Nursing OutlookPub Date : 2025-05-28DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102442
Eunju Ahn , Hyunyoung Lee , Anna Lee
{"title":"Telehealth nursing for community-dwelling older adults with age-related neurological disorders: A scoping review","authors":"Eunju Ahn , Hyunyoung Lee , Anna Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102442","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102442","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Although telehealth facilitates nurse-led, home-based care for older adults with age-related neurological disorders, evidence on such interventions remains limited.</div></div><div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>This study examined trends in telehealth interventions for home-based older adults with age-related neurological disorders, focusing on nurses’ roles in their delivery.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A scoping review searched CINAHL, EMBASE, PubMed, and Scopus (through October 2024) for studies involving adults aged ≥65 with dementia, stroke, or Parkinson’s disease and nurse-led telehealth interventions.</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>Findings highlight the potential psychosocial, physical, and socioeconomic benefits of telehealth for older adults with neurological disorders and nurses’ key roles, supporting broader integration of nursing leadership into education, practice, and policy.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>While promising, evidence on telehealth nursing remains limited. Further research is needed to clarify its effectiveness and optimize its use for older adults.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54705,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Outlook","volume":"73 4","pages":"Article 102442"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144154642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clarifying the education and roles of Doctor of Nursing Practice and Doctor of Philosophy prepared nurses: Bridging the divide","authors":"Julee Briscoe Waldrop DNP, FAANP, FAAN , Rosalie Mainous PhD, FAANP, FAAN","doi":"10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102444","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102444","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54705,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Outlook","volume":"73 4","pages":"Article 102444"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144137890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nursing OutlookPub Date : 2025-05-23DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102437
Zainab Toteh Osakwe PhD, RN, MSN, NP , Daniel David PhD , Forgive Avorgbedor PhD, RN , Ana Stefancic PhD , Donna-Marie Palakiko PhD, RN, APRN , Paule V. Joseph PhD, MBA, CRNP, FAAN , Rose Calixte PhD, PStat® , Sherita House PhD, RN, CCRN , J. Margo Brooks Carthon PhD, RN, FAAN
{"title":"Opportunities to improve mentorship of underrepresented minority nurse faculty on the tenure track: A Delphi study","authors":"Zainab Toteh Osakwe PhD, RN, MSN, NP , Daniel David PhD , Forgive Avorgbedor PhD, RN , Ana Stefancic PhD , Donna-Marie Palakiko PhD, RN, APRN , Paule V. Joseph PhD, MBA, CRNP, FAAN , Rose Calixte PhD, PStat® , Sherita House PhD, RN, CCRN , J. Margo Brooks Carthon PhD, RN, FAAN","doi":"10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102437","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102437","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Mentorship is essential for supporting doctorally prepared nurses transitioning into academic roles and for addressing the escalating nurse faculty shortage.</div></div><div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>The objective of this study was to gain consensus on barriers, facilitators, and metrics of successful mentorship of doctorally prepared underrepresented minority (URM) nurse faculty.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A Delphi panel of doctorally prepared URM nurse faculty in the United States was convened. In Round 1, respondents answered open-ended questions identifying barriers, facilitators, and success metrics. In Round 2, participants rated their agreement using a 5-point scale. Round 3 included a focus group discussion.</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>The Round 1 survey was distributed to 107 URM nurse faculty, with 35 responses (32.7% response rate). Twenty-three of those participants completed Round 2 (65.7% retention). Top-ranked metrics included progress on milestones aligned with individual development plans and quality of mentor–mentee engagement.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>This study underscores the importance of relational factors in effective mentorship.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54705,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Outlook","volume":"73 4","pages":"Article 102437"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144116641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nursing OutlookPub Date : 2025-05-21DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102439
Erin P. Fraher PhD, MPP , Connor Sullivan PhD , Shweta Pathak PhD , Colleen Tapen MBA
{"title":"Trends in general acute care hospital nurse staffing from 2017 to 2022","authors":"Erin P. Fraher PhD, MPP , Connor Sullivan PhD , Shweta Pathak PhD , Colleen Tapen MBA","doi":"10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102439","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102439","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted historical trends in the nursing workforce in the United States.</div></div><div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>This study investigated trends in the utilization of registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and nursing assistive personnel in short-term general hospitals from 2017 to 2022.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We used hierarchical linear modeling to investigate the effect of time, hospital characteristics, and geographic characteristics on RN staffing intensity between 2017 and 2022.</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>Relative to 2017, RN adjusted staffing intensity increased by 0.12 RNs per 1,000 patient days in 2020, (<em>p</em> < .01), but then decreased by 0.11 RNs in 2021 (<em>p</em> < .01), and further decreased by 0.27 RNs per 1,000 patient days in 2022 (<em>p</em> < .01). RN staffing intensity varied significantly by state (<em>p</em> < .05) and LPN full-time equivalents increased by 7% between 2021 and 2022.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Our findings suggest that average RN staffing intensity in hospitals decreased in 2021 and 2022, and these effects differed between states.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54705,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Outlook","volume":"73 4","pages":"Article 102439"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144108167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Support for Doctor of Nursing Practice faculty scholarship: A systematic scoping review","authors":"Jayne Jennings Dunlap DNP, APRN, FNP-C, CNE, EBP-C , Julee Waldrop DNP, FNP-C, PNP-C, EBP-C, NC-BC, FAANP, FAAN , Nadine Bonds-Bishop MLIS , Paula Clutter PhD, RN, CNL, CNE, CENP, CMSRN , Sandra Cesario PhD, RNC-OB, FAWHONN, FAAN","doi":"10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102436","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102436","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Rapid enrollment in Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs has resulted in an urgent need for increased access to resources that promote scholarship and professional development of DNP-prepared faculty who are entering academia to teach nurses at all levels.</div></div><div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>To provide an overview of the current state of support and opportunities to enhance scholarship among DNP-prepared nurse faculty.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A systematic scoping review was conducted using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) Guidelines. Five databases were searched for reports that presented evidence to promote professional success, advancement in rank, and development of DNP-prepared faculty.</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>Findings suggest an urgent need for structured support for DNP-prepared faculty engagement in scholarship, including formal mentoring, focused faculty development, and administrative and financial support.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>There is limited evidence to support DNP-prepared faculty scholarship. Increased efforts are needed, and their dissemination could positively impact leadership, policy, and practice in the profession.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54705,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Outlook","volume":"73 4","pages":"Article 102436"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144108165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nursing OutlookPub Date : 2025-05-20DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102438
Tiffany R. Grant
{"title":"Understanding nurses’ perspectives on strikes: A qualitative case study in Southern California","authors":"Tiffany R. Grant","doi":"10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102438","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102438","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Nursing work stoppages disrupt patient care and heighten nurse burnout, driven by critical psychosocial and job-related factors.</div></div><div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>This study examines the factors contributing to nursing work stoppages in Southern California, using Social Movement Theory (SMT) and the Job Characteristics Model (JCM) to explore nurse dissatisfaction and collective action.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This qualitative study employed semi-structured interviews with 15 nurses and a focus group. A thematic analysis identified key themes related to emotional, structural, and professional factors. Data were coded and analyzed iteratively to ensure reliability.</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>Findings reveal that emotional strain, limited autonomy, insufficient leadership support, and chronic understaffing drive dissatisfaction and strikes. Nurses emphasized the need for better administrative support and improved staffing policies.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Addressing emotional strain, enhancing administrative support, and refining staffing policies are essential to reducing work stoppages and improving patient care.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54705,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Outlook","volume":"73 4","pages":"Article 102438"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144108166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fear of lacking access to mobile devices (“nomophobia”): A preliminary study of prevalence, predictors, and relationship to perceived stress in nursing students","authors":"Sultan Ayaz-Alkaya PhD , Neslihan Köse-Kabakcıoğlu MSN , Handan Terzi PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102434","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102434","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Nomophobia, the fear of losing smartphone access, appears to be increasing among nursing students globally. Early findings suggest that it leads to stress and anxiety and impacts student learning and academic performance.</div></div><div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>To assess nomophobia and perceived stress levels and the predictive factors in nursing students.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Cross-sectional surveys of 1030 nursing students at a university in Türkiye. The data were collected via paper questionnaires that included validated Turkish versions of the Nomophobia Questionnaire and the Perceived Stress Scale for Nursing Students.</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>Among the 808 students who responded, 48% had moderate and 24.5% had severe nomophobia. Sex, income, academic success, daily smartphone use duration, social media use, listening to music, and perceived stress were significant predictors of nomophobia. Year within the nursing program, income, watching videos, surfing the internet, and nomophobia were significant predictors of perceived stress.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Understanding nomophobia and its relationship to perceived stress is potentially critical to a healthy nurse workforce.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54705,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Outlook","volume":"73 4","pages":"Article 102434"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144072702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nursing OutlookPub Date : 2025-05-17DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102435
Amy Alspaugh CNM, PhD , Julie Blumenfeld CNM, DNP , Laura D. Lindberg PhD
{"title":"Institutional forces that influence the precepting of midwifery students","authors":"Amy Alspaugh CNM, PhD , Julie Blumenfeld CNM, DNP , Laura D. Lindberg PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102435","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102435","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The lack of clinical preceptors, who play a key role in educating future healthcare providers, is often cited as a limitation to growing the midwifery and nursing workforce.</div></div><div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>To explore midwives’ perspectives on barriers to precepting midwifery students in order to support growing the preceptor workforce.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with 18 midwives from across New Jersey. Analysis was guided by the tenets of thematic analysis and the Socioecological Model.</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>Three overarching institutions were responsible for many of the barriers midwives experienced to precepting students and practicing to the full extent of their training: the state, the hospital, and the university. Recommendations from participants about improvements to support precepting included actionable items for each institution.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>State governments, hospital systems, and academic institutions are vital to efforts to expand the pool of midwifery clinical preceptors needed to grow and diversify the perinatal healthcare workforce, including midwives, in the United States.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54705,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Outlook","volume":"73 4","pages":"Article 102435"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144072567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nursing Science in a Time of Change","authors":"Charleen McNeill PhD, RN , Ansley Grimes Stanfill PhD, RN, FAAN","doi":"10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102449","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102449","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54705,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Outlook","volume":"73 3","pages":"Article 102449"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144296832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Protecting our nursing and healthcare workers with comprehensive strategies for preventing violence and promoting safety: An American Academy of Nursing consensus paper","authors":"JoEllen Schimmels PhD, DNP, PMHNP-BC, CNE, FAAN , Joanne Iennaco PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FAAN , Kathleen R. Delaney PhD, APRN, PMH-NP, FAAN , Emily Hauenstein PhD, LCP, RN, MSN, FAAN , Daryl Sharp PhD, RN, FAAN , Kathleen Brewer-Smyth PhD, FAAN , Karan Kverno PhD, FAAN , Michelle Patch PhD, MSN, APRN-CNS, ACNS-BC, AFN-C, DF-AFN, FAAN , Sandra Cadena PhD, RN, FAAN , Susan Blaakman PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, FNAP, FAAN , Robin Arends DNP, CNP, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, CNE, FAAN, FAANP , Linda Beeber PhD, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN","doi":"10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102425","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102425","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Concerns about workplace safety have contributed to a variety of negative personal and organizational outcomes in health care. In this consensus paper, we explore the current legislative and regulatory environment affecting workplace safety in organizations employing nurses and providing patient care, bringing nurses' voices to policy that directly affects their well-being. Incorporating feedback gathered during the 2023 American Academy of Nursing (Academy) Policy Dialogue on workplace violence prevention, we summarize the scope of the problem, provide clarification on the position of the Academy, highlight effective practice exemplars, and recommend policy changes. This work is aimed at mitigating the risk and occurrence of violence in the healthcare workplace, ensuring the protection of both the nursing and healthcare workforce and the public through policy recommendations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54705,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Outlook","volume":"73 3","pages":"Article 102425"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143913038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}