Journal ArticleJournal for Nurse Practitioners · January 1, 2026
We aimed to determine nationally representative differences in annual hazard-specific disaster preparedness training by health care provider shortage area (HPSA), practice rurality, patient population, and racial/ethnic identity. Weighted estimates were ge ...
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Journal ArticleNursing outlook · September 2025
BackgroundTelenursing utilization fluctuated during the COVID-19 pandemic response and recovery.PurposeTo determine United States nationally representative estimates in telenursing and ascertain disparities by practice rurality, patient p ...
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Journal ArticleThe American journal of nursing · September 2025
AbstractClimate change is real, present, and impacting the health of people across the world. Mitigation of further climate change is essential, but nurses must also promote adaptation to this new reality by incorporating climate-sensitive care in ...
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Journal ArticlePopulation health management · August 2025
Devastating mortality, morbidity, economic, and quality of life impacts have resulted from disasters in the United States. This study aimed to validate a preexisting machine learning (ML) model of household disaster preparedness. Data from 2021 to 23 Feder ...
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Journal ArticleThe American journal of nursing · April 2025
AbstractThe consequences of climate change have led to a planetary crisis. This article reviews climate change causes and what is required to mitigate, or decrease, planet-warming greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution. The international Greenhouse Gas Pr ...
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Journal ArticleHealth security · January 2025
Hospital patient boarding in emergency departments has reached unprecedented crisis levels over the past 4 years. Boarding and crowding has been demonstrated by prior literature to have adverse effects on patient care as well as increased associated costs. ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of trauma nursing : the official journal of the Society of Trauma Nurses · November 2024
BackgroundTrauma population health indicators are worsening in the United States. Nurses working in trauma care settings require specialized training for patient care. Little is known about national enumeration of nurses who hold skill-based traum ...
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Journal ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health · April 2024
Tailored disaster preparedness interventions may be more effective and equitable, yet little is known about specific factors associated with disaster household preparedness for older adults and/or those with African American/Black identities. This study ai ...
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Journal ArticleWestern journal of nursing research · February 2024
BackgroundWeather and climate disasters are responsible for over 13 000 US deaths, worsened morbidity, and $1.7 trillion in additional costs over the last 40 years with profound racial disparities.ObjectivesThis project empirically genera ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of emergency nursing · July 2023
IntroductionFew studies have examined emergency nurses who have left their job to better understand the reason behind job turnover. It also remains unclear whether emergency nurses differ from other nurses regarding burnout and job turnover reason ...
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Journal ArticlePublic health nursing (Boston, Mass.) · May 2023
ObjectivesGenerate national estimates of the public health nursing workforce's (1) demographic and work characteristics and (2) continuing education learning needs in the United States.DesignSecondary data analysis of the 2018 National Sa ...
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Journal ArticleFrontiers in public health · January 2023
BackgroundThe efficacy of household emergency preparedness interventions for community-dwelling, non-institutionalized people is largely unknown.ObjectiveTo ascertain the state of the science on social support, educational, and behavioral ...
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Journal ArticleOnline Journal of Issues in Nursing · January 1, 2022
Transracial/transcultural adoption is defined as a child of one race or ethnic group placed with parent(s) of a different race or ethnic group. An estimated 2 million children in the United States were identified as adopted in the 2010 census, and approxim ...
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Journal ArticleComputers, informatics, nursing : CIN · January 2022
A civic engagement and data science design was used to develop a report-back intervention to address stakeholder concerns related to air emissions surrounding a coke oven factory near Buffalo, NY. This factory had historically emitted high levels of benzen ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of emergency nursing · January 2022
IntroductionThe goal of this research was to quantify the baseline status of prepandemic workplace emergency nursing telehealth as a key consideration for ongoing telehealth growth and sustainable emergency nursing care model planning. The purpose ...
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Journal ArticleAnnals of emergency medicine · August 2021
Study objectiveIn a large-scale disaster, recruiting from all retired and nonworking registered nurses is one strategy to address surge demands in the emergency nursing workforce. The purpose of this research was to estimate the workforce capacity ...
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Journal ArticleCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · May 18, 2021
Objectives: This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows:. To ascertain the state of the science on social support, educational, and behavioural modification interventions to improve all-hazard household disaster p ...
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Journal ArticleCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · February 2021
ObjectivesHome environmental exposures are a primary source of asthma exacerbation. There is a gap in decision support models that efficiently aggregate the home exposure assessment scores for focused and tailored interventions. Three development ...
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Journal ArticlePolicy, politics & nursing practice · November 2020
IntroductionState regulations may impede the use of nurse-initiated protocols to begin life-saving treatments when patients arrive to the emergency department. In crowding and small-scale disaster events, this could translate to life and death pra ...
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Journal ArticleHeart & lung : the journal of critical care · September 2020
BackgroundNight-time wakening with asthma symptoms is an important indicator of disease control and severity, with no gold-standard objective measurement.ObjectiveThe study objective was to use fitness tracker sleep data to develop predic ...
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Journal ArticlePain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses · August 2020
BackgroundPain is the most pervasive distressing symptom following cardiac surgery. Forty percent of postoperative cardiac patients report inadequate pain management. Undertreated acute pain results in increased anxiety, delayed wound healing, and ...
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Journal ArticlePublic health nursing (Boston, Mass.) · September 2019
ObjectiveGlobally, indoor and outdoor pollutants are leading risk factors for death and reduced quality of life. Few theories explicitly address environmental health within the nursing discipline with a focus on harmful environmental exposures. Th ...
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Journal ArticleThe Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · July 2019
ObjectiveNighttime wakening with asthma symptoms is a key to assessment and therapy decisions, with no gold standard objective measure. The study aims were to (1) determine the feasibility, (2) explore equivalence, and (3) test concordance of a co ...
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Journal ArticleBuilding and Environment · January 15, 2019
Chemical contamination is ubiquitous in the indoor environment, but measurement options are often limited outside of research studies. This is especially true for formaldehyde, a known carcinogen and irritant. The goal of this project was to develop a nove ...
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Journal ArticleOnline Journal of Issues in Nursing · January 1, 2019
Gender harassment, and retaliation for addressing discrimination, are pervasive in the higher education setting. Healthy work environments that prevent and eliminate gender harassment are necessary to fully support the leadership, career trajectories, and ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of emergency nursing · November 2018
IntroductionED crowding is a public health crisis, limiting quality and access to lifesaving care. The purpose of this study was to (1) evaluate the feasibility of radio-frequency identification tags to measure clinician-patient contact and (2) to ...
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Journal ArticleThe American journal of nursing · August 2018
: Environmental factors underlie more than one-fifth of deaths and disability worldwide. Globally, both indoor and outdoor particulate matter pollution are leading risk factors for reduced quality of life and death. Nurses are in a key position to assess p ...
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Journal ArticlePublic health nursing (Boston, Mass.) · July 2018
ObjectiveThis study is the first community engagement phase of a project to develop a residential formaldehyde detection system. The objectives were to conduct a feasibility assessment for device use, and identify factors associated with concerns ...
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Journal ArticleEnvironmental research · May 2018
Increasing evidence suggests that ambient air pollution is a major risk factor for both acute and chronic respiratory disease exacerbations and emergencies. The objective of this study was to determine the association between ambient air pollutants and eme ...
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Journal ArticleInternational archives of occupational and environmental health · February 2018
Purpose8% of the US population has asthma. Air pollution is linked to exacerbation in susceptible individuals. The objective was to identify air pollutants that increased the risk of asthma emergency department visits during a time wherein a pollu ...
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Conference15th Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate Indoor AIR 2018 · January 1, 2018
Formaldehyde is a ubiquitous contaminant in the indoor environment that is both a carcinogen and irritant. The goal of this project is to develop a smartphone-based app for use by citizen scientists or researchers that can be paired with low-cost colorimet ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of nursing management · July 2017
AimsTo examine the nature and characteristics of both received and provided mutual support in a social network within an acute care hospital unit.BackgroundCurrent evidence regarding the social network in the health care workforce reveals ...
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Journal ArticleBMC research notes · January 2017
BackgroundStudying the effect on functioning of the emergency department of disasters with a potential impact on staff members themselves usually involves table top and simulated patient exercises. Computerized virtual reality simulations have the ...
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Journal ArticleAANA journal · December 2016
This review assessed the utility of vasopressin and vasopressin analogues for the treatment of refractory hypotension associated with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in the perioperative setting. A systematic review of the literature was con ...
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Journal ArticleTeaching and Learning in Nursing · October 1, 2016
Purpose The importance of interprofessional education (IPE) is widely documented yet remains underutilized in clinical education. The purpose of this study is to determine student readiness for continued IPE after engaging in an obstetric simulation. Metho ...
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Journal ArticleResearch in nursing & health · August 2016
Economically disadvantaged individuals with chronic disease have high rates of in-patient (IP) readmission and emergency department (ED) utilization following initial hospitalization. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between chron ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of emergency nursing · July 2016
UnlabelledThe purpose of this study is to describe and explain the temporal and seasonal trends in ED utilization for a low-income population.MethodsA retrospective analysis of 66,487 ED Medicaid-insured health care claims in 2009 was con ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing · July 2016
UnlabelledMedical devices and innovative technology promise to revolutionize health care. Despite the importance of involving nurses in the collaborative medical device development processes, there are few learning opportunities in nursing program ...
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Journal ArticleElectronics Letters · May 26, 2016
The design and performance of a smart-phone-based device, called AudioFlow, that measures and records peak expiratory flow (PEF) is presented. PEF is a measure used by asthma sufferers to monitor their asthma conditions. The device is comprised of a custom ...
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Journal ArticleNursing research · May 2016
BackgroundContemporary healthcare nurses increasingly rely on innovative technology for assessment, treatment, and patient self-management. Funding opportunities as well are increasingly steering toward technology development and innovation. Healt ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing · March 2016
PurposeThe purpose of this study was to explore novel multipollutant exposure assessments using the Air Quality Health Index in relation to emergency department visits for otitis media (OM).DesignThis study was a retrospective analysis us ...
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Journal ArticleJournal for healthcare quality : official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality · January 2016
Hospitalized adult Medicaid recipients with chronic disease are at risk for rehospitalization within 90 days of discharge, but most research has focused on the Medicare population. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of population-based care ...
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Journal ArticleInternational journal of occupational medicine and environmental health · January 2016
ObjectivesThe purpose of this study was to examine the associations between emergency department (ED) visits for conjunctivitis and ambient air pollution levels in urban regions across the province of Ontario, Canada.Material and methodsI ...
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Journal ArticleNursing outlook · September 2015
ObjectivesAlthough considerable progress has been made in understanding networks, their structure, and their development, little has been known about their effectiveness in the health care setting and their contributions to quality of care and pat ...
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Journal ArticleWestern journal of nursing research · April 2015
The aim of this study was to delineate the multi-level relationships of individual registered nurse (RN) and nursing unit factors on missed nursing care. This was a quantitative model-building study using a descriptive, cross-sectional design. Surveys (N = ...
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Journal ArticleNursing research · January 2015
BackgroundThere are 12 million emergency department (ED) visits each year related to behavioral health diagnoses. Frequent ED utilization among subpopulations, such as those with behavioral health diagnoses, flags the need for more accessible and ...
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Conference2014 IEEE Healthcare Innovation Conference Hic 2014 · February 10, 2014
Asthma is a chronic air way inflammatory disease that restricts airflow in lungs through acute reduction of airway by a combination of smooth muscle constriction, swelling, and increased mucus secretion. While there is no cure for asthma, the disease can b ...
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Chapter · January 1, 2014
Objectives: Ambient air pollution exposure has been associated with the occurrence of several different health conditions. These associations are not only limited to respiratory and cardiovascular system; there have been also number of studies that have li ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of nursing measurement · January 2014
Background and purposeHealth care error causes inpatient morbidity and mortality. This study pooled the items from preexisting nursing error questionnaires and tested the psychometric properties of modified subscales from these item combinations.< ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of emergency nursing · September 2013
IntroductionThe use of complaint-specific protocols (CSPs) by emergency registered nurses (RNs) can improve ED efficiency. However, RN practice is influenced by regulatory environments that may facilitate or inhibit the use of protocols. The purpo ...
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Journal ArticleOnline journal of issues in nursing · May 2013
Nurses' control over practice is essential to nursing care quality and fosters teamwork at the point of care delivery. This article describes a study to measure the impact of nurses' control over their practice from the perspective of teamwork. The purpose ...
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Journal ArticleThe Journal of nursing administration · October 2012
The purpose of this study was to measure RNs' perceptions of teamwork skills and behaviors in their work environment during a multiphase multisite nursing organizational teamwork development initiative. Teamwork is essential for patient safety in healthcar ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of nursing management · July 2012
AimThis quality improvement project aims to reduce nurse-to-nurse lateral violence and create a more respectful workplace culture through a series of workshops.BackgroundLateral violence is common and pervasive in nursing, with detrimenta ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of nursing measurement · January 2012
Background and purposeTeamwork is an essential component of hospital nursing quality and safety. The purpose of this study is to test the validity and reliability of the Brief TeamSTEPPS Teamwork Perception Questionnaire (Brief T-TPQ).Methods< ...
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