Learning + Leading

AUGUST 15, 2024

of surveyed nurses said they feel on a weekly basis. “At the end of their rope.” That’s how 29.4% For some, it’s every day. Many more reported feeling “emotionally drained,” “used up” or “fatigued.” Whatever the nomenclature, it all points to the same thing: burnout.

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DAIC

MAY 7, 2024

narrates and is a co-producer of a documentary focused on radiation and orthopedic injuries suffered by doctors and nurses who work in cardiac catheterization laboratories where they apply the very latest non-surgical technologies to treat the world’s leading cause of death, heart disease. Rizik , M.D., Diethrich , M.D.,

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Journal of the American Heart Association

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Nursing is an essential part of our health care system workforce. Cardiovascular and stroke nursing represents one of the largest specialty areas requiring expert knowledge and clinical proficiency to ensure safety and quality patient outcomes. Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

JANUARY 29, 2025

Key results of the survey about nurse-led implantable cardiac monitor management practices in Italy. ABSTRACT Aims This project aimed to evaluate current practices of trained nurses performing implantable cardiac monitor (ICM) implantations and remote follow-ups in Italy, assessing hospital protocols and nurses' perceptions.

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

OCTOBER 16, 2024

This study explores the factors contributing to the occurrence of delirium following cardiac surgery and devises nursing strategies rooted in behavior change theory.

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European Journal of Heart Failure

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The clinical role and educational preparation of heart failure nurses across Europe. HF, heart failure; HFN, heart failure nurse; MDT, multidisciplinary team. Aims To describe the clinical practice and educational preparation of heart failure (HF) nurses across Europe and determine the key differences between countries.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

MAY 15, 2024

Records from nearly 30,000 nursing home residents indicate that blood pressure medications more than double the risk of life-threatening bone fractures, according to Rutgers Health research.

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Blood Pressure Nursing Research 77

Med Page Today

AUGUST 13, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Dan Shively had been a bank president who built floats for July Fourth parades in Cody, Wyoming, and adored fly-fishing with his sons. Jeffrey Dowd had been an auto mechanic who ran a dog rescue and hosted a Sunday blues radio.

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Heart Sisters

DECEMBER 8, 2024

"When Connie Jorsvik was a cardiac nurse, it always seemed like more women than men were admitted to her hospital after Christmas. Many of these women had been experiencing cardiac symptoms for days - and even weeks.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

JANUARY 23, 2025

The drivers behind burnout in cardiovascular nursing require country- and systemwide interventions unique to the speciality, according to a statement published Dec. 18 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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HCPLive

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Patients receiving a nursing intervention had significantly better response rates, improvements in anxiety and depression scores, and significantly higher patient satisfaction when compared with the conventional care group.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital-Plano in Texas cut times of cardiogenic shock diagnosis in half after implementing a quality improvement project that included nurse education and an electronic shock team alert, according to a study published Dec. 1 in Critical Care Nurse.

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Heart Sisters

APRIL 14, 2024

Can we do a better job teaching medical and nursing students about women’s unique cardiac issues? The answer might be in these nine teaching modules!

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HCPLive

MAY 10, 2024

Providers in inflammatory diseases discuss the instrumental role nurses and support staff play in educating patients on adalimumab biosimilars.

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Med Page Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Rapper Snoop Dogg's 24-year-old daughter, Cori Broadus, suffered a "severe" stroke. People) A Justice Department report blamed "cascading failures of leadership.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

MARCH 20, 2025

As a nurse working in a neurocritical care, I witnessed the sudden and devastating effects of stroke on survivors and their caregivers.

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NEJM Journal Watch - Cardiology

MAY 14, 2024

Within 30 days of antihypertensive medication initiation, the rate of fracture was more than twice as high in initiators than in noninitiators.

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

JANUARY 30, 2025

This study investigates the impact of nursing interventions, guided by behavior change theory, on the recovery of cardiac function and quality of life in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonar.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Evidence indicates that patients receiving care from stroke specialized nurses, including nurse-led stroke prevention, show better outcomes. Conclusion:By identifying educational gaps, we were able to enhance nursing education; which improved stroke-patient education and outcomes.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

AUGUST 19, 2024

Nurses play a key role in helping patients manage emotional and social health challenges, or psychosocial health, after a stroke, and improved screening and assessment for psychosocial needs are essential to provide optimal patient care.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

These gaps may undermine patient safety.Research Question:What are the nursing practices and perspectives regarding management of EVDs and LDs?Methods/Approach:A reported roles as Neuroscience ICU nurses, and 39.2% reported roles as Neuroscience ICU nurses, and 39.2% managed an EVD at least 75% of the time.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Background and Issue:Shared governance (SG) is an organized forum where bedside nurses are engaged in decision-making about professional practice, QI, and research to improve patient outcomes. Nursing engagement in SG has been linked to promoting improved nursing and patient outcomes.

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Congenital

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The summit was designed to cater to a diverse audience, including cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiac anesthesiologists, CT residents, perfusionists, and ICU and OR nurses.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Introduction:Stroke center designation generally specifies required education for nurses. Our system provides stroke education to hundreds of nurses annually. Nurses received immediate feedback. We were able to track attendance, graph results, and provide live feedback and immediate test results to all nurses.

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Conquering CHD

JANUARY 17, 2025

Kayla and Misael sat outside our Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) facing a devastating diagnosis, when, like a scene from a movie, a nurse ran out to tell them they had found a heart donor. Numerous doctors, nurses, technicians and other specialists provided the clinical care that saved Zane and Zekes lives.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

A virtual neurologist rounded on all patient consults using video camera technology and a nurse delegate at the bedside. Beginning in April of 2024 the nurse delegate identified patients with an admission diagnosis of stroke and checked for presence of the ischemic stroke orderset prior to virtual rounds.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

The purpose of this study is to determine if consistent nurse-led stroke alert activation improves door to needle (DTN) times, which frequently results in better patient outcomes.Method:The method applied was a retrospective review of stroke alert records to evaluate the efficacy of different activation models.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Background:A post-pandemic culture without interdisciplinary rounds has led to a lack of communication between providers and nurses. NN developed a protocol for interdisciplinary rounds and communicated this with nursing, providers, and unit secretaries. NN educated nurses and providers about the evidence-based benefits of team rounds.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

However, not all institutions can staff stroke-trained nurses 24/7. To address increasing after-hours DTP times, radiology staff nurses designed and implemented an institution-specific, comprehensive educational stroke training program for all night shift ED nurses.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Background:Patients receiving care from stroke specialized nurses have better outcomes. In 2021, the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) published updates to the Comprehensive Nursing Care Scientific Statements providing new evidence and best nursing practices in stroke care.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Background:Stroke nursing education is a requirement for Stroke Center designation. We assessed nurses’ performance during the educational process. Lectures were interactive with multiple-choice questions, polling and trivia, and allowed nurses to engage and ask questions. We used a zoom platform to provide stroke education.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Nurses received comprehensive training in intervention goals and identification of stroke symptoms and last known-well times. Critical intervention times were evaluated for improvement.Results:ED POV arrival patients with acute stroke symptoms were studied from 11/7/21-7/31/23; the nurse-driven process was implemented on 11/7/22.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Despite this, most educational resources are focused on stroke-specific units rather than on all inpatient nursing areas. Stroke unit nurses also completed a fourth puzzle focused on patient education. The Escape Room consisted of three puzzles for non-stroke units and an additional puzzle for stroke units. on non-stroke units.

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Med Page Today

JUNE 15, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

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Med Page Today

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In fact, I've resuscitated thousands, and run countless codes in 30-plus years as an emergency medicine nurse and doctor. (MedPage Today) -- I'd seen a 78-year-old in cardiac arrest before. I'm trained to take charge, make the most of staffing.

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European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

JANUARY 1, 2025

Yet, it is a valuable participatory research design that can help improve health outcomes and be applied in nursing research. Traditionally, it was used as a quality improvement technique.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

To address this, Rapid Response Team (RRT) nurses have been empowered to lead the Inpatient Stroke Alert process to improve response time.Methods:Beginning in 2016, stroke program leadership in conjunction with frontline RRT nurses worked together to improve the Inpatient Stroke Alert response. minutes, n=47) in 2023.

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