NursingPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2025-07-21DOI: 10.1097/NSG.0000000000000228
Wendy Pritchett, Karen Kinsley
{"title":"Ageism within the nursing workforce and the role of nurse leaders.","authors":"Wendy Pritchett, Karen Kinsley","doi":"10.1097/NSG.0000000000000228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NSG.0000000000000228","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Ageism can negatively affect individuals' physical and mental well-being and lead to workers electing for early retirement. Generational differences among nurses impact the perception and effects of ageism within their workplace. The article discusses ageism and other manifestations of age-related discrimination among nurses, and explores strategies for nurse leaders to ensure the retention, support, and acknowledgment of older, experienced nurses.</p>","PeriodicalId":35641,"journal":{"name":"Nursing","volume":"55 8","pages":"37-39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144675996","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 : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2025-07-21DOI: 10.1097/NSG.0000000000000243
Francis X Holt
{"title":"Letters to the Editor.","authors":"Francis X Holt","doi":"10.1097/NSG.0000000000000243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NSG.0000000000000243","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35641,"journal":{"name":"Nursing","volume":"55 8","pages":"7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144676001","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 : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2025-07-21DOI: 10.1097/NSG.0000000000000230
{"title":"Online resources for National Immunization Awareness Month.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/NSG.0000000000000230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NSG.0000000000000230","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35641,"journal":{"name":"Nursing","volume":"55 8","pages":"63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144676005","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 : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2025-07-21DOI: 10.1097/NSG.0000000000000232
Ann Shastay, Shannon Bertagnoli
{"title":"Dangers of mixing up a demo with actual products.","authors":"Ann Shastay, Shannon Bertagnoli","doi":"10.1097/NSG.0000000000000232","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NSG.0000000000000232","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35641,"journal":{"name":"Nursing","volume":"55 8","pages":"62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144675998","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 : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2025-07-21DOI: 10.1097/NSG.0000000000000238
Mia Moreno, Maxine Adegbola, Donald E Stout, Lisa M Smith, Emerson B Nairon, Maria E Denbow, Daiwai M Olson
{"title":"The novelty effect impacts evaluation when implementing a new communication tool.","authors":"Mia Moreno, Maxine Adegbola, Donald E Stout, Lisa M Smith, Emerson B Nairon, Maria E Denbow, Daiwai M Olson","doi":"10.1097/NSG.0000000000000238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NSG.0000000000000238","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>With over 6,000 professional journals publishing content that includes new medications, devices, and care paradigms, keeping nursing staff updated has become increasingly difficult. During any given day, nurses have limited time to spend resolving information overload. This quality improvement project explored the acceptability and efficacy of implementing a new information dissemination method using social media constructs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The project team developed a new electronic push communication tool, the \"NKD ICU,\" which utilizes limited text and relies on hyperlinks to allow nurses to self-select the information they want to examine more closely. The outcome aligned with implementation research outcomes and used the acceptability of intervention measure (AIM) and feasibility of intervention measure (FIM).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The NKD ICU was distributed from August 2023 to February 2024. A total of 22 NKD ICUs were sent out, and 159 surveys were collected over a 4-month period. The results showed a spike in the AIM and FIM scores in weeks 7 and 8.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The NKD ICU can supplement nursing huddles and promote active change within the neuroscience intensive care unit through increased awareness. However, longitudinal data show a clear novelty effect associated with the intervention.</p>","PeriodicalId":35641,"journal":{"name":"Nursing","volume":"55 8","pages":"56-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144676008","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 : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2025-07-21DOI: 10.1097/NSG.0000000000000244
Melanie Chichester Samardza
{"title":"Under all that blood is Kylie's smile.","authors":"Melanie Chichester Samardza","doi":"10.1097/NSG.0000000000000244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NSG.0000000000000244","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35641,"journal":{"name":"Nursing","volume":"55 8","pages":"40-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144676009","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 : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2025-07-21DOI: 10.1097/NSG.0000000000000251
{"title":"Listeriosis: What should nurses know?","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/NSG.0000000000000251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NSG.0000000000000251","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35641,"journal":{"name":"Nursing","volume":"55 8","pages":"23-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144676003","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 : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2025-07-21DOI: 10.1097/NSG.0000000000000241
Kristen Foulk, Amanda Latina, Lindsay Sanderson
{"title":"A retrospective review of fall prevention practices: Evolving strategies and sustaining change.","authors":"Kristen Foulk, Amanda Latina, Lindsay Sanderson","doi":"10.1097/NSG.0000000000000241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NSG.0000000000000241","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Patient falls are a serious safety concern in any setting. This article discusses the evolution of fall prevention strategies for postoperative surgical patients in acute care over a span of 10 years. The authors outline the features of fall prevention that have remained relevant over time, including during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, for consideration of applicability in other settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":35641,"journal":{"name":"Nursing","volume":"55 8","pages":"43-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144675995","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}