The Neurobiology of Trauma: Developing a Decision Aid for the Care of Persons After Sexual Assault
This article discusses the development of a decision aid that supports the information used in shared decision making, for use in planning the care for a person who has been sexually assaulted. Based on the understanding of the neurobiology of trauma, the decision aid incorporates a written tool that provides education and information to prepare the person to make care/treatment decisions which are important to them, within a trauma-informed environment.PMID:37920993 | DOI:10.1177/10784535231211697 (Source: Creative Nursing)
Source: Creative Nursing - November 3, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Phyllis A Mathews Kristina Blyer Source Type: research
An Innovative Community Health Nursing Virtual Reality Experience: A Mixed Methods Study
Conclusions: The community health nursing VR simulation was effective at increasing participants' knowledge and their confidence in their knowledge and abilities.PMID:37919936 | DOI:10.1177/10784535231211700 (Source: Creative Nursing)
Source: Creative Nursing - November 3, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Jenni L Hoffman Tsu-Yin Wu Grigoris Argeros Source Type: research
The Effect of a Diabetes Self-Management Mobile Application on Self-Efficacy, Self-Care Agency, and Self-Care Management Among Patients With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Conclusion: Using a diabetes self-management mobile application may help improve patients' confidence in managing diabetes, and better commitment to and performance of self-care activities.PMID:37919961 | DOI:10.1177/10784535231211693 (Source: Creative Nursing)
Source: Creative Nursing - November 3, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Arwa B Masadeh Ali M Saleh Source Type: research
Diversity and Inclusion in Mental Health: A Collaborative Online International Learning Experience
The objectives of the COIL experience were to identify and discuss changes in thinking in four areas: eugenics and cultural bias, cultural bias in research, culture and mental illness, and institutional and care policies. Groups of students created educational posters about diversity and inclusion in mental health that were presented at a virtual mini conference to which other students and faculty at the participating universities were invited.PMID:37920981 | DOI:10.1177/10784535231211671 (Source: Creative Nursing)
Source: Creative Nursing - November 3, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Linda Sue Hammonds Sara J Newman Source Type: research
The Neurobiology of Trauma: Developing a Decision Aid for the Care of Persons After Sexual Assault
This article discusses the development of a decision aid that supports the information used in shared decision making, for use in planning the care for a person who has been sexually assaulted. Based on the understanding of the neurobiology of trauma, the decision aid incorporates a written tool that provides education and information to prepare the person to make care/treatment decisions which are important to them, within a trauma-informed environment.PMID:37920993 | DOI:10.1177/10784535231211697 (Source: Creative Nursing)
Source: Creative Nursing - November 3, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Phyllis A Mathews Kristina Blyer Source Type: research
Access to Technology and Digital Literacy as Determinants of Health and Health Care
Creat Nurs. 2023 Nov 1:10784535231211682. doi: 10.1177/10784535231211682. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAccess to and the skills to use technology provide the digital equity necessary for civic and cultural participation, employment, lifelong learning, and access to essential services. However, existing digital disparities and the resultant 'digital divide' risk exacerbating health and health-care inequalities. The COVID-19 pandemic amplified these disparities and accelerated the adoption of technology-driven health care such as telehealth, electronic health records, and digital health technologies. Unfortunately, pre-exis...
Source: Creative Nursing - November 1, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Ryan J Shaw Source Type: research
No Health Equity Without Diversity: Strengthening Nursing Programs in Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Creat Nurs. 2023 Nov 1:10784535231211701. doi: 10.1177/10784535231211701. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn April 2022, Adtalem Global Education sponsored a virtual summit entitled Advancing Equity in Healthcare, in which several of the authors of this article and other prominent health-care professionals examined the need to diversify the health-care profession. Topics included educational justice and its impact on health care, the business case for transforming and advancing health equity, and addressing systemic inequities and improving health outcomes for historically marginalized persons. The summit inspired the author...
Source: Creative Nursing - November 1, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Roberta Waite Yolanda VanRiel Nina M McCune Catherine Holton Gina Brown Katie Boston-Leary Source Type: research
Access to Technology and Digital Literacy as Determinants of Health and Health Care
Creat Nurs. 2023 Nov 1:10784535231211682. doi: 10.1177/10784535231211682. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAccess to and the skills to use technology provide the digital equity necessary for civic and cultural participation, employment, lifelong learning, and access to essential services. However, existing digital disparities and the resultant 'digital divide' risk exacerbating health and health-care inequalities. The COVID-19 pandemic amplified these disparities and accelerated the adoption of technology-driven health care such as telehealth, electronic health records, and digital health technologies. Unfortunately, pre-exis...
Source: Creative Nursing - November 1, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Ryan J Shaw Source Type: research
No Health Equity Without Diversity: Strengthening Nursing Programs in Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Creat Nurs. 2023 Nov 1:10784535231211701. doi: 10.1177/10784535231211701. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn April 2022, Adtalem Global Education sponsored a virtual summit entitled Advancing Equity in Healthcare, in which several of the authors of this article and other prominent health-care professionals examined the need to diversify the health-care profession. Topics included educational justice and its impact on health care, the business case for transforming and advancing health equity, and addressing systemic inequities and improving health outcomes for historically marginalized persons. The summit inspired the author...
Source: Creative Nursing - November 1, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Roberta Waite Yolanda VanRiel Nina M McCune Catherine Holton Gina Brown Katie Boston-Leary Source Type: research
Use of the Virtual Environment as a Strategy for Disseminating Information during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Conclusions: Greater interest in publications related to the acquisition of rights for persons with disabilities and about COVID-19 was identified. The virtual environment, especially social networks in Brazil, proved to be a useful tool for disseminating information during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the importance of boosting access to health information. In addition, the investment in social networks was relevant due to the increase in the number of followers on the page. Implications for Practice: Social networks can be a valuable means of disseminating research, improving access to information based on scienti...
Source: Creative Nursing - October 6, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Let ícia Noelle Corbo Michel Marcossi Larissa Okano Marla Andreia Garcia de Avila Karina de F átima Bimbatti Christoph Kaeppler Fabiana Faleiros Source Type: research
Virtual Group Appointments Improve Outcomes in Veterans with Heart Failure During a Global Pandemic: A Quality Improvement Project
This report on a quality improvement initiative describes a multi-professional approach to improving self-care behaviors and reducing hospitalizations in Veterans with heart failure (HF) by implementing virtual group appointments. Patients with HF are more susceptible to complications related to COVID-19 infection, creating the need for alternative communication methods for patient education during the social isolation and reduced health-care resources brought on by the global pandemic. From March 2020 to June 2021, 57 Veterans participated in 1 of 12 group appointments at the VA Portland Health Care System in Portland, Or...
Source: Creative Nursing - October 6, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Mary P Hansen Shannon L Stewart Christine Ensign Carrie M Puckett Sarah Caviness Source Type: research
How Wise is Conventional Wisdom?
Creat Nurs. 2023 May;29(2):167-171. doi: 10.1177/10784535231192190.ABSTRACTThis editorial connects each article in this issue to the theme, Challenging Long-Held Assumptions, by raising questions. How do we really determine value in health care? How do good, new ideas make it into practice? Why the untapped potential of Doctor of Nursing Practice preparation? Can we actually teach nursing students creativity? Do virtual group appointments actually work? How in the world do families care for loved ones at home on mechanical ventilation? Can nursing educators truly decolonize their own thinking? Is simulation a poor substitu...
Source: Creative Nursing - October 6, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Marty Lewis-Hunstiger Source Type: research
Effectiveness of a Supportive Program on Caregiver Burden of Families Caring for Patients on Invasive Mechanical Ventilation at Home: An Experimental Study
Creat Nurs. 2023 May;29(2):229-237. doi: 10.1177/10784535231195507.ABSTRACTThe prevalence of patients on mechanical ventilation who are being supported at home is increasing. Due to these patients' complex and chronic conditions, the subjective burden on their family caregivers increases after discharge. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a supportive home care program on the caregiver burden of families caring for patients on invasive mechanical ventilation at home. Sixty patients hospitalized in three university-affiliated hospitals in Tehran, Iran between 7/2020 and 8/2021 were randomly assigned ...
Source: Creative Nursing - October 6, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Maryam Esmaeili Nahid Dehghan Nayeri Fatemeh Bahramnezhad Samrand Fattah Ghazi Parvaneh Asgari Source Type: research
< em > On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World < /em > , by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Creat Nurs. 2023 May;29(2):238-240. doi: 10.1177/10784535231195515.ABSTRACTRabbi Danya Ruttenberg's 2022 book, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World, questions the conventional wisdom that being quick to forgive is a virtue. Unless the person who has caused harm has acknowledged the harm, started to change, made restitution, apologized, and is now making different choices, forgiveness is not just unwarranted, it is potentially harmful to individuals and societies.PMID:37800734 | DOI:10.1177/10784535231195515 (Source: Creative Nursing)
Source: Creative Nursing - October 6, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Rebecca Smith Source Type: research
Uptake of Innovations in Nursing: The Necessity for Implementation Science
Creat Nurs. 2023 May;29(2):177-181. doi: 10.1177/10784535231195426.ABSTRACTInnovations are critical for improving clinical practice and nursing education, and for enhancing learning and practice change for frontline nurses and nursing students. Continuous innovation for delivering safe care and improving patient outcomes is needed. Merely demonstrating the effectiveness of research innovations is not enough to promote their uptake and use in practice. A 2021 study in cancer research reported that moving research into practice takes about 15 years. Implementation science, a systemic process of identifying the most relevant ...
Source: Creative Nursing - October 6, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Ahtisham Younas Source Type: research
