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Leveraging Academic-Clinical Partnerships to Create an Operating Room Nurse Pipeline
This article describes an academic-clinical partnership program between a school of nursing and an American Nurse Credentialing Center Magnet®– and National Cancer Institute–designated Comprehensive Cancer Center based on a shared vision and multifaceted for optimal new graduate operating room (OR) recruitment and use of clinical partner resources. The program, now in its 3rd year, has a 100% retention rate among the cohorts. Implementing a multifaceted OR partnership program based on nursing theory is a strategy for workforce development to increase retention of new graduate OR nurses. (Source: JONA: The Journal of N...
Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration - February 11, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research

A Framework for National Collaboration to Reduce Documentation Burden and Design for Usable and Reusable Data
A focused effort is needed to capture the utility and usability of the electronic health record for providing usable and reusable data while reducing documentation burden. A collaborative effort of nurse leaders and experts was able to generate national consensus recommendations on documentation elements related to admission history. The process used in this effort is summarized in a framework that can be used by other groups to develop content that reduces documentation burden while maximizing the creation of usable and reusable data. (Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration)
Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration - February 11, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Nurse Leaders Employ Contemplative Practices to Promote Healthcare Professional Well-being and Decrease Anxiety
CONCLUSIONS Brief resilience retreats endorsed by nurse leadership can reduce perceived anxiety and facilitate engagement in contemplative practices, which are associated with a decrease in the risk of burnout. (Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration)
Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration - February 11, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Using a Mentorship Approach to Address the Underrepresentation of Ethnic Minorities in Senior Nursing Leadership
Healthcare organizations must be intentional and purposeful in creating diversity programs. A nursing leader mentorship program for racial and ethnic minority nurse managers was introduced at a large academic medical center to meet this need. The program design was based on the successful Leadership Institute for Black Nurses, first conducted at a university school of nursing. The participants in the 4-month program were 16 nurse managers from 2 city hospitals and their mentors. (Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration)
Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration - February 11, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research

An Exploration of Factors Associated With Nurses' Perceptions of Decisional Involvement
CONCLUSIONS Findings indicate nurses' perceptions of DI-A and DI-P. This study provided further examination of the differences and interrelationships between DI and nurses' demographic and clinical practice characteristics. Dissonance DI scores provide opportunities for targeting interventions to engage nurses in shared leadership. (Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration)
Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration - February 11, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research

A Qualitative Study Describing Nurses' Experiences With Presenteeism
CONCLUSIONS Both personal and work factors contribute to presenteeism. To decrease presenteeism, healthcare leaders and systems should consider reviewing and changing sick/leave polices, unit cultures, and a lack of resources that contribute to and encourage an awareness of presenteeism, thereby decreasing nurse fatigue. (Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration)
Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration - February 11, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Changes in Fatigue Levels and Sleep Measures of Hospital Nurses During Two 12-Hour Work Shifts
CONCLUSION It is important to consider when fatigue management interventions will be most effective and to consider previous-night's sleep when monitoring fatigue. (Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration)
Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration - February 11, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Shared Governance in Times of Change
A strong shared governance framework gives nurses control over their practice. Whether unit based or system wide, shared governance provides the infrastructure to deliver high-quality patient care, especially in a crisis. This month's Magnet® Perspectives column takes a closer look at the concept of shared governance, how it has evolved, why it is important, and how it helped nurses in Magnet hospitals navigate the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. We explore the critical nature of ensuring that everyone's voice is heard to not only survive but also ultimately thrive during times of change. (Source: JONA: The Journal...
Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration - February 11, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Departments: Magnet® Perspectives Source Type: research

DAISY: Affirmation of Gratitude in Times of Pandemic
The recent pandemic has caused many changes in the professional and personal lives of patients, their families, and the nurses who care for them. Something the pandemic could not change is the profound gratitude that patients, families, and others have for the extraordinary compassionate care that nurses have provided. (Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration)
Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration - February 11, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Departments: Spotlight on DAISY Source Type: research

Nurses Taking the Lead: A Look Back to Move Forward
In recognition of the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, the 2020 annual conference of the Association for Leadership Science in Nursing (ALSN) celebrated A Look Back to Move Forward in recognition of the 50th anniversary of ALSN. The ALSN began as the Council of Graduate Education for Administrative Nursing (CGEAN) in 1970. Today, ALSN maintains the goals of shaping graduate education and research to inform nursing leadership practice. (Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration)
Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration - February 11, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Departments: ALSN Perspectives Source Type: research

Leveraging Professional Governance During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This article highlights how shared or professional governance was leveraged during this global pandemic at a large academic medical center and community hospital effectively sustaining autonomous nursing practice while responding to a rapidly changing environment and impacting quality patient care. (Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration)
Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration - February 11, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Departments: AONL Leadership Perspectives Source Type: research

Tiered Model of Nurse Staffing for Critical Care and Emergency Departments in the Wake of a Pandemic
CONCLUSION This article describes how a quaternary care hospital in New York City prepared for the COVID-19 surge in patients by maximizing and shifting nursing resources to its most impacted services, the emergency department (ED) and the intensive care units (ICUs). A tier-based staffing model and rapid training were operationalized to address nurse-staffing shortages in the ICU and ED, identifying key factors for swift deployment. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGERS Frequent communication between staff and leaders improves teamwork and builds trust and buy-in during normal operations and particularly in times o...
Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration - January 27, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Examining Associations With Mental, Well-Being and Faith in Nurses (LIFT)
CONCLUSIONS This whole-person assessment of nurses may inform future retention and engagement strategies focused on faith-based interventions. (Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration)
Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration - January 27, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Standardizing Multidisciplinary Discharge Planning Rounds to Improve Patient Perceptions of Care Transitions
Patients' satisfaction with care transitions is low, especially when it comes to understanding their care when discharged home from the hospital. Therefore, a quality improvement effort was initiated with the aim of improving patients' satisfaction with care transitions. Specific goals of the project were to improve communication between healthcare providers and patients, increase patient satisfaction, and enhance patient education by standardizing multidisciplinary discharge planning rounds. (Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration)
Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration - January 27, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Interactive Learning for Nurses Through Gamification
CONCLUSION Findings demonstrate gamification as an effective way to increase knowledge acquisition when compared with traditional methods. (Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration)
Source: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration - January 27, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research