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Music Therapy For Pain Management In Children, Rebecca C. Pinchot
Music Therapy For Pain Management In Children, Rebecca C. Pinchot
The University Honors Program
An evidence-based practice literature search was done to determine if music therapy during painful procedures could decrease distress in children. Literature was obtained from two electronic databases. Twenty-five articles were initially found through the search engines. Five of these articles were further evaluated based upon relevance to the research question. The studies were evaluated through consistent methods including setting, sample, purpose, design, findings, and limitations. Each study strength on the evidence hierarchy was identified. Four studies had moderately strong evidence while one study had moderately weak evidence. Each had significance for the use of music as a pain management technique, …
Relief Of Procedural Pain In Infants And Neonates, Allye Camden
Relief Of Procedural Pain In Infants And Neonates, Allye Camden
The University Honors Program
Procedural pain occurs in the hospital setting due to a variety of procedures and treatments conducted throughout a patient’s stay. Pain is often assessed in infants and neonates but is not always treated consistently due to the multiple number of pain relief methods. The objective of this literature review is to identify the most effective interventions to relieve procedural pain in infants and neonates. Forty articles were analyzed and synthesized to determine the best pain relief methods to use when providing nursing care to infants and neonates. Based on the results of the literature review, nutritive sucking, positioning techniques, and …
Parent Education On Childhood Vaccinations: Implications For Nursing Practice, Kristen Sevier
Parent Education On Childhood Vaccinations: Implications For Nursing Practice, Kristen Sevier
The University Honors Program
Early childhood vaccination rates in Ohio have been stagnant in the past couple of years. The purpose of this project was to use current evidence regarding early childhood vaccination rates to identify how nurses can effectively educate parents to increase childhood vaccination rates. The findings from this project helped establish an educational brochure for pediatric nurses as a nurse-led intervention to address vaccination adherence among parents at the point of care. The ultimate goal is to improve vaccination coverage among early childhood populations in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The educational brochure was created and presented to pediatric nurse faculty at Wright …
Test Anxiety And Undergraduate Nursing Students: The Concept, Impact, And Interventions, Sarah Macadam
Test Anxiety And Undergraduate Nursing Students: The Concept, Impact, And Interventions, Sarah Macadam
The University Honors Program
Test anxiety in undergraduate nursing students negatively impacts test scores and overall academic success. This project utilizes current literature to identify the concept of test anxiety, the impact of test anxiety on undergraduate nursing students, and interventions to help reduce test anxiety. Literature findings will then be included in an educational PowerPoint presentation given to an undergraduate nursing course at Wright State University.
Educational Strategies For Preventing And Managing Coronary Artery Disease (Cad), Anna M. Mills
Educational Strategies For Preventing And Managing Coronary Artery Disease (Cad), Anna M. Mills
The University Honors Program
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of death in the United States and many older people suffer from this disease (Luisi et al., 2015). It is vital that nurses understand the importance of education, good nursing care, and support in improving patient outcomes. Nurses care for patients with heart disease every day and it is important that nurses have a good understanding of the disease process, how to effectively educate patients, and how to care for them in hospital and community settings. The purpose of this project is to (1) perform a comprehensive literature review regarding prevention, education, …
A New Understanding Of Palliative Care, Sarah Gale
A New Understanding Of Palliative Care, Sarah Gale
The University Honors Program
The purpose of this paper is to discuss palliative care and how it is relates to chronic illness. It will include the current problems with palliative care as it is associated with chronic illness. The significance to nursing will be indicated and a review of literature follow and then by a synthesis of the literature. A project proposal will follow the synthesis followed by an evaluation of the implemented project and conclusion.
Creation Of A Novel Human Wound Model To Test Novel Wound Healing Approaches, Nathan Northern
Creation Of A Novel Human Wound Model To Test Novel Wound Healing Approaches, Nathan Northern
The University Honors Program
In the US there is a growing prevalence of chronic wounds such as such as leg ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, and pressure ulcers. These wounds persist for long periods of time and are expensive to manage. Improved human-based model systems that emulate the wound healing process in humans would accelerate the identification of novel healing strategies that are directly translatable to humans. The goal of this study was to develop a novel wound model able to imitate the human wound healing process. To do this, 8mm punch biopsies were taken from human abdominoplasty samples and 2mm wounds were created in …
Facilitating Increased Treatment Adherence In Adult Mental Health Patients, Elizabeth Lavezzi
Facilitating Increased Treatment Adherence In Adult Mental Health Patients, Elizabeth Lavezzi
The University Honors Program
Treatment adherence rates are low among adult mental health patients. The purpose of this project is to utilize current literature regarding treatment adherence in adult mental health patients in order to identify nursing interventions to address treatment adherence and to create an educational presentation for mental health nurses regarding these interventions. The educational presentation will be created and presented to local mental health nurses in the Miami Valley, and a poster will be produced as a reference.