patients hospitalized on a locked medical–psychiatric unit. ...
Source: AJN - June 24, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: From the AJN Archives Source Type: research
A Case of an Asymptomatic Woman After a Fracture Repair
Editor's note: This is the next installment in a series on electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation. Nurses in all settings should know the basics, as medications and physiological changes can cause cardiac arrhythmias. Each article will start with a brief case scenario and an ECG strip and then take you step by step through analyzing the heart rhythm. (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - June 24, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Strip Savvy Source Type: research
Promoting Safe Mobility
This article is the fifth in a series, Supporting Family Caregivers in the 4Ms of an Age-Friendly Health System, published in collaboration with the AARP Public Policy Institute as part of the ongoing Supporting Family Caregivers: No Longer Home Alone series. The 4Ms of an Age-Friendly Health System (What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility) is an evidence-based framework for assessing and acting on critical issues in the care of older adults across settings and transitions of care. Engaging the health care team, including older adults and their family caregivers, with the 4Ms framework can help to ensure that eve...
Source: AJN - June 24, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Supporting Family Caregivers: No Longer Home Alone Source Type: research
Evaluating the Impact of Smartphones on Nursing Workflow: Lessons Learned
This article provides vital information for nurses and others considering a transition to the use of smartphones or similar devices in the workplace. (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - June 24, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Articles Source Type: research
CE: An Evidence-Based Yoga Practice for Hospitalized Adults on Medical–Psychiatric Units
Conclusion:
Yoga sessions provided by a nurse certified in yoga instruction improved patients' mood and sense of well-being. Instructional materials and videos were created to promote sustained use. The EBP of providing yoga sessions grew from a pilot program to a sustained change with more widespread use. In addition to patients hospitalized on medical–psychiatric units, the health system expanded the sessions to include inpatients on behavioral health units. (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - June 24, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Articles Source Type: research
