Connecting Translational Nurse Scientists Across the Nation—The Nurse Scientist-Translational Research Interest Group

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Cohn ◽  
Donna McCloskey ◽  
Christine Kovner ◽  
Rachel Schiffman ◽  
Pamela Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Interventions ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Nurse Leaders ◽  
Translational Science ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Nursing Science ◽  
Role Of Nursing ◽  
High Level ◽  
Family Centered

Translation science is the process of transdisciplinary teams accelerating the discoveries and findings from the laboratory, clinic, and community, and moving them into interventions that improve the health of individuals and populations. These discoveries include new forms of diagnostics, novel therapeutics, and innovative medical and behavioral interventions. The role of nurses in translational science is a natural fit, given the transdisciplinary nature of their work, the evolving role of nursing science, and the high-level of patient and family-centered interaction that nurses have as clinicians and scientists. As Clinical and Translational Science Awards were being developed across the nation, nurses felt the need for a stronger and more united voice. In 2010, nurse leaders in this field started the Nurse Scientist-Translational Interest Research Group (NS-TRIG). The group is now in its eighth year and provides a forum for nurse scientists to connect, communicate and collaborate. The purpose of this article is to describe the formation and background of the NS-TRIG, describe our meeting structure and provide examples of content. We also describe a summary of major accomplishments and work products of the NS-TRIG, and consider lessons learned and future directions of the group.

Conclusion

2020 ◽  
pp. 293-296
Author(s):  
Yuri G. Raydugin
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
The Political ◽  
Risk Quantification ◽  
System Dynamics Modelling ◽  
Project Failures ◽  
Dynamics Modelling ◽  
High Level

This chapter provides a high-level overview of concepts, models, and results discussed in this book. It is accentuated that risk quantification used in decision-making can be tagged as ‘political mathematics’. The political aspects are defined by various realizations of bias from strategic misrepresentation to the Hiding Hand principle. It is pointed out that the mathematical aspects may succumb to the similar realizations of bias as political ones. Recommendations to balance the political and mathematical aspects are proposed. A role of the non-linear Monte Carlo N-SCRA methodology supported by the project system dynamics modelling is established as a role of the Revealing Hand. It should provide ammunition for decision-making before the project approval, not after in a form of lessons learned as the Hiding Hand does. This is a way to decline the invitation to attend a ‘banquette of consequences’ referring to project failures as ‘unpleasant unsurprises’.

scholarly journals Human Performance Models of Pilot Behavior

2005 ◽  
Vol 49 (12) ◽  
pp. 1109-1113 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Foyle ◽  
Becky L. Hooey ◽  
Michael D. Byrne ◽  
Kevin M. Corker ◽  
Stephen Deutsch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Performance ◽  
Performance Modeling ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Aviation Safety ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Performance Models ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Pilot Behavior ◽  
Specific Modeling

Five modeling teams from industry and academia were chosen by the NASA Aviation Safety and Security Program to develop human performance models (HPM) of pilots performing taxi operations and runway instrument approaches with and without advanced displays. One representative from each team will serve as a panelist to discuss their team's model architecture, augmentations and advancements to HPMs, and aviation-safety related lessons learned. Panelists will discuss how modeling results are influenced by a model's architecture and structure, the role of the external environment, specific modeling advances and future directions and challenges for human performance modeling in aviation.

Strengthening Moral Courage Among Nurse Leaders

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cole Edmonson
Keyword(s):  
Moral Distress ◽  
Moral Courage ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Nurse Leaders ◽  
Direct Care ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Corporate Environments ◽  
Nursing Literature ◽  
Healthcare Leaders

Moral distress among practicing nurses is frequently discussed in the nursing literature, along with well-developed recommendations for increasing moral courage in practicing nurses. Implementing these recommendations depends on nurse leaders being morally fit to lead and to create an environment in which moral courage actions can emerge. The literature is lacking pertaining to nurse leaders’ preparation to lead in a morally courageous and transformational manner in our current corporate environments and hierarchies of healthcare. In this article, the author reviews the literature addressing moral distress and moral courage among direct care nurses; describes the development of an intervention to strengthen the moral courage of nurse leaders; reports a study that involved implementing this intervention; presents the findings of this study; evaluates the effectiveness of the intervention; and discusses the findings in terms of lessons learned and future directions. He concludes with a call for healthcare leaders to demonstrate moral courage and create environments that promote morally courageous acts that enable nurses to remain centered on the patients, families, and communities we serve.

scholarly journals Science for a wilder Anthropocene: Synthesis and future directions for trophic rewilding research

2015 ◽  
Vol 113 (4) ◽  
pp. 898-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens-Christian Svenning ◽  
Pil B. M. Pedersen ◽  
C. Josh Donlan ◽  
Rasmus Ejrnæs ◽  
Søren Faurby ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trophic Cascades ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Species Selection ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Large Animals

Trophic rewilding is an ecological restoration strategy that uses species introductions to restore top-down trophic interactions and associated trophic cascades to promote self-regulating biodiverse ecosystems. Given the importance of large animals in trophic cascades and their widespread losses and resulting trophic downgrading, it often focuses on restoring functional megafaunas. Trophic rewilding is increasingly being implemented for conservation, but remains controversial. Here, we provide a synthesis of its current scientific basis, highlighting trophic cascades as the key conceptual framework, discussing the main lessons learned from ongoing rewilding projects, systematically reviewing the current literature, and highlighting unintentional rewilding and spontaneous wildlife comebacks as underused sources of information. Together, these lines of evidence show that trophic cascades may be restored via species reintroductions and ecological replacements. It is clear, however, that megafauna effects may be affected by poorly understood trophic complexity effects and interactions with landscape settings, human activities, and other factors. Unfortunately, empirical research on trophic rewilding is still rare, fragmented, and geographically biased, with the literature dominated by essays and opinion pieces. We highlight the need for applied programs to include hypothesis testing and science-based monitoring, and outline priorities for future research, notably assessing the role of trophic complexity, interplay with landscape settings, land use, and climate change, as well as developing the global scope for rewilding and tools to optimize benefits and reduce human–wildlife conflicts. Finally, we recommend developing a decision framework for species selection, building on functional and phylogenetic information and with attention to the potential contribution from synthetic biology.

Cytokines

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thulasi Ramani ◽  
Carol S. Auletta ◽  
Daniel Weinstock ◽  
Barbara Mounho-Zamora ◽  
Patricia C. Ryan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune System ◽  
Inflammatory Diseases ◽  
Safety Evaluation ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Cytokine Modulation ◽  
The Many ◽  
Factor Α ◽  
Broad Role

Over the past 30 years, the world of pharmaceutical toxicology has seen an explosion in the area of cytokines. An overview of the many aspects of cytokine safety evaluation currently in progress and evolving strategies for evaluating these important entities was presented at this symposium. Cytokines play a broad role to help the immune system respond to diseases, and drugs which modulate their effect have led to some amazing therapies. Cytokines may be “good” when stimulating the immune system to fight a foreign pathogen or attack tumors. Other “good” cytokine effects include reduction of an immune response, for example interferon β reduction of neuron inflammation in patients with multiple sclerosis. They may be “bad” when their expression causes inflammatory diseases, such as the role of tumor necrosis factor α in rheumatoid arthritis or asthma and Crohn’s disease. Therapeutic modulation of cytokine expression can help the “good” cytokines to generate or quench the immune system and block the “bad” cytokines to prevent damaging inflammatory events. However, care must be exercised, as some antibody therapeutics can cause “ugly” cytokine release which can be deadly. Well-designed toxicology studies should incorporate careful assessment of cytokine modulation that will allow effective therapies to treat unmet needs. This symposium discussed lessons learned in cytokine toxicology using case studies and suggested future directions.

scholarly journals How LMX Differentiation Attenuates the Influence of Ethical Leadership on Workplace Deviance: The Mediating Role of Psychological Empowerment

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yirong Guo ◽  
Limei Chen ◽  
Lynda Jiwen Song ◽  
Xiaoming Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Deviant Behavior ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Interactive Effect ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Paired Samples ◽  
High Level

The previous research has mostly proposed that ethical leadership contributed to less deviant behavior; however, recent studies found that this relationship might not always be significant. Therefore, a deeper and more nuanced investigation of how and when ethical leadership influences deviant behavior is highly warranted. In the present research, drawing on social learning theory as our overarching theoretical framework, we posited that high level of LMX differentiation will impede the effect of ethical leadership on employee deviant behavior, and thus, ethical leadership could reduce employees’ deviant behavior in teams with lower LMX differentiation rather than high LMX differentiation. Furthermore, we proposed that the interactive effect of ethical leadership and LMX differentiation on employee deviant behavior is mediated by employee psychological empowerment. More specifically, ethical leadership is more likely to enhance employee psychological empowerment in teams with low LMX differentiation than in teams with high LMX differentiation, and enhanced psychological empowerment contributed to less deviant behavior. Through a multi-source field study via 379 paired samples from the southwest of China, we found support for all of our hypotheses. The results’ contribution to research on organizational behavior, limitations in the study, and future directions for researchers are also discussed.

Future of Nursing 2030: The Future Is Bright for School Nursing

2021 ◽  
pp. 1942602X2110349
Author(s):  
Erin D. Maughan ◽  
Martha Dewey Bergren
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
School Nurses ◽  
Nurse Leaders ◽  
School Nursing ◽  
Scope Of Practice ◽  
The Future ◽  
Role Of Nursing ◽  
Future Of Nursing

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recently released The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a path to achieve health equity. The 2021 report emphasized the role of nursing in addressing social determinants of health and inequities, as well as the need for nurses at all levels to work to their full scope of practice. The report harmonizes with the prescribed scope of practice outlined in the National Association of School Nurses’ Framework for 21st Century School Nursing Practice. This article outlines how frontline school nurses, state affiliates, and school nurse leaders will adopt the recommendations in their practice and in the schools and communities they serve.

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