Robin Arends, Tammy Austin-Ketch, Asefeh Faraz Covelli, Leslie Davis, Donna Hallas, Karen Kalmakis, Holly Kirkland-Kyhn, Karen Devereaux Melillo, Monica O'Reilly-Jacob, Abby Parish, Kristen Rawlett, Richard Ricciardi, Christine Tracy, Chris Winkelman, Christina Whitehouse
{"title":"American Association of Nurse Practitioners Research Agenda, 2023-2028.","authors":"Robin Arends, Tammy Austin-Ketch, Asefeh Faraz Covelli, Leslie Davis, Donna Hallas, Karen Kalmakis, Holly Kirkland-Kyhn, Karen Devereaux Melillo, Monica O'Reilly-Jacob, Abby Parish, Kristen Rawlett, Richard Ricciardi, Christine Tracy, Chris Winkelman, Christina Whitehouse","doi":"10.1097/jxx.0000000000001011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/jxx.0000000000001011","url":null,"abstract":"This report highlights the 2023-2028 American Association of Nurse Practitioners Research Agenda (AANP-RA), which focuses on the research goals of AANP as an organization and is based on its mission and strategic plan. The purpose of the AANP Research Agenda is to outline research priorities that advance the AANP Strategic Plan and concurrently address gaps in nursing science. American Association of Nurse Practitioners supports research studies that are rigorously designed and conducted using quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches, as well as implementation science with the potential to positively impact both NP practice and patient health outcomes. The AANP-RA strategy is guided by the PEARL acronym: examining NP Practice, Education, policy Advocacy, Research, and Leadership. A discussion of each area is presented along with suggested topics.","PeriodicalId":17179,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140602301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dana Burns, Leigh Ann Breckenridge, Allison Gregory, Carla Nye
{"title":"Redesigning nurse practitioner clinical education with a Dyad/POD model: A feasibility study.","authors":"Dana Burns, Leigh Ann Breckenridge, Allison Gregory, Carla Nye","doi":"10.1097/jxx.0000000000001013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/jxx.0000000000001013","url":null,"abstract":"Clinical education for nurse practitioner (NP) students is increasingly challenging. With fewer preceptors, lack of resources and time burden, finding clinical placements is a burdensome responsibility. Also, when students have multiple preceptors, there may be inconsistencies when evaluating students. With the change to competency-based education, consistency is crucial when evaluating NP students. Typical preceptorship with students is a 1:1:1 ratio: one student with one preceptor for one semester. The Dyad/Precepting to Optimize Development (POD) model has potential to improve clinical precepting. Precepting to optimize development refers to a consistent team of students, preceptors, and faculty over the course of the students' education. Dyad refers to two students with one preceptor. Students rotate in dyad pairs every 4-8 weeks with a consistent group of preceptors, and see these same preceptors again over the course of their educational journey. Preceptors met monthly to collaborate, discuss, and learn. This article reports on the outcomes of a mixed-methods feasibility study that occurred over a year. The students, preceptors, and faculty report satisfaction with the model. Several themes arose during analysis of focus group sessions. Those themes were as follows: safe learning environment; everyone teaches, everyone learns; growth mindset; teaming culture and the POD structure is essential to the dyad. In conclusion, developing a different approach to precepting is essential to meet national provider needs. The Dyad/POD model provides consistency for development and evaluation of the NP student.","PeriodicalId":17179,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140578274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving self-efficacy in behavioral health through interprofessional education.","authors":"Stephanie T Wynn","doi":"10.1097/JXX.0000000000000951","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JXX.0000000000000951","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Interprofessional education (IPE) is important in preparing health profession students to practice in a workforce dependent on teamwork and collaboration. Many health profession students graduate without ever having active shared learning experiences in the academic setting. Opportunities for students to participate in activities that promote self-efficacy in competencies related to interprofessional collaborative practice are essential. The purpose of the project was to assess health profession students' perception of self-efficacy related to the core competencies of IPE. The project used a pre/post quantitative survey research design comprising a sample of students enrolled in clinical practicums in behavioral health care settings. Using standardized patients, students participated in timed simulated encounters. Participants ( n = 36) completed the 16-item Interprofessional Education Collaborative Competency Self-Assessment Tool on conclusion of the learning activity. Survey responses were scored on a 5-point Likert-type scale, with high scores indicating a stronger level of agreement of perceived self-efficacy. On the postsurvey, most items were rated as \"agree\" or \"strongly agree.\" Item means ranged from 4.64 to 4.81. A positive association was found between students' self-efficacy and the utilization of standardized patients within an interprofessional experiential learning activity. The intervention contributed to improving self-efficacy in interprofessional competencies related to collaborative interaction and values.</p>","PeriodicalId":17179,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners","volume":" ","pages":"202-209"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41136647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Navigating the pathway to advanced practice: A grounded theory of nurse practitioner role transition in a fellowship.","authors":"Karen Hande, Heather Jackson","doi":"10.1097/JXX.0000000000001000","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JXX.0000000000001000","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Greater attention to the transitional period for advanced practice nurses has urged health care organizations and employers to implement fellowships. Currently, the theoretical process of nurse practitioner (NP) role transition from the essential perspectives of NP fellows does not exist.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this study was to construct a middle-range theory grounded in reality of an NP fellowship environment that explains how NPs transition to their new role.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>Following Charmaz's constructivist methodology, 11 NPs who transitioned to practice in a fellowship were interviewed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>\"Navigating the Pathway to Advanced Practice: A Grounded Theory of Nurse Practitioner Role Transition in a Fellowship\" emerged from the data and is composed of through five phases: (1) mapping a path, (2) stepping onto the trailhead, (3) navigating the trailway, (4) gaining traction, and (5) summiting.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The resulting middle-range theory is the first in the nursing literature that conceptualizes meaning about NP role transition in a fellowship. This process occurs in the contextual factor of a realm of support that includes growth, value, lifelong learning, and readiness. Throughout this process, NPs build competence and confidence that advances them to summit, or transition, to their NP role at the completion of an NP fellowship.</p><p><strong>Implications: </strong>This discovery will fill the research gap pertaining to best practice interventions in support of NPs during role transition in fellowships. Understanding how NPs transition to their new advanced practice roles may inform organizations on how to structure fellowships that support learning, encourage confidence, and enhance competence.</p>","PeriodicalId":17179,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners","volume":" ","pages":"221-232"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139697664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Primary palliative care in the ICU.","authors":"Bryan Boling","doi":"10.1097/jxx.0000000000001005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/jxx.0000000000001005","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the best efforts of modern health care and critical care providers, many patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) will still die each year. The need for palliative care services in the ICU is common. Although specialty palliative care services provide excellent care and are a tremendous resource, every critical care provider should be able to provide the basics of palliative care themselves through the model of primary palliative care. Although it may be uncomfortable for the critical care provider at first, providing palliative care to our ICU patients can be a very rewarding experience. In this article, I discuss best practices for handling difficult conversations with patients and their families, helping patients and families make difficult decisions regarding the goals of care, and managing symptoms at the end of life.","PeriodicalId":17179,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140602401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"US nurse practitioner voluntary turnover: Development of a framework for analysis.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/JXX.0000000000001016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JXX.0000000000001016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17179,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners","volume":"44 ","pages":"219-220"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140793702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A case study of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: Not always reversible with detrimental consequences.","authors":"Rebecca Green","doi":"10.1097/JXX.0000000000000971","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JXX.0000000000000971","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome, or PRES, is often an unrecognized sequela of uncontrolled hypertension that is associated with a significant risk of mortality. It is poorly understood and can lead to endothelial dysfunction with disturbance of the blood-brain barrier and subsequent brain edema. Headache, seizures, encephalopathy, and visual disturbances are among the most common symptoms associated with PRES. Testing and evaluation should be quickly initiated not only to solidify the diagnosis but also to rule out others such as infection or stroke. Prompt identification of the symptoms of PRES can potentially reverse long-term side effects such as life-long seizures or visual deficits.</p>","PeriodicalId":17179,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners","volume":" ","pages":"249-253"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71424568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jenilea K Thomas, Megan A Arnold, Kristen R Woodend, Mark J Riccioni, Brian J Rissmiller
{"title":"Establishing excellence: Implementation of an onboarding and continuing education curriculum for pediatric intensive care unit nurse practitioners and physician associates.","authors":"Jenilea K Thomas, Megan A Arnold, Kristen R Woodend, Mark J Riccioni, Brian J Rissmiller","doi":"10.1097/JXX.0000000000000965","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JXX.0000000000000965","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>This study describes a novel curriculum for onboarding and clinical education for nurse practitioners and physician associates (NPs and PAs) in the pediatric intensive care unit setting. The objective was to provide details on the initial orientation and continuing education program to ensure the attainment of knowledge and skills needed to care for critically ill patients safely and effectively. A needs assessment was completed, and a knowledge gap identified in five themes: (1) in-depth knowledge on common critical care diagnoses; (2) understanding of pathophysiology; (3) disease management processes; (4) critical thinking; and (5) procedure competency. Using Kern 6-step curriculum and the Kirkpatrick evaluation model, we designed a program for orientation and continuing education for critical care NPs and PAs. Transformative learning theory provided the framework for the program because the cyclical steps of disorienting dilemma, critical reflection, discourse, and action were used repeatedly to transform a new graduate to a competent critical care provider and then into an expert who is able to, in turn, teach others. A total of 31 NPs and 5 PAs completed the 12-week orientation phase. Participants reported that the orientation phase was valuable to their educational advancement and increased critical care knowledge. All participants showed improvement in knowledge, skills, and ability to provide competent patient care.</p>","PeriodicalId":17179,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners","volume":" ","pages":"233-240"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138445106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implementing an evidence-based guideline to decrease opioids after cardiac surgery.","authors":"Roberto Galao-Malo, Alison Davidson, Rita D'Aoust, Deborah Baker, Mackenzy Scott, Julie Swain","doi":"10.1097/JXX.0000000000000982","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JXX.0000000000000982","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Deaths related to overdoses continue growing in the United States. The overprescription of opioids after surgical procedures may contribute to this problem.</p><p><strong>Local problem: </strong>There is inconsistency in the prescription of opioids in cardiovascular surgery patients. Recommendations regarding the reduction of opioids at discharge are not fully implemented.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a single-center, pre-post quality improvement project in adult patients after elective cardiac surgery through sternotomy.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>Changes in guidelines, modification of order sets, creation of dashboards, and education to the providers to increase the prescription of acetaminophen around the clock on the step-down unit and at discharge, decrease the number of opioid tablets to 25 or less at discharge and decrease the prescription of opioids to 25 or less morphine milligram equivalents (MME) at discharge.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The preintervention group included 67 consecutive patients who underwent cardiac surgery from November to December 2021. The postintervention group had 67 patients during the same period in 2022. Acetaminophen prescription on the step-down unit increased from 9% to 96% ( p < .001). The proportion of patients discharged with 25 or less opioid tablets increased from 18% to 90% ( p < .001) and with 25 or less MME from 30% to 55% ( p < .01). Acetaminophen prescription at discharge increased from 10% to 48% ( p < .001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our intervention increased the use of acetaminophen and decreased the overprescription of opioids in cardiac surgery patients at discharge. Further research is necessary to continue improving pain management to reduce the number of opioids prescribed at discharge.</p>","PeriodicalId":17179,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners","volume":" ","pages":"241-248"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139485825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mentoring in the 21st century.","authors":"M. E. DeSimone","doi":"10.1097/JXX.0000000000001009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JXX.0000000000001009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17179,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners","volume":"371 ","pages":"197-198"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140756768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}