Creative NursingPub Date : 2024-12-20DOI: 10.1177/10784535241306773
Ahtisham Younas, Shahzad Inayat
{"title":"Choosing an Analytical Approach in Case Study Research.","authors":"Ahtisham Younas, Shahzad Inayat","doi":"10.1177/10784535241306773","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10784535241306773","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Case study methodology is useful for generating a holistic understanding of a complex and context-bound case or phenomenon. This editorial is the first in a series titled \"Focus on Qualitative Data Analysis.\" It aims to help researchers choose appropriate methods for conducting rigorous qualitative analyses across varied approaches. Future articles will address qualitative description, phenomenology, grounded theory, and narrative inquiry.</p>","PeriodicalId":54104,"journal":{"name":"Creative Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"10784535241306773"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142866452","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}
Creative NursingPub Date : 2024-12-16DOI: 10.1177/10784535241303496
Madison L Broadbent, Kimberley T Jackson, Tara Mantler
{"title":"The Exploration of Art Creation Among Mothers from Ontario, Canada, with Histories of Gender-Based Violence Using an Interpretive Description Approach.","authors":"Madison L Broadbent, Kimberley T Jackson, Tara Mantler","doi":"10.1177/10784535241303496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10784535241303496","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gender-based violence (GBV) is a human rights violation and an issue of gender inequality, with 35% of women globally experiencing GBV. Mothers who experience GBV are a unique population, with vast implications on their health. Artmaking can reduce these health effects due to the self-expression, emotional healing, empowerment, and social change which often occur. The purpose of this study was to understand the process of independently creating a visual art form for mothers in Ontario, Canada, with histories of GBV, as a reflection of their experience of GBV. An arts-based interpretive descriptive study informed by intersectionality was conducted with 13 mothers from Ontario with histories of GBV utilizing semistructured interviews. Two themes emerged: (1) creative processes and (2) storytelling experiences of GBV through art. The findings from this study highlight the process of art creation among mothers from Ontario who have experienced GBV. However, further exploration surrounding artmaking among mothers with histories of GBV in Canada is warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":54104,"journal":{"name":"Creative Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"10784535241303496"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142830499","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}
Creative NursingPub Date : 2024-12-05DOI: 10.1177/10784535241301115
Samar Thabet Jallad
{"title":"Effectiveness of Simulation-Based Education on Educational Practices of Communication Skills, Satisfaction, and Self-Confidence Among Undergraduate Nursing Students.","authors":"Samar Thabet Jallad","doi":"10.1177/10784535241301115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10784535241301115","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Introduction:</b> Simulation-based education is one of the important teaching and learning strategies that imitate real situations in a clinical environment of safety. Simulation-based education offers experiential, interactive, and collaborative learning opportunities, and hence can help improve students' communication skills and increase their satisfaction and self-confidence. <b>Purpose:</b> This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of simulation-based learning on the educational practice of communication skills, satisfaction, and self-confidence among undergraduate nursing students. <b>Methods:</b> An uncontrolled before-and-after study design among first-year nurse students (<i>n</i> = 112) used the Educational Practices Questionnaire and the Student Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning instruments for data collection. <b>Results:</b> In total, 91.1% of participants reported high satisfaction with simulation-based education experiences. Mean scores for communication skills, student satisfaction, and self-confidence were higher on posttest. There was a suggestive correlation between simulation-based education and the practices of communication skills, satisfaction, and self-confidence. <b>Conclusion:</b> Simulation-based education is associated with improved communication, student satisfaction, confidence, and critical thinking among nursing students. This study is important for institutions because it demonstrates that simulation-based education enhances a safer and more effective learning environment to meet the demands of future health-care professionals by increasing their satisfaction and self-confidence and improving communication skills through increased collaboration in several real-life scenarios.</p>","PeriodicalId":54104,"journal":{"name":"Creative Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"10784535241301115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142787808","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}
Creative NursingPub Date : 2024-11-18DOI: 10.1177/10784535241298275
Yvonne J Kuipers, Yvonne Greig, Gail Norris
{"title":"Human Communication Elements of the Continuity of Midwife Carer Newsletter: A Descriptive Case Report.","authors":"Yvonne J Kuipers, Yvonne Greig, Gail Norris","doi":"10.1177/10784535241298275","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10784535241298275","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> The Continuity of Midwife Care (CMC) model is an evidence-based care model that positively influences the health and well-being of women, their families, and midwives. Although effective communication strategies have not been determined, online resources are known to reach a wider audience and make CMC research more visible. The <i>All-you-need-to-know-about-continuity-of-carer</i> newsletter, distributed by the authors, is a strategy to communicate valuable and credible CMC content from knowledge producers to users. <b>Purpose:</b> To explore the newsletter's functional elements and the connection between it as a communication strategy and the individuals interacting with it and to present a case demonstration of a newsletter example. <b>Methods:</b> A descriptive case report with a theory-driven approach using 10 elements of human communication theories. <b>Conclusions:</b> The following elements of human communication contribute to understanding the functioning of the newsletter: Grounded Theoretical Theory, the Practical-Action Theory and goal-oriented communication (communication theory), the Syntactic Theory of Visual Communication and the rhetorical tradition of communication (tradition of communication), Elaboration Likelihood and the socio-cultural model of communication (communicator), implied compliance-gaining, parole, semiosis, narrative paradigm and rhetoric logic (message), social organisation communication, co-cultural communication and invitational rhetoric (conversation), the orientation and exploratory affective exchange stages of social exchange (relationship), Structuration Theory (group), the Theory of Bureaucracy (organisation), the Cultivation Theory (media), and the Diffusion of Innovation and Ethnography of Communication (culture and society). <b>Implications</b>: The newsletter succeeds in managing CMC information and reaching an interested audience. Further evaluation is required to explore if or how the newsletter affects information use.</p>","PeriodicalId":54104,"journal":{"name":"Creative Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"10784535241298275"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142669642","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}
Creative NursingPub Date : 2024-11-14DOI: 10.1177/10784535241295791
Lishin Moothery Joshy, Anjali A
{"title":"Unlocking Job Involvement: Helping New Employees Navigate using Uncertainty Reduction Theory with Psychological Safety as a Mediator.","authors":"Lishin Moothery Joshy, Anjali A","doi":"10.1177/10784535241295791","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10784535241295791","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Organizational socialization (OS) is a critical process that all employees go through. In addition to the job characteristics, the efficiency and effectiveness of the OS process impact the individual's ability to adjust and be involved in the job. This study proposes and tests a new model in which psychological safety mediated the effects of OS and job characteristics on the job involvement of 313 newly recruited health-care professionals' working in 10 private hospitals in South India. Researchers used Uncertainty Reduction Theory to explain the relationship between the variables under study. The results indicate that newcomers' job involvement is predicted positively by OS and job characteristics, and that psychological safety mediates these relationships. These findings as well as their implications in the health-care professional arena are discussed within the Eastern cultural contexts of organizational behavior research.</p>","PeriodicalId":54104,"journal":{"name":"Creative Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"10784535241295791"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142632290","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}
Creative NursingPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1177/10784535241267877
Adam Raymond Pike, Brianna Barrett, Nicole Lewis-Power
{"title":"Empowerment-based Teddy Bear Clinic for Pre-school Children: A Student-led Educational Project.","authors":"Adam Raymond Pike, Brianna Barrett, Nicole Lewis-Power","doi":"10.1177/10784535241267877","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10784535241267877","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nurses are at the forefront of providing health education for the general public and are leaders in developing health education programs for all ages. Research has shown that the pediatric population often experience anxiety surrounding common medical procedures. However, evidence-based health education has been shown to enhance self-management, increase knowledge, and decrease anxiety in the pediatric population. One such successful evidence-based health education approach designed for the pediatric population is the Teddy Bear Clinic. The purpose of this article is to report on the efficacy of a nursing student-led Teddy Bear Clinic designed to increase the awareness of common medical equipment and procedures in the pre-school pediatric population. This quality improvement project used a program evaluation design to assess the children's knowledge of common medical procedures and equipment. Participants were a convenience sample of 16 children aged 3-5 years old, attending one daycare center in a large city in Atlantic Canada. Findings showed that after participation in the clinic, the pre-schoolers reported a high level of knowledge of common medical equipment and procedures. This project shows that a Teddy Bear Clinic run by senior nursing students can promote community partnerships and enhance health knowledge in pre-school children.</p>","PeriodicalId":54104,"journal":{"name":"Creative Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"336-340"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141876716","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}
Creative NursingPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-12-04DOI: 10.1177/10784535241296824
Brigit M Carter, Rolanda Johnson, Vivienne Pierce McDaniel, Shielda Glover Rodgers, Christine Downing, Kendra M Barrier
{"title":"The Progression of Inclusive Language that Enhances Belonging.","authors":"Brigit M Carter, Rolanda Johnson, Vivienne Pierce McDaniel, Shielda Glover Rodgers, Christine Downing, Kendra M Barrier","doi":"10.1177/10784535241296824","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10784535241296824","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Inclusive language has become a theoretical approach in attempts to ensure that language is not only clear but void of cultural nuances. Depending on the source or the discipline, the definition may vary, but the essence is similar. Inclusive language demonstrates a sense of respect and value for all people while simultaneously acknowledging the diverse culture in which we abide. Incorporating inclusive language should be a deliberate effort to avoid words and phrases that are synonymous with stereotypes and biases about any individual or group. Attention to inclusive language demonstrates that one is sensitive to and respectful of individual differences. Words send intentional or unintentional messages, either of which may have a powerful impact. Thus, it is paramount that the language we use is void of words or expressions that further exclude or denigrate individuals or groups of people based on their defining characteristics.</p>","PeriodicalId":54104,"journal":{"name":"Creative Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"308-319"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142781214","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}
Creative NursingPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-05-02DOI: 10.1177/10784535241248065
Ezgi Dіrgar, Nermin Olgun
{"title":"Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Training on Ergonomic Risks of Measuring Blood Pressure.","authors":"Ezgi Dіrgar, Nermin Olgun","doi":"10.1177/10784535241248065","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10784535241248065","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) occur as a result of long-term exposure to inappropriate working postures and repetitive use of body postures, leading to harmful consequences for patients, employees, and employers. Evaluating distinct working postures can contribute to effective interventions. <b>Purpose:</b> The aim of this study was to determine ergonomic risks of MSDs during repeated blood pressure measurement processes and to evaluate the effectiveness of a training on this topic. <b>Methods:</b> A pretest/posttest quasi-experimental design studied 64 nurses in a training and research hospital in Turkey. Participants were evaluated for the prevalence and risk of MSDs using the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire Extended Version and the Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) Checklist, and by photographing them performing the procedure. Nurses with high risk for MSDs received an ergonomics training program and were followed up twice in 3 months. <b>Results:</b> Reduction in prevalence of MSDs in neck, shoulder, and hip/thigh areas, and in mean REBA scores after the training were statistically significant. <b>Conclusion:</b> Nurses should be trained about correct posture for specific high-risk activities that may cause MSDs, and offered exercise programs that support the musculoskeletal system.</p>","PeriodicalId":54104,"journal":{"name":"Creative Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"324-331"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140867361","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}
Creative NursingPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-09-11DOI: 10.1177/10784535241282699
Ashley Rivera
{"title":"<i>System Innovation: A Holistic Approach to Disrupting With Love and Human Caring</i>, by Julie Kennedy Oehlert and Kathleen Sitzman.","authors":"Ashley Rivera","doi":"10.1177/10784535241282699","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10784535241282699","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The bright vision presented by this book provides an invigorating push to bring out the inner anarchist hidden in even the most complacent of health professionals. This book renews the ongoing discussion of how theory-driven change can be used to ground and promote the integration of love and human caring into system innovation. Each chapter of this book provides concrete and realistic application strategies to front-line practice and gives intensive guidance on how to linguistically and intellectually challenge the barriers within an organization that can undermine a vision of holistic caring. For leaders of teams, this book provides invaluable tools to build a culture of caring and maintain a team that perceives caring from both leadership and the organization as a whole. For team members, this book is a reminder that an expectation of workplace culture that is positive, supportive, and fosters growth is not out of reach; it simply has yet to be implemented within their system.</p>","PeriodicalId":54104,"journal":{"name":"Creative Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"341-343"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142300781","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}
Creative NursingPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-11-21DOI: 10.1177/10784535241296159
Julie Kennedy Oehlert, Greeshma Sheri, Harold Puerto, Kevin Hill
{"title":"Enhancing Inpatient Sleep Environments: A Design Thinking Case Study.","authors":"Julie Kennedy Oehlert, Greeshma Sheri, Harold Puerto, Kevin Hill","doi":"10.1177/10784535241296159","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10784535241296159","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research shows how vital sleep is to total health, with poor sleep having a strong correlation with morbidity and mortality, yet fewer than half of top hospitals have sleep-friendly practices. This article describes a project motivated by the lived experiences of a nurse manager and a hospitalist who partnered to improve the sleep environments on two inpatient units. They used design thinking, empathizing with the patients' experiences with the sleep environment, to design interventions to promote quality sleep. Results showed improvements in patient experience on the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers & Systems question, \"During your hospital stay how often was the area around your room quiet at night?\" Patient measures on how well the hospital created conditions for sleep on the unit also showed improvements, as well as the patients' perception of how well they slept. Care teams can use design thinking to replicate this project and listen to their patients to build and deploy interventions on their units to improve sleep environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":54104,"journal":{"name":"Creative Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"275-279"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142683561","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}