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Nursing In The 21st Century: A Conversation With The New President Of The Illinois American Nurses Association
DePaul Magazine
In an interview, Assistant Professor of Nursing Elizabeth Aquino, president of the Illinois American Nurses Association (ANA) and associate director of the School of Nursing’s Master’s Entry to Nursing Practice program, talks about the future of nursing. She discusses the nursing shortage, the need for more school nurses, diversity in the nursing profession and retention issues related to burnout. She outlines what DePaul's School of Nursing, the ANA and other nursing associations are doing to strengthen and diversify the nursing profession.
An Examination Of Certified Nurse-Midwives’ Attitudes And Beliefs Surrounding Breastsleeping: Implications For Advanced Nursing Practice And Education, Lucy Wiesemann
College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations
Introduction: Breastsleeping, defined as co-sleeping while breastfeeding, is a practice commonly employed in breastfeeding families. However, literature examining this concept, its prevalence, and related education for safe breastsleeping is scant. Providers' attitudes surrounding breastsleeping play an essential role in practice and outcomes when caring for breastfeeding patients and families. The purpose of the study was to examine and describe Certified Nurse-Midwives' attitudes and beliefs surrounding breastsleeping.
Methods: An adapted 18-item Nurse Attitudes and Beliefs Questionnaire-Revised (NABQ-R) online-survey that measured breastsleeping attitudes and beliefs of Certified Nurse-Midwives was administered via an online survey platform (Qualtrics). The quantitative analysis utilized SPSS 25 …