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Exploring How Nurse Beliefs And Attitudes Influence End-Of-Life-Care Practice, Cara Chandler
Exploring How Nurse Beliefs And Attitudes Influence End-Of-Life-Care Practice, Cara Chandler
Doctoral Dissertations
Nurses are the cornerstones to provide safe patient care. Studies about nurses experiencing challenges while providing end-of-life care (EOLC) are limited. It is imperative to understand how nurses’ beliefs and attitudes influence their actions while providing EOLC. The aims of this study were to (a) explore the relationship of personal factors and nurse beliefs and attitudes on providing EOLC and (b) examine the relationship of nurse beliefs and attitudes on intention and performance to provide EOLC. These aims were explored in a convenience sample of nurses working in multiple adult patient settings. The Theory of Planned Behavior guided a cross-sectional …
Best Practice Medication Reconciliation In The Outpatient Setting, Meghan J. Hession
Best Practice Medication Reconciliation In The Outpatient Setting, Meghan J. Hession
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects
Abstract
Background: Medication safety is a focus of the Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals and research supports improved medication reconciliation as a strategy to reduce medication errors and adverse drug events. In a busy, outpatient specialty clinic where patients are routinely considered for high-risk pharmaceutical therapies, a consistent medication reconciliation process is essential for patient safety and positive health outcomes. Purpose: To improve consistency of medication reconciliation in this high-risk outpatient setting. Method: Based on a gap analysis between evidence-based and current practice, a quality improvement intervention was implemented to increase patient engagement in the medication reconciliation process. A …