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The pandemic took its toll on memory clinics with many forced to close or scale back their services. This led to lengthening waits for dementia assessment and left many without a diagnosis.
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Program As part of the plan stage of the PDSA model (Institute for Healthcare Improvement [IHI], n.d.), a unit-based nurse specialist and a clinical nurse specialist (CNS) assessed staff comfort with oral chemotherapy, identification, and safe handing processes by implementing a tip sheet and precaution signage on the project units. Because of inexperience with oral chemotherapy, staff indicated quarterly oral chemotherapy safety tips would be helpful. All efforts were made to conserve PPE, and priority shifted at the project site to developing crisis capacity guidelines by the organization at large. [...]project limitations were in part due to time constraints. [...]staff answers were
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In the 6 months preceding the pandemic, the Deputy Chief Nurse and Consultant Nurse for Trauma and Orthopaedics had worked with this group of staff to find commonalities among their roles, and outline the development required to ensure they were recognized for the clear contribution they made to high-quality patient care and improved patient outcomes. The pain management and acute pain management specialist nurses were deployed to critical care, primarily because their workload centered on pain management post-surgery, and many elective procedures had stopped. Both acknowledged the lack of family presence at the end of life was very distressing. If the situation were to arise again, both indicated they would return to critical care: one because overall she felt this was a learning experience, and the other because of the fear of how a refusal may be perceived by others.
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This article highlights the critical role of advanced practice registered nurses in the care of older adults living in nursing homes. This population is one of the frailest, marginalized, and often neglected in the United States. The COVID-19 pandemic impact on nursing homes resulted in a stunning number of infections and subsequent resident deaths. This is a shameful reminder of the many challenges and gaps in the nursing home industry including inadequate staffing, high staff turnover, improper isolation technique, and lack of fundamental knowledge of how to adequately implement infection prevention and control processes. Strong advanced practice registered nurse leadership may have mitigated some of these factors.
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COVID-19 , Nurses , Aged , Humans , Leadership , Nursing Homes , Pandemics , United StatesABSTRACT
During the pandemic, Broodkoorn established and led the Ministry of Health's infection prevention and control team for the COVID-19 response, providing clinical guidance on the use of personal protective equipment across the health and disability system. Through the clinic, she supplies items to Pacific families in need, including bedding, furniture, food parcels and home-cooked meals. * Husband and wife MATAIO BROWN and SARAH BROWN were both made MNZM for services to mental health and prevention of family violence. Funds were raised to gift 9350 copies of the book to all prisoners in the country through the Department of Corrections. Since 2019, they have partnered with the Ministry of Social Development and Aviva as ambassadors for the antiviolence "It's Not OK" campaign.
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As a senior cardiac nurse on the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) Heart Helpline, my role, like many others, has changed in response to the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Beginning Spring 2020, a global pandemic dictated the rapid integration of advanced practice registered nurse graduate simulation education as clinical practicums were unexpectedly limited. Using an established computer-based platform, family nurse practitioner, adult gerontology clinical nurse specialist, and adult gerontology acute care nurse practitioner students participated in simulation experiences with complex patients and interprofessional health care teams. This experience was purposefully designed to align with the International Nursing Association of Clinical Simulation Learning Standards of Best Practice. After each simulation, students completed a worksheet and participated in an intraprofessional debriefing session. A survey was administered to solicit student feedback about the experience.
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Key points from the Royal College of Nursing review of the UK nursing labour market
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A column exploring the key professional issues affecting specialist nurses working in gastroenterology, hepatology and stoma care
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AIM: To explore the range and use of communication strategies by Parkinson's nurse specialists, and describe key communication strategies, to support health professionals in their healthcare interactions with people with Parkinson's. DESIGN: A qualitative descriptive study. METHODS: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the study took place in an online setting. Online semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight Australian Parkinson's nurse specialists and one UK Parkinson's nurse between August and October of 2020. Interviews explored healthcare communication, specifically (1) ways Parkinson's nurse specialists support communication during healthcare interactions, (2) factors influencing the use of communication strategies, and (3) how the nurses learned to communicate effectively with people with Parkinson's disease. Reflexive thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. RESULTS: Parkinson's nurse specialists described the importance of establishing strong therapeutic relationships, the key role of the communication partner, adapting communication to reduce cognitive load, ensuring two-way understanding, and enabling expressive communication for people with Parkinson's. Knowing the person and family, knowing the disease and understanding the symptoms appeared to influence the choice of communication strategies in healthcare interactions. Learning through others, learning through experience and learning through education and research were considered important parts of becoming a skilled healthcare communicator when working with people with Parkinson's. CONCLUSION: Knowledge and use of effective communication strategies to support people with Parkinson's is crucial for all health professionals working with this population, in order to reduce the occurrence of poor healthcare outcomes. A deep understanding of how Parkinson's disease affects communication and experience in implementing communication strategies were reported as contributing to the success of Parkinson's nurses in communicating with their patients. IMPACT: This study provides a description of the key, translational communication strategies that can be used by all health professionals to support healthcare interactions with people with Parkinson's.
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COVID-19 , Nurse Specialists , Parkinson Disease , Australia , Communication , Delivery of Health Care , Humans , Pandemics , Qualitative ResearchABSTRACT
Rosalie Magboo, winner of the 2021 Cardiovascular Nurse of the Year Award, discusses how she designed and implemented two research-based innovations, and her mission to inspire nurses to get involved in research.
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Nicola Drake reflects on her team's achievements in using technology to build up their cardiac rehabilitation services to provide safe and effective care, while staff await the day they can once again hold patients' hands.
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Emily Whisker offers an introduction and background to the UK Multiple Sclerosis Specialist Nurse Association (UKMSSNA) and its committee members. She looks at the experiences of the multiple sclerosis specialist nurse community during the pandemic, including the way in which negative experiences were overcome.
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In other leadership roles, Larkin has been * founding treasurer of the Wisconsin Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (2012-2015), * a member of the Wisconsin Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists Steering Committee (2012-2018), and * co-chair of the Wisconsin State Chief Nursing Officer-Clinical Nurse Specialists Shared Governance Breakfast (2016-2017). The work of the Board will be transparent to our members and your involvement will ensure that our programs and products are aligned not only with our Vision but with the member's needs. Highlights of Pincus's service to AORN include that she is * Vice President of AORN (2020-present), * co-chair of the New York State Council (2018-present), * a peer reviewer for the AORN Journal (2013-present), * Board liaison to the Fellowship Selection Committee (2020-present), and * a member of the AORN of Silicon Valley Board of Directors (2021-present). In other leadership roles, Pincus is * a member of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists Legislative/Regulatory Committee (2018-present), * a member of the Kappa Gamma chapter of Sigma Theta Tau (2012-present), and * a mentor for the American Nurses Association Mentorship Program (2020-present).
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BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic relapsing and remitting condition. The COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted provision of medical care across the world. IBD clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) played a pivotal role in the care of children with IBD during the pandemic national lockdown and in the recovery phase. This article aims to look at the impact of COVID-19 on the paediatric IBD service in one children's hospital and the effect on the IBD CNSs' workload. METHOD: A retrospective review of clinical notes and the service's IBD database from January 2019 to September 2020. RESULTS: There was a significant increase in the number of email and telephone contacts to the IBD CNS team during lockdown. There was an increase in virtual clinics, and an increase in new IBD patients coming to the service, but a reduction in the number of face-to-face consultant clinics. CONCLUSION: COVID-19 has disrupted medical services to children with IBD and led to a reduction in face-to-face activities but has also led to a significant increase in virtual activities. CNSs have taken up a wider role to cover patient care during a time of both medical and nursing redeployment.