{"title":"Examining Nursing Medical Malpractice Cases Related to Medications.","authors":"Julie Higden, Patricia Folcarelli, Adam Schaffer","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001502","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001502","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this study was to analyze medication-related nursing medical malpractice cases to gain insights regarding how malpractice risk can be reduced.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>The criminal prosecution and verdict of nurse RaDonda Vaught focused attention on the potential medicolegal risk for nurses related to medications.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Medication-related medical malpractice cases involving nurses were obtained from a national database. Various attributes of these cases were examined, including contributing factors, injury severity, and case outcomes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Authors identified 231 nursing medication-related medical malpractice cases closed from 2017 to 2021. The most frequent adverse events involved medication administration. Not following policies or protocols was the most common contributing factor. Opioids and epinephrine were the medications most frequently involved in the cases. Indemnity payments were made in 56.3% of the cases, with an average indemnity payment of $366 002.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Nursing medication-related medical malpractice cases are relatively uncommon, which may reassure nurses regarding medicolegal risk. Medications and contributing factors involved in the cases suggest patient safety interventions including education related to policies, procedures, and protocols.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":"54 11","pages":"631-637"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142548642","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":"Exploring Reasons for Satisfaction with Job Assignments Among Travel Nurses.","authors":"Sharon Owens, Barbara West, Heather Watson","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001501","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001501","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this study was to explore factors related to a travel nurse completing or extending an assignment or leaving before the end of an assignment.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Hospitals use various options for staffing shortages. One option is to contract with travel nurses. The recent increase in travel nurse utilization, coupled with the need to retain permanent staff and see a return on investment, requires an understanding of factors driving travel nurse decision-making.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This qualitative research used semistructured interviews and a survey with prepandemic-postpandemic participants that comprised travel nurses from 2 urban academic centers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three themes emerged from the interview data: flexibility, support, and conditions.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Travel nurses report they will stay in an assignment if they feel supported and have flexibility and if the location is desirable. Matching institutional needs with travel nurse experience and assignment expectations can create a mutually beneficial experience for the institution, agency, and the travel nurse.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":" ","pages":"625-630"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142407129","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}
Adam T Booth, Bridget F Dobson, Becky J Christian, Paul R Clark, Shuying Sha
{"title":"Institution-Wide Moral Distress Among Nurses.","authors":"Adam T Booth, Bridget F Dobson, Becky J Christian, Paul R Clark, Shuying Sha","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001497","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001497","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Moral distress is the inability to do the right thing due to imposed constraints.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>Explore the presence of moral distress among nurses.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A quantitative, exploratory, cross-sectional study at a level 1 trauma center using the Measure of Moral Distress for Healthcare Professionals (MMD-HP).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ninety-seven nurses completed the MMD-HP. The top 3 items contributing to moral distress included inadequate staffing, inadequate resources, and lack of administrative support. Nurses who considered leaving had more moral distress. Moral distress explained 28.5% of the variance associated with nurses' \"intent to leave\" and \"primary unit\" ( P < 0.001). Moral distress for nurses 40 to 49 years of age was higher compared with nurses 50 years or older.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Moral distress involved deficiencies in staffing, resources, and administrative support. Research should explore interventions to mitigate moral distress among nurses by promoting safe staffing levels, the provision of adequate resources, and increased administrative support.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":" ","pages":"597-604"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142407130","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}
Claire Bethel, Caitlin McIntosh, Jessica G Rainbow
{"title":"Breaking the Cycle of Nurse Manager Presenteeism: A Convergent Mixed-Methods Study.","authors":"Claire Bethel, Caitlin McIntosh, Jessica G Rainbow","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001486","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NNA.0000000000001486","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim was to describe the factors leading to, and explore the coping strategies and the consequences of, nurse manager presenteeism.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Presenteeism, or presence at work while not fully performing, is prevalent among direct-care nurses, yet no studies have explored nurse manager presenteeism.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study used a convergent mixed-methods design with 1:1 interviews, a demographic questionnaire, mental/physical health and work situation questions, and the Job Stress-Related Presenteeism Scale (JSPS). Participants included 14 nurse managers from 3 hospitals in Central Pennsylvania.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Quantitative results reveal participants' physical and mental health, results of the JSPS, and inferences between presenteeism and health/demographic items. The overarching qualitative theme was the cyclic nature of presenteeism. Work demands and other contributing factors, like illness and personal factors, contribute to presenteeism, which leads to adverse consequences. The consequences lead to more work demands and can lead the nurse manager to consider leaving a job or the profession. The cycle can be broken by protective factors, coping mechanisms, and support. Mixed-methods results revealed convergence among the quantitative and qualitative results.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Executive leaders must help nurse managers break the cycle of nurse manager presenteeism. Nurse managers need fewer work demands and more support to improve their performance at work.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":"54 10","pages":"536-543"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142803244","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":"Celebrating Frontline Leadership in Nursing: A Testament to Compassion and Innovation.","authors":"Deborah Zimmermann","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NNA.0000000000001483","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Frontline nursing leaders who foster compassionate and innovative healthcare settings improve nurse engagement, patient outcomes, and workplace culture. These leaders play a crucial role in advancing healthcare by highlighting the need to recognize and support these essential professionals.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":"54 10","pages":"519-520"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142803245","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}
Cynthia Thornton Bacon, Thomas P McCoy, Marjorie Jenkins, JoAnna Gontarz, Amita Mittal
{"title":"Developing a Nursing Workload Intensity Staffing Model: Evaluating the Perceptions of Nurses and the Effect on Nursing-Sensitive Indicators.","authors":"Cynthia Thornton Bacon, Thomas P McCoy, Marjorie Jenkins, JoAnna Gontarz, Amita Mittal","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NNA.0000000000001490","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To explore a workload intensity staffing (WIS) model's effect on nurse and patient outcomes.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Little is known about the relationship between WIS and nurse and patient outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A point-based workload intensity tool was developed and implemented to determine the level of care for adult inpatients. Before and after implementation, nurses provided feedback on staffing practices. Rates for catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), and patient fall rates were collected.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Nurses indicated that patients were equally distributed among nurses (pre-score mean [M] = 3.7 vs post M = 3.6, P = 0.609) and that patient work intensity was incorporated into patient assignments (pre M = 3.4 vs post M = 3.5, P = 0.717). A significant negative trend was revealed for patient falls per 1000 patient-days (b = -0.063, P = 0.010) with fewer falls post-WIS implementation and a significant decrease in falls with injury (b = -0.085, P = 0.002). There was no significant difference in CAUTI and CLABSI rates for pre- versus post-WIS and WIS implementation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although these initial results are promising, more research is needed on WIS and nurse and patient outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":"54 10","pages":"568-573"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142803246","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":"AONL Foundation-Funded Studies Offer Insights on Resilience, Recognition, and Chief Nurse Executive Turnover.","authors":"Danielle M Ward","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NNA.0000000000001482","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Since the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) Foundation for Nursing Leadership Research and Education began awarding grants for nursing leadership research in 2003, more than $500,000 has funded research supporting nurse leaders of all levels. This column discusses several studies that leaders of all levels, but most especially the senior leaders, chief nurse executives, and others, may find useful. Publications from these studies are ongoing, and readers will be able to access links to published articles on the AONL Foundation's website.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":"54 10","pages":"517-518"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142803243","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":"Using the Magnet® Framework to Support a Culture of Excellence.","authors":"M Maureen Lal","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001481","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NNA.0000000000001481","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The American Nurses Credentialing Center's Magnet Recognition Program® is the premier international acknowledgment of nursing excellence in healthcare organizations today. More than 35 years of research continues to support a host of benefits from improved nurse engagement to better patient outcomes. Despite this elite track record, however, myths persist about what is required to earn the coveted credential. In this month's Magnet®Perspectives, we tackle some of the biggest misconceptions out there and explore how organizations can use the Magnet framework as a guide and support to create a culture of excellence in 3 key areas: staffing models, education and certification, and engagement.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":"54 10","pages":"515-516"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142803250","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}
Susan Bedwell, Myka Oberlechner, Ulana Pogribna, Kris Sekar
{"title":"Using the Expertise of a Clinical Nurse Specialist to Lead a Neonatal Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Team to Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Reduction and Cost-Efficiency Through Quality Improvement.","authors":"Susan Bedwell, Myka Oberlechner, Ulana Pogribna, Kris Sekar","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001491","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NNA.0000000000001491","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This quality improvement project aimed to reduce central line bacteremias (central line-associated bloodstream infections [CLABSIs]) in a neonatal ICU (NICU) to a CLABSI rate of zero using a clinical nurse specialist (CNS)-led neonatal peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) team.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>The NICU at the study site was experiencing more than twice the National Healthcare Safety Network average CLABSI rate at 2.2 per 1000 line-days with an estimated cost of $2 072 806 to the organization.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In early 2009, the CNS guided the unit from on-demand PICC placement to a dedicated team of PICC certified nurses who assumed total care of PICC line insertion and maintenance. The project used a continual, rapid cycle quality improvement model to incorporate the current evidence-based practices.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The CNS-led PICC team has maintained a zero CLABSI rate for 9 years with only 1 CLABSI since June 2022.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The adoption of a CNS-led PICC team was instrumental in achieving a zero CLABSI rate over a prolonged period.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":"54 10","pages":"574-579"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142803249","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}