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Addressing Anxiety In Hospitalized Adults Using A Music Intervention, Raina M. Rochon
Addressing Anxiety In Hospitalized Adults Using A Music Intervention, Raina M. Rochon
Student Scholarly Projects
Practice Problem: The practice problem is anxiety related to hospitalization among adults in an acute care setting. Increased anxiety can lead to other issues while hospitalized including disruptive behaviors.
PICOT: The PICOT question that guided this project was: In hospitalized medical-surgical adults (P), how does the implementation of a music intervention as an adjunct to standard distraction techniques (I) compared to standard care (C) affect symptoms of anxiety as observed by the rate of behavior de-escalation team calls (O) within eight weeks (T)?
Evidence: There were five systematic reviews, four systematic reviews with meta-analysis with high level of …
Dnp Final Report: Seal The Deal In Dementia Care, Christian D. Garrett
Dnp Final Report: Seal The Deal In Dementia Care, Christian D. Garrett
DNP Final Reports
Background: Individuals with dementia are often burdened with behavioral problems, which augment health care costs and burden of disease. Treatment of behavioral symptoms with pet therapy is acknowledged to be emotionally beneficial. Robotic pets have demonstrated similar promising effects without the undesirable outcomes of traditional pet therapy. Robotic pet therapy offers an effective replacement to traditional pet therapy.
Objective: The DNP scholarly project rigorously appraises the effectiveness of the SAR, PARO, an FDA approved biofeedback device, for non-pharmacological treatment of dementia-related symptoms.
Methods: An experimental design with repeated measures guided the study. Pre- and post- measures included reliable, valid tools …