Journal for nurses in staff development : JNSD : official journal of the National Nursing Staff Development Organization
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Women with comorbidities and obesity and aging women are presenting obstetrical challenges to healthcare providers. Cardiovascular events such as myocardial infarction, spontaneous coronary artery dissection, and stroke on obstetrical units are not as rare as they may have been even 5 years ago. ⋯ The Joint Commission advocates using periodic drills for obstetric emergencies. The content on cardiac emergencies and case studies in this article will assist staff development educators to integrate didactic and clinical practice time into orientation and continuing education programs.
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The purpose of this article is to describe one process for the development and evaluation of an evidence-based standard of care for inpatients undergoing a diagnostic cardiac catheterization. As the volume of cardiac catheterizations increases, with more high-risk patients and with new methods to achieve hemostasis, an evidence-based standard of care for the post-diagnostic cardiac catheterization patient needs to be developed to ensure positive clinical outcomes. Clinical educators are in a position to affect nursing practice and can provide the impetus for implementing evidence-based standards of care.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Experienced registered nurses' satisfaction with using self-learning modules versus traditional lecture/discussion to achieve competency goals during hospital orientation.
Staff development educators are challenged with various levels of experience and learning styles among newly hired registered nurses in a hospital orientation group. This diversity forces the educator to use various teaching strategies to meet the learning needs of the group. This study investigated the experienced registered nurses' satisfaction with using self-learning modules versus traditional lecture/discussion methods during the nursing orientation process. The results revealed that experienced nurses prefer the more traditional method of learning by lecture/discussion.
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This qualitative pilot study explored nurses' attitudes toward their role in patients' discharge medication education and collaboration with pharmacists. Purposive sampling was used, and data were collected by a focus group interview. ⋯ They were somewhat resistant to collaboration with pharmacists, and they tended to accept limited responsibility for improving patient discharge medication adherence or compliance. Although the findings are of concern, they do provide clear evidence of the need for intensive staff development.