JMIR Nursing

The growing demand for elderly care due to aging populations and healthcare workforce shortages requires innovative solutions. Socially assistive robots (SARs) are increasingly explored for their potential to reduce workload by handling routine tasks. Yet, adoption can be hindered by various healthcare workers’ concerns.

The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies across various sectors, including healthcare, necessitate the need for a comprehensive understanding of their applications. Specifically, the acceptance and readiness of nursing students’ as future healthcare professionals to adopt AI-based healthcare technologies, along with the factors influencing these attitudes, are critical for facilitating the effective integration of AI in healthcare settings.

Best practice guidelines recommend educating surgical patients about non-pharmacological pain care (NPPC) techniques that can be used in addition to pain medication for peri-operative pain management, given the risks for opioid misuse following surgery. As part of the parent Non-pharmacologic Options in post-operative Hospital-based and Rehabilitation pain Management (NOHARM) clinical trial, we implemented the Healing After Surgery initiative, which leveraged the Epic electronic health record (EHR) to provide patients with education on NPPC techniques peri-operatively. We disseminated educational materials directly to patients via the EHR patient portal and prompted patients to select the techniques they were most interested in using, which auto populated the EHR so that their care team could view their preferences. We also built clinical decision support (CDS) elements in the EHR to prompt and support inpatient nurses in providing patients with education and reinforcement for using their preferred NPPC techniques. Print materials, a website, a DVD, videos on hospital televisions, a toll-free number, and Zoom-based group calls provided additional education on NPPC techniques.

The current Information and Communication Technologies, digital literacy, and ease of access to communication and information devices by nurses provide them with new ways and intention to access information for technical-scientific updating, ensuring the quality and safety of health care. M-learning offers a flexible and accessible alternative for continuing professional education, overcoming barriers such as time constraints and financial burden.

Technological innovations make significant impacts on nursing education. New teaching strategies are constantly emerging, offering students a dynamic and interactive educational experience. The Question-Embedded Movie Clips Learning program used in the current study was developed based on the drill and practice learning principle, aiming to facilitate nursing student’s skills and build their confidence before entering real clinical settings.

Burnout among healthcare workers affects their well-being and decision making, influencing patient and public health outcomes. Healthcare workers’ health beliefs and COVID-19 vaccine decisions may affect risks of burnout. Therefore, understanding the interplay between these crucial factors is essential for identifying at-risk staff, providing targeted support, and addressing workplace challenges to prevent further escalation of burnout related issues.

Professionals across caring disciplines have played a significant role in the development of virtual care, which utilizes remote technologies to offer support and services from a distance. As virtual care becomes increasingly essential, instructors must ensure students are equipped with both interpersonal abilities and digital competencies, merging traditional hands-on methods with online learning. Despite its growing importance, there are a lack of comprehensive frameworks to guide the design and delivery of online learning experiences that foster the development of virtual caring skills and competencies among students in caring professions.

Gamification has emerged as an innovative pedagogical strategy in the educational field, transferring game tools to the teaching-learning process to improve students' motivation and engagement.

Midwifery students often experience anxiety due to several factors such as the clinical experiences faced. Simulation-based learning in nursing and midwifery studies using extended reality (XR) tools offers the opportunity to manage better educational processes while reducing this anxiety.

Diabetes has become a significant global health issue, particularly imposing a deep economic burden on developing countries. Innovative and integrated digital solutions can reduce the impact of diabetes and enhance the quality of care. However, digital solutions have not been utilized before in Myanmar.

Background: Unplanned Extubation(UEX) is a critical indicator of nursing quality.Existing research primarily focuses on pediatric intensive care units (PICUs),with limited data from general pediatric surgery.Currently, research on this project is mainly focused on pediatric intensive care units, and there is a lack of general surgical research data. Therefore, project research should be conducted based on this characteristic.

The growing use of social media has created concerns about addiction, and thus, it is necessary to explore how personality traits and Fear of Missing Out (FOM) can be utilized to predict Social Media Addiction (SMA).