{"title":"The DAISY Award: Meaningful Recognition's Impact on Patients, Nurses, and Organizations.","authors":"Ellen Swartwout","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001448","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001448","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This review demonstrates the impact of The DAISY Award and how meaningful recognition (MR) through gratitude affects nurse engagement, healthy work environments (HWEs), and patient/families' (PFs) experiences. MR has mutual benefits for nurses and PFs, promoting therapeutic healing and resiliency. MR in HWEs can impact organizations' care quality, fiscal health and influence public perceptions. Nurse leaders should create an environment where MR is a core strategic imperative that impacts nurse, patient, and organizational outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":" ","pages":"404-408"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141629203","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}
Karen Stanzo, Marinetta DeMoss, Bria Hollingsworth, Sarah Schrah Sherrill, Maria Sarah Faye D Cruz, Allison Reynolds, Tina Jackson, James Nwawuihe
{"title":"Nurse Certification and Test Anxiety.","authors":"Karen Stanzo, Marinetta DeMoss, Bria Hollingsworth, Sarah Schrah Sherrill, Maria Sarah Faye D Cruz, Allison Reynolds, Tina Jackson, James Nwawuihe","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001451","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001451","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the relationship between scores on the Westside Test Anxiety Scale (WTAS) and nurse certification rates.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Nurse certification is associated with improved outcomes. Understanding intrinsic factors associated with low certification rates including test anxiety could help nurse leaders improve certification rates.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This descriptive, correlational study used a convenience sample of 577 RNs with at least 2 years of nursing experience. Participants completed a survey of their demographics and the 10-question WTAS.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Certified nurses were significantly older and had more years of experience. Noncertified nurses had significantly higher scores on the WTAS.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Facilities working to increase their nurse certification rates may consider adding test anxiety reduction interventions to other levels of support.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":"54 7-8","pages":"422-426"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141724940","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":"More Than a Game: Building a Workplace Culture of Positivity and Belonging Among Nurses.","authors":"Senem Guney, Kyle Robertson","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001434","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001434","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This performance improvement project introduced a mobile social gaming app for sharing positive feedback from patients and coworkers with nurses. After deployment, the app supported creating improvements as a supportive structure for engaging nurses in peer recognition to build a workplace culture of positivity and belonging. The authors discuss findings from the app's adoption and use among nurses and offer recommendations for leaders.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":" ","pages":"327-332"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11520333/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140923613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reducing the Innovation Knowledge Gap by Developing Innovativeness Across Academia and Practice for Healthcare Progress Scale.","authors":"M Lindell Joseph","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001419","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001419","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":"54 5","pages":"253-254"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140871196","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}
Sharmila Soares, Heather Ritchie, Jorge L Almodovar
{"title":"Managing Patient Dissatisfaction and Billing Reconsideration Requests in Outpatient Clinics.","authors":"Sharmila Soares, Heather Ritchie, Jorge L Almodovar","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001409","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001409","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nurse leaders in many settings are responsible for clinic operations. Knowing the medical and financial stakes of each patient encounter, it is not surprising to encounter patients requesting reconsideration of bills after services are provided. This article provides recommendations on how to successfully navigate billing reconsideration requests in outpatient settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":"54 4","pages":"198-200"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140177438","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}
Anne Schmidt, David Marshall, Rosanne Raso, Maureen Sintich, Nicholas Poch, M Lindell Joseph
{"title":"A Culture of Inquiry: Practice-Based Knowledge for Nurse Leaders.","authors":"Anne Schmidt, David Marshall, Rosanne Raso, Maureen Sintich, Nicholas Poch, M Lindell Joseph","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001416","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001416","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A culture of inquiry has not traditionally been associated with nursing leadership. As healthcare evolves, leaders must reevaluate barriers to improving healthcare outcomes. One noted barrier has been a need for more inquisitiveness to innovate. Through an American Organization for Nursing Leadership workgroup, the authors advanced the understanding of a \"culture of inquiry,\" applying a practice-based learning approach for knowledge development. Three recommended foundational elements are psychological safety, building connections, and using design thinking at all organizational levels.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":"54 4","pages":"240-246"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140177435","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}
Lisa Rowen, Karen McQuillan, Jennifer Day, Casey Embert
{"title":"Improving Retention Through a Purposeful Multidisciplinary Mentorship Program.","authors":"Lisa Rowen, Karen McQuillan, Jennifer Day, Casey Embert","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001413","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001413","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In response to high nurse turnover, a 12-hospital health system team created a sustainable, formalized, and interprofessional mentoring model to improve nurse retention. In the 1st year of the program, 506 mentor-mentee matches were made, and nearly 5000 hours of mentoring time were logged. Data revealed that turnover was significantly reduced in both the mentor and mentee groups compared with employees who were not in the program.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":" ","pages":"220-226"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140159432","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}
Carolyn Swinton, Veronica Deas, Karen Worthy, Carol Lambdin, Jeannette O Andrews
{"title":"A Healthcare-Academic Practice Partnership Program to Promote Student Nurse Readiness for Work.","authors":"Carolyn Swinton, Veronica Deas, Karen Worthy, Carol Lambdin, Jeannette O Andrews","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001411","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001411","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Highly skilled new graduate nurses must be better prepared to face the clinical and professional challenges in today's healthcare environment. Compounding these challenges are the growing resignations of clinical faculty and experienced clinical nurses. Innovative programs are needed to bridge the knowledge-practice gap with opportunities to create pipelines to aid the future nursing workforce. A multihospital health system partnered with a local college of nursing to develop a Nursing Student Pipeline Program, which allows nursing students to perform select nursing tasks as employees of the health system. Fifty-six students have been hired to participate in the pilot program. Of the students eligible for hire and who completed the program, 24 are current employees with the healthcare system. Students, preceptors, and managers report the benefits of this program, including that participating in the program supports increasing readiness for practice upon graduation.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":" ","pages":"208-212"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140159431","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}
Patricia A Hickey, Jean Anne Connor, Jon Whiting, Laura J Wood
{"title":"The Voice of Travel Nurses: Facilitating Effective Staffing During Pandemic and Expansion-Related Demands in a Children's Hospital.","authors":"Patricia A Hickey, Jean Anne Connor, Jon Whiting, Laura J Wood","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001412","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001412","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this study was to explore the experience and perceived value of travel nurses in a children's hospital.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Children's hospitals face unique challenges related to highly specialized care requirements and workforce expansion limitations. Travel nurses can augment nurse staffing capacity during times of intense demand and may offer insights as organizations seek to strengthen work environments.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Pediatric travel nurses currently contracted at the hospital were invited to participate in a focus group or interview. Content analysis was used to summarize information and identify themes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>From the 56 participants, 5 themes emerged. The themes were financial, flexibility, searching for healthy work environments, nursing care, and solutions.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Hearing the voices of travel nurses may offer valuable feedback to strengthen future professional practice environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":"54 4","pages":"213-219"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140177441","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}
Crystal A Grys, Kathleen M Turner, Amber K Drake, Melania K Flores
{"title":"Implementation of an Enculturation Toolkit for New Nurses During Unit Onboarding.","authors":"Crystal A Grys, Kathleen M Turner, Amber K Drake, Melania K Flores","doi":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001414","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNA.0000000000001414","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This quality improvement project targeted an enculturation gap among new nurses by assembling and piloting an Enculturation Toolkit.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Enculturation of new nurses contributes to engagement, performance, sense of belonging, and retention. During the COVID-19 pandemic, orientation was shortened, virtual, and asynchronous, creating a gap in enculturation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>New nurses and their preceptors were surveyed at baseline, 2 to 3 months, and 4 to 5 months to measure engagement and enculturation using the Meaning and Joy in Work Questionnaire (MJWQ) and questions about the history and values of the organization.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Initial MJWQ responses were high and sustained throughout the study period. Participants demonstrated increased knowledge of the organization's mission statement and logo. New nurses rated the toolkit activities favorably, with an average score of 4.6 out of 5.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>An Enculturation Toolkit was effective in improving knowledge about the organization and sustaining engagement and belonging.</p>","PeriodicalId":50108,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nursing Administration","volume":"54 4","pages":"227-234"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11723494/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140177437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}