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Implementation Of An E-Learning Module To Increase Rn Knowledge And Skills Of Emergency Preparedness, Kaitlyn Hope Chung
Implementation Of An E-Learning Module To Increase Rn Knowledge And Skills Of Emergency Preparedness, Kaitlyn Hope Chung
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
Background
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. —Benjamin Franklin, writer, philosopher, politician. Having education initiatives for mass casualty incidents and disaster preparedness that are concise and organized is of high importance. This issue is pertinent to the midwestern medical center where this project took place because in the event of a true mass casualty or disaster scenario, many lives could be saved if registered nurses (RNs) in the emergency department (ED) were better prepared. For a hospital to provide adequate and effective care during a crisis, healthcare workers must be effectively trained to do so. However, many …
Training Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (Sane) And Patient Advocates To Improve Utilization Of The Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission (Acvcc) Program For Sexual Assault Victims, Erica Starling
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Background: Sexual assault is a nationwide problem that often goes unreported. According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), every 68 seconds an American is sexually assaulted. One out of every six women has been a victim of sexual assault in their lifetime. Sexual violence has long-term effects on victims including post-traumatic stress disorder, suicidal ideations and/or attempted suicide, substance use disorder, work and/or family life struggles, unplanned pregnancy, and/or sexually transmitted infections (STI).
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to improve the utilization of the Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission Program (ACVCC) for victims …
Nursing Competency Alignment Project (Ncap), Lainey S. Kotta
Nursing Competency Alignment Project (Ncap), Lainey S. Kotta
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Background: The lack of a standardized nursing competency model for a large healthcare organization prevented it from opportunity as a system.
Objective: This evidence-based project's purpose was to select a nursing competency model that a large healthcare organization will use to evaluate nurses, standardize nursing competency training language for the healthcare organization, develop an education plan for nurse educators on the selected nursing competency model, and develop an implementation plan for the nursing competency model.
Methods: This project utilized a three-cycle Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) change framework. Cycle One involved nursing leaders from the eight hospitals and 60 clinics of the large …
Self-Care Practices For Nursing Faculty To Alleviate Burnout, Michal Ward
Self-Care Practices For Nursing Faculty To Alleviate Burnout, Michal Ward
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Drawn to the service and caring profession are compassionate and empathetic individuals. However, burnout is endangering the health of nursing faculty, nursing students, nurses, patients, and communities. Since identifying burnout, mounting efforts have increased to combat burnout symptoms. Evidence of burnout is emotional exhaustion that produces a feeling of alienation from job-related activities, resulting in a decline in job performance (Poncet et al., 2007). Holdren et al. (2015) posit that it is to be overworked until one feels lethargic, even to depletion. Therefore, burnout depletes the qualities of compassion and empathy that calls on nursing faculty when mentoring, assisting, and …
Providing Mbsr Tools To First Year Adn Nursing Students: A Dnp Project, Katherin Brandt
Providing Mbsr Tools To First Year Adn Nursing Students: A Dnp Project, Katherin Brandt
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
Abstract
As part of the educational training provided to nursing students it is important to not only provide information regarding stress management, but also to give them tools that they can use to handle stressful situations more effectively. Literature supports the use of mindfulness techniques practiced regularly to decrease stress and anxiety. This DNP project developed, implemented, and evaluated the addition of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) techniques into the curriculum of the first-year Medical Surgical nursing course in a prelicensure Associate Degree Nursing program. The project was guided by Watson’s Theory of Human Caring and the Model for Improvement (PDSA …