ONF Research

To increase ONF’s reach, establish the effectiveness of our work products, and disseminate our evidence-based practices, ONF is committed to publishing our work and presenting our work at conferences.

Click on the links below to find the most recent work published on the respective topics:

Substance Use Education and Policy
Aging Workforce
Nursing Practice
Staffing
Training

Substance Use Education & Policy

Cadiz, D. M., O’Neill, C., Schroeder, S., & Gelatt, V. (2015). Online education for nurse supervisors managing nurses enrolled in alternative-to-discipline programs. Journal of Nursing Regulation, 6(1), 25-32.

Summary: This article describes the evaluation of an online education called Fit to Perform Safely. We observed significant positive changes in knowledge, self-efficacy, and reduced substance abuse stigma.

Cadiz, D.M., Truxillo, D.M., & O’Neill, C. (In press). Common risky behaviors checklist: A tool to assist nurse supervisors to assess unsafe practiceJournal of Nursing Management.

Summary: We describe the development of the Common Risky Behavior Checklist, a tool to aid nurse supervisors in determining when a nurse may be questionably fit to perform, particularly in cases of substance abuse.

O’Neill, C., & Cadiz, D. (2014). Worksite monitors protect patients from unsafe nursing practicesJournal of Nursing Regulation, 5, 1-7. (Abstract)

Summary: This article outlines the role worksite monitors play in the success of nurses in monitoring programs, reviews methods by which knowledge and skills can be provided to worksite monitors, and identifies practical and empirically supported supervisory processes and skills that can help the worksite monitor be more effective.

O’Neill, C., & Schroeder, S. (2014). Supervisor training makes a difference with a tough issueNurse Leader, 12(2), 67-69. (Abstract)

Summary: This article captures the first-hand experience of a nurse adminstrator going through the hiring process for a nurse in recovery with a substance use disorder who is also enrolled in an alternative to discipline program.

Truxillo, D., Cadiz, D., Bauer, T., & Erdogan, B. (2013). Reactions to employer policies regarding prescription drugs and medical marijuana: The role of safety sensitivityJournal of Business and Psychology, 28, 145-158. (Abstract)

Summary: This article examines employee and nurse attitudes toward workplace policies regarding prescription drugs and medical marijuana.

Cadiz, D., O’Neill, C., Butell, S., Epeneter, B., & Basin, B. (2012). A quasi-experimental evaluation of a substance use awareness educational intervention for nursing studentsJournal of Nursing Education, 51, 411-415. (Abstract)

Summary: This article reports on a study that evaluated the effectiveness of an educational intervention, Addressing Nurse Impairment, for addressing nursing students’ knowledge acquisition, changes in self-efficacy to intervene, and changes in substance abuse stigma.

Cadiz, D., Truxillo, D., & O’Neill, C. (2012). Evaluation of a training program for nurse supervisors who monitor nurses in an alternative-to-discipline programAdvances in Nursing Science, 35, 135-144. (Abstract)

Summary: This article evaluates a supervisory training called “Fit to Perform” for nurse supervisors to help them monitor and manage nurses enrolled in an alternative-to-discipline program. Significant changes in knowledge, training utility, self-efficacy, and substance abuse stigma were observed.

Einspruch, E., O’Neill, C., Jarvis, K., Vander Ley, K., & Raya-Carlton, P. (2011).  Substance abuse prevention in the electrical industry: the NECA-IBEW team awareness and team vigilance programs. In J. Bray, D. Galvin & L. Cluff (Eds.), Young adults in the workplace: a multi-site initiative of substance use prevention programs. RTI Press Book Series. Research Triangle Park, NC: RTI International.

Summary: This article describes the implementation of a workplace-based substance abuse prevention and early intervention program for electrician apprentices, which was a part of the Young Adults in the Workplace (YIW) initiative, a multisite collaborative project with six multidisciplinary SAMHSA-funded grant teams.

Aging Workforce

Truxillo, D. M., Cadiz D. M, & Hammer, L. (2015). Supporting the Aging Workforce: A Research Review and Recommendations for Workplace Intervention ResearchAnnual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 2, 351-381.

Summary: We review the literature related to aging at work and propose several ways that interventions could be developed to support aging workers.

Truxillo, D.M., Cadiz, D. M., & Rineer, J. (2014). The aging workforce: Implications for human resource managementOxford Handbooks Online. Ed. Business & Management. (Abstract)

Summary: This article investigates the implications of an aging workforce on human resource management practices and considers how organizations can keep their employees satisfied, productive, and health through the lifespan.

Truxillo, D.M., Cadiz, D. M., Rineer, J.R., Zaniboni, S., & Fraccaroli, F. (2012). A lifespan perspective on job design: Fitting the job and the worker to promote job satisfaction, engagement, and performanceOrganizational Psychology Review, 2, 340-360(Abstract)

Summary: This article examines the interaction between age and job characteristics from a lifespan development perspective.

Truxillo, D.M., Cadiz, D.M., & Rineer, J.R. (2012). Considering job design for the aging workforce. J. Houdmont, S. Leka, & R.R. Sinclair (Eds.). Contemporary Occupational Health Psychology: Global Perspectives on Research and Practice Volume 2 (pp. 109-125). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.

Summary: This chapter examines job design from an age perspective with a focus on understanding how to enhance workers’ job attitudes, well-being, and health.

Nursing Practice

Sinclair, R. R., Sliter, M., Mohr, C. D., Sears, L. E., Deese, M. N., Wright, R., R., Cadiz, D., & Jacobs, L. (Under Review). Bad versus good, what matters more on the treatment floor? Relations of positive and negative events with burnout and engagement.

Summary: This study examined the impact of positive and negative work events and their impact on nurse engagement and burnout.

Sears, L., Cadiz, D., Wright, R., Sinclair, R., & Mohr, C. (2010, April). Incivility versus support: What matters most? In D. Kabat (Co-Chair) and L. Cortina (Co-Chair), Workplace incivility and support: Broadening our perspective on targets. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Summary: This presentation described the results of an investigation of the effects of incivility and support from different sources in the work environment on nurse work engagement and burnout.

Sinclair, R. R., Mohr, C. P., Davidson, S., Sears, L. E., Deese, M. N., Wright, R. R., Waitsman, M., Jacobs, L., Cadiz, D. (2009). The Oregon Nurse Retention Project (ONRP): Final Report to the Northwest Health Foundation.

Summary: This report provides a summary of the results of the Oregon Nurse Retention Project (ONRP), a multi-method and comprehensive research project focused on focused on identifying key factors of nurse turnover and providing greater understanding of how nurses’ working conditions may affect retention.

ONRP Details, Reports and More:
ONRP Technical Report
ONRP Publications and Research

Staffing

Brown, C., & Cadiz, D.M. Insufficient Staffing Resources Affect on Patient Care Tasks and Self-Care Activities. To be presented at ANA Quality Conference, February 2015, Orlando, Florida.

Summary: We report on analysis of about 2800 inadequate staffing forms submitted by staff nurses from 2010 to 2013. We found inadequate staffing negatively impacts patients, the ability to practice safe care, and the ability to perform self-care. This unique examination focuses on the impact of inadequate staffing on nurse’s practice and the ability for self-care—a voice that is often silent in staffing research.

Cadiz, D., Drown, D., Van Dyck, S., Davidson, S. (2013, May). Adverse staffing events affect on nurse wellbeing and nursing practice. In L. Hammer (Co-Chair) and S. Van Dyck (Co-Chair), Stress and well being among healthcare sector employees. Symposium conducted at the 11th International Conference on Occupational Stress and Health, Los Angeles , CA.

Summary: We observed that different adverse staffing event characteristics were positively related to missed self-care and negative unintended consequences. We also examined how certain characteristics of the shifts (i.e., length of shift, time of day, day of the week) may enhance the negative effects of inadequate staffing.

Training

White, D.L., & Cadiz, D.M. (2013). Efficacy of work-based training for direct care workers in assisted livingJournal of Aging and Social Policy, 25, 281-300. (Abstract)

Summary: This article reports on the efficacy of a work-based learning program for direct care workers in assisted living facilities.