Chronic disease self ‐care: A concept analysis
AbstractThe purpose of this concept analysis is to clarify and analyze the concept of self ‐care. Self‐care is vital in the prevention, control, and management of chronic disease. It is substantially important in all aspects of health and all levels of care, and it is key to chronic disease management. Walker and Avant's (2011) method for concept analysis was used. A literature search was performed using the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Psych INFO, Cochrane Library, Embase, Medline, and Google Scholar databases for relevant articles published between 2000 and 2020 using the search terms sel...
Source: Nursing Forum - May 4, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Seifu N. Tulu, Paul Cook, Kathleen S. Oman, Paula Meek, Esayas Kebede Gudina Tags: CONCEPT ANALYSIS Source Type: research

A guide to anticipatory guidance for breastfeeding ‐related pain: A concept analysis
ConclusionsAnticipatory guidance about breastfeeding ‐related pain can empower women to sustain breastfeeding in spite of challenges, thus prolonging the breastfeeding period, and subsequently improving infant nutrition and health outcomes. (Source: Nursing Forum)
Source: Nursing Forum - May 3, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Kimberley T. Jackson, Tara Mantler, Ewelina Stoyanovich, Cara A. Davidson, Edmund J. Walsh, Olivia Lemenchick, Katrina Merner, Laura Castles Tags: CONCEPT ANALYSIS Source Type: research

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Source: Nursing Forum - May 2, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research

Implementing teach ‐back during patient discharge education
ConclusionThe findings contribute to an understanding of the teach ‐back method by nurses. Patient care will benefit if the method is reinforced among nurses through continuing in‐service education. (Source: Nursing Forum)
Source: Nursing Forum - May 1, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Hildreth Eloi Tags: QUALITY IMPROVEMENT Source Type: research

Experiences of critical care nurses fighting against COVID ‐19: A qualitative phenomenological study
ConclusionsPositive and negative emotions and experiences have coexisted for the critical care nurses since the COVID ‐19 outbreak. Emotional support and psychological counseling play an important role in maintaining nurses' optimal mental health during the COVID‐19 crisis. Adequate protective equipment, financial and nonfinancial supports, effective communication, training and hiring of staff, and appropriate work shifts are also required to reduce nurses' negative experiences when providing care for the affected individuals. (Source: Nursing Forum)
Source: Nursing Forum - April 25, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Zahra Chegini, Morteza Arab ‐Zozani, Mohammad Reza Rajabi, Edris Kakemam Tags: RESEARCH MANUSCRIPT Source Type: research

The importance of moral sensitivity in nursing education: A comparative study
ConclusionIt was concluded that moral sensitivity in nursing students was positively influenced by the ethical education they received. (Source: Nursing Forum)
Source: Nursing Forum - April 25, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Fato ş Uncu, Dilek Güneş Tags: GENERAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

From policy to practice: A DNP student perspective
ConclusionsProviding students with a practicum experience based on the DNP essentials promotes a curriculum based on scholarly evidence to assure the DNP will be competent to face current demands in healthcare. Experiential learning provides a framework for the DNP to fulfill curriculum while applying skills learned in a real ‐world environment. (Source: Nursing Forum)
Source: Nursing Forum - April 25, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Leslie Norman, Brandy Wells, Allison P. Edwards Tags: GENERAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Linking nursing education to practice in India
AbstractGoverned by central and state nursing Acts that are dated and disconnected, and numbers below global norms, nursing education and practice function within caste ‐ and gender‐based prejudices in India. Nursing education is fragmented and siloed, and nursing practice is delinked from education. The study strategically relooks at the Acts and highlights pathways that can strengthen, sustain, or weaken nursing education and practice, and suggests how nursin g education can be linked to practice. (Source: Nursing Forum)
Source: Nursing Forum - April 25, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Anupama Sanjeev, Sonali T. Jadhav, Arkalgud Ramaprasad Tags: CREATIVE CONTROVERSY Source Type: research

Comparing rates and causes of, and views on reporting of medication errors among nurses working in different ‐sized hospitals
ConclusionsThe hospital's size may associate with nurses' reporting rate and nurses' views on reporting such errors. There is an urgent need for more diligent systematic efforts to prevent, detect, and report medication errors. Collaboration with other health team members, including information technology members, will enhance the outcomes associated with medication administration. The findings of this study warranted further investigations. (Source: Nursing Forum)
Source: Nursing Forum - April 22, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Majd T. Mrayyan, Nijmeh Al ‐Atiyyat, Sami Al‐Rawashdeh, Murad Sawalha, Mohammad Awwad Tags: RESEARCH MANUSCRIPT Source Type: research

Challenges facing nurse managers during and beyond COVID ‐19 pandemic in relation to perceived organizational support
ConclusionThe COVID ‐19 pandemic had placed additional challenges on nurse managers and these challenges are expected to persist in the future. Higher perception of organizational support minimizes managers' perception of being challenged in times of pandemics.Implications for Nursing ManagementBetter training focused on disaster management, ethical decision making, leading in times of uncertainty, and maintaining well ‐being will help nurse managers lead better their teams. (Source: Nursing Forum)
Source: Nursing Forum - April 19, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Amal Refaat Gab Allah Tags: RESEARCH MANUSCRIPT Source Type: research

Primary care nurse practitioner burnout and perceptions of quality of care
ConclusionBurnout is related to lower perceptions of care quality but favorable environments were related to higher perceptions of quality. (Source: Nursing Forum)
Source: Nursing Forum - April 19, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Cilgy M. Abraham, Katherine Zheng, Allison A. Norful, Affan Ghaffari, Jianfang Liu, Lusine Poghosyan Tags: RESEARCH MANUSCRIPT Source Type: research

Clarifying the concept of the four ‐season symphony (I SEA) in nursing practice: A Wilson's approach to concept analysis
AbstractAcquired knowledge provides one with intuitive rationality as a means of achieving a goal. Spiritual, ethical and esthetic competencies are also required for acquiring intuitive rationality. Nurses pay less attention to intuitive rationality, think only with their brain rather than observe with their heart and therefore deprive themselves of proper, immediate and comprehensive cognition of their environment. An initiative to harmonize sensory receptors in charge of thinking, speaking, and acting in nurses is required for establishing a symphonic intellectual, spiritual, ethical, and aesthetic (I SEA) nursing practi...
Source: Nursing Forum - April 19, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Fatemeh Najafi, Mohamadali Cheraghi, Shahzad Pashaeipour, Golnar Ghane Tags: CONCEPT ANALYSIS Source Type: research

Comparison of lecture and manipulative teaching methods on learning and application to practice
ConclusionFindings revealed significant differences in Intentions to change practice (p = 0.014), indicating the manipulative had a greater potential effect on clinical practice compared to the lecture. (Source: Nursing Forum)
Source: Nursing Forum - April 9, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Janet A. LoVerde, Cindy Kerber, Teresa Kisch, Blanca Miller, Sheryl Jenkins, Michele Shropshire Tags: RESEARCH MANUSCRIPT Source Type: research

Nutritional status and its determinants among community ‐dwelling older adults in Jordan
ConclusionMalnutrition in older adults is a multifaceted phenomenon that needs to be integrated into the comprehensive assessment of older adults. It is essential that health ‐care professionals, particularly nurses, are fully aware of the associated risks of malnutrition among the elderly population. The high prevalence of the risk factors for malnutrition warrants conducting a controlled national‐based assessment, using probability sampling, of the nutritional stat us among older adults in Jordan. Specifically, there is a real need to assess nutritional status among older adults who are at high risk of malnutrition, ...
Source: Nursing Forum - April 9, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Issa M. Hweidi, Catherine L. Carpenter, Salwa M. Al ‐Obeisat, Hossam N. Alhawatmeh, Mohammad S. Nazzal, Mohamad I. Jarrah Tags: RESEARCH MANUSCRIPT Source Type: research

Effectiveness of a venous thromboembolism course using flipped classroom with nursing students: A randomized controlled trial
ConclusionsThe flipped classroom method proved to have positive effects in VTE domains in terms of knowledge, risk assessment, and prophylaxis among nursing students. This method can be recommended as an innovative and student ‐centered method in the teaching of evidence‐based nursing practices. (Source: Nursing Forum)
Source: Nursing Forum - March 30, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Khalid Al ‐Mugheed, Nurhan Bayraktar Tags: GENERAL ARTICLE Source Type: research