More than half of nursing students worldwide fail numeracy and medication dose calculation assessments, indicating the global nature of this issue (Stake-Nilsson et al., 2022). Lack of consistent teaching methods and preparation…
The opioid epidemic was declared in October 2017 in the United States (Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services [CMS], 2021), with the literature demonstrating buprenorphine-naloxone as a key treatment for opioid use disorder.…
In the United States, approximately 700,000 to 1 million patient falls occur in the hospital setting annually (AHRQ, 2019). Of those hospital falls, about 250,000 results in injuries and 11,000 in death (LeLaurin & Shorr, 2019).…
In the current climate of a worldwide nursing shortage, transitioning graduate nurses to practice in a timely manner is part of a multifaceted approach to improving patient care. The declining NCLEX-RN first attempt pass rate is…
Patients who suffer with chronic nonhealing wounds face a multitude of challenges, including reduction in the quality of life and depression. Financial considerations are significant to both the individual and the healthcare…
Purpose/Objectives: Given the estimated growth in Lower Extremity Total Joint (LETJ) patients in the United States and the urgency related to improving quality of care and creating efficiency, partnership is emerging as a critical…
This project explores how members of an acute and critical care nurse’s organization in a Midwest metropolitan area define joy and identify barriers and enhancers to finding joy in the workplace. Using Barbara Frederickson’s…
The exploration of coping in a group of patients with chronic low back pain was conducted in a Midwestern pain clinic for the purpose of understanding how patients continued to cope with chronic low back pain after a reduction of…
Words/language have the power to instill hope, comfort, and engagement or create the opposite effect of fear and doubt. Language plays a key part in the way relationships develop. The language movement in diabetes care is a campaign…