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Nursing

Luanne Linnard-Palmer

Selected Works

2013

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Power Distance, Cultural Communication And Medication/Medical Errors: The Avoidance Of An Ethical Dilema, Luanne Linnard-Palmer Nov 2013

Power Distance, Cultural Communication And Medication/Medical Errors: The Avoidance Of An Ethical Dilema, Luanne Linnard-Palmer

Luanne Linnard-Palmer

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Negotiating With Cultural Sensitivity To Reduce Medical Errors: An Ethnographic Study (Poster), Luanne Linnard-Palmer Aug 2013

Negotiating With Cultural Sensitivity To Reduce Medical Errors: An Ethnographic Study (Poster), Luanne Linnard-Palmer

Luanne Linnard-Palmer

By 2042, racial and ethnic minorities will account for 50% of America’s population (Mather & Pollard, 2009). About 10% of the countries counties have crossed the 50% mark or reached the “tipping point”, thus having a “majority-minority” status (Mather & Pollard, 2009). The demographic change continues to have a considerable impact on the healthcare sector, which is currently characterized by culturally diverse patients as well as healthcare practitioners (Hearnden, 2008). It is now critical to have an understanding of the cultural background and elements of communication to avoid medical and medication errors and attain successful treatment negotiations. Culture and religion …

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An Investigation Of Cross-Cultural Communication In Nursing Education For The Reduction Of Medical Errors And The Improvement Of Clinical Outcomes, Luanne Linnard-Palmer Jul 2013

An Investigation Of Cross-Cultural Communication In Nursing Education For The Reduction Of Medical Errors And The Improvement Of Clinical Outcomes, Luanne Linnard-Palmer

Luanne Linnard-Palmer

Learning Objective 1: Critially evaluate how culturally sensitive communication can assist nurses in a variety of practice settings to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the potential of errors. Learning Objective 2: Describe how ethnography was used to discover culturally sensitive communication by capturing nurse's successful and unsuccessful communication patterns related to reducing errors and improving adherence. Purpose: This multi-disciplinary ethnographic study was conducted to capture the clinial experienes of RNs on their culturally sensitive communication and medical errors. Current literature describes how communication remains the number one influencing factor medical and medication errors. Researchers invesitgated how experienced RN's describe their …

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Testing A Mnemonic On Response Skills During Simulated Codes, Luanne Linnard-Palmer, William Phillips, Margaret Fink, Olivia Catolico, Natalie Sweeny May 2013

Testing A Mnemonic On Response Skills During Simulated Codes, Luanne Linnard-Palmer, William Phillips, Margaret Fink, Olivia Catolico, Natalie Sweeny

Luanne Linnard-Palmer

Background Baccalaureate nursing students rarely have the opportunity to practice emergency response skills. Simulation gives students the ability to practice emergency procedures in an environment that is safe. Method Nursing students’ skills accuracy and confidence ratings were assessed before and after an instructional module that incorporated a mnemonic, named ABCD-COPIME, to improve emergency response techniques to a simulated code blue scenario. Seven nursing students completed 7 trials of responding to a code blue simulation. After each trial, skill accuracy was assessed with a skills checklist, and after Trials 1, 4, and 7, each student’s confidence was measured by self-report. A …

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Latest Technology And High-Touch Care In Oncology Nursing: Foundations Of Pathology, Treatments And Symptom Management, Luanne Linnard-Palmer May 2013

Latest Technology And High-Touch Care In Oncology Nursing: Foundations Of Pathology, Treatments And Symptom Management, Luanne Linnard-Palmer

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Family Centered Care: Navigating Barriers And Promoting Excellence In Pediatric Nursing Research, Luanne Linnard-Palmer May 2013

Family Centered Care: Navigating Barriers And Promoting Excellence In Pediatric Nursing Research, Luanne Linnard-Palmer

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Cultural Communication And Medication Errors: Improving Negotiation And Providing Safe Care, Luanne Linnard-Palmer Jan 2013

Cultural Communication And Medication Errors: Improving Negotiation And Providing Safe Care, Luanne Linnard-Palmer

Luanne Linnard-Palmer

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Cultural Communication, Power Distance And The Reduction Of Medical And Medication Errors (Poster), Luanne Linnard-Palmer Dec 2012

Cultural Communication, Power Distance And The Reduction Of Medical And Medication Errors (Poster), Luanne Linnard-Palmer

Luanne Linnard-Palmer

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