- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Nursing education and management
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Disaster Response and Management
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Health Education and Validation
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
Philadelphia University
2022
University of Pennsylvania
2021
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2019-2021
The Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act under consideration in the New York (NY) state assembly would require hospitals to staff enough nurses safely care patients. impact of regulated minimum patient-to-nurse staffing ratios acute NY is unknown.To examine variation and its association with adverse outcomes (ie, mortality avoidable costs).Cross-sectional data on nurse 116 general are linked Medicare claims data.A total 417,861 medical surgical patients.Patient-to-nurse primary predictor...
To explore how workplace bullying influences nurses' abilities to provide patient care.Nurses' experiences of undermine nursing work environments and potentially threaten care. Although there is a link between poor care, additional exploration necessary as current evidence remains underdeveloped inconclusive.Qualitative descriptive study.Fifteen inpatient staff nurses who have experienced while working in one hospital located the southern region USA participated individual, semi-structured...
The aim of this study was to describe the relationships between intent leave, reasons nurses intend and nursing work environment in military hospitals.Intention leave is a precursor nurse turnover. may be influenced by leader interventions potentially preventable.This descriptive, correlational secondary analysis included 724 survey responses from 23 US Army hospitals. Bivariate correlations predictive modeling techniques were used.Forty-nine percent indicated they intended 44% for...
Aim To discover the extent of and factors associated with missed nursing care in Alabama. Background Missed is a well-documented phenomenon. However, it has not been studied U.S. southern states that consistently rank poorly health outcomes, such as Methods The Perceived Implicit Rationing Nursing Care Instrument was administered part Alabama Hospital Staff Nurse Study. Analyses were run on 950 surveys completed by inpatient registered nurses. Results Overall scores vary significantly...
Workplace bullying (WPB) among nurses, especially newly licensed registered nurses (NLRNs), negatively affects nurse, patient, and organizational outcomes. Despite empirical evidence addressing the prevalence impact of WPB, behavior continues to persist within nursing work environments. Increased conceptual clarity WPB is needed for interventions be developed, executed, evaluated. The purposes this concept analysis, in which we used Rodgers' evolutionary method, were obtain a clearer...
Abstract Efforts to decrease nurse‐reported workplace bullying (WPB) is an interest among researchers, nursing leaders, and healthcare organizations. Varying conceptual definitions measurement approaches of WPB, however, have created barriers for researchers provide reliable consistent information regarding WPB. In this paper, the authors aim (1) evaluate reliability construct validity Short Negative Acts Questionnaire (SNAQ) in a sample U.S. nurses working hospitals located throughout...
Abstract Aims and objectives We examined whether access to post‐acute care services differed between individuals insured by Medicaid commercial insurers those differences explained emergency department utilisation 30 days post‐hospitalisation. Background Timely follow‐up community‐based providers is a strategy improve post‐hospitalisation outcomes. However, little known regarding the influence of on likelihood use for Medicaid. Design conducted retrospective observational study electronic...
Quality improvement is paramount for patient safety. Leading change quality requires nurses with knowledge and skills beyond the clinical management of patients. In this study, staff working in hospitals throughout Alabama were asked via an online survey to rate their using new 10-item Improvement Self-Efficacy Inventory (QISEI) perceptions nursing work environment Practice Environment Scale Nursing Work Index. Nurses (N = 886) rated basic items higher than more advanced items. Several nurse...
e24037 Background: To further integrate health promotion into cancer survivorship care, we explored multilevel perspectives on potential roles healthcare providers could have in promoting uptake of web-based healthy lifestyle programs among survivors. Methods: In developing the Aim, Plan, and Act Lifestyles (AMPLIFY) Survivor Health diet exercise program, conducted 10 focus groups with 57 survivors 27 individual semi-structured interviews stakeholders representing advocacy (e.g., support...