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Perceptions Of Nurse's Personal Smartphone Use At Work, Esperanza Criscuolo
Perceptions Of Nurse's Personal Smartphone Use At Work, Esperanza Criscuolo
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Distracted nurses who use their personal smartphone at work has resulted in the diversion of attention from patient care. The specific problem is the personal smartphone use by nurses in the hospital settings has resulted in distracted patient care, leading to wrongful release of patient’s information, medical errors, injury or preventable patient death. The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe the perceptions of nurses regarding distracted patient care in their clinical workplace due to personal smartphone use by nurses. The study was grounded in the distraction-conflict theory conceptual framework. The key research question examined the perceptions of nurses …
Lived Experiences Of Newly Graduated Registered Nurses, Tonya Lyn Chancey
Lived Experiences Of Newly Graduated Registered Nurses, Tonya Lyn Chancey
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Attrition rates for first year newly graduated registered nurses (NGRNs) are between 30% to 60%; high level of attrition negatively affects hospital organizations, other nurses, and patient outcomes. Transitioning from student nurse to clinical nurse poses challenges for NGRNs which includes assuming responsibilities for a full patient load, communicating with physicians, and adjusting to shift work. The purpose of this phenomenological study, guided by Kramer’s reality shock theory and Duffy’s quality caring model, was to examine the lived experiences of a first-year cohort of NGRNs working in the acute care setting of a Florida hospital. Thirteen NGRNs were interviewed using …
Alarm Fatigue On Medical-Surgical Units, Jody S. Destigter
Alarm Fatigue On Medical-Surgical Units, Jody S. Destigter
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Technology use in the medical-surgical acute care setting has increased and leads to alarm, alert, and notification overload, also known as alarm fatigue, which is one of the top 10 health technology hazards leading to patient harm. Alarm fatigue is a new phenomenon within the acute care health care setting and impacts patients, families, staff, leadership, organizations, and the profession of nursing. The purpose of this descriptive, comparative, quantitative study was to examine the difference in the level of alarm fatigue and its impact on performance for nurses who work on a technology-dedicated, inpatient, medical-surgical unit versus a traditional inpatient …
Educational Intervention To Increase Telemedicine Knowledge In Nurses, Jean Sylvestre Ayissi Essono
Educational Intervention To Increase Telemedicine Knowledge In Nurses, Jean Sylvestre Ayissi Essono
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Limited access to healthcare services is a factor that can reduce quality of care, and it is more pronounced in rural settings. One plausible solution to this concern is telemedicine, the use of electronic information and telecommunication technologies to provide care when an individual and provider are not in the same location. Although telemedicine has been suggested as a solution to the access to care concern, it is not widely integrated into the nursing practice. Using Nightingale’s holistic theory of caring, the purpose of this DNP project was to determine if an educational study geared towards telemedicine increased knowledge and …
Registered Nurses’ Perceptions Of Obesity, Elizabeth Ann Pettifor
Registered Nurses’ Perceptions Of Obesity, Elizabeth Ann Pettifor
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Obesity has become an epidemic in the United States (U.S.) population. Obesity is a risk factor for many health problems that ultimately lead to death or disability. Nurses in the U.S have a higher-than-average rate of overweight and obesity. The purpose of this exploratory, qualitative case study was to identify and recommend areas for change in the hospital environment to assist bedside nurses in the U.S to have a healthier lifestyle. Social media was used to conduct a purposeful sampling technique and recruit 10 registered nurses working full time at the bedside in the U.S who struggle with obesity. Semi …
Barriers To Effective Personal Protective Equipment Use In Public Health Workers, Sheila Storr-Mathis
Barriers To Effective Personal Protective Equipment Use In Public Health Workers, Sheila Storr-Mathis
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Exposure to infections continues to be a significant concern for nursing practice and for other health care professionals. Personal protective equipment (PPE) minimizes occupational exposure; however, their use is subject to variability. This quality improvement project addressed the impact of an educational intervention on attitudes and barriers to proper use of PPE for public health workers at the study site. The health belief model and the literature review provided theoretical support for the project and evidence of current trends in PPE use. There were 44 employees who completed the preintervention survey and 22 who completed the postintervention survey to gauge …
Applying A Staff Education Project To Increase Telemedicine Patient Safety, Kristy Michelle Wolff
Applying A Staff Education Project To Increase Telemedicine Patient Safety, Kristy Michelle Wolff
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
A telemedicine education module (TEM) was designed and developed for this staff education project to improve the knowledge of nurses and providers about best practices in telemedicine and patient safety. A pretest and posttest design was used to evaluate if a gain in knowledge occurred after participants reviewed the TEM, which was designed and developed using Knowles theory of andragogy for adult learning outcomes. Thirty-seven potential participants who currently work as clinicians that provide telemedicine services were provided access to the pretest, TEM, and posttest. Nine participants responded, but only three participants’ scores could be used for analysis since there …
Generation X And Millennial Registered Nurse Job Satisfaction, Germika Brandon
Generation X And Millennial Registered Nurse Job Satisfaction, Germika Brandon
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractThe healthcare sector in the United States faces challenges in recruiting and retaining nurses, resulting in a shortage of professional nurses to provide care. Workplace job dissatisfaction among generations has been recognized as a contributor to the ongoing nursing shortage problem. The purpose of this quantitative comparative study, guided by Maslow’s and Herzberg’s theories, was to compare registered nurse (RN) job satisfaction by gender, generation, union and Magnet affiliations, and nurse turnover using secondary data obtained from the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation Newly Licensed Registered Nurses (NLRN) Work Study Project. The random sample of 220 cases was drawn from the …