Journal of emergency nursing : JEN : official publication of the Emergency Department Nurses Association
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A sexual assault nurse examiner role exemplifies the high-stress and highly emotional patient interactions that are often associated with burnout. The purpose of this study was to examine the frequency of burnout among sexual assault nurse examiners in North Carolina. ⋯ Higher frequency of burnout threshold criteria was found in those people who worked concurrently as a sexual assault nurse examiner and an emergency nurse and in those who had retired from both specialties. We also found that sexual assault nurse examiners with a higher case mix of pediatric cases had higher emotional exhaustion scores and higher depersonalization scores.
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High-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation is foundational to cardiac arrest care. Visual feedback devices can improve chest compression quality, but are infrequently used. Quality improvement data were examined to determine whether handheld visual feedback and backboard use improved chest compression quality, whether resuscitation team size affected resuscitation indicators, and whether feedback sources are comparable. ⋯ Incorporating handheld feedback and backboards improved chest compressions quality. Further work to improve the frequency of device use and to examine their relationship to patient-specific outcomes is needed. Study is needed to find interventions that improve other teamwork metrics, inclusion of family during the resuscitation, referral for tissue donation, and rates of postevent debriefing.