{"title":"Antiviral Considerations for Monkeypox Infection - USE CAUTION!","authors":"Patricia Anne O'Malley","doi":"10.1097/NUR.0000000000000715","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NUR.0000000000000715","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55249,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Nurse Specialist","volume":"37 1","pages":"9-10"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10854960","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}
Megan D Snyder, Tracy Campbell, Kimberly A DiGerolamo
{"title":"Enhancing Evidence-Based Practice Integration Into Clinical Practice: Using Policy as a Tool for Culture Change in a Large Urban Academic Medical Center.","authors":"Megan D Snyder, Tracy Campbell, Kimberly A DiGerolamo","doi":"10.1097/NUR.0000000000000717","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NUR.0000000000000717","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose This article describes how a large urban medical center was able to enhance the integration of evidence-based practice in the clinical environment by reconfiguring its approach to policy and procedures documentation. Project Description Leaders at a large urban medical center observed that numerous nursing practice documents lacked a base of evidence. No standard process existed for building staff awareness of the evidence-based underlying practice, and there was uneven knowledge of evidence-based practice in the milieu. To address the problem, a team of Clinical Nurse Specialists developed a novel policy establishing procedures for document review, formal structures for policy assignment, and rigorous standards for the development and sharing of evidence tables. Outcome The proportion of nursing guidance documents connected to evidence tables increased from 45% to 77% in the first year and a half following implementation. The change has enabled streamlining and consolidation of nursing practice guidance documents and has led to significant increases in engagement with clinical inquiry at the bedside. Conclusion A policy specifically requiring evidence to be incorporated into nursing practice guidance documents can help enhance the understanding and uptake of evidence-based practice in a complex clinical environment. Clinical Nurse Specialists played a vital role in facilitating this organizational culture change.","PeriodicalId":55249,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Nurse Specialist","volume":"37 1","pages":"14-19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10342957","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}
Laura Chechel, Barbara McLean, Theresa Slazinski, Teresa Rincon
{"title":"What the Joint Commission Medication Management Titration Standards Mean to Quality Care for Complex Patients.","authors":"Laura Chechel, Barbara McLean, Theresa Slazinski, Teresa Rincon","doi":"10.1097/NUR.0000000000000722","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NUR.0000000000000722","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>The Joint Commission (TJC), the nation's largest healthcare accreditor, was founded in the 1950s. Its Standards for Medication Management (MM) of titratable medications focused on prescriptive ordering practices versus reliance on nurse clinical decision making. The use of measurable endpoints to guide nurse decision making regarding medication titration has been the standard of care since the inception of TJC. Evidence to support altering these practice patterns is lacking. Using the 6 aims for the healthcare system (safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient-centered) from the National Academy of Medicine, formerly the Institute of Medicine, and the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Healthy Work Environment essential standards (skilled communication, true collaboration, effective decision making, appropriate staffing, meaningful recognition, authentic leadership), this article examines the impact of TJC MM standards on system design in critical care environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":55249,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Nurse Specialist","volume":"37 1","pages":"36-41"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10342959","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}
Mónica Vázquez-Calatayud, Cristina Oroviogoicoechea, Carmen Rumeu-Casares, Rosana Goñi-Viguria
{"title":"Nurses' Perceptions of the Clinical Nurse Specialist Role Implemented in a Highly Specialized University Hospital in Spain: A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Mónica Vázquez-Calatayud, Cristina Oroviogoicoechea, Carmen Rumeu-Casares, Rosana Goñi-Viguria","doi":"10.1097/NUR.0000000000000703","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NUR.0000000000000703","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose/aims: </strong>To explore nurses' perceptions of clinical nurse specialist practice as implemented in a highly specialized university hospital in Spain.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A descriptive qualitative study was carried out in 3 inpatient wards, with a clinical nurse specialist within the team, at a high specialized university hospital in Spain.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Semistructured interviews were conducted by purposive sampling with 17 selected nurses with at least 2 years of professional experience who voluntarily agreed to participate and signed the informed consent form. Analysis of the qualitative data was conducted according to Burnard's method of content analysis. The Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research checklist was used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Four main categories emerged from the analysis of the data: \"qualities of the role-holder,\" \"role competencies in practice,\" \"integration with the team,\" and \"impact of the role\" on nursing, the patient, and the organization.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings of this study have interesting implications for the development and implementation of clinical nurse specialist practice in healthcare organizations. They also provide evidence of the benefit of implementing clinical nurse specialist practice for improving the quality of care, patient outcomes, and healthcare efficiency.</p>","PeriodicalId":55249,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Nurse Specialist","volume":"36 6","pages":"317-326"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10788189","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}
Rosina Bloomingdale, Julie V Darmody, Julie L Ellis
{"title":"Clinical Nurse Specialist Transition to Practice.","authors":"Rosina Bloomingdale, Julie V Darmody, Julie L Ellis","doi":"10.1097/NUR.0000000000000702","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NUR.0000000000000702","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>A quality improvement/evidence-based practice project identified the critical components of clinical nurse specialist (CNS) transition-to-practice (TTP) needs based on the experiences and perceptions of entry-level CNSs (n = 4), experienced CNSs (n = 7), and directors of nursing (n = 6) employed in a tertiary healthcare center. Structured 60- to 90-minute face-to-face discussions were conducted.</p><p><strong>Description: </strong>As knowledge workers, CNSs are critical to investigating, solving, and transforming some of the most challenging current and future healthcare problems. Lack of standardized CNS TTP may result in variable levels of practice, knowledge, skill attainment, and ability to attain interdisciplinary practice competencies.</p><p><strong>Outcomes: </strong>Findings included identification of entry-level CNS TTP key components: 16 categories with 8 critical categories identified as imminent needs. Challenges identified included stakeholders' lack of knowledge/understanding of the CNS role and scope; enormous TTP expectations of entry-level CNSs; transdisciplinary relationships and collaboration; leadership culture and collaboration; organizational culture; deliberate practice; and lack of support, resources, and basic needs.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Critical components for advanced deliberate practice within a CNS TTP program include an organizational culture and subculture that understands and values the CNS, along with tiered sustainable support from preceptors, mentors, and support CNSs across the setting and system.</p>","PeriodicalId":55249,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Nurse Specialist","volume":"36 6","pages":"327-343"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9216702","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":"Tolstoy's A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul Written and Selected From the World's Sacred Texts.","authors":"Jeanine Young-Mason","doi":"10.1097/NUR.0000000000000689","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NUR.0000000000000689","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55249,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Nurse Specialist","volume":"36 5","pages":"280"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40427411","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":"Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice: Impact on Improving Sedation Practice in Critical Care.","authors":"Nicole Seyller, Mary Beth Flynn Makic","doi":"10.1097/NUR.0000000000000693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NUR.0000000000000693","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose/objectives: </strong>Prolonged mechanical ventilation results from deeper levels of sedation. This may lead to impaired respiratory muscle functioning that develops into pneumonia, increases antibiotic use, increases delirium risk, and increases length of hospitalization. A trauma and surgical intensive care unit interdisciplinary team conducted a quality improvement project to lighten sedation levels and shorten mechanical ventilation time.</p><p><strong>Description of the project: </strong>The project included multimodal elements to improve sedation practice. Standardizing the spontaneous awakening trial algorithm, creation of electronic health record tools, integration of sedation practices into daily rounds, and focused education for nursing were implemented in April 2021 through October 2021.</p><p><strong>Outcome: </strong>A reduction of median hours spent on mechanical ventilation was achieved. Mechanical ventilation hours decreased from 77 to 70. Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale levels improved from a median of -2 to -1, and daily spontaneous awakening trials increased from 10% to 27% completed.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The quality improvement project demonstrated that, with increased daily spontaneous awakening trials and lighter sedation levels, the time patients spent on mechanical ventilation was shortened. There was no increase to self-extubation with lighter sedations levels. Shorter time on mechanical ventilation can reduce patient harm risks.</p>","PeriodicalId":55249,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Nurse Specialist","volume":"36 5","pages":"264-271"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40710385","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}
Alice S Forster, Janine Zylstra, Christian von Wagner, Yasemin Hirst, Martin Forster, Rebecca Walshe, Zainab Kazzaz, Andrew Steptoe, Martin Birchall, Neill Patani
{"title":"The Impact of COVID-19 on Clinical Nurse Specialists and Patients With Cancer: A Pan-Specialty Cross-sectional Survey.","authors":"Alice S Forster, Janine Zylstra, Christian von Wagner, Yasemin Hirst, Martin Forster, Rebecca Walshe, Zainab Kazzaz, Andrew Steptoe, Martin Birchall, Neill Patani","doi":"10.1097/NUR.0000000000000691","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NUR.0000000000000691","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose/Aims Uptake and delivery of cancer services across the United Kingdom have been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to understand the impact of the pandemic on the working practices of clinical nurse specialists and their patient interactions across different cancer specialties. Design We performed a cross-sectional survey exploring nurses' experiences of delivering care during the pandemic, as well as their perceptions of the concerns that cancer patients were experiencing. Methods Clinical nurse specialists working in London cancer services were invited to complete an online questionnaire. Nurses' experiences and their perceptions of patients' concerns were analyzed descriptively. Results Fifty-four nurses participated. Almost half had been redeployed to other clinical areas during the pandemic (n = 19). COVID-19 discussions added 5 to 10 minutes on average to most consultations, with nurses either working longer/unpaid hours (34%) or spending less time talking to patients about cancer (39%) to deal with this. Approximately 50% of nurses would have liked additional information and support from their hospital. Conclusions Clinical nurse specialist time and resources have been stretched during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospitals need to work with nursing staff to ensure the specific information needs of cancer patients are being met.","PeriodicalId":55249,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Nurse Specialist","volume":"36 5","pages":"272-277"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9377363/pdf/cns-36-272.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40427409","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}
Cyndi Evans, Jovie Jabla, Geary A Gardner, Taranjeet Rathore, Elizabeth Ann Scruth
{"title":"Speaking Up for Patient Safety: Will Nurses Report Errors Now a Nurse Has Been Convicted of a Criminal Act?","authors":"Cyndi Evans, Jovie Jabla, Geary A Gardner, Taranjeet Rathore, Elizabeth Ann Scruth","doi":"10.1097/NUR.0000000000000688","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NUR.0000000000000688","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55249,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Nurse Specialist","volume":"36 5","pages":"230-232"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40710378","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}