Volume 5, Issue 5 (2024) Nursing-Sensitive Indicators
Editorial and News
Inspiring and Supporting Nurses’ Scholarly Works Through a Special Issue Highlighting Nursing-Sensitive Indicators
Sammie Mosier, Elizabeth Card, and Caryn Alper
The Future of Nurse-Led Research: The Road Ahead
Sammie Mosier
A Historical View of Nursing Research at HCA Healthcare
Jane D. Englebright
Infection Prevention: The Small but Mighty Teams in Health Care
E. Jackie Blanchard
Revitalizing Emergency Rooms Nationally: Strategies and Insights
Jeffin Dejanovich and Noah Zanville
Nursing Informatics: The Vital Nursing Link Between Technology and Patient Care
Sherri L. Hess and Caryn Alper
Clinical Review
Inpatient Falls: Epidemiology, Risk Assessment, and Prevention Measures. A Narrative Review
Taylor Locklear, Jeannie Kontos, Callaham A. Brock, Alexander B. Holland, Rachel Hemsath, Anna Deal, Shannon Leonard, Carsten Steinmetz, and Saptarshi Biswas
Research
Assessing the Effectiveness of a Non-Punitive Fall Prevention Program
Nicki Roderman, Shandlie Wilcox, and Cynthia Lang
A Randomized Controlled Trial of 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate Skin Preparation Cloths for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections in Adults Undergoing Spine Surgeries: Residual Reduction in Skin Bacterial Load for 4 Days
Elizabeth Card, Yaping Shi, Wuraola Adesinasi, Matt Shotwell, Nancy Wells, Elizabeth Hall, Joseph Cheng, and Edward Sherwood
Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Reduction in Hemodialysis Patients Across 9 Hospitals and 3 States
Nicki Roderman, Kasadi Moore, Shandlie Wilcox, Jennifer Jellerson, and Zoey Bridges
Enhancing Patient Safety: The Role of Interdisciplinary Teams in Reducing Blood Culture Contamination
Austin Patrick Eisenberg, Fady M. Awad, Brian Watson, and Mohamed Faris
Improving Maintenance of Central Line Dressing to Reduce Risk of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in an Acute-Care Setting
Kristi Gaskill, Kerry Wilder, Emily Sneed, Astrid J. Pujals, and Kim Newman
Effectively Addressing Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries With a Multidisciplinary Approach
Nicki Roderman, Shandlie Wilcox, and Andrew Beal
Case Reports
Nursing and Supply Chain as Critical Partners in Enterprise-Level Efforts to Prevent Hemodialysis Associated Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections: A Case Study
Dana L. Blayney, Julia Moody, James Pittman, Noah Zanville, Missy Pennington, Sarah A. Fraker, and E. Jackie Blanchard
Development of a Facility-Level Second Victim Syndrome Peer-Mentor Program: Program Design and Future Directions
Jacqueline Trammell, Noah Zanville, and Caryn Alper
Education
Measures of Success: Making the Case for Advanced Practice-Sensitive Quality Indicators
Ruth Kleinpell, April Kapu, and Cynthia Borum
Minding the Details: The Importance of Assessment Accuracy and Consistency in Managing Nursing-Sensitive Indicator Interventions
Elizabeth Card and Noah Zanville
Humanities
Inner Working of the Human Body
Dammika Abeygunawardena
Caring Moments
Margaret J. DeMars
Dawn's Light—A New Day
Wendy A. McEuen
A Cold Winter Day
Erin E. Perrin
Micro Life
David Burton
Surgery Day
Cara M. MacDonald
The Art of Nursing
Janna L. Billetdeaux
Special Issue Editors
- Lead Editors
- Elizabeth Card, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CPAN, CCRP, FASPAN, FAAN
- Noah Zanville, PhD, RN
- Assistant Editors
- Krista Mazza Carter, PhD, LPC-MHSP
- Una T Hopkins, RN, FNP-BC, NE-BC, DNP, FACCC
- Julia Moody, MS SM(ASCP), CIC, FAPIC
- Mary Lee A Potter, PhD, MBA, RN, CWOCN
- Emily Shreeve, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CENP, NPD-BC
- Carolyn Vitale, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC