Information-Seeking Behaviour Of Nurses: Where Is Information Sought And What Processes Are Followed?, 2012 Technological University Dublin
Information-Seeking Behaviour Of Nurses: Where Is Information Sought And What Processes Are Followed?, Denise O'Leary, Siobhan Ni Mhaolrunaigh
Articles
Aim This paper is a report of a study on how nurses inform their decision-making in the workplace
Background Despite the growing availability of research evidence, nurses have been slow to adopt it into their daily decision-making.
Method The study was undertaken in Ireland between 2006 and 2007 using a sequential mixed methods approach. In phase 1, the views of a quota sample of 29 nurses were explored using semi-structured interviews incorporating vignettes. Phase 2 involved the design and dissemination of a survey to a disproportionate stratified random sample of 1356 nurses. The response rate was 29%.
Findings In decision-making, …
Graduate-Level Nursing Doctor Of Nursing Practice 2012-2013, 2012 Nova Southeastern University
Graduate-Level Nursing Doctor Of Nursing Practice 2012-2013, Nova Southeastern University
Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions
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Giving Birth: The Voices Of Women In Tamil Nadu, India, 2012 Brigham Young University - Provo
Giving Birth: The Voices Of Women In Tamil Nadu, India, Cheryl A. Corbett, Lynn Clark Callister
Faculty Publications
Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study is to describe the perceptions of childbearing women living in Tamil Nadu, India. This study can increase cultural understanding and foster cultural competence in nurses caring for Indian women.
Study Design and Methods: Women were invited to share their childbearing experiences. Following institutional review board approval, interviews were held with 22 women who had given birth in the previous 18 months to a viable infant. The women were grateful for the opportunity to share their perspectives with an interested nurse investigator. Data collection proceeded concurrently with data analysis. Themes were generated collaboratively …
Creating A Culture Of Caring In The Perianesthesia Practice, 2012 Augsburg College
Creating A Culture Of Caring In The Perianesthesia Practice, Tammy S. Bergan
Theses and Graduate Projects
Caring has been described as the essence of nursing. What nurses do as they care for patients and others is multi-dimensional, complex, and essential. Nursing's ability to clearly define and articulate what caring is guides the ethics, values, decisions, and foundations of nursing practice. Caring evokes a range of perceptions, feelings, and experiences for the patient and nurse in the perianesthesia specialty setting. Caring as a pillar of the nursing profession is explored on several levels for the perianesthesia setting. Aspects of caring include perceptions of caring, what denotes a caring environment, the role of nursing leadership in a caring …
Developing Positive Attitudes Toward Geriatric Nursing Among Millennials And Generations Xers, 2012 Brigham Young University - Provo
Developing Positive Attitudes Toward Geriatric Nursing Among Millennials And Generations Xers, Barbara A. Heise, Vickie Johnsen, Deborah O. Himes, Debra Wing
Faculty Publications
Despite the increase of the older adult population, there exists a shortage of health care professionals trained to help this population remain independent as long as possible. Ageism, common among younger adults, affects the capacity building of health care for older adults. Research has indicated that increased knowledge about older adults, as well as exposure to the elderly, may alter nursing students' attitudes regarding careers in gerontological nursing. However, questions remain as to what are the most effective ways to provide gerontological content in nursing programs and enhance attitudes toward older adults. With the understanding that younger adults see a …
Volume Measures Using A Digital Image Analysis System Are Reliable In Diabetic Foot Ulcers, 2011 University of Iowa
Volume Measures Using A Digital Image Analysis System Are Reliable In Diabetic Foot Ulcers, Sue Gardner, Rita Frantz, Stephen Hillis, Thomas Blodgett, Lorraine Femino, Shannon Lehman
Thomas Blodgett
Reliable measures of wound size are critical to wound healing research and clinical management. Measurement of full-thickness wounds is increasingly being done using digital images and photogrammetric software, such as VeVMD (Vista Medical, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), to estimate wound volume. The reliability of VeVMD in determining wound volume is unknown. The present study sought to examine the reliability of wound volume measurements obtained using VeVMD.
A Study Of Expressed Emotion In Psychiatric Nurses And Its Relation To The General Role And Effects Of Emotions In Nursing, 2011 Liberty University
A Study Of Expressed Emotion In Psychiatric Nurses And Its Relation To The General Role And Effects Of Emotions In Nursing, Lauren A. Buck
Senior Honors Theses
Nurses play a vital role in the health and care of a patient. Through that care, the nurse has the ability to improve the patient’s experience or ruin it. A vital component influencing the care provided are the emotions the nurse displays toward her coworkers, patients, and patients’ family members. The emotions of a nurse may positively or negatively impact a patient. The studies that examine the impact of the nurse’s emotions on patient’s outcomes are varied and few. The communication and emotion of nurses are likely to impact their care and, from that, the patient’s outcome; however, there is …
The Effect Of Reflective Writing Interventions On Critical Thinking Skills, 2011 University of Tennessee, Knoxville
The Effect Of Reflective Writing Interventions On Critical Thinking Skills, Jessica L Naber
Doctoral Dissertations
The importance of critical thinking as an outcome for students graduating from undergraduate nursing programs is well-documented by both the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and the National League for Nursing (NLN). Graduating nurses are expected to apply critical thinking in all practice situations to improve patient health outcomes. Reflective writing is one strategy used to increase understanding and ability to reason and analyze. The lack of empirical evidence regarding the effectiveness of reflective writing interventions on increasing critical thinking skills supports the need for examining reflective writing as a critical thinking strategy. The purpose of this study …
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Are Ed Providers Identifying Which Patients Are At Risk?, 2011 Brigham Young University - Provo
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Are Ed Providers Identifying Which Patients Are At Risk?, Barbara Stuart, Barbara Mandleco, Renea L. Beckstrand, Sondra Heaston
Faculty Publications
Objective: To identify patients with specific ED discharge diagnoses reporting symptoms associated with a mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), compare frequency/severity of MTBI symptoms by discharge diagnosis, investigate head injury education provided at ED discharge, and learn about changes made by MTBI patients after injury.
Methods: The Post Concussion Symptom Scale, a demographic questionnaire, and open-ended questions about the impact the injury had on patients' lives were completed by 52 ED patients, at least 2 weeks after injury, discharged with concussion/closed head injury, head laceration, motor vehicle crash (MVC), or whiplash/cervical strain diagnoses.
Results: Between 1 and 23 MTBI symptoms …
Code Simulations And Death: Processing Of Emotional Distress, 2011 Brigham Young University - Provo
Code Simulations And Death: Processing Of Emotional Distress, Jane D. Leavy, Calvin J. Vanderhoff, Patricia K. Ravert
Faculty Publications
It is important for nursing students to be exposed to critical patient care scenarios because high stress clinical situations, such as patient codes, occur unexpectedly and infrequently in the clinical setting. In addition, it is important for nursing students to be exposed to the reality of patient death in order to help them overcome fears associated with death and to develop effective coping strategies. Students may or may not have an opportunity to deal with patient codes or patient death in the clinical setting, therefore simulation labs provide students with the opportunity to practice important clinical skills and discuss emotions …
Commencement Program 2011, 2011 Loma Linda University
Commencement Program 2011, Loma Linda University
Commencement Programs
CONTENTS
1 | Message from the President
3 | 2011 Events of Commencement
4 | The Academic Procession
6 | Significance of Academic Regalia
8 | The Good Samaritan
9 | University History Highlights
11 | Loma Linda University Song - "Healing Love"
12 | The Speakers
20 | The University Honorees
32 | The School Honorees
53 | The Programs
- School of Medicine, 54
- School of Pharmacy, 74
- School of Dentistry, 80
- School of Science and Technology and School of Religion, 96
- School of Nursing, 111
- School of Allied Health Professions - Physical Therapy, 121
- School of Allied Health …
Predictors Of Elevated Depressive Symptoms In Pregnancy, 2011 University of Connecticut - Storrs
Predictors Of Elevated Depressive Symptoms In Pregnancy, Justine M. Kokoszka
Honors Scholar Theses
The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine factors that may place women at risk for developing depressive symptoms during pregnancy. It was part of a larger, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial investigating the impact of docosahexaenoic acid
(DHA) in pregnancy as it relates to postpartum depression. Participants were women with a confirmed pregnancy(N= 45) who were administered the CES-D at two different times, 20-22 weeks gestation and 30-32 weeks gestation. Factors from a self-report of personal history were included in an analysis with the CES-D scores. A significant positive correlation was found between the first CES-D scores and body …
Multimethod Teaching Strategies To Integrate Selected Qsen Competencies In A Doctor Of Nursing Practice Distance Education Program, 2011 Thomas Jefferson University
Multimethod Teaching Strategies To Integrate Selected Qsen Competencies In A Doctor Of Nursing Practice Distance Education Program, Mary Lou Manning, Phd, Crnp, Anthony J. Frisby, Phd
College of Nursing Faculty Papers & Presentations
The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiative identified 6 competencies for the education of nurses (patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics) and the related knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) for each competency. The initial QSEN focus was on competency development during prelicensure nursing education, with subsequent attention on adapting the KSAs for graduate programs that prepare advanced practice nurses for clinical roles. Description of successful QSEN competency integration in Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs is limited. Although the ultimate goal is executing DNP programs where quality and safety is thoroughly integrated …
Triage In The Emergency Department: Role Challenges, Satisfaction, And Perceptions Of Staff, 2011 University of Lynchburg
Triage In The Emergency Department: Role Challenges, Satisfaction, And Perceptions Of Staff, Jaclyn Gardner
Undergraduate Theses and Capstone Projects
The goal of this study is to describe staff satisfaction and role challenges among Registered Nurses (RN’s) and Emergency Department technicians in a 43 bed Emergency Department (ED) at a community hospital. This is an exploratory study to determine the factors that create an efficient ED, from staffs perspective, to facilitate improvement for other Emergency Departments. Four RN’s were interviewed, including at least one manager, and ED staff completed a survey to determine role challenges involved in the triage process, perceptions of qualifications needed for triage, and overall satisfaction with the comprehensive triage method used in this setting. Surveys were …
Field-Testing A Pc Electronic Documentation System Using The Clinical Care Classification© System With Nursing Students, 2011 Molloy College
Field-Testing A Pc Electronic Documentation System Using The Clinical Care Classification© System With Nursing Students, Jennifer Emilie Mannino Ph.D., R.N., Veronica D. Feeg Ph.D., R.N., Faan
Faculty Works: NUR (2010-2023)
Schools of nursing are slow in training their students to keep up with the fast approaching era of electronic healthcare documentation. This paper discusses the importance of nursing documentation, and describes the field-testing of an electronic health record, the Sabacare Clinical Care Classification (CCC©) system. The PC-CCC©, designed as a Microsoft Access® application, is an evidence-based electronic documentation system available via free download from the internet. A sample of baccalaureate nursing students from a mid-Atlantic private college used this program to document the nursing care they provided to patients during their sophomore level clinical experience. This paper summarizes the design, …
Loma Linda Nurse - Vol. 19, No. 01, 2011 Loma Linda University
Loma Linda Nurse - Vol. 19, No. 01, Loma Linda University School Of Nursing
Loma Linda Nurse
Contents
2 | From the dean: Marilyn Herrmann shares her thoughts
Features
4 | Michael Rettig’s journey of service
6 | Katty Joy French—in her own words
8 | Alumnus takes on prison reform in California
News
9 | LLUSN adds two new programs— Doctor of nursing practice and nurse anesthetist (MS)
Development
10 | Scholarship updates
11 | Giving beyond the checkbook
Alumni homecoming
12 | KJN Society Brunch honors friends
13 | LLUSN celebrates alumni and friends with homecoming weekend
14 | Honored classes celebrate during alumni homecoming
15 | A note from the alumni president
16 | …
Gender Discrimination And Nursing: Α Literature Review, 2011 Cyprus University of Technology
Gender Discrimination And Nursing: Α Literature Review, Christiana Kouta, Charis P. Kaite
Charis P. Kaite
This article aims to examine gender stereotypes in relation to men in nursing, discuss gender discrimination cases in nursing, and explore methods used for promoting equal educational opportunities during nursing studies. The literature review was based on related databases, such as CINAHL, Science Direct, MEDLINE, and EBSCO. Legal case studies are included in order to provide a more practical example of those barriers existing for men pursuing nursing, as well as statistical data concerning gender discrimination and male attrition to nursing schools in relation to those barriers. These strengthen the validity of the manuscript. Literature review showed that gender discrimination …
The Incidence Of Individual Sexually Based Counseling By School Nurses In An Urban School System, 2011 Gardner-Webb University
The Incidence Of Individual Sexually Based Counseling By School Nurses In An Urban School System, Tiffany Dunlap
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the incidence of individual counseling on sexual issues by school nurses in a large, urban, public school system in the Southeastern United States (U.S). Utilizing a descriptive, non-experimental method for the study, a secondary data analysis was conducted by the researcher using information self-reported by 117 school nurses regarding individual counseling of students in grades kindergarten through twelve on sexual topics. The topics included in the study were pregnancy, puberty/reproductive health and sexual abuse. There was a relationship established between grade level and rate of individual counseling. School nurses in the school …
Academic Predictors Of National Council Licensure Examination For Registered Nurses Pass Rates, 2011 Walden University
Academic Predictors Of National Council Licensure Examination For Registered Nurses Pass Rates, Maybeth J. Elliott
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The United States continues to be affected by a severe, long-standing nursing shortage that is not projected to resolve within the next 10 or more years. Unsuccessful passage of the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) among graduate nurses remains one of several key contributors to the nursing shortage. The goal of this study was to identify if either cumulative fall semester GPA; the overall prenursing science, mathematics, and English GPA; type of high school background; TOEFL score; clinical pass or fail; and on-time program completion best predicted passage of NCLEX-RN. Archived records from the academic years of …
An Evidence-Based Toolkit For Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Education Of Female Adolescents In The School Setting, 2011 University of Kentucky
An Evidence-Based Toolkit For Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Education Of Female Adolescents In The School Setting, Nancy R. Kloha
DNP Projects
A new vaccine to prevent human papillomavirus infection was approved in 2006 in the United States (U.S.). Uptake of the vaccine has been less than optimal (CDC, 2010c). New venues for promoting vaccine acceptance are needed (Middleman & Tung, 2010). The goal of this capstone clinical project is to create an evidence based toolkit for use by school nurses in educating female adolescents, parents, communities and other healthcare providers about the HPV vaccine.
Schools nurses have daily access to young people in the target group for HPV immunization. A vital component of vaccine acceptance is education of those who are …