The significance of trauma on the nursing workforce is of utmost importance in graduate nursing education. Competing roles of graduate nursing students, such as the demands of nursing practice and advanced education, can increase vulnerability to trauma and chronic stress. Stressors associated with graduate nursing education can significantly impact student and program outcomes. Incorporating a trauma-informed approach to graduate-level education can be an essential component to support the needs of this student population. Creating and sustaining a trauma-informed academic setting requires awareness, open-mindedness, empathy, and incorporating educational practices that promote healing and mitigate harm. Nurse faculty can play a pivotal role in restructuring curriculum design to include principles of a trauma-informed approach. This article reviews what is known about trauma informed care and considers strategies to apply a trauma-informed framework to graduate nursing education.
{"title":"Trauma Informed Educational Practices: An Educational Innovation for Graduate Nursing Students","authors":"Nadine Aktan, Jeffrey Kwong, Mamilda Robinson, Sallie Porter, Latoya Rawlins, Caroline Dorsen","doi":"10.3912/ojin.vol28no01man02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3912/ojin.vol28no01man02","url":null,"abstract":"The significance of trauma on the nursing workforce is of utmost importance in graduate nursing education. Competing roles of graduate nursing students, such as the demands of nursing practice and advanced education, can increase vulnerability to trauma and chronic stress. Stressors associated with graduate nursing education can significantly impact student and program outcomes. Incorporating a trauma-informed approach to graduate-level education can be an essential component to support the needs of this student population. Creating and sustaining a trauma-informed academic setting requires awareness, open-mindedness, empathy, and incorporating educational practices that promote healing and mitigate harm. Nurse faculty can play a pivotal role in restructuring curriculum design to include principles of a trauma-informed approach. This article reviews what is known about trauma informed care and considers strategies to apply a trauma-informed framework to graduate nursing education.","PeriodicalId":35614,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Issues in Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135395923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Transracial/transcultural adoption is defined as a child of one race or ethnic group placed with parent(s) of a different race or ethnic group. An estimated 2 million children in the United States were identified as adopted in the 2010 census, and approximately one-fourth of these were transracial adoptions. Both a history of adoption and a strong ethnic or racial identity are specifically associated with health-related risk and protective factors for psychosocial, academic, and health behavior outcomes. A patient with a history of transracial adoption presents unique and important considerations for culturally responsive nursing care. This article begins with nursing practice considerations for transracially adoptive patients and provides an overview of epidemiology; relevant trauma informed nursing care;. laws and racial identity formation, and a mental model of health disparities to guide future directions. We synthesize information relevant to nursing care of individuals who are transracially adopted and racial/ethnic identity formation, including socialization and a merging model to conceptualize identities. The article also discusses principles of trauma informed care and health disparities and future improvements in the context of this population.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.3912/ojin.vol27no01man05
J. Castner, K. Foli
Transracial/transcultural adoption is defined as a child of one race or ethnic group placed with parent(s) of a different race or ethnic group. An estimated 2 million children in the United States were identified as adopted in the 2010 census, and approximately one-fourth of these were transracial adoptions. Both a history of adoption and a strong ethnic or racial identity are specifically associated with health-related risk and protective factors for psychosocial, academic, and health behavior outcomes. A patient with a history of transracial adoption presents unique and important considerations for culturally responsive nursing care. This article begins with nursing practice considerations for transracially adoptive patients and provides an overview of epidemiology; relevant trauma informed nursing care;. laws and racial identity formation, and a mental model of health disparities to guide future directions. We synthesize information relevant to nursing care of individuals who are transracially adopted and racial/ethnic identity formation, including socialization and a merging model to conceptualize identities. The article also discusses principles of trauma informed care and health disparities and future improvements in the context of this population.
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Pub Date : 2018-09-01DOI: 10.3912/OJIN.VOL23NO03MAN02
Lucine Francis, Kelli DePriest, Marcella Wilson, D. Gross
Social determinants of health (SDOH) refer to the social, economic, and physical conditions in which people live that may affect their health. Poverty, which affects nearly 15 million children in the United States, has far-reaching effects on children's physical and mental health. Although it is difficult to change a family's economic circumstances, nurses can play a critical role to address SDOH through screening and effective coordination of care. As nurses, our role is to minimize the effects of SDOH, including poverty, on child health and well-being through our practice, research, and professional education. We present three exemplars of child poverty to demonstrate the impact on child health and well-being and propose a model of care for nurses to assess and address SDOH in the pediatric clinical setting.
{"title":"Child Poverty, Toxic Stress, and Social Determinants of Health: Screening and Care Coordination.","authors":"Lucine Francis, Kelli DePriest, Marcella Wilson, D. Gross","doi":"10.3912/OJIN.VOL23NO03MAN02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3912/OJIN.VOL23NO03MAN02","url":null,"abstract":"Social determinants of health (SDOH) refer to the social, economic, and physical conditions in which people live that may affect their health. Poverty, which affects nearly 15 million children in the United States, has far-reaching effects on children's physical and mental health. Although it is difficult to change a family's economic circumstances, nurses can play a critical role to address SDOH through screening and effective coordination of care. As nurses, our role is to minimize the effects of SDOH, including poverty, on child health and well-being through our practice, research, and professional education. We present three exemplars of child poverty to demonstrate the impact on child health and well-being and propose a model of care for nurses to assess and address SDOH in the pediatric clinical setting.","PeriodicalId":35614,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Issues in Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41537780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-01-31DOI: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol22No01Man06
Michelle Brown-Stephenson
Nurses serving in the uniformed forces are often first responders to medical crises throughout the world. The U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is an elite team of full-time, well-trained, highly qualified public health professionals who respond to public health crises at home and abroad. This article briefly describes responsibilities and roles of nurses during deployments; offers an exemplar of deployment to West Africa for Ebola response; and reviews the outcomes of the response effort. The author then offers reflections about her deployment experiences.
{"title":"United States Public Health Service Nurses: Deployment in Global Crisis","authors":"Michelle Brown-Stephenson","doi":"10.3912/OJIN.Vol22No01Man06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3912/OJIN.Vol22No01Man06","url":null,"abstract":"Nurses serving in the uniformed forces are often first responders to medical crises throughout the world. The U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is an elite team of full-time, well-trained, highly qualified public health professionals who respond to public health crises at home and abroad. This article briefly describes responsibilities and roles of nurses during deployments; offers an exemplar of deployment to West Africa for Ebola response; and reviews the outcomes of the response effort. The author then offers reflections about her deployment experiences.","PeriodicalId":35614,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Issues in Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34982955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-01-31DOI: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol22No01Man05
Gettie Audain, Carmen Maher
Public health responses to increases in mosquito-borne viruses, such as chikungunya, dengue, and recently the Zika virus outbreak, have increased awareness about these illnesses. This is especially so with the Zika virus and its devastating effects on unborn children. Awareness and prevention guides are now more widely available. However, information provided is often limited to telling consumers what to do to protect themselves from mosquito bites, lacking an explanation about the cycle of transmission in a simple and concise way. Better understanding about why protection is critical, and how this action protects others, may lead to more consistent protective behaviors. Nurses interact with patients on a daily basis and are trained to convey complex scientific and medical information in ways that are understandable to different populations. For this reason, nurses are critical partners to teach about prevention and control of mosquito-borne illnesses. This article will first briefly review arboviruses, followed by an exemplar that discusses customized teaching tools about dengue fever developed for lay persons traveling for mission trips. The summary offers recommendations for nurses to consider as they plan intervention to increase awareness and prevent and control outbreaks.
{"title":"Prevention and Control of Worldwide Mosquito-Borne Illnesses: Nurses as Teachers","authors":"Gettie Audain, Carmen Maher","doi":"10.3912/OJIN.Vol22No01Man05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3912/OJIN.Vol22No01Man05","url":null,"abstract":"Public health responses to increases in mosquito-borne viruses, such as chikungunya, dengue, and recently the Zika virus outbreak, have increased awareness about these illnesses. This is especially so with the Zika virus and its devastating effects on unborn children. Awareness and prevention guides are now more widely available. However, information provided is often limited to telling consumers what to do to protect themselves from mosquito bites, lacking an explanation about the cycle of transmission in a simple and concise way. Better understanding about why protection is critical, and how this action protects others, may lead to more consistent protective behaviors. Nurses interact with patients on a daily basis and are trained to convey complex scientific and medical information in ways that are understandable to different populations. For this reason, nurses are critical partners to teach about prevention and control of mosquito-borne illnesses. This article will first briefly review arboviruses, followed by an exemplar that discusses customized teaching tools about dengue fever developed for lay persons traveling for mission trips. The summary offers recommendations for nurses to consider as they plan intervention to increase awareness and prevent and control outbreaks.","PeriodicalId":35614,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Issues in Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34982954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-01-31DOI: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol22No01Man03
Pamela Rafferty-Semon, Jeremy Jarzembak, Jennifer Shanholtzer
Disasters are increasing at local, national, and global levels, as is the need for all nurses and communities to be prepared. Since 2003, decreased funds for disaster preparedness has meant less opportunity for public health departments and emergency management agencies to test disaster response plans. Today’s graduating nurses need strong skills in disaster nursing to manage a variety of disasters in a local to global context. One aim of this article is to briefly describe preparedness planning using a Point of Distribution/Dispensation (POD) and teaching competencies for disaster nursing. We discuss in detail an exemplar about a simulation developed with collaboration among university faculty, the county public health department, and the local emergency management agency (EMA). The article considers insufficient funds for drills and exercises; strategies to increase disaster knowledge and competency of undergraduate nursing students; and realistic, hands-on active learning approaches to disaster response at all levels, including implications for practice.
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Pub Date : 2017-01-31DOI: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol22No01Man01
Terri Rebmann, Ruth Carrico
Emerging infectious diseases impact healthcare providers in the United States and globally. Nurses play a vital role in protecting the health of patients, visitors, and fellow staff members during routine practice and biological disasters, such as bioterrorism, pandemics, or outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases. One vital nursing practice is proper infection prevention procedures. Failure to practice correctly and consistently can result in occupational exposures or disease transmission. This article reviews occupational health risks, and pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions for nurses who provide care to patients with new or re-emerging infectious diseases. Infection prevention education based on existing infection prevention competencies is critical to ensure adequate knowledge and safe practice both every day and in times of limited resources. Challenges specific to infectious disease disasters are discussed, as well as the role of microorganisms and nurse education for infection prevention.
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Pub Date : 2017-01-31DOI: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol22No01ManOS
Aaron G Buseh
The 20th century ushered in revolutionary progress in the advancement of medical science. These advancements have led to a decrease in morbidity and mortality rates, increase in average global life expectancy and enhancement of quality of life for individuals living in both developed and developing countries. We have seen even more scientific advances in the 21st century with the use and expansion of genetics and genomics science to create a path to personalized medicine with promises of using these technologies to identify risk factors for several diseases in which early treatment intervention can commence (Aswini & Varun, 2010: Hamburg & Collins, 2010).The World Health Organization (WHO) has noted a remarkable increase in global average life expectancy with populations everywhere now living longer (WHO, 2014). For instance, the 2014 World Health Statistics Report suggests that on a global average, a female child born in 2012 is projected to live up to 73 years, while a male child born in 2012 is projected to live up to the age of 68 years. These projections are six years longer than the average global life expectancy for a child born in 1990 (WHO, 2014). Although health disparity gaps persist within and between developed and developing countries, gains in life expectancy were significant among lowincome nations, which averaged an increase in life expectancy by 9 years from 1990 to 2012 (WHO, 2014).Although the reasons for the increase in life expectancy are varied and complex, a primary reason is that globally, infant and under-five mortality rates in many countries have significantly decreased (United Nations Children's Fund, 2015). Other reasons attributed to the increase in overall life expectancy around the world include advances in medical technology, an increase in literacy rates, improved socioeconomic conditions, and progress in availability of safe water and food safety, good sanitation practices, immunization, and a decrease in deaths from infectious and communicable diseases (Kent & Yin, 2006). Additionally, the discovery and availability of new antibiotics have made it possible to treat some infectious diseases that would otherwise kill populations (Hopkins, 2013).The world has made great strides in addressing infectious diseases, such as the eradication of smallpox in the 1970s and the near eradication of poliomyelitis. Despite these gains, infectious and communicable diseases persist the world over and many microbes have not been eliminated. Frequently, we have seen epidemics either in the form of bacterial, viral, and/or vector borne diseases raising their ugly heads. These diseases are referred to in the public health literature as 'emerging' and 'remerging' infections. Other global health concerns of note include human trafficking and maternal-newborn health.During the last three decades, in an effort to name causative agents of these emerging infections, it seemed scientists have used most of the alphabet. A listing of few inc
{"title":"Overview & Summary: Emerging Global Health Concerns: How Nurses Respond","authors":"Aaron G Buseh","doi":"10.3912/OJIN.Vol22No01ManOS","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3912/OJIN.Vol22No01ManOS","url":null,"abstract":"The 20th century ushered in revolutionary progress in the advancement of medical science. These advancements have led to a decrease in morbidity and mortality rates, increase in average global life expectancy and enhancement of quality of life for individuals living in both developed and developing countries. We have seen even more scientific advances in the 21st century with the use and expansion of genetics and genomics science to create a path to personalized medicine with promises of using these technologies to identify risk factors for several diseases in which early treatment intervention can commence (Aswini & Varun, 2010: Hamburg & Collins, 2010).The World Health Organization (WHO) has noted a remarkable increase in global average life expectancy with populations everywhere now living longer (WHO, 2014). For instance, the 2014 World Health Statistics Report suggests that on a global average, a female child born in 2012 is projected to live up to 73 years, while a male child born in 2012 is projected to live up to the age of 68 years. These projections are six years longer than the average global life expectancy for a child born in 1990 (WHO, 2014). Although health disparity gaps persist within and between developed and developing countries, gains in life expectancy were significant among lowincome nations, which averaged an increase in life expectancy by 9 years from 1990 to 2012 (WHO, 2014).Although the reasons for the increase in life expectancy are varied and complex, a primary reason is that globally, infant and under-five mortality rates in many countries have significantly decreased (United Nations Children's Fund, 2015). Other reasons attributed to the increase in overall life expectancy around the world include advances in medical technology, an increase in literacy rates, improved socioeconomic conditions, and progress in availability of safe water and food safety, good sanitation practices, immunization, and a decrease in deaths from infectious and communicable diseases (Kent & Yin, 2006). Additionally, the discovery and availability of new antibiotics have made it possible to treat some infectious diseases that would otherwise kill populations (Hopkins, 2013).The world has made great strides in addressing infectious diseases, such as the eradication of smallpox in the 1970s and the near eradication of poliomyelitis. Despite these gains, infectious and communicable diseases persist the world over and many microbes have not been eliminated. Frequently, we have seen epidemics either in the form of bacterial, viral, and/or vector borne diseases raising their ugly heads. These diseases are referred to in the public health literature as 'emerging' and 'remerging' infections. Other global health concerns of note include human trafficking and maternal-newborn health.During the last three decades, in an effort to name causative agents of these emerging infections, it seemed scientists have used most of the alphabet. A listing of few inc","PeriodicalId":35614,"journal":{"name":"Online Journal of Issues in Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34982594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-01-31DOI: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol22No01Man02
Cole Edmonson, Cindy McCarthy, Sylvia Trent-Adams, Cindy McCain, June Marshall
Global health issues (GHIs) require global cooperation in response, planning, prevention, preparedness, and care that reflects health equity issues among nations. These issues require complex interprofessional and interagency cooperation and solutions that involve governments, non-profits, and many times include private companies and foundations. More than ever, the response to GHIs requires a broader understanding of how connected we are in today’s world. This article considers response to issues of emerging infectious diseases, human trafficking, maternal-newborn health; preparedness for health inequities within a framework of social justice, equity; and mal-distribution of health workers globally. We define and describe emerging global health issues from a nursing perspective and offer a call to action for nurses to increase awareness as global leaders.
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