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Prisons As Learning Environments For Nursing And Public Health Practice, Mary Bouchaud, Phd, Rn, Madeline Brooks

College of Nursing Posters

Background:

Challenges in Securing Community Nursing Rotation Sites Eighteen years of providing clinical placement for Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students has demonstrated that community-based educational opportunities are shrinking due to:

•Increased regulatory requirements

•Competing numbers of nursing schools

•Increasing student enrollment

•Decreasing availability of community resources capable and willing to precept students

These issues present challenges to preparing students for nursing practice. A college of nursing at an urban, academic health center found a solution by working with unexpected partners – maximum security prisons and juvenile detention centers.

A Novel Solution: Partnerships with Prisons

Several factors make prisons …

Treatment-Related Decisional Conflict, Quality Of Life, And Comorbid Illness In Older Adults With Cancer, Jeannette Kates, Phd, Msn, Gnp-Bc

College of Nursing Posters

As the aging population in the nation increases, cancer diagnoses in this age group will also increase. The many chronic medical conditions associated with older adults are confounded by a diagnosis of cancer. Older adults with cancer are at risk for physical, psychological, and functional decline as a result of not only the cancer, but also the cancer treatment. In their current research agenda, the Oncology Nursing Society identified the need for research related to multiple comorbidities in older adults with cancer. This study utilized a cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational study design to explore the relationships between and among treatment-related decisional …

Cost Savings And Efficiency Realized Decreasing Orders For Type And Crossmatching, Susan Garruto, Msha, Msn, Bsn, Rn, Aprn, Cnor, Rnfa, Katy Loos, Msn, Bsn, Rn, Acagnp, Rae Fierro, Rn, Cnor, Rnfa

Department of Neurosurgery Posters

Background

• Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (TJUH) is a Tertiary, Level 1Trauma Center and the Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley with 900+ beds

• C/T Ratio is the ratio of RBC units cross matched for potential transfusion to the number of units actually transfused

• The American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) recommendation for C/T ratio is < 2

• TJUH blood bank, on periodic review by AABB and the College of American Pathologists (CAP) was cited as deficient in C/T ratio quality indicators

• Cost to cross match RBC units is on average $71 with the charge …

Community Nursing: Health Care Behind Closed Doors, Mary Bouchaud, Phd, Rn, Mary Mangiaracina, Msn, Rn, 2009 Nln

College of Nursing Posters

Focus of nursing education in the 21st century is to teach students how to work with individuals & families within a community setting & to develop skills in providing nursing care that stresses community as the client.

The expectation of the APHA is that BSN students will be educationally prepared to work with & improve the health of individuals, families, & diverse populations within the community.