What Are Our Opportunities in Preparing the Next Generation of Nurses and Where Are We Going Wrong? No abstract available

Leveraging the Power of Board Leadership in Professional Nursing Organizations Nurses who aspire to lead a professional nursing organization can significantly influence the future of the nursing profession. This article describes 4 essential responsibilities required in a board leadership position as identified by a group of nurse leaders who have each served as the board president of a national or international professional nursing organization.

Nurse and Patient Satisfaction The American Nurses Credentialing Center's Magnet Recognition Program® 2019 Magnet Application Manual “continue(s) to raise the bar as the gold standard for nursing” (p. IX). In this column, the authors, who are Magnet® commissioners, provide background and guidance on the standards for nurse satisfaction and patient satisfaction.

Health Equity—Caring for the Indigent—A Nursing Specialty: An Interview With Dr Karen Bankston In this month's Inspiration Point, Dr Patricia Reid Ponte interviews Dr Karen Bankston, PhD, MSN, FACHE.

Ensuring Workplace Safety: Evidence Supporting Interventions for Nurse Administrators Healthcare workplace violence is a growing concern among nurses; however, nurse administrators and managers may not be fully aware of the level, frequency, or extent of the trauma that staff nurses experience. This information gap is influenced by nurses' failure to report violent incidents, their belief that they are expected to care for violent/assaultive patients, time required for extensive documentation about these incidents, and perceptions that minimal follow-up to mitigate future episodes will occur. This article describes the evidence-based structures, processes, and practices supported to minimize organizational risk and protect nurses and other staff from being physically or emotionally injured and/or traumatized in the workplace.

The Impact of Nursing Work and Engagement on Patient Falls OBJECTIVE This study explored the relationships between nurse-sensitive structures, processes (work engagement [WE], frequency of fall risk discussion during report, and frequency of purposeful rounds), and patient falls. BACKGROUND Strong WE is associated with better nurse-assessed quality of care, but previous research is limited by self-reported outcome measures. METHODS We used a descriptive, cross-sectional, survey design with 41 nursing units from 7 hospitals. Nurses completed a survey including the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale. National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators reports provided falls data. RESULTS WE was not related to patient falls, even after controlling for RN staffing and skill mix. The nursing units that had more nurses performing frequent purposeful rounds experienced greater falls with injury. Highly engaged nurses participated more in purposeful rounding and discussion of fall risk during bedside report than less engaged nurses. CONCLUSIONS Further research is needed to understand the impact of WE on patient outcomes.

The Emeritus Nurse: Retired, Rehired, and Revolutionary A strong culture rooted in excellent nursing practice is essential to the future success of healthcare organizations. Nursing leaders face the challenge of establishing and retaining this culture with the exodus of nursing knowledge and clinical reasoning expertise from retirements of experienced nurses. This article presents a novel plan to mitigate this looming problem by rehiring and reengaging recently retired nurses to return to practice for an emeritus RN program.

A Systems-Level Method for Developing Nursing Informatics Solutions: The Role of Executive Leadership Nursing leadership can play an essential role in the development of nursing informatics solutions by virtue of their broad understanding and oversight of nursing care. We describe a systems-level method for creating nursing informatics solutions with clearly defined structure and leadership from nursing executives. Based on the guiding principles of clear lines of responsibility, respect for expertise, and commitment to project aims, this allows nursing executive leadership to organize, set up, and own the development of nursing informatics solutions.

The Role of Nurse Managers in the Adoption of Health Information Technology: Findings From a Qualitative Study OBJECTIVE This study aims to investigate the role of nurse managers in supporting point-of-care nurses' health information technology (IT) use and identify strategies employed by nurse managers to improve adoption, while also gathering point-of-care nurses' perceptions of these strategies. BACKGROUND Nurse managers are essential in facilitating point-of-care nurses' use of health IT; however, the underlying phenomenon for this facilitation remains unreported. METHODS A qualitative descriptive study was conducted with 10 nurse managers and 14 point-of-care nurses recruited from a mental health hospital environment in Ontario, Canada. Inductive and deductive content analyses were used to analyze the semistructured interviews. RESULTS Nurse managers adopt the role of advocate, educator, and connector, using the following strategies: communicating system updates, demonstrating use of health IT, linking staff to resources, facilitating education, and providing IT oversight. CONCLUSIONS Nurse managers use a variety of strategies to support nurses' use of health IT. Future research should focus on the effectiveness of these strategies.

Chief Nursing Officers' Perspectives on Hospital-Based Building or Remodeling Projects OBJECTIVE This descriptive survey explores the experiences of chief nursing officers (CNOs) who have participated in hospital-based building or remodeling projects. BACKGROUND As a pivotal member of the leadership team for facility projects, CNOs are often charged with contributing to decisions regarding placement of technology connections, selection of design elements to prevent healthcare-associated infections, choice of location for supplies, and management of construction change orders. METHODS A descriptive survey approach guided telephone interviews with 12 CNOs from across the United States. Credibility was achieved through peer debriefing and member checking. Transferability was demonstrated through detailed description; dependability and confirmability were demonstrated through an audit trail of the data collection and analysis processes. RESULTS Three main themes were identified, and a list of practice implications was developed. CONCLUSIONS CNOs can use the recommendations from this study as a starting point for future building or remodeling projects.