scholarly journals Nurse Anesthesia Program Directors: Applicant Selection, Attitudes, and Admission Criteria

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Griffin Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Program Directors ◽  
Nurse Anesthesia ◽  
Admission Criteria ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Nurse Anesthesia Students ◽  
Perceived Importance

<p>The field of nurse anesthesia is an evolving and demanding one, requiring challenging schooling and training. The application and selection process of nurse anesthesia students remains imperfect. The purpose of this study was to examine nurse anesthesia program directors’ attitudes about the perceived importance of admission criteria and attributes in relation to success in the program. A retrospective non-experimental/ descriptive survey, with mixed method qualitative and quantitative data, was used. A convenience sample of 17 program and assistant program directors completed the researcher developed survey. Data were evaluated using descriptive statistics. Nurse anesthesia program directors’ attitudes about perceived importance of admission criteria and attributes in relation to success in the program showed high value placed on science GPA, emotional intelligence, personal interview, GPA, applicant essay, and critical care nursing experience. Science GPA and critical care experience showed the smallest standard deviation ranges and variance. The highest mean score was for science GPA, while the lowest mean scores were applicant age and GRE score. Free text responses highlighted attributes and admission criteria not evaluated in the survey including time/understanding of the program being applied to, time shadowing anesthesia providers, earned CCRN and critical care scenario test performance. The goal of improving the selection process should be to reduce attrition and increase first time national certification exam pass rates. Recommendations for research include expanded evaluation of nurse anesthesia students’ admission requirements and their predictive value in regard to success in nurse anesthesia programs.</p>

scholarly journals Improving Knowledge and Process for International Emergency Medicine Fellowship Applicants: A Call for a Uniform Application

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabrielle A. Jacquet ◽  
Jamil D. Bayram ◽  
William B. Ewen ◽  
Bhakti Hansoti ◽  
Steven Andescavage ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Medicine ◽  
Program Directors ◽  
Application Process ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Application System ◽  
International Emergency Medicine ◽  
Application Service ◽  
Fellowship Programs ◽  
Recent Graduates ◽  
Universal Application

Background. There are currently 34 International Emergency Medicine (IEM) fellowship programs. Applicants and programs are increasing in number and diversity. Without a standardized application, applicants have a difficulty approaching programs in an informed and an organized method; a streamlined application system is necessary.Objectives. To measure fellows’ knowledge of their programs’ curricula prior to starting fellowship and to determine what percent of fellows and program directors would support a universal application system.Methods. A focus group of program directors, recent, and current fellows convened to determine the most important features of an IEM fellowship application process. A survey was administered electronically to a convenience sample of 78 participants from 34 programs. Respondents included fellowship directors, fellows, and recent graduates.Results. Most fellows (70%) did not know their program’s curriculum prior to starting fellowship. The majority of program directors and fellows support a uniform application service (81% and 67%, resp.) and deadline (85% for both). A minority of program directors (35%) and fellows (30%) support a formal match.Conclusions. Program directors and fellows support a uniform application service and deadline, but not a formalized match. Forums for disseminating IEM fellowship information and for administering a uniform application service and deadline are currently in development to improve the process.

Holistic Nurse Practitioner Care Including Promotion of Shared Decision-Making

2021 ◽  
pp. 089801012110627
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Kinchen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Shared Decision Making ◽  
Nurse Practitioners ◽  
Nurse Practitioner ◽  
Medical Condition ◽  
Holistic Care ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Shared Decision ◽  
Convenience Sample

The purpose of this quantitative, descriptive, exploratory study was to gauge the degree to which nurse practitioners (NPs) incorporate holistic nursing values in their care, with a special focus on shared decision-making (SDM), using the Nurse Practitioner Holistic Caring Instrument (NPHCI), an investigator-developed scale. A single open-ended question inviting free-text comment was also included, soliciting participants’ views on the holistic attributes of their care. A convenience sample of NPs ( n = 573) was recruited from a southeastern U.S. state Board of Nursing's (BON) publicly available list of licensed NPs. Results suggest that NPs do indeed perceive their care to be holistic, and that they routinely incorporate elements of SDM in their care. Highest scores were accorded to listening, taking time to talk to patients, knowledge of physical condition, soliciting patient input in care decisions, considering how other areas of a patient's life may affect their medical condition, and attention to “what matters most” to the patient. Age, gender, level of education, practice specialty, and location were also associated with inclusion of holistic care. Free-text responses revealed that NPs value holistic care and desire to practice holistically, but identify “lack of time” to incorporate or practice holistic care as a barrier.

PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE FELLOWSHIP MATCH PROGRAM

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 852-852
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Program Directors ◽  
Critical Care Medicine ◽  
Pediatric Critical Care ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Pediatric Section ◽  
Academic Year

The Critical Care Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics, in conjunction with the Pediatric Section of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, is again sponsoring an informal fellowship match program for Pediatric Critical Care. This program is designed to be of service to fellowship applicants who have not yet secured a position for the academic year 1995-96, as well as to program directors who still have vacant positions available. For further information, applicants and program directors should contact Dr Greg Stidham by phone (901/572-3132) or in writing at the following address:

A survey of pain assessment and management practices among critical care nurses

1994 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
MC Gujol
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Pain Assessment ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Critical Care Nurses ◽  
Opioid Use ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Medication Decisions ◽  
The Relationship

BACKGROUND: Postoperative pain is one of the major obstacles in the prevention of complications during patient recovery. Pain and its management have gained great interest among researchers, clinicians and policy-makers. PURPOSES: To explore the relationship between two variables in pain assessment (length of time after surgery and ventilator status) and medication decisions made by critical care nurses, and to identify nurses' concerns about opioid use. METHODS: A convenience sample of 71 critical care nurses participated in the survey. RESULTS: Certain patient conditions such as length of time after surgery and ventilator status affected nurses' assessment and management of pain. Nurses' knowledge about pain assessment and management may affect patient care and outcomes.

Nurses’ Accuracy in Estimating Backrest Elevation

2002 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Dillon ◽  
Cindy L. Munro ◽  
Mary Jo Grap
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Critical Care Nurses ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Demographic Information ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Random Number Table ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Relationship

• Background Positioning patients is a key component of nursing care and can affect their morbidity and mortality. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that patients receiving mechanical ventilation have the head of the bed elevated 30°to 45°to prevent nosocomial pneumonia. However, use of higher backrest positions for critically ill patients is not common nursing practice. Backrest elevation may be affected by the accuracy of nurses’ estimates of patients’ positions. • Objectives To determine the difference between nurses’ estimates of bed angles and measured bed angles and to describe the relationship between nurses’ characteristics and the accuracy of their estimates. • Methods A convenience sample of 67 nurses attending the 1999 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition in New Orleans, La. Each subject provided demographic information and estimated 3 bed angles. The angles were preselected by using a random number table. Summary statistics were used and were categorized according to the demographic information provided by participants. Estimated angles were correlated with measured angles, and accuracies in estimating angles were correlated with demographic characteristics. • Results Nurses were accurate in estimating bed angles (correlation, 0.8488). Demographic information, including sex, age, years of practice, years of critical care practice, basic education, highest educational level, and present position had no relationship to accuracy. • Conclusions Nurses are able to estimate backrest elevation accurately. Other explanations are needed to understand why recommendations for backrest elevation are not used in practice.

Accuracy of infrared ear thermometry and other temperature methods in adults

1994 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
RS Erickson ◽  
LT Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Pulmonary Artery ◽  
Temperature Measurement ◽  
High Variability ◽  
External Factors ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Critical Care Units ◽  
Bladder Temperature ◽  
Pulmonary Artery Catheters

OBJECTIVE: To compare the accuracy of infrared ear-based temperature measurement in relation to thermometer, ear position, and other temperature methods, with pulmonary artery temperature as the reference. METHODS: Ear-based temperature measurements were made with four infrared thermometers, three in the core mode and two in the unadjusted mode, each with tug and no-tug techniques. Pulmonary artery, bladder (n = 21), and axillary temperatures were read after each ear-based measurement and oral temperature was measured once when possible (n = 32). Subjects consisted of a convenience sample of 50 patients with pulmonary artery catheters who were in adult critical care units of a university teaching hospital. RESULTS: Ear-based measurements correlated well with pulmonary artery temperature (r = .87 to .91), although closeness of agreement differed among thermometer-mode combinations (mean offsets = -0.7 to 0.5 degree C) and had moderately high variability between subjects (SD = +/- 0.5 degree C) with all instruments. Use of an ear tug either made no difference or resulted in slightly lower readings. Bladder temperature was nearly identical to pulmonary artery temperature values (r = .99, offset = 0.0 +/- 0.2 degree C). Oral readings were slightly lower (r = .78, offset = -0.2 degree C) and axillary readings much more so (r = .80 to .82, offset = -0.7 degree C); both were highly variable (SD = +/- 0.6 degree C) and affected by external factors. CONCLUSIONS: Infrared ear thermometry is useful for clinical temperature measurement as long as moderately high variability between patients is acceptable. Readings differ among thermometers, although several instruments provide values close to pulmonary artery temperature in adults. Readings are not higher with an ear tug. Bladder temperature substitutes well for pulmonary artery temperature, whereas oral and axillary values may be influenced by external factors in the critical care setting.

Survey of residency program directors’ perceptions of nontraditional pharmacy residency applicants

2019 ◽  
Vol 76 (21) ◽  
pp. 1788-1793
Author(s):  
Amanda J Khalil ◽  
Krutika N Mediwala ◽  
Meera Mehta ◽  
Amy J Yanicak ◽  
Jared S Ham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Residency Program ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Pharmacy Practice ◽  
Program Directors ◽  
Qualitative Assessment ◽  
Secondary Outcome ◽  
Residency Programs ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Residency Program Directors

Abstract Purpose The attitudes and expectations of residency program directors (RPDs) regarding nontraditional residency applicants (NTAs) were evaluated. Methods This was a cross-sectional, survey-based study targeting RPDs of American Society of Health-System Pharmacists–accredited residency programs. A 14-question survey requesting information related to demographics, perceptions of NTAs compared with traditional applicants, advantages and disadvantages of NTAs, and advice for NTAs was administered electronically to RPDs. The primary outcome of this study was to determine RPDs’ perceptions of NTAs as suitable residency candidates. The secondary outcome evaluated the rate of NTA acceptance into residency programs and a qualitative assessment of RPDs’ advice for NTAs. Results Of the 1,414 RPDs contacted to participate, 328 (23%) completed the survey. RPDs were primarily affiliated with postgraduate year 1 pharmacy practice (52%) or postgraduate year 2 specialty residencies (30%), and 35% reported having an NTA in their program. Most respondents (87%) reported that NTAs are given equal consideration relative to traditional residency applicants. RPDs rated work experience as the most important quality of an NTA, followed closely by the ability to work with others and teachability. Most (277 [85%]) RPDs agreed that NTAs should possess experiences beyond work experience, such as research, leadership, and community service. The biggest concern regarding NTAs was significant time since graduation prior to application. Conclusion The majority of RPDs did not perceive NTAs differently from traditional applicants in the selection process of prospective candidates.

scholarly journals Maintaining High-Quality Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Fellowship Programs: Part I: Innovations in Pain Fellows’ Education, Research, Applicant Selection Process, Wellness, and ACGME Implementation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Pain Medicine ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 1708-1717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn Kohan ◽  
Susan Moeschler ◽  
Boris Spektor ◽  
Rene Przkora ◽  
Christopher Sobey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Selection Process ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Program Directors ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Board Members ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Fellowship Programs ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background Pain fellowship programs are facing unique challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Restrictions from state governments and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have resulted in a rapidly changing and evolving learning environment for todays’ fellows. Innovative solutions must be sought to guarantee that proper education is maintained and to ensure the well-being of our trainees. Methods We assembled a panel of pain program directors who serve as officers/board members of the Association of Pain Program Directors to provide guidance and formulate recommendations to pain fellowship directors nationally. This guidance is based on reviewing current changes to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and American Board of Anesthesiology policies and best available evidence and expert opinion on the use of remote educational activities, research endeavors, and trainee wellness. Conclusions The country is in the midst of an unprecedented pandemic. The impact on pain management fellowships has been severe and will likely last for months, resulting in extraordinary challenges to the administration of pain fellowship programs and the education of our fellows. Understanding revisions to ACGME policies, using technology to promote remote learning opportunities, and providing trainees with opportunities to alleviate their anxiety and encourage mental health are beneficial strategies to implement. Together, we can implement innovative solutions to help overcome these challenges.

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