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Electronic Health Record Instruction In First-Semester Nursing Students: A Comparative Study, Angela Ruckdeschel
Electronic Health Record Instruction In First-Semester Nursing Students: A Comparative Study, Angela Ruckdeschel
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
The use of health information technology has been shown to have positive effects on patient outcomes and provider efficiency. New nurses make more than half of the 7 million life-threatening medication errors that occur each year, and electronic health records (EHRs) have been shown to significantly reduce these errors. Nurses now are expected to enter practice with a solid foundation in health information technology and the use of the EHR. Unfortunately, the vast majority of nursing schools do not specifically train their students in effective EHR utilization. Academic EHRs (AEHRs) are software packages with learning features that can be incorporated …
Educating Perinatal Nurses To Promote Bonding Techniques And Increase Support Of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Parents, Kandice Perez
Educating Perinatal Nurses To Promote Bonding Techniques And Increase Support Of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Parents, Kandice Perez
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
NICU treatment team members and perinatal nurses must strive to educate parents and promote parent/infant bonding; failure to do so can result in poor emotional well-being of the parent. Supportive behaviors of nursing staff, and the promotion of bonding techniques inside and outside of the NICU setting can provide aid to parents throughout their NICU journey. However, perinatal nurses are often not provided the necessary knowledge and skills to promote parental bonding, emotional support, empowerment, and education to parents whose infants are unexpectedly admitted to the NICU. Purpose: The purpose of this DNP project was to increase perinatal nurses’ knowledge …