- Nursing education and management
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership
- Human Resource and Talent Management
- Disaster Response and Management
- Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Organizational Learning and Leadership
- Organizational Change and Leadership
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Ethics in medical practice
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Adult and Continuing Education Topics
- Health Education and Validation
- Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation
Weston Solutions (United States)
2001-2024
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
2023
University of Colorado Denver
2016-2022
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
2016-2022
E Ink (South Korea)
2022
Children's Hospital Colorado
2022
Weston College
2006-2020
Grady Memorial Hospital
2016-2018
Clave (Brazil)
2018
American Nurses Association
2013-2016
Clinical nurse autonomy and control over nursing practice (CONP) have been associated with increased satisfaction improved patient outcomes - both elements of a healthy work environment. This article outlines strategies for enhancing as well CONP describes the importance articulating expectations autonomous practice, competence in clinical expertise, establishing participative decision making, developing nurses' skills making decisions. In addition, critical role leaders need to upstream...
In caring for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses are experiencing a crisis of emotional highs and lows that will have lasting implications their professional personal well-being. As result, much attention has been focused on nurse burnout, but range nurses' experiences is more nuanced, complicated, profound. With recognition nursing workforce was already burnout before this article explores how individuals respond to disasters detrimental effects repeated surges critically ill...
Understanding employees' beliefs, attitudes, and values about the world workplace can assist a manager in more effectively communicating with coaching employees. One of factors that influence an employee's perception work is generation which they were born. The workforce today composed three distinct generational cohorts. term cohort refers to people born same general time span who share key life experiences, include demographic trends, historical events, public heroes, entertainment...
Control over nursing practice and autonomy describe how nurses influence decisions about their practice. Both have been associated with professional environments that result in nurse satisfaction quality patient outcomes. The terms are often commingled confused, which limits applicability research. author clarifies the concepts of control as they relate to decision making nursing, provides a foundation for application
Although nurses from four different generations work closely together, tension may occur as the generational perspectives result in misinterpretation and misunderstanding. Learning to create integrated collegial relationships with people is a critical skill for who multigenerational teams. This article will begin review of historical perspective cohorts currently workplace. set foundation understanding each generation’s unique personal values. Then discuss various sources misunderstandings...
Public media and the nursing literature are replete with data anecdotal stories evidencing overwhelming impact to nurses' well-being during COVID-19 pandemic. Although many organizations have rallied providing robust services support nurses through pandemic, stigma (negative perceptions, attitudes, discrimination) about mental health is contributing reluctance use resources available them. This article outlines strategies for reducing eliminating barriers associated obtaining emotional that...
Abstract Purpose: To review the psychometric properties and evaluate estimates of validity commonly used instruments to measure autonomy control over nursing practice. Design: Literature evaluation properties. Methods: Nursing research reports published in English peer‐reviewed journals between 1990 2007 were examined. Psychometric actual instrument reviewed determine for measuring Findings Conclusions: Instruments practice are frequently imprecise or inaccurate concept interest. Valid...
Instrument development and content validity testing resulted in a new instrument to measure the relatively concept of professional governance. Professional governance is defined as accountability, obligation, collateral relationships decision making professional, foundational autonomous practice achievement exemplary empirical outcomes. Fourteen experts with subject matter expertise either measurement or creating environments assessed proposed items instrument. The resulting Governance Scale...
Competency in leadership skills is necessary to manage the current chaotic health care environment and proactively participate creation of a better environment. Although interest pursuing career growing, lack competence contributes employee frustration dissatisfaction, which directly indirectly impacts supply workers. To addressthe its disturbing consequences, Arizona nursing community designed model for created partnership provide high-quality, affordable education program focused on...
Quality and performance improvement initiatives are driving significant changes in the United States healthcare system. In anticipation of full implementation national health reform over next several years, pace these has been increasing. The goals quality mirror National Strategy's three aims which developed out Institute for Healthcare Improvement's triple aim improving patient care experience, population's health, reducing costs. Projects underway across to achieve aims. this article,...
This article describes psychometric testing and refinement of the Verran Professional Governance Scale (VPGS), which measures behaviors associated with professional governance. Phase 1 reduced items on scale based floor ceiling effects redundancy items. 2 examined structural construct validity using exploratory (EFA) confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The final 22-item instrument demonstrates satisfactory internal consistencies fit indices significant positive correlation between VPGS, job...
Behaviors and actions that foster innovation are complementary to those associated with managing facilitating nurse satisfaction. These include creating an organizational climate encourages the generation, sharing, implementation of new ideas; skills hire retain competent creative individuals; establishing infrastructure processes recognize embed best promising practices into organization. The ability innovate manage facilitate satisfaction is a necessary competency for success.
National leaders are calling for opportunities to facilitate the Future of Nursing. Opportunities can be encouraged through state nurses association Web sites, which part American Nurses Association, that well designed, with appropriate content, and in a language professional understand. The Association constituent associations provide information about nursing practice, ethics, credentialing, health on sites. We conducted usability evaluations determine compliance heuristic ethical...