Long-Term Care Nurses' Experiences With Patient Safety Incident Management: A Qualitative Study.

BACKGROUND: Global trends in the aging population will increase the demands for long-term care (LTC) resources. Due to recent pressures to deliver more complex care, there is further risk to resident safety in LTC. Emphasis on the management and the delivery in safe and quality resident care in LTC is required. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to describe nurses' experiences with patient safety incident (PSI) management involving residents living in LTC. METHODS: Using a qualitative descriptive approach, 9 nurses were recruited in 3 LTC homes. Semistructured interviews were conducted, and data were analyzed using inductive content analysis. RESULTS: Three main categories emerged: commitment to resident safety, workplace culture, and emotional reaction. CONCLUSIONS: Providing nurses with an opportunity to share their PSI management experiences highlights the current factors influencing frontline resident safety in LTC. Study results can inform nursing practice and policy development to support PSI identification and management.

Quilting emergent advanced practice nursing educator identity: an arts-informed approach.

OBJECTIVES: Arts-informed pedagogy in the graduate nursing classroom is used to support the integration of theory with advanced practice nursing (APN) competencies (Canadian Nurses Association, 2008, 2019). METHODS: Using the patterns of knowing (Carper, 1978; Chinn & Kramer, 2018), Iwasiw & Goldenberg's curriculum development model (2015) and practice development (McCormack, Manley, & Titchen, 2013), two course professors facilitated the delivery of an innovative arts-informed approach in a nursing graduate program, the Quilt. RESULTS: The Quilt was meant to invite graduate students to critically reflect and create a visual depiction of their emergent identities as advanced practice nurse educators (APNEs). As three graduate student authors, we reflect on our experiences engaging with arts-informed pedagogy to explore the features of the collective APNE identity. The design and delivery of the Quilt is described. CONCLUSIONS: Finally, we discuss the lessons learned, and the value of arts-informed pedagogy to support the meaningful integration of theory amongst graduate nursing students becoming APNEs.