Nursing Outlook

The Nordic region (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) has a challenge with its healthcare workforce in producing a sufficient local nursing supply and the imminent need for 30,000 caregivers to support the older adult population by 2030. Interestingly, this trend persists even during the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic, as developed countries continue to recruit nurses from sources with fragile healthcare systems. The global shortage of nurses has increased the migration of internationally educated nurses (IENs) to the Nordic region, necessitating policies for their migration and workplace integration. A new policy Delphi study in Nursing Outlook aims to identify and examine the visions of expert panelists on migration integration policies and to generate supporting and opposing views for further exploration. Read about the findings in Nursing Outlook: https://lnkd.in/gRDQrGfy Authors: Floro Cubelo, Hannele Turunen, and Krista Jokiniemi.

Diversity considerations in hiring faculty in higher education have garnered significant attention globally in recent years. However, analyses of faculty recruitment dynamics outside the United States, particularly in schools and colleges of nursing, have been limited. A new paper from Floro Cubelo explores how concepts related to racism apply to recruitment in nursing education, focusing on the specific context of Finland. "Despite the increased admission of foreign students to English-language nursing programs, potential biases against the recruitment of nurse educators from foreign backgrounds could exist in Finland. Local data, anecdotes, and an analysis of the broader literature suggest that robust diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and guidelines are necessary to enhance the experiences of both instructors and students. Additionally, training and support mechanisms may be needed to enable nursing faculty members from foreign backgrounds to thrive and fully participate in shared governance within academic institutions." Read the full paper in Nursing Outlook: https://lnkd.in/gCCK26wu

Research shows that patients from racially and ethnically historically marginalized backgrounds are more satisfied, experience better communication, and have improved outcomes when treated by clinicians who share their race or ethnicity. Retaining nurse practitioners (NPs) from diverse racial and ethnic groups is critical to achieving health equity. Yet, little is known about intent to leave (ITL) among these NPs. A new study in Nursing Outlook examines whether NP race and ethnicity were associated with ITL and if this relationship was affected by the work environment, finding that minoritized NPs had significantly higher cumulative odds of ITL compared with White NPs. Read the full article in Nursing Outlook: https://lnkd.in/gbg_y9X6 Authors: Amelia S., Jianfang Liu, Justinna Dixon,MPhil,BSN,RN, Lusine Poghosyan, Corina Lelutiu-Weinberger, and Kenrick D Cato (He, Him) PhD, RN, CPHIMS, FAAN, FACMI.

Do nurse spiritual responses to trauma explain nurse outcomes? A correlational observational study investigates how spiritual distress and growth (i.e., spiritual/religious struggle, moral injury, and post-traumatic growth) contributed to nurse outcomes (i.e., burnout, job satisfaction, and intent to leave). Highlights include: • Religious/spiritual struggle explained 10% of the variance in turnover intent. • Religious/spiritual struggle explained nurse outcomes more than moral injury. • Post-traumatic growth contributed to burnout, job satisfaction, and turnover intent. • Work environments supporting nurse spirituality are needed. Read the full study from Elizabeth "Beth" Taylor, Holly Morrell, Hazel Ada, Carrie DuPée, Michael Jordan, Patti Radovich, and Kendal Boyd: https://lnkd.in/gyJ8N5zx

The Nov-Dec 2024 issue of Nursing Outlook is now live! 🎉 The issue includes articles on: - ChatGPT's potential in intensive care nursing education and practice, - the association between nurse practitioner race and ethnicity and intent to leave in primary care practices, - challenges of diversity in in nursing faculty recruitment, - new graduate nurses’ perspectives on well-being and transitioning into the workforce, and much more. Check out the full issue here: https://lnkd.in/gRtcqsbd

New in Nursing Outlook: "Getting Burnout and Its Causes and Solutions Right" by Editor-in-Chief Sean Clarke explores the problem of workplace burnout in nursing and American society at large, calls attention to underdiscussed aspects of human service work that exacerbate workforce shortages, and proposes a reconsideration of popular approaches to deal with burnout and associated issues. "Where next? First, perhaps it’s time to deemphasize the “we’re all falling apart” narrative in nursing in the interest of better science, thinking, and targeted policy. At a certain point, after awareness of the problem in the general public has been achieved (and arguably it has), portraying ourselves as a profession perpetually on the edge is not leading to effective solutions and is likely counterproductive for maintaining public trust. It’s time for nurses to advance more subtle and nuanced (as well as genuine and compelling) stories among ourselves and to the public about healthy assertion, growth, and change in the face of challenge, rather than bleak ones about blind self-sacrifice until depletion. We need more data and education about burnout and related experiences at work and mental health issues in health professionals in terms of self-care and what it means to be a thoughtful, well-informed colleague or manager. In the meantime, we should be making fewer sweeping statements (either platitudes or pronouncements of cataclysm)." Read the full article below or in Nursing Outlook: https://lnkd.in/gK6UbjrP

#PennNursing’s Heather Kelly & Julie Fairman co-authored the study, “Preparing the Next Generation of Nurse Leaders,” uncovering critical lessons from the four Robert Wood Johnson Foundation programs. Discover how their insights are shaping the future of nursing: https://lnkd.in/ey_YHMCz.

A new study in Nursing Outlook from Carolina Tannenbaum-Baruchi assesses the impact of workshops on nursing students' communication strategies with Deaf and hard-of-hearing patients. Results indicate that the workshops significantly improved participants' communication strategies, with 82.48% reporting enhanced abilities post-workshop. The use of communication tools, including professional interpreters, increased following the workshops. Workshops offer an effective approach to enhancing healthcare workers' communication with Deaf and hard-of-hearing patients. These findings underscore the importance of incorporating experiential learning opportunities into nursing education to optimize patient interactions and improve healthcare outcomes. Read the full article in Nursing Outlook: https://lnkd.in/gAVf3jKZ Figure 1. Seven key tools for enhancing communication with DHHPs based on the workshop experience. DHHPs, deaf and hard-of-hearing patients.

"Moving toward standardized surveillance of “nurse” suicide mortality" examines surveillance of nurse suicide in the United States through studies that use national data. Highlights include: • There is variability across studies that examine nurse suicide mortality. • It is important to move toward a standard evaluative approach. • Standardization is needed to examine risk/protective factors and nurse suicide. • Standardization is needed to monitor nurse suicide incidence and trends. • Standardization is needed to evaluate efficacy of suicide prevention interventions. Read the full article, including about the need for a standard evaluative approach that considers both mortality data and research initiatives, in Nursing Outlook: https://lnkd.in/gfpYFFuK Authors: Elizabeth Kreuze, Elizabeth Merwin, and Janet York.

"Building decolonial nursing curricula to address disparities in Indigenous women's maternal health", a new article in Nursing Outlook, suggests pathways to decolonize nursing curricula and pedagogy through decentering the colonial knowledge structures and practices that harm Indigenous health and wellbeing. The authors summarize: "Colonization, broadly speaking, characterizes the Eurocentric project to “civilize” the rest of the world utilizing various forms of violence. The persistent and ongoing reproduction and recurrence of colonialism, enacting cycles of disenfranchisement and oppression, creates significant inequities in physical, mental, and emotional health and well-being for historically marginalized groups of people. "The need for innovative undergraduate nursing curricula reform is apparent. The lack of nursing courses highlighting the effects of colonization, environmental justice, upstream structural and social determinants of health, globalization, and state violence must be addressed. Because gaps in nursing curricula and outdated teaching practices may support persistent inequities, scholars and students have advocated for decolonization of nursing curricula." Read the full article in Nursing Outlook: https://lnkd.in/gpibZp5H Authors: Nicole Thomas, PhD, RN, Anne Letocha Ersig, Bram Wispelwey, Brenda Owen, and Lisa Bratzke.