Nicolette Fiore-Lopez, Rosanne Raso, Stuart Downs, Joachim Voss, Sara Kollman, Angela Clark, Benjamin Farber, Joshua Gerlick, Brian Schneider, Natalie Jones, Lisa Kidin, Joyce Fitzpatrick
{"title":"A National Study of Travel and Nontravel Nurses' Perceptions of the Work Environment.","authors":"Nicolette Fiore-Lopez, Rosanne Raso, Stuart Downs, Joachim Voss, Sara Kollman, Angela Clark, Benjamin Farber, Joshua Gerlick, Brian Schneider, Natalie Jones, Lisa Kidin, Joyce Fitzpatrick","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001582","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001582","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine differences between travel (TNs') and nontravel nurses' (non-TNs') perceptions of their work environment and ethical work climate.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>In the wake of the global pandemic, TNs continue to be a part of the healthcare workforce, yet little is known about them or their workplace perceptions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted in spring 2024 with 2201 RNs comparing TNs (n = 615) and non-TNs (n = 1586) from 7 US healthcare organizations. Perceptions of the health and ethicality of the work environment were measured.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Researchers found no meaningful differences between groups in the overall perceptions of the work environment. The mean responses indicated that a healthy work environment was not present for either group. Moderate positive correlations were noted between ethical work climate questions and healthy work environment standards.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings supplement the limited literature on the work experience of TNs. Future research is needed on TNs to further understand their perceptions of the work environment and ethical work climate particularly in contrast to non-TNs to inform nurse leader practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":" ","pages":"316-322"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144081619","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}
Suzanne Knight, Leah Shever-Doletzky, Paul Edick, Nancy May
{"title":"Using Virtual Reality to Improve Nurses Response to Stressful Situations in the Clinical Environment.","authors":"Suzanne Knight, Leah Shever-Doletzky, Paul Edick, Nancy May","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001589","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001589","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study examines the use of an immersive virtual reality (VR) experience to reduce burnout by building nurses' confidence and skill to deal with stressful situations at work.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Stress and burnout are linked to higher turnover and nurses leaving the profession. During the study, nurses engaged in a stressful workplace scenario, learned about mindfulness, and practiced relaxation using a VR headset.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A prospective, quantitative, intervention design measured perceived knowledge, confidence, and stress levels and system usability. Wilcoxon signed-rank test and descriptive frequencies were used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 85 nurse participants, there was a significant difference between the preactivity and postactivity confidence, perceived knowledge about managing stress at work, and their stress levels. Findings demonstrated an acceptable usability level.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study demonstrates a significant impact from VR technology on nurse wellness. VR is an efficient/effective activity to implement and is easily replicated across healthcare settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":" ","pages":"366-371"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144081569","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}
Faye Ari Inumerables, Jennifer Emilie Mannino, Lisa A Lumley, Kenya Williams, Pam Watters, Fadjana Joseph, Kimberly Campbell-Taylor, Jennifer Hahl, Kathy Leistner, Mary Stevenson
{"title":"Social Capital in the Workplace for New Graduate Nurses: Maximizing Recruitment and Retention.","authors":"Faye Ari Inumerables, Jennifer Emilie Mannino, Lisa A Lumley, Kenya Williams, Pam Watters, Fadjana Joseph, Kimberly Campbell-Taylor, Jennifer Hahl, Kathy Leistner, Mary Stevenson","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001584","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001584","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To examine new graduate nurses' (NGNs') 1st job experiences through the lens of social capital.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Understanding NGN experiences and how those experiences impact their decision to accept a position and stay is essential to recruitment and retention amid critical nursing shortages.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Quantitative secondary analysis was conducted using the membership survey data of the National Student Nurses' Association.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>New nurses who reported higher levels of social capital and a healthier, happier work environment were more likely to plan to stay in their current positions longer. Key factors influencing their decision to accept a position included opportunities for professional development, supportive management, and work-life balance.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Understanding the social capital approach to recruitment and retention can aid hospital and healthcare system administrators in developing new strategies to attract and retain nurse.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":" ","pages":"329-334"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144081622","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":"Strengthening Nursing Research Communication: Implementing R-SBAR in Magnet® Hospitals.","authors":"Wendy Tuzik Micek, Rachelle J Lancaster, Jeanne Hlebichuk, Jessica Panice, Katherine Bulthuis","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001571","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NNA.0000000000001571","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The SBAR (situation, background, assessment, recommendation) tool is effective for clear communication in healthcare settings. This article discusses adapting SBAR for research dissemination in Magnet® hospitals. A pilot at 2 Magnet™ sites evaluated the Research SBAR's effectiveness, with the majority of nurses agreeing on its utility as a research communication tool.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":"55 5","pages":"E24-E26"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144052064","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}
Katie A Chargualaf, Brenda Elliott, Barbara Patterson
{"title":"Building a Bench of Future Leaders: Lessons From Military Nurse Officers.","authors":"Katie A Chargualaf, Brenda Elliott, Barbara Patterson","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NNA.0000000000001578","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To describe strategies military veteran nurse leaders use to mentor, develop, and prepare future leaders in healthcare settings.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Effective leadership is essential because it influences patients, the healthcare team and organization, and the profession. Although the military dedicates considerable resources to ongoing leadership development of military nurse officers (MNOs), civilian nurses often feel less prepared for leadership positions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This article is a secondary analysis of data from a descriptive, qualitative study that explored how 21 former MNOs transferred leadership skills from military service to advance leadership development of others within civilian organizations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Building a bench of future nurse leaders depends on the ability of leaders to articulate a clear vision, capitalize on talent, and lead from the foxhole.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Civilian nurses and nurse leaders can learn from the leadership experiences of MNOs to support purposeful leadership development and succession planning efforts.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":"55 5","pages":"300-305"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144050748","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}
Kari A Mastro, Susan H Weaver, Mildred Ortu Kowalski, Marilyn Mapp, Tracy R Vitale, Judith T Caruso, Nicholas A Giordano
{"title":"Nurses Perception of the Health of the Work Environment in Hospitals With Nursing Workplace Environment and Staffing Councils: A Statewide Study.","authors":"Kari A Mastro, Susan H Weaver, Mildred Ortu Kowalski, Marilyn Mapp, Tracy R Vitale, Judith T Caruso, Nicholas A Giordano","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001576","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NNA.0000000000001576","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this study was to examine the differences in nurse-reported health of their work environment, job enjoyment, and intent to leave among those employed at New Jersey hospitals with Nursing Workplace Environment and Staffing Councils (NWESC).</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>As an alternative to staffing ratio legislation, NWESC provides clinical nurses a structured venue to influence human resource allocation decisions and improve the health of the work environment.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A descriptive cross-sectional statewide study was conducted.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Nurses at NWESC hospitals reported healthier work environments compared with nurses at hospitals without NWESC when controlling for Magnet® designation, job role, and degree (β = 0.16, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.01, 0.23, P = 0.039). Magnet® hospitals with NWESC have the healthiest work environments (β = 0.12, 95% CI = 0.01-0.31, P = 0.031).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Findings from this state-wide study demonstrate that nurses working at hospitals with NWESC have significantly healthier work environments with nurses practicing at Magnet hospitals, with NWESC having the healthiest work environments. The additive effect of NWESC on the health of the work environment highlights the importance that NWESC provides as the foundational infrastructure and a viable alternative to staffing ratio legislation.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":"55 5","pages":"281-292"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144006265","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":"Stepping Up to the Plate: Nurse Executives Can Increase the Rate of Translating Nursing Research Into Practice.","authors":"Karen Drenkard","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001570","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NNA.0000000000001570","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The contributions that nurse researchers are making to improve clinical practice, the nurse practice environment, and patient experience are remarkable in scope and impact. Yet, nursing research findings translated to practice continue to lag. Nursing as a profession, and nurse leaders, have an opportunity to increase the speed with which nursing research findings are consistently and reliably translated and implemented. This column shares some strategies for increasing the rate of adoption of nurse research findings into practice. Implications for nurse executives provide some considerations that can be reviewed to ensure that the strategies are in place.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":"55 5","pages":"249-251"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144058388","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}
Sara L Hubbell, Susan E Young, Stephanie R Duea, Christopher R Prentice
{"title":"Resilience, Moral Injury, and Burnout Among RNs: A Time-Series Analysis.","authors":"Sara L Hubbell, Susan E Young, Stephanie R Duea, Christopher R Prentice","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001573","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NNA.0000000000001573","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This quantitative, time-series study assessed burnout, moral injury, and resilience among RNs in North Carolina.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>The pandemic exacerbated existing complex challenges to the nursing workforce. This study explored the impact on mental health and well-being of nurses by evaluating how levels of burnout, moral injury, and resilience changed over an 18-month timeframe.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Survey data were collected at 3 points over an 18-month period, using 3 validated tools: Professional Quality of Life Measure, Moral Injury Symptom Scale for Health Professionals, and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Burnout and moral injury levels increased, whereas resilience and compassion satisfaction decreased over the 1st 6 months of the study, with no significant improvement over the next 12 months.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Prolonged effects of the pandemic on the nursing workforce indicate the need for comprehensive programs at individual, organizational, and system levels to positively transform workplace culture, environment, and structures that impact nurses' mental health and well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":"55 5","pages":"259-266"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143993936","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":"Reimagining the State of Nursing Leadership Science in Canada.","authors":"Sonia Udod, Judith Shamian, Greta G Cummings","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001569","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NNA.0000000000001569","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This department column outlines the challenges in the current turbulent Canadian healthcare system and the state of nursing leadership science. The authors tackle strategies for the nursing shortage, highlighting the need for a collective leadership approach, and new ways of working that value nurses in addressing a critical nursing shortage.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":"55 5","pages":"247-248"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144058386","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":"Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Inquiry and Research.","authors":"M Maureen Lal","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001568","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NNA.0000000000001568","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Today's nursing leaders have complex roles. One of the expectations of the nurse executive is to create a workplace culture supporting nurses and exemplary nursing practice. In Magnet® environments, creating this kind of culture is not enough. Nurse executives in Magnet-designated organizations must create and sustain cultures supporting inquiry and research. This column reviews some key actions that nurse executives can undertake to make a culture of inquiry and research a reality.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":"55 5","pages":"245-246"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144006283","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}