JOURNAL OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION

Exploring Reasons for Satisfaction with Job Assignments Among Travel Nurses
Owens S, West B and Watson H
The aim of this study was to explore factors related to a travel nurse completing or extending an assignment or leaving before the end of an assignment.
Measuring Professional Governance: The Swedish Version of the Verran Professional Governance Scale©
Lundmark M, Antonsson L, Nobrell A, Hommel A and Ramji R
To translate the Verran Professional Governance Scale© (VPGS©) into Swedish, adapt it to the Swedish context, and validate it.
Leaders Benefit From Organizational Membership: Perspectives From the United States and Canada
Prestia AS, Udod SA and Bacon CT
This article explores the value of nurse leader membership in professional organizations in the United States and Canada. Benefits include the sharing of scholarly information, enlarging networks, and professional development.
Creating a Model for Advanced Practice Provider Mentorship
DiGerolamo KA, Warren K, Ogle S and Hobbie W
Advanced practice providers (APPs), widely considered essential to the delivery of healthcare, are one of the fastest-growing workforces in the United States. However, the APP role is evolving, and professional growth and advancement programs for APPs are still emerging at many institutions. Professional mentorship has been long embraced by other healthcare disciplines and numerous organizations because of the benefits gained from helping employees increase knowledge, enhance skills, and achieve scholarly goals, such as retention. Thus, there is a dearth of evidence on building effective APP mentorship models. This article details the development of an APP mentorship model and program designed to support both the mentor and mentee across the career trajectory.
Live as if: An Interview With Marguerite Samms
Ferren MD
In this column, Marguerite C. Samms, chief learning officer (CLO) for Intermountain Health, shares her career journey and how nursing practice prepared her for executive leadership.
Veterans Day: Pausing to Honor the Leadership of Military Nurses
Sweeney CD
Veterans Day provides the opportunity to acknowledge the service of our nurse colleagues who have served or currently serve in the US military. It is a moment to reflect on their leadership and experiences as military nurses.
Trust and Organizational Commitment in a Postpandemic Environment
Porter MT, Williams K, Boaze A, Rennert M and Brunson A
This study aimed to evaluate nurses' trust in their leader and organizational commitment, examining the relationship between these factors postpandemic and investigating if age, tenure, and specialty area predicted trust and commitment.
Implementing a Virtual Discharge Nurse Pilot: Utilizing the Pathway to Excellence® Framework
Ransford J, Tidwell T, Johnson L, Gitney N, Morgan A and Hauch R
The virtual nurse (VN) pilot was developed to assist bedside nurses in administrative tasks, including discharges and education, from a remote location.
Advanced Practice Nurse-Led Research: Challenges and Approaches to Digital Health Programs' Evaluation Using Big Data
Klein CJ, Cooling M, Dalstrom M, Foulger R, Handler JA and Bond WF
Advanced practice nurse leaders are in key positions within health systems to provide time and resources for implementation and evaluation of digital health services. As virtual monitoring programs become more embedded within nursing, nurse leaders and educators need to ensure that nurses are prepared to work within interprofessional teams to administer and evaluate them. This article discusses challenges and implementation strategy considerations for data curation and analysis using large datasets from the Medicaid population for research.
Examining Nursing Medical Malpractice Cases Related to Medications
Higden J, Folcarelli P and Schaffer A
The aim of this study was to analyze medication-related nursing medical malpractice cases to gain insights regarding how malpractice risk can be reduced.
Promoting Nursing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Through Virtual Reality Learning
Nelson DE, Burkhartzmeyer HL, Kiker KM, Simiele KC, Proulx AL, Arcand LL, Alcock LR, Frederick RK, Phelan S and Storsveen AS
Nurse leaders are foundational to the success of creating an inclusive culture and climate and responding to situations of discrimination, racism, microaggressions, and bias in healthcare settings. This article describes a leadership education initiative using virtual reality to provide diversity, equity, and inclusion training for nurse leaders. Immersion in a lived experience provides a safe and effective learning environment to promote, improve, and exemplify diversity, equity, and inclusion principles and should be explored for other educational applications.
Institution-Wide Moral Distress Among Nurses
Booth AT, Dobson BF, Christian BJ, Clark PR and Sha S
Moral distress is the inability to do the right thing due to imposed constraints.
Nursing and Volunteerism: The Vital Link
Lal MM
A commitment to community involvement is a fundamental component of the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Magnet Recognition Program®. It reflects the nursing profession's spirit of service to society, as well as the personal ethos of those who pursue a nursing career. As we enter the season of gratitude and giving, we explore the role volunteerism plays in an organization's Magnet® culture, how it contributes to a greater sense of purpose, and how nurses far and wide make an impact when they give back to their local, national, and global communities.
National Incidence of Nurse Suicide and Associated Features
Davidson JE, Makhija H, Lee KC, Barnes A, Richardson MG, Choflet A, Ali T and Zisook S
The aim of this study was to estimate the national incidence of nurse suicide.
A Nurse-Driven Plan to Diminish First-Case Operating Room Delays
Blair K, Mijatovic O, Thompson M, Monroe M and Davies CC
The purpose of this study was to examine the use of a nurse-driven plan to describe factors associated with delays in the 1st case on time start within the operating room.
Perceived Social Support and Presenteeism Among Nurses: Mediation of Psychological Capital
Ma Y, Zhang X, Ni W, Zeng L and Wang J
The aim of this study was to explore the mediating role of psychological capital in the relationship between perceived social support and presenteeism among nurses.
The Clinical Nurse Specialist: A Valuable Asset to a High-Reliability Healthcare Organization
Little K, Booher L, Collins E, Cummins M, Hawkins A, Jacobs M, Keibler H and Morrow L
High-reliability organizations aim to achieve zero harm. The clinical nurse specialist (CNS) is an advanced practice RN who adds value to the leadership team. The CNS is proficient in influencing care delivery across the continuum and the master of developing collaborative relationships that aid in the discovery of deficiencies in care and generation of innovative ideas to minimize deficiencies. This column provides some examples of the impact and role of the CNS.
Establishing a Sustainable Workforce Via Nursing Pipelines
Porter MT and Gembol L
COVID-19 escalated the already challenged nursing workforce, causing hospitals to address their unstable staffing. This report details the journey of a large rural level 1 academic healthcare market postpandemic to stabilize their nursing workforce and create a sustainable pipeline of nurses. The results demonstrated reductions in turnover rates, vacancy rates, and days to fill nursing positions.
Path Analysis: Interrelationships Between Nurse Manager Competencies, Practice Environment Perceptions, and Frontline Nurses' Intent to Stay
Pabico C, Park SH, Swartwout E and Warshawsky NE
To examine the correlation between nurse manager (NM) competencies, work environment (Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index [PES-NWI]), and frontline nurses' intent to stay; the direct effect of NM competency on frontline nurses' intent to stay; and the indirect effect of NM competency on frontline nurses' intent to stay, mediated by PES-NWI.
Insights on Excellence: A Guide to the Commission on Magnet as It Considers the Future
Porter-O'Grady T and Pappas S
As the Commission on Magnet® considers updates to the Magnet Recognition Program®, a new lens is suggested to both conceptualize and structure the program for more relevant metrics of excellence going forward. By focusing on exemplars of excellence that demonstrate a more outward view and the foundational role of nurses in advancing the health of society, the construct of excellence becomes more impactful and reflective of the real value of nurses and their role in these endeavors.
The Relationship Between Social Media Use, Nurse Characteristics, and Job Decision-Making
Nelson-Brantley HV, Parchment J, Chipps E, Hedenstrom L, Montgomery AP, Ruffin A, Lyman B and McHugh A
To describe nurses' use of social media and examine the relationship between social media use, nurse characteristics, and job decision-making.