Nursing Faculty Professional Quality of Life and Resilience in a Changing Educational Environment.

BACKGROUND: Growing workload demands of nursing faculty has led to an academic work environment that is stressful with loss of work life balance and occupational burnout. METHOD: Full-time faculty were surveyed prior to the pandemic at a private school of nursing using the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL), Bride Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale (STSS), Conner-Davidson Resilience-10 (CDRS-10), and Trauma Informed Climate Scale (TICS-10). RESULTS: The ProQOL revealed moderate faculty burnout scores (mean score, 25.8). The STSS identified two thirds of faculty experienced secondary traumatic stress in various degrees, with one third of faculty respondents experiencing high to severe STSS symptoms. The CDRS-10 identified 42% of faculty scored within the lowest quartile and 13% of faculty scored within the highest quartile. CONCLUSION: Faculty must be provided a safe work environment to limit burn-out, promote resilience, and support work life balance to address the current nursing faculty shortage. [J Nurs Educ. 2022;61(6):330-333.].

A Teaching Model to Promote NCLEX-RN Success.

ABSTRACT: Nurse educators in RN programs are called to address the nursing shortage, assist increasingly diverse learners to succeed on the National Council Licensure Examination the first time, and prepare the new nurse graduate to transition into an ever-changing health care system. This article purposes a teaching model to empower both the nurse educator and the student. As graduates have gained locus of control, National Council Licensure Examination pass rates have increased from 82 percent to 93 percent. The discussion examines a variety of strategies to facilitate nurse graduate success.

Toolkit for a Successful Nurse Educator Sabbatical.

ABSTRACT: This article provides evidence to support the need for nursing faculty to attain sabbaticals. In addition, a toolkit is provided that walks faculty through a step-by-step process to ensure a successful sabbatical. Future nurses are counting on strong, engaging, and visionary faculty. Thus, to foster resilience, nursing faculty are encouraged to embrace the sabbatical opportunity.

Building Resilience Among Orphaned and Vulnerable Children Through the Memory Book Intervention.

Children who are orphaned and vulnerable due to poverty, war, or disease (HIV/AIDS) may experience childhood traumatic grief. A qualitative phenomenological approach was implemented to explore and compare the lived experiences of orphaned children, adolescents, and caregivers who had used the Memory Book intervention at six children's homes in India, Kenya, and South Africa. Study findings revealed similar themes between the countries, with primary themes of identity and relationships, and secondary themes of coping, hope, and emotion. Findings suggest the value of Memory Book resources to encourage the preservation of a child's story and grief recovery that can be used for any child facing recovery from difficult life events.

Discovering Their Needs: Southern Rural Women of East India.

This qualitative, descriptive, phenomenological study explored how southern, rural women in India (N = 14) view health, how they learned about health, and what health education they desired. Health education classes were offered, based on participants' responses. Recommendations are offered for a best practice model that could potentially enhance the efforts of non-Indian nurses desiring to assist impoverished women and families in India.

Evaluation of a Memory Book intervention with orphaned children in South Africa.

The purpose of this collaborative research study was to evaluate the use of the Memory Book intervention for orphaned children's grief and loss recovery. A qualitative phenomenological approach was implemented to evaluate the Memory Book intervention with orphaned children at two children's homes in South Africa. Study findings support the ability of children to work through loss and grief when they are assisted in preserving and telling their story. The Memory Book intervention assists children to chronicle their lives and demonstrates the potential to guide future interventions by care providers and nurses in this context.

Breast health teaching in predominantly African American rural Mississippi Delta.

This study's primary focus was breast health education to rural African American women in Mississippi and training of community members. Through practice in this area, women were found to lack knowledge of breast health which is the third leading cause of death in Mississippi Black women. They were open to education: N = 130, t = -16.6, df = 126, p < .001; 1 year, N = 35; 2-3 year N = 16 and 3 trained. Data suggest knowledge increased, a small percentage continued practices and community members would become trainers. One participant was diagnosed with breast cancer, received treatment and remained cancer-free after two years.