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How Do Nurses Feel About Assessing for and Promoting Safe Gun Storage?
My grandfather and uncles were hunters, and they always looked forward to their forays into Michigan’s Upper Peninsula during deer hunting season. But while I was well aware of their activities, they...
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Patient Input on Obstacles to Sleep Helps Focus One Unit’s Improvement Efforts
Do you know anyone who’s ever had a good night’s sleep in the hospital? As nurses, we hear the complaints; as patients ourselves, or as family members of patients, we’ve been there. Differing views on...
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How Research Starts: Choosing a Question That Passes the ‘So What’ Test
As an undergrad at the University of Michigan School of Nursing more than 40 years ago, I was among the few students who loved the required “research” course. I don’t know whether I looked forward to...
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DNR Does Not Mean Do Not Treat
Nurses and the meaning of DNR. I recall a patient I had as a very new nurse who was designated as do not resuscitate, or “DNR.” The patient had suffered an intracranial bleed and because of his...
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Time to Stop Proving Burnout Exists and Start Researching Real Solutions
“Put simply, we know burnout exists and we know it’s getting worse. Let’s leave it at that and move forward. Let’s focus on what we know might mitigate burnout…” That’s from this month’s Viewpoint,...
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We Haven’t Made You Better: Orthopedic Trauma and Emotional Healing
Learning that healing the body isn’t always enough. For much of my career as a trauma ICU nurse and orthopedic trauma nurse practitioner, I focused on building my knowledge of pathophysiology and...
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‘I Notice, I Wonder’: Demystifying the Research Process for Nurses
Alexa Curtis Nurses are drawn to their profession out of interest in people and the human condition. In particular, nurses are committed to improving the physical and social circumstances of...
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Leveraging AI and Technology for Comprehensive Research: Tips for Researchers...
The research-to-practice gap. Today’s rapidly changing health care settings require medical and nursing professionals and students to remain up to date on trending research, topics, and evidence for...
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Why Nurses Assist Falling Patients Despite the Risk
A too-common scenario. Joe opens his eyes and looks through the window of his hospital room. He has always been early to rise. Even at age 82, he can’t shake the habits he learned when he was young....
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Involving Nurses in Hospital Staffing Decision-Making
A qualitative study that looks at the experiences of nurses who have served on staffing committees. When I am faced with challenging situations and issues that involve multiple stakeholders, I seek...
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