It's Time! The Path for Nursing Reimbursement Reform
This article explicates structural issues within the current nursing reimbursement model that harms hospitals' business case for investments in nurse staffing and work environments. We argue that nurses must advocate for nursing reimbursement reform to increase the nursing workforce and improve nurse staffing and work environments. Such reform is necessary to support sustained hospital investments, financial philosophies, and approaches to meaningfully address and improve nurse staffing.PMID:38351613 | DOI:10.1177/10784535241228546 (Source: Creative Nursing)
Source: Creative Nursing - February 14, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Katie Boston-Leary Olga Yakusheva Source Type: research
Acculturation and Mental Health: A Scoping Review
Conclusions: Social support is necessary as these children and young adults work to reconcile different worldviews. There is a need for a multifaceted approach to health care that incorporates the development of culturally appropriate responses to stressors. Collaboration among health practitioners growing in cultural competency can assist this population not only in the development of coping strategies, but also in self-actualization. The conflicting results found in this review suggest a need for more work in the area of acculturation stress, to grow the understanding of health practitioners within various cultural group...
Source: Creative Nursing - February 14, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Cassandre V Horne Source Type: research
It's Time! The Path for Nursing Reimbursement Reform
This article explicates structural issues within the current nursing reimbursement model that harms hospitals' business case for investments in nurse staffing and work environments. We argue that nurses must advocate for nursing reimbursement reform to increase the nursing workforce and improve nurse staffing and work environments. Such reform is necessary to support sustained hospital investments, financial philosophies, and approaches to meaningfully address and improve nurse staffing.PMID:38351613 | DOI:10.1177/10784535241228546 (Source: Creative Nursing)
Source: Creative Nursing - February 14, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Katie Boston-Leary Olga Yakusheva Source Type: research
Acculturation and Mental Health: A Scoping Review
Conclusions: Social support is necessary as these children and young adults work to reconcile different worldviews. There is a need for a multifaceted approach to health care that incorporates the development of culturally appropriate responses to stressors. Collaboration among health practitioners growing in cultural competency can assist this population not only in the development of coping strategies, but also in self-actualization. The conflicting results found in this review suggest a need for more work in the area of acculturation stress, to grow the understanding of health practitioners within various cultural group...
Source: Creative Nursing - February 14, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Cassandre V Horne Source Type: research
It's Time! The Path for Nursing Reimbursement Reform
This article explicates structural issues within the current nursing reimbursement model that harms hospitals' business case for investments in nurse staffing and work environments. We argue that nurses must advocate for nursing reimbursement reform to increase the nursing workforce and improve nurse staffing and work environments. Such reform is necessary to support sustained hospital investments, financial philosophies, and approaches to meaningfully address and improve nurse staffing.PMID:38351613 | DOI:10.1177/10784535241228546 (Source: Creative Nursing)
Source: Creative Nursing - February 14, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Katie Boston-Leary Olga Yakusheva Source Type: research
Acculturation and Mental Health: A Scoping Review
Conclusions: Social support is necessary as these children and young adults work to reconcile different worldviews. There is a need for a multifaceted approach to health care that incorporates the development of culturally appropriate responses to stressors. Collaboration among health practitioners growing in cultural competency can assist this population not only in the development of coping strategies, but also in self-actualization. The conflicting results found in this review suggest a need for more work in the area of acculturation stress, to grow the understanding of health practitioners within various cultural group...
Source: Creative Nursing - February 14, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Cassandre V Horne Source Type: research
A Dynamic and Inclusive Approach
Creat Nurs. 2024 Feb 8:10784535241229451. doi: 10.1177/10784535241229451. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAfter a year of transition to a new publisher, Creative Nursing 2024 will build on our legacy of nurturing novice authors with a Student Article of the Year initiative; presenting courageous discourse as reflected in our overarching theme for the year, The Impact of Social Forces on Nursing and Health; and publishing even more new knowledge in the form of research and discussion of nursing theories and models. This issue's theme, Activism, Advocacy, and Allyship, is exemplified by articles about paths to a nursing workfo...
Source: Creative Nursing - February 9, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Marty Lewis-Hunstiger Source Type: research
Employing a Risk Assessment Tool for Shared Decision-Making in Breast Cancer Screening
Conclusions: The use of a breast cancer risk assessment tool provided an evidence-based foundation for the shared decision-making conversation between patient and nurse/provider on risk reduction. The discussion included current evidence on the risk versus benefit of age-based screening options for breast cancer, allowing for an informed decision made jointly between the patient and provider.PMID:38321828 | DOI:10.1177/10784535241228582 (Source: Creative Nursing)
Source: Creative Nursing - February 7, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Louisa Krueger Source Type: research
Career Pathway Strategies That Reduce Barriers for Nontraditional Nursing Students
This article explores how building innovative partnerships between health-care providers and nursing institutions to advance the incumbent workforce can increase capacity and reduce staff burnout. Such partnerships can drive a culture of employee engagement through the development of career pathways while reducing barriers for nontraditional nursing students in advancing their credentials. This article reports on a strategy to address the nursing shortage and to increase the diversity of the nursing workforce through a licensed vocational nurse-to-registered nurse partnership between a school of nursing and a Federally Qua...
Source: Creative Nursing - February 5, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Mona Lee Kim Cook Source Type: research
Nursing Students' Experience of a Poverty Simulation and Its Impact on Empathy and Social Justice Awareness: A Descriptive Qualitative Study
Creat Nurs. 2024 Feb 2:10784535241229143. doi: 10.1177/10784535241229143. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHolistic nursing practice requires an understanding of the constraints of poverty as one of the social determinants of health. Future nurses need to be change agents for social justice. A descriptive, qualitative study was conducted to explore students' experience of the Missouri Association for Community Action Poverty Simulation© (CAPS) and its impact on empathy and social justice awareness among a purposive sample of 56 sophomore baccalaureate nursing students at a public university in the Northeastern United States....
Source: Creative Nursing - February 2, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Tamara Holland Laurie Walter Kerri Langevin Adam Bourgoin Michele McKelvey Christine Kirk Catherine Thomas Source Type: research
Confronting the Nursing Profession's Workforce Challenges: Embracing Iceberg Demographics
Creat Nurs. 2024 Feb 2:10784535241229448. doi: 10.1177/10784535241229448. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTU.S. Supreme Court rulings on reproductive rights and affirmative action inadvertently present the nursing profession with a propitious opportunity to capitalize on the nation's rich mosaic of iceberg demographic identities-inherited and acquired traits that may not be visibly apparent-to address imminent challenges such as worker shortages and other perplexities within the workplace milieu.PMID:38304938 | DOI:10.1177/10784535241229448 (Source: Creative Nursing)
Source: Creative Nursing - February 2, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: James H Johnson G Rumay Alexander Source Type: research
Starting a New Revolution in Nursing
Creat Nurs. 2024 Feb 2:10784535241228523. doi: 10.1177/10784535241228523. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe onset of COVID-19 and the murder of George Floyd shed light on social justice inequities, disparities in health care and the continuing rise of racism within society. Studies conducted by the American Nurses Foundation also revealed acts of racism within the nursing profession. The creation of the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing and the American Nurses Association's issuance of an apology through its Racial Reckoning work have begun a revolution within the nursing profession to address this phenomeno...
Source: Creative Nursing - February 2, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Ernest J Grant Source Type: research
Promoting Self-Care in Palliative Care: Through the Wisdom of My Grandmother
Creat Nurs. 2024 Jan 30:10784535241228527. doi: 10.1177/10784535241228527. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn the post COVID-19 pandemic period, targeted efforts are needed more than ever to improve frontline nurses' well-being. In the field of palliative care, there is recognition of the importance of self-care, but the concept itself remains nebulous, and proactive implementation of self-care is lacking. Reflective writing has been noted to have positive impacts on health care providers' well-being. This piece brings to light the author's interest and work in reflective writing, sharing a personal account that provides a s...
Source: Creative Nursing - January 31, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Kalli Stilos Source Type: research
Transcending Limitations: A Phenomenological Exploration of How Hygge Practices Enrich the Lived Experiences of Adults with Cystic Fibrosis
Creat Nurs. 2024 Jan 30:10784535241228522. doi: 10.1177/10784535241228522. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHygge practices embody joy, peace, mindfulness, coziness, and conviviality. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a progressive condition with complex therapies and physical limitations. Little is known about how hygge practice may impact individuals living with CF. A qualitative study explored how adults with CF use hygge practices to promote wellness and cope with their disease. A purposive network sample of 15 adults with CF who utilized hygge practices completed semistructured audio-recorded telephone interviews. Recordings were ...
Source: Creative Nursing - January 31, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Leslie N Pitts Brittany Woods Morgan Polen Lynn S Nichols Sigrid Ladores Source Type: research
An Evolving Structure of Nature Immersion: Roots in Nightingale's Vital Power
Conclusions: The essence of vital power encompassed feelings of a life-spark, natural energy that prompted a healing shift. Implications for Practice: Linkage between a middle-range Theory of Nature Immersion and Nightingale's perspective adds a new avenue for integrating the spiritual-physical-mental dimension of self during creative nursing praxis.PMID:38254343 | DOI:10.1177/10784535241226494 (Source: Creative Nursing)
Source: Creative Nursing - January 23, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Misako Nagata Patricia Liehr Source Type: research
