Registered Nurses' Experiences of Vertical Violence in the United States Health Care Workplace: A Qualitative Study.

Background: The presence of health care workplace violence (WPV) significantly impacts victims, patients, and the organization. Registered nurses' experience of vertical WPV is not well understood, in part because the extant literature uses inconsistent and ambiguous terminology or focuses on bullying or incivility, excluding other violent behaviors.

Objective: This critical ethnography study explored the perceptions and experiences of registered nurses who have been victims of vertical violence in the health care workplace.

WIC Peer Counselors Support Breastfeeding Among WIC Participants.

Background: The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, also known as WIC, is associated with improved health outcomes for participants. The role of WIC Peer Counselors was created to support breastfeeding among WIC participants.

Objective: This Naturalistic Inquiry study explored the perceptions and experiences of 9 WIC Peer Counselors located in Southeast Texas.

"I still feel so lost": experiences of women receiving SANE care during the year after sexual assault.

Objective: Emergency caregivers provide initial care to women sexual assault (SA) survivors. An improved understanding of the issues facing this population can aide emergency care practitioners in providing high quality care. The goal of this study was to share the experiences of women SA survivors with the emergency care practitioners that care for them.

Health care utilization by women sexual assault survivors after emergency care: Results of a multisite prospective study.

Background: Approximately, 100,000 US women receive emergency care after sexual assault each year, but no large-scale study has examined the incidence of posttraumatic sequelae, receipt of health care, and frequency of assault disclosure to providers. The current study evaluated health outcomes and service utilization among women in the 6 weeks after sexual assault.

Methods: Women ≥18 years of age presenting for emergency care after sexual assault to twelve sites were approached.

Ethical Challenges Encountered by Clinical Trials Nurses: A Grounded Theory Study.

Objectives: To investigate the ethical challenges experienced by oncology clinical trials nurses (OCTNs) during the management of CTs and to examine how they resolve those conflicts.

Sample & Setting: 12 licensed RNs who had been practicing as full- or part-time OCTNs for a minimum of two years at various academic medical centers in the United States.

Methods & Variables: Classical grounded theory (CGT), an inductive methodology used to explore a social process in which little is known and to develop a theory grounded in the data, was used, in addition to CGT data analysis strategies.

Mentoring up: A grounded theory of nurse-to-nurse mentoring.

Aims And Objectives: To generate a theoretical explanation of nurse-to-nurse mentoring in the clinical setting.

Background: Despite an abundance of mentoring literature, the processes involved between nurses in mentoring relationships have yet to be studied. Nursing literature has focused on mentor attributes and relationship outcomes rather than focusing on theoretical discovery.

Exerting Capacity.

Patient safety has been at the forefront of nursing research since the release of the Institute of Medicine's report estimating the number of preventable adverse events in hospital settings; yet no research to date has incorporated the perspectives of bedside nurses using classical grounded theory (CGT) methodology. This CGT study explored the perceptions of bedside registered nurses regarding patient safety in adult acute care hospitals. Data analysis used three techniques unique to CGT-the constant comparative method, coding, and memoing-to explore the values, realities, and beliefs of bedside nurses about patient safety.

Emergency department focused bedside echocardiography in massive pulmonary embolism.

Background: Massive pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common consideration in unstable patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with chest pain, dyspnea, or cardiac arrest. It is a potentially lethal condition necessitating prompt recognition and aggressive management. Conventional diagnostic modalities in the ED, including chest computed tomography angiography and ventilation-perfusion scanning, require the unstable patient to leave the department, and raise concerns over renal injury.

Genitourinary imaging in the emergency department.

The emergency medicine (EM) specialist has a wide-ranging armamentarium of imaging modalities available for use in the patient with genitourinary complaints. This article covers the various imaging options, with a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of each of these different modalities. Special emphasis is placed on point-of-care EM ultrasound performed by the EM specialist at the patient bedside.

Caring in telehealth.

The overall goal of this study was to explore and describe the perceptions of advanced practice nurses (APNs) about caring while providing primary care using telehealth technology. This study used naturalistic inquiry methodology to elicit the subjective perceptions and reflections of a sample of APNs about how they convey caring in the context of telehealth. Thirteen APNs, selected by purposive and snowball sampling, participated in the study.

Evaluation of an informal peer group experience on baccalaureate nursing students' emotional well-being and professional socialization.

Although studies have documented the importance of the academic environment in promoting positive outcomes among students, few quantitative studies in nursing have been performed to identify strategies through which a nurturing learning environment can be created. A randomized two-group pretest-posttest design was used to investigate effects of an informal peer group experience on baccalaureate nursing students' emotional well-being and professional socialization as caring practitioners. Groups did not differ significantly on the outcomes measured in this study.