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The article focuses on the role of nurses in addressing climate change and highlights their contributions in promoting environmentally friendly practices, educating communities, and advocating for policies related to climate change and public health. It emphasizes the significance of cultural dimensions in understanding and responding to climate change, with different cultures influencing people's perceptions, values, and behaviors in dealing with environmental challenges.

Purpose: To describe the experiences of nurses who provide care for survivors of sexual violence (SV) on a number of different types of hospital units. Data sources: Semi-structured interviews of 23 unit managers and 12 advanced practice nurses from four tertiary care hospitals were audiotaped and transcribed. Participants were asked to describe how they screen for SV and how they provide care for survivors. A team approach was used to conduct a thematic analysis of the data. Conclusions: The bridge metaphor was chosen as the central theme of the data because it captures three key aspects of the participants’ experiences: an initial sense of disconnection from patients who are survivors of SV (being separated on opposite shores), the need to proceed cautiously (tentatively stepping onto the bridge), and the experience of forming a meaningful connection that serves as the context of care (meeting on the bridge and crossing it together). Implications for practice: This research suggests that nurses provide quality care for survivors of SV by intuitively responding to survivors’ cues of distress, cautiously broaching the topic of violence, and finding ways to ease the healthcare encounter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Jamaican adults with diabetes mellitus (DM) living in South Florida often believe taking conventional medications can cause harm. In an effort to limit adverse effects of these medicines, they frequently engage in folk care. However, this practice could actually increase risks of DM-associated complications, such as chronic kidney disease. Little is known about what folk care Jamaican adults are integrating into everyday health care. This focused ethnography explored and described how Jamaican adults with DM who live in South Florida use folk care for managing their DM. Knowing what folk care is part of everyday health practices among ethnical and racially diverse populations, such as Jamaican adults in this study, can help inform nephrology nursing practice and support future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on the challenges in a post-pandemic world for transcultural nurses, along with information on the Covid-19 has exposed the risks associated with health inequalities and the vulnerable populations may be susceptible and contribute to a second wave of infections.

The article presents information on the capabilities of transcultural nurses regarding the challenges they face with pain management among culturally diverse adults including the contrast in managing pain, the outcomes reported by minority patients, and the hesitancy with opioid pain medicines.

With the growing complexity of healthcare practice environments and pending nurse leader retirements, the development of future nurse leaders is increasingly important. This article reports on focus group research conducted with Generation Y nurses prior to their initiating coursework in a Master's Degree program designed to support development of future nurse leaders. Forty-four emerging nurse leaders across three program cohorts participated in this qualitative study conducted to capture perspectives about nursing leaders and leadership. Conventional content analysis was used to analyze and code the data into categories. We discuss the three major categories identified, including: idealistic expectations of leaders, leading in a challenging practice environment, and cautious but optimistic outlook about their own leadership and future, and study limitations. The conclusion offers implications for future nurse leader development. The findings provide important insight into the viewpoints of nurses today about leaders and leadership. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]