OH Vol. 4, No. 3 Archives

News Journal Archives

A Day in the Life: College of Nursing Liaison

Nurses recognize the critical role of nursing students’ clinical placements, but the process for making these experiences possible is often invisible. At The Ohio State University College of Nursing and The James Cancer Hospital at The Ohio State University Wexner…

Advancing our Practice through Leadership: Highlights from the 2026 Spring Ohio Nursing Organizations Leadership Summit

Leaders from Ohio professional nursing organizations gathered on April 17, 2026, at the 2026 Spring Ohio Nursing Organization Summit. The summit featured a range of distinguished speakers addressing various topics, all dedicated to advancing nursing and improving patient outcomes. Nurse…

ANA-Ohio President’s Message | What Power Does Nursing Really Have?

Last December, the American Nurses Association (ANA) announced the theme for Nurses Week 2026. The announcement included a professionally produced video intended as a public service announcement highlighting the significant role nurses play in activities that affect health….

Code Comfort: Standardizing Palliative Care Referral Processes in the ICU

Introduction Early palliative care involvement in the intensive care unit (ICU) is strongly associated with better symptom control, enhanced communication, and better alignment of treatment with patient values (Haroen et al., 2025; Temel et al., 2010); yet, in many ICUs,…

Enhancing Nursing Practice | ANA-Ohio Editorial

In this edition of the News Journal, we invite you to reflect on enhancing your nursing practice. The pursuit of enhanced nursing practice looks different for novice nurses than it does for more experienced professionals. Factors like role changes and…

Enhancing Our Practice by Advancing One Another

There are a multitude of approaches to enhancing nursing practice especially through the lens of evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and nursing research. From the perspective of a Nursing Professional Development Specialist who supports the onboarding and ongoing professional development of…

Not the Participants I Was Looking For: BOT Attacks and Incentivized Recruitment Surveys

The purpose of this article is to describe the author’s experience utilizing a monetarily-incentivized online survey to recruit participants for a nursing research study and their experience detecting the many BOTs that overwhelmingly responded. Secondly, the author will offer survey…

Transition to Practice: Cultivating Curiosity and Caring

It was an average day on the medical surgical unit that changed the trajectory of my nursing career. I was working alongside a novice nurse who walked out of a room and asked, “Can anyone help me with an IV?”…