The Rise of Anti-Intellectualism, A Snapshot of Nursing in Gaza, Video Monitoring to Reduce Falls: December Issue Recommended Reading

The December issue With ALL is live now.

Some articles on this issue can have open or free access for a specified time period; others would require a login or subscription. Below are some noteworthy articles that we would love to bring to your attention.

The first one is observational cohort study we’re considering implementing a continuous video monitoring program to scale back falls in a long-term acute care hospital setting. This article is offered open access.

The second original research article in our December issue is “Exploring the associations between stress, sleep quality, and mental health in nurses and the mediating role of coping strategies and social support: A cross-sectional study.According to the authors: “This study highlights the strong associations between stress, sleep quality, anxiety, and depressive symptoms, with coping strategies and social support as potential mediators.”

An (currently free to read) looks at what we currently know (and do not know, but need to check). best practices for implementing virtual nursing care within the hospital.

within the title “The rise of artificial intelligence” But the subject could be very serious and may concern us all, because the unreal intelligence in query does NO artificial intelligence, but anti-intellectualism. Kirton writes, examining recent attacks on higher education or the federal government’s attempts to force faculty, doctors, and students, in addition to their institutions, to stick to rigid rules that will limit freedom of thought and inquiry:

“When confirmation bias is used as a strategy, it can be problematic, especially when it is used to deceive people or to further personal or political goals.”

(All editorials are free to read.)

Our column this month is devoted to “Empowering nurses to forestall suicide in marginalized communities,“It’s ours concise exploration regarding her work as an ambulatory nurse, and our support for emergency department nurses when a patient dies, argue for more consistent reporting and training.

Changing gears to contemporary events, ours AJN reportsbased on interview ALL conducted with a nurse working with Doctors Without Borders in central Gaza at the peak of the recent catastrophic conflict, describes the challenges of providing high-quality nursing care to a besieged and ravenous population in near-impossible conditions.

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