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Exploring Social Support Networks Of African American Emancipated Foster Care Women, Donna Marie Barrett
Exploring Social Support Networks Of African American Emancipated Foster Care Women, Donna Marie Barrett
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Many youth exit the United States foster care system each year and face challenges related to housing, employment, health care, and education. After emancipation, foster youth can experience family instability, educational disruption, incarceration, unemployment, unstable housing, and emotional problems at a much higher rate than youth in the general population. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the experiences of African American foster women and the social support they received in finding housing upon exiting foster care system. Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory provided a conceptual framework of social interrelation for the study. Data were collected from a purposeful …
The Effect Of Evaluating A Quality Improvement Initiative On Reducing Hospital Transfers Of Nursing Home Residents, Denise Eileen Jarboe
The Effect Of Evaluating A Quality Improvement Initiative On Reducing Hospital Transfers Of Nursing Home Residents, Denise Eileen Jarboe
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The Effect of a Quality Improvement Initiative on Reducing Hospital Transfers of Nursing Home Residents
by
Denise Eileen Jarboe
MSN, Walden University, 2010
BS, University of Maryland, 1981
Project Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Walden University
February 2015
Nursing homes (NH) in the 21st century provide skilled healthcare services for resident populations who are older, frailer, and often suffering from multiple incurable chronic medical conditions. Nurses practicing in this setting must be keen observers and effective communicators with the ability to recognize and report subtle changes in health status …