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Feasibility Of Simulation To Teach High-Alert Medication Safety, Laura C. Sessions
Feasibility Of Simulation To Teach High-Alert Medication Safety, Laura C. Sessions
MUSC Theses and Dissertations
High-alert medications (HAMs) pose a significant risk to patient safety. Nurses are in a unique position to identify and prevent HAM errors before they occur. There is insufficient research on the most effective ways to improve safety when nurses are caring for patients receiving high-alert medications. Simulation-based learning (SBL) has been recommended as a strategy to help decrease HAM errors, but evidence specific to simulation and HAM safety is extremely limited. This dissertation begins the process of addressing this need. Three manuscripts are included in this dissertation. The first manuscript is an integrative review of literature on the use of …
Innovative Continuing Education For Maternal And Newborn Health Workers In Low-And Middle-Income Countries: A Feasibility Study, Nancy E. Bolan
Innovative Continuing Education For Maternal And Newborn Health Workers In Low-And Middle-Income Countries: A Feasibility Study, Nancy E. Bolan
MUSC Theses and Dissertations
Purpose: The purpose of this dissertation is to explore strategies to improve maternal and newborn health workers’ clinical competence and performance, particularly among nurses and midwives, in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), through innovative continuing educational approaches using priority evidence-based content. A feasibility trial with one such learning approach was implemented with maternal and newborn health providers in a hard-to-reach setting of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in order to test one possible response to the continued high maternal and neonatal mortality in that country. The study contributes to the knowledge base on provision of critical continuing education to …
Do Generational Differences Affect Just Culture Behaviors In Nursing Practice, Osvaldo Rene Hunter
Do Generational Differences Affect Just Culture Behaviors In Nursing Practice, Osvaldo Rene Hunter
MUSC Theses and Dissertations
National safety concerns in healthcare have prompted many consumers to demand systems to be in place to provide better patient outcomes. With increasing acuity and the demands of daily patient care, it is inevitable that healthcare providers will make mistakes or experience misunderstanding in the hospital setting. When events occur that could cause harm to patients, visitors, and staff members, or place the institution at legal, financial, or ethical risk, a choice exists: to learn and take action or to blame. Highly reliable healthcare industries foster mindfulness and an environment of fair and just culture. Seventy nine nurses at a …