NursingPub Date : 2026-10-01Epub Date: 2026-09-21DOI: 10.1097/NSG.0000000000000406
Rachael Marie King
{"title":"Achalasia: A nursing perspective.","authors":"Rachael Marie King","doi":"10.1097/NSG.0000000000000406","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NSG.0000000000000406","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Achalasia is an esophageal motility disorder that affects a patient's ability to move food down the esophagus and through the lower esophageal sphincter. If left untreated, achalasia can significantly impact an individual's quality of life. Nurses play a crucial role in the management of patients with achalasia; this article highlights nursing responsibilities for this patient population. The article provides a brief description of achalasia, diagnostic methods, complications, and details of nursing management before, during, and after testing and treatment. It also includes original nursing assessment and patient education tools that can be used to guide nurses throughout the patient experience in the clinical setting.</p>","PeriodicalId":35641,"journal":{"name":"Nursing","volume":"56 10","pages":"24-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149012860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NursingPub Date : 2026-10-01Epub Date: 2026-09-21DOI: 10.1097/NSG.0000000000000411
Michelle Dang
{"title":"Removal of boxed warning for menopausal hormone therapy: What nurses need to know.","authors":"Michelle Dang","doi":"10.1097/NSG.0000000000000411","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NSG.0000000000000411","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>In November 2025, the Food and Drug Administration removed the boxed warning from menopausal hormone therapy products, marking a significant shift in how clinicians and patients understand the risk-benefit profile of these widely used medications. This change reflects 20 years of evolving evidence since the Women's Health Initiative study and has important implications for nursing practice. This article reviews the evidence behind this regulatory change, clarifies current indications and contraindications for hormone therapy, and provides practical guidance for nurses counseling patients about menopause management options.</p>","PeriodicalId":35641,"journal":{"name":"Nursing","volume":"56 10","pages":"34-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149013047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NursingPub Date : 2026-10-01Epub Date: 2026-09-21DOI: 10.1097/NSG.0000000000000485
Linda Laskowski-Jones
{"title":"The nurse as translator: Guiding the stranger through a strange land.","authors":"Linda Laskowski-Jones","doi":"10.1097/NSG.0000000000000485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NSG.0000000000000485","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35641,"journal":{"name":"Nursing","volume":"56 10","pages":"6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149013013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NursingPub Date : 2026-10-01Epub Date: 2026-09-21DOI: 10.1097/NSG.0000000000000449
Linda S Smith
{"title":"Promoting human dignity through ethical nursing care.","authors":"Linda S Smith","doi":"10.1097/NSG.0000000000000449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NSG.0000000000000449","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35641,"journal":{"name":"Nursing","volume":"56 10","pages":"7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149012969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NursingPub Date : 2026-10-01Epub Date: 2026-09-21DOI: 10.1097/NSG.0000000000000466
{"title":"Q&A with Donna Felber Neff, PhD, RN, FNAP.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/NSG.0000000000000466","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NSG.0000000000000466","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35641,"journal":{"name":"Nursing","volume":"56 10","pages":"45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149012960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NursingPub Date : 2026-10-01Epub Date: 2026-09-21DOI: 10.1097/NSG.0000000000000441
{"title":"October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/NSG.0000000000000441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NSG.0000000000000441","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35641,"journal":{"name":"Nursing","volume":"56 10","pages":"13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149012983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NursingPub Date : 2026-10-01Epub Date: 2026-09-21DOI: 10.1097/NSG.0000000000000456
Monica S Vasquez, William L Hull
{"title":"Bridging the gap: Using collaborative approaches in clinical simulation for family nurse practitioner students.","authors":"Monica S Vasquez, William L Hull","doi":"10.1097/NSG.0000000000000456","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NSG.0000000000000456","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties has identified communication, psychomotor skills, and cognitive decision-making as core competencies for all nurse practitioners. Faculty leaders of the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Program at the University of Texas at El Paso were tasked with developing innovative assignments to help FNP students meet core competencies. This article discusses the challenges and successes of creating and implementing best-practice simulation events for FNP students to help students practice these core competencies, utilizing standardized patients, and maintaining the psychological safety of all participants. Findings from each event are utilized to help improve or refine future events.</p>","PeriodicalId":35641,"journal":{"name":"Nursing","volume":"56 10","pages":"54-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149013004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NursingPub Date : 2026-10-01Epub Date: 2026-09-21DOI: 10.1097/NSG.0000000000000457
Lisa Kelly
{"title":"I did not understand nursing until I left it.","authors":"Lisa Kelly","doi":"10.1097/NSG.0000000000000457","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NSG.0000000000000457","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35641,"journal":{"name":"Nursing","volume":"56 10","pages":"32-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149013026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NursingPub Date : 2026-10-01Epub Date: 2026-09-21DOI: 10.1097/NSG.0000000000000463
Wendy Kaplan Winer, Heather C Guidone
{"title":"Beyond pain management: Nurses' role in comprehensive endometriosis care.","authors":"Wendy Kaplan Winer, Heather C Guidone","doi":"10.1097/NSG.0000000000000463","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NSG.0000000000000463","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Far more complex than merely a single system disorder, endometriosis requires a nuanced, patient-centered approach grounded in multidisciplinary care. Nurses play a vital role in this framework, working collaboratively with gynecologists, pain specialists, surgeons, mental health practitioners, and others in both operating room and clinic settings. Nurses' broad presence across the care spectrum uniquely positions them to address both physical and psychosocial challenges associated with endometriosis, contributing significantly to improved patient-centered outcomes. This article discusses nurses' roles as direct care clinicians, treatment coordinators, educators, and advocates, thereby helping to ensure that patients' values, preferences, and lived experiences inform all aspects of care planning and decision-making.</p>","PeriodicalId":35641,"journal":{"name":"Nursing","volume":"56 10","pages":"14-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149012880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}