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Pain Trajectory Following Spinal Fusion For Idiopathic Scoliosis, Charmaine Kleiber, L. Dolan, Mary Berg, A. Kleese, M. Suwanraj Oct 2011

Pain Trajectory Following Spinal Fusion For Idiopathic Scoliosis, Charmaine Kleiber, L. Dolan, Mary Berg, A. Kleese, M. Suwanraj

Mary Berg

No abstract provided.


Incidence Of Constipation And Abdominal Pain Following Spinal Fusion For Idiopathic Scoliosis, Mary Berg, Charmaine Kleiber Oct 2011

Incidence Of Constipation And Abdominal Pain Following Spinal Fusion For Idiopathic Scoliosis, Mary Berg, Charmaine Kleiber

Mary Berg

No abstract provided.


University Of Iowa Hospital And Clinics: Outcomes Management, Mary Berg, M. Dreher, K. Davenport, J. Greiner, R. Howell, A. Mutnick, G. Jensen, Barbara Rakel, F. Johlin, V. Kraus, R. Reiter, K. Leo, J. Ryan, J. Mccloskey Oct 2011

University Of Iowa Hospital And Clinics: Outcomes Management, Mary Berg, M. Dreher, K. Davenport, J. Greiner, R. Howell, A. Mutnick, G. Jensen, Barbara Rakel, F. Johlin, V. Kraus, R. Reiter, K. Leo, J. Ryan, J. Mccloskey

Mary Berg

Delivery of quality patient care and management of patient outcomes is critical to the success of academic medical centers in the ever-changing health care market. The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) promotes quality care through the provision of organizational structures and processes that are described in this article. In addition, quality of care and outcomes management are described by members in various roles within the UIHC health care system. It is the authors' belief that understanding quality from these various perspectives helps UIHC work across departments to achieve excellence in patient care.


Guidelines For Dual Certification In Acute-Care And Primary-Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Programs., E. Hawkins-Walsh, Mary Berg, M. Beauchesne, N. Gaylord, K. Osborn, J. Veger Oct 2011

Guidelines For Dual Certification In Acute-Care And Primary-Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Programs., E. Hawkins-Walsh, Mary Berg, M. Beauchesne, N. Gaylord, K. Osborn, J. Veger

Mary Berg

No abstract provided.


Emerging Issues Regarding Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Education In Acute And Primary Care, Mary Berg, E. Hawkins-Walsh, N. Gaylord, L. Lindeke, S. Docherty Oct 2011

Emerging Issues Regarding Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Education In Acute And Primary Care, Mary Berg, E. Hawkins-Walsh, N. Gaylord, L. Lindeke, S. Docherty

Mary Berg

No abstract provided.


Pain-Sensitive Temperament And Postoperative Pain, Charmaine Kleiber, M. Suwanraj, L. Dolan, Mary Berg, A. Kleese Oct 2011

Pain-Sensitive Temperament And Postoperative Pain, Charmaine Kleiber, M. Suwanraj, L. Dolan, Mary Berg, A. Kleese

Mary Berg

PURPOSE: To describe the relationship between pain-sensitive temperament and self-report of pain intensity following surgery. DESIGN AND METHODS: Fifty-nine adolescents and young adults (average age 14 years) undergoing spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis completed the Sensitivity Temperament Inventory for Pain-Child version (STIP-C). The Pearson correlation between STIP-C scores and the highest pain intensity for each of the first three postoperative days was investigated. RESULTS: There was a small but significant correlation between the Perceptual Sensitivity and Symptom Reporting subscales of the STIP-C and pain intensity measured on the third postoperative day. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Aspects of the pain-sensitive temperament may …


Young Nurse Clinician Programs: Geriatric, Pediatric, And Community Health, Mary Berg, S. Lehmann, Paula Mobily Oct 2011

Young Nurse Clinician Programs: Geriatric, Pediatric, And Community Health, Mary Berg, S. Lehmann, Paula Mobily

Mary Berg

In most nursing programs, limited options exist beyond the required nursing curricula for students to continue career growth in a nursing specialty area at the undergraduate level. The authors describe the Young Nurse Clinician Programs, an innovative approach that provides individualized educational opportunities to select nursing students to promote leadership and foster interest in geriatric, pediatric, and community health nursing.