ABSTRACT
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center is a level 1 tertiary teaching facility in the southwestern United States. The center developed an 18-month registered nurse mentoring program. The program, now in its third year, is revisited looking at the evaluation of retention, program challenges, and change.
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Education, Nursing, Continuing/organization & administration , Inservice Training/organization & administration , Nursing Staff, Hospital/education , Preceptorship/organization & administration , Arizona , Attitude of Health Personnel , Health Services Needs and Demand , Hospitals, Teaching , Humans , Mentors/education , Mentors/psychology , Nurse's Role/psychology , Nursing Education Research , Nursing Methodology Research , Nursing Staff, Hospital/psychology , Nursing Staff, Hospital/supply & distribution , Organizational Innovation , Personnel Turnover/statistics & numerical data , Program Development , Program EvaluationABSTRACT
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is rarely seen and, thus, many critical care nurses may not be familiar with the disease. This article provides information about the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and a case study of a patient with this disease.
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Bronchoalveolar Lavage/methods , Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis/therapy , Biopsy , Bronchoalveolar Lavage/adverse effects , Bronchoalveolar Lavage/standards , Cough/etiology , Critical Care , Cyanosis/etiology , Dyspnea/etiology , Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/physiology , Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/therapeutic use , Hoarseness/etiology , Humans , Incidence , Male , Middle Aged , Oxygen Inhalation Therapy , Practice Guidelines as Topic , Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis/diagnosis , Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis/epidemiology , Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis/etiology , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
Staff turnover in critical care units is a persistent problem. This very brief, pilot study examines the effects of hardiness and its impact on critical care nurses.
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Adaptation, Psychological , Attitude of Health Personnel , Burnout, Professional/prevention & control , Intensive Care Units , Nursing Staff, Hospital/psychology , Personality , Adult , Anthropology, Cultural , Avoidance Learning , Burnout, Professional/psychology , Exploratory Behavior , Female , Hospitals, Teaching , Humans , Intensive Care Units/organization & administration , Internal-External Control , Interprofessional Relations , Job Satisfaction , Male , Middle Aged , Models, Psychological , Motivation , Nursing Methodology Research , Organizational Culture , Personnel Loyalty , Pilot Projects , Problem Solving , Qualitative Research , Southwestern United States , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, a level-one tertiary care teaching facility in the southwest United States, developed an 18-month RN mentoring program in response to the national nursing shortage and a desire to promote nursing retention at the institution.
