DNP Role Explained, Discharge Readiness Assessment: Highlights in our February issue

The February issue With ALL is live now. Here are some highlights.

In this issue (CE credit available), “Nurses in the fight to end food insecurity: an integrated review” synthesizes and analyzes nurse-led research findings that address food insecurity, identifying key interventions and outcomes across health care settings and communities.

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“Assessing readiness for discharge and factors influencing patients with aortic dissection: a cross-sectional study” is an article (open access). The authors note that this study “showed that patients with aortic dissection generally achieved discharge readiness on the lower end of the moderate range, indicating a necessity for improvement. It is imperative that health care providers emphasize pre-discharge patient education and develop and implement personalized discharge plans.”

The second article in our February issue reads:Exploring aspects influencing bowel preparation for colonoscopy: a meta-analysis” According to the authors, “Health care providers, including nurses, should consider these determinants of bowel preparation effectiveness and implement appropriate and timely interventions to improve patient education and care.”

Our article this month can also be “A mountain model for evidence-based program evaluation and policy evaluation” This model “offers a strong and versatile framework for guiding nurses through EBPQI [evidence-based practice quality improvement] initiatives, program evaluations and policy-oriented projects. It combines research foundations and high-quality evidence with methodologies to offer a comprehensive, systematic approach to achieving significant, scalable improvements in health care and education.

The Point of view“Teaching DNP students evidence-based practices and quality improvement” is a call for nursing schools to stop teaching DNP students in “small research projects” that don’t prepare them to take their place as much-needed agents of local change in our health care system. Instead, the authors say, the main focus ought to be on gaining knowledge about conducting quality improvement (QI) and evidence-based practice. They also advocate for a rigorous clarification amongst all stakeholders of the usually misleading language used to speak concerning the DNP role.

this month (at all times free) is all about sharing vital letter to Congress pursuing the appropriate for nursing to be recognized as a “profession” for purposes of upper student loan limits. We encourage you to read concerning the negative implications for nursing of the Department of Education’s recent decision and click on on the link to the American Nurses Association petition that every one nurses should sign.

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On this month’s cover we present a mixed illustration titled: Daughter of hunger, by Monte Michener. According to Michener, the piece was inspired by “the harsh reality of hunger in places like Darfur, contrasted with the glut often seen during the holiday season in the United States.”

Our column “You are protected with me: protecting a mother’s dignity” is written by a nurse whose mother suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. In it, the creator considers what a nurse really needs to offer “person-centered care,” especially when the patient is a member of the family.

Finally, don’t miss the extensive section, and departments and

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