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Implementing Nurse-Led Late Life Depression Screening In An Acute Care Setting, Kate A. Barba, Shannon Mahoney

General Submissions: Clinical Settings Materials

Aims of the study were: (a) examine the effectiveness of a geriatric-specific depression screening and referral protocol in identifying depression in hospitalized older adults; (b) assess outcomes when a patient screens positive for depression and is referred to a social worker; and (c) evaluate nurses’ perceptions of the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of the GDS-5 in an acute care setting.

Prostate Cancer Screening Survey Among African-American And Their Partners, Angela James

Dissertations

The purpose of this translational research project was to survey adult African-Americans and their partners to explore inhibitors and facilitators to PC screening.

Managing Agitation And Aggression In Patients With Dementia, Christiana Dennis-Fallah

DNP and Student Works

Dementia is a degenerative progressive disease that leads to multiple behavioral disturbances particularly behaviors of agitation and aggression. Risperdal is the most common antipsychotic agent used in patients with dementia experiencing these behaviors, however, there are associated risks with it use. There are non-pharmacological interventions to medications that can be beneficial and pose no risk in the management of agitation and aggression. The research reviewed demonstrated evidence that non-pharmacological interventions should be used prior to antipsychotic medications. Some interventions currently being used are aromatherapy, doll therapy, and music therapy. The caring theory suggest that the approach to caring is the …

A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing A Companion Dog Walking Intervention To An Attention Control Education Intervention On The Psychological Health Of Adult Intensive Care Unit Survivors: The Pooch Study, Lindsey Nelson

Dissertations

Intensive care unit (ICU) survivors are at risk for persistent anxiety and depression after hospital discharge that contribute to the psychological component of post intensive care syndrome (PICS). Quality evidence supporting innovative home and community-based interventions that improve psychological health in ICU survivors is needed. The use of companion dogs to improve the health and wellbeing of ICU survivors is a novel strategy not previously explored in the ICU survivor population. The purpose of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) was to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a companion dog walking intervention compared to an attention control education intervention for …

Effect Of Activities, Social Environment, And Psychotropic Medication Use On Behavioral Symptoms Of Persons With Dementia In Nursing Homes, Ben R. Inventor

Dissertations

A secondary data analysis was conducted using existing clinical and observational data of a 3-year longitudinal study to describe associations of time-varying background factors (cognitive function, physical function, psychotropic medication use), and proximal factors (activities, social environment) with positive and negative behaviors of persons with dementia at 24 months. Participants included residents with Alzheimer's disease living in two nursing homes in Chicago. A Total 25,560 observation sessions, collected for all participants at baseline, 12-months and 24-months were used in analyses. Results showing that: 1) higher cognitive and physical functions, and being located in own bedroom and shower/tub/bathroom had the most …

A Quality Improvement Project To Increase Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Self-Efficacy For Specialty Referrals Of Patients With Early Symptoms Of Dementia, Ilana San Souci

DNP and Student Works

This project aimed to increase provider knowledge and self-efficacy surrounding early dementia symptoms by educating APRNs about early symptoms of dementia, its clinical significance, and how to manage the condition. The goal was to increase provider self-efficacy for early patient referrals for appropriate diagnosis and treatment as per the recommendations from the online training.

International Leadership Opportunities, Gwen D. Sherwood

Leadership Connection

Members of the Leadership Succession Committee will discuss opportunities for serving as an international leader in the Honor Society. Open positions and position descriptions will be identified during this session as well as qualifications and time commitment required.

A New Direction: Psychiatric Virtual Simulations To Provide Comprehensive Clinical Experiences, Kathleen Marie-Anne Huun, Andreas Martin Kummerow

Leadership Connection

Comprehensive psychiatric clinical experiences for pre-licensure nursing students can be achieved through the incorporation of multiple, content specific, virtually simulated mental health scenarios. The virtual simulations also provide a quantitative method to assess student achievement allowing for readily identifiable areas of individual strengths and weaknesses.

Your Health - Don't Leave It To Luck: Analyzing Nursing Students' Perceptions Of Self-Care, Jessica Jane Paul

Leadership Connection

A look at Kent State nursing students' perceptions of self-care before and after a health focused event based on the ANA's Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation Grand Challenge initiative.

Using Images To Elicit Leadership And Management In Nursing Praxis: A Photovoice Research, Juneau Flor Encinares Julian, Carren B. Manalo, Esteve Adrian Estiva

Leadership Connection

This study used photovoice to typify leadership from the descriptions of selected photos eidetic of management. This study will also explore, document and reflect on the experiences of the participants on their exercise of leadership and to excerpt from their own insights of what leadership means.

Transforming Nursing Education: Utilization Of The Ipad In Laboratory And Clinical Settings, Lu Ann V. Reed, Tasha Turner-Bicknell

Leadership Connection

Utilization of iPad with sophomore BSN students in skills lab and clinical sites to document patient data, and upload assignments. Our goal was to simulate the electronic medium utilized in the clinical setting, improve IT literacy and reduce overall expenses. There were challenges, rewards, and lessons learned for future success.

The Experience Of Claustrophobia In Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy, Patricia A. Dettenmeier

Leadership Connection

This dissertation explores what claustrophobia, fear of enclosed spaces, is like for people who use a machine called continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) at night when sleeping to keep the throat open. What causes claustrophobia is different for individuals and their ability to use CPAP varies.

Tau Iota In Action!, Catherine Ann Kush, Pamela Newland

Leadership Connection

Tau Iota Chapter will present an overview of best practices community/global health project. Participants should expect to learn about how Tau Iota Chapter began implementing the President's Call to Action and potential startup global initiative networking.

Student Hotspotting: An Opportunity For Student Nurses To Work With High-Utilizers On Interprofessional Teams, Colin Mcnamara, Michael Arenson, Jennifer R. Dyson, Madeleine Rutledge, Sindhuja Surapaneni

Leadership Connection

Healthcare costs are driven largely by a group of high-utilizers who constitute 5% of the population but account for about 50% of expenditures. A Grady Hospital-based intervention was created to engage Atlanta's high-utilizers with teams of interprofessional students in addressing non-medical concerns that contribute to frequent utilization.

Risk Factors For Falls In Adult Stroke Patients: A Comprehensive Model, Jee Hye Yoo

Leadership Connection

The comprehensive model which could explain fall risk factors in stroke patients was constructed using theory synthesis. The model consisted of five categories, which were patients' general characteristics, physical function, neurological function, stroke-specific characteristics, and patients' medical history.

Reducing Telemetry Overuse In A Non-Intensive Care Unit: A Pilot Study, Cheary Anna Shelim, Alycia Bristol, Valerie Kaura

Leadership Connection

In a 40-bed, non-intensive care unit of a community hospital, a multidisciplinary team spearheaded a process improvement project to reduce telemetry overuse by using the IOWA Model for Evidence-Based Practice. This 4-week pilot study resulted in an increase in staff knowledge and financial savings for the organization.

Predictors Of Stress And Strain In Hispanic Caregivers, Amy M. Levi, Mona Wicks, Elizabeth A. Tolley, J. Carolyn Graff, Karen A. Karlowicz, Cathy B. Scott, Shelley I. White-Means

Leadership Connection

The purpose of this study is to build on findings from the descriptive parent study, Caregiving in the U.S. 2015, by using a multivariate analysis to identify the caregiver, care recipient, and work-related factors reported by Hispanic caregivers that contribute to their physical and financial strain, and emotional stress.

Indicators Of Burden In Conversations Between Family Caregivers, Jia Ning Liu, Jacqueline Eaton

Leadership Connection

This presentation reports outcomes from a secondary analysis to examine the ways in which quantitative indicators of well-being are represented in open-ended conversations between informal family caregivers.

Gamma-O-Ramma: A Chapter Engagement Strategy To Disseminate Scholarship, Jennifer B. Rousseau, Mary C. Zonsius, Ingrid H. Forsberg, Elizabeth A. Carlson

Leadership Connection

The Gamma Phi chapter provides a regular, ongoing opportunity for nurses, faculty, and students to present their work. These monthly "Gamma-O-Ramma educational sessions have been an effective way to engage members, promote leadership, provide opportunities to volunteer, role model presentation skills, disseminate scholarship, while meeting several chapter key award criteria.

Exploring Nursing Home Staff Perceived Barriers To The Use Of Reminiscence Therapy, Brandy L. Brown

Leadership Connection

Antianxiety and hypnotic medications are used commonly in the elderly. Reminiscence therapy (RT) is an effective intervention to decrease anxiety. Barriers to the use of RT are explored. This study identifies barriers to the use of RT within the nursing home setting. Recommendations are developed to address the identified barriers.

Encouraging Meaningful Engagement Of Professionals, Jana J. Zeller, Alicia Arias, Christine Hober, Kathleen R. Ward, Rebecca Sander, Carolyn Insley, Tanya L. Smith, Terry J. Siek, Sarah Green

Leadership Connection

Recruiting and retaining members are not the only important parts of a chapter's success. Engaging members in professional and valuable programs that foster educational tools that will help members in their practice are also successful tools that keep members active within a chapter.

Distance-Technology Delivered Grief Support Program: Perceived Quality And Satisfaction Of Training Provided To Social Workers, Daniela Mccroby

Leadership Connection

Through a research grant provided by the Cambia Health Foundation, Caring Connections: A Hope and Comfort in Grief Program, a non-profit organization located in the College of Nursing at the University of Utah, extends grief support groups to rural/frontier Utah via distance-technology to diminish health care gap in under-served communities.

Anxiety, Depression, And Quality Of Life In Patients With The Diagnosis Of Metastatic Uveal Melanoma, Regine Nshimiyimana, Cathie E. Guzzetta, Mary-Michael Brown, Quiping (Pearl) Zhou, Jennifer M. Johnson, Takami Sato, Scott W. Keith

Leadership Connection

Psychosocial needs of patients with metastatic uveal melanoma (MUM) have not been routinely assessed and addressed in clinical practice. Yet, awareness of patients' anxiety, depression, and perceived quality of life in those with MUM can influence care that meets patients' bio-psycho-social-spiritual needs.

Transforming Nurse Leaders Through A Mentored Leadership Experience, Karen M. Beranek, Kay Clevenger, Jennifer L. Embree, Jennifer L. Declercq

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Saturday, September 17, 2016.

The 2010 Institute of Medicine report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, calls for health organizations, including nursing organizations and nursing schools, to “provide nurses greater opportunities to gain leadership skills and put them into practice.” In an effort to prepare the next generation of nurse leaders, the International Leadership Institute (ILI) at Sigma Theta Tau International offers leadership development for academic and clinical nurse leaders, who wish to increase their leadership expertise. Often times, faculty members are promoted into leadership positions without adequate preparation. To facilitate this transition, the ILI …

Leadership Development Programs: Benefits, Outcomes, And Personal Transformations, Susan C. Winters, Janet E. Jackson, Catherine J. Mohammed

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016: The development of nursing leaders who can steer and re-invent a rapidly-changing and complex health care environment is crucial for the profession and the nation's health. Indeed, the nursing profession has been tasked with the achievement of recommendations and increased engagement in the healthcare of the country. A focus on intentional leadership growth and development is found in three recommendations of the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) report The Future of Nursing (IOM, 2010; 2015). Development of leadership skills, however, is an on-going process that requires self-reflection, opportunities for growth, and planning (Porter-O'Grady & …

Nurses' Knowledge Of Alcohol-Interactive Medications, Kyle Serafico, Carolyn M. Jarvis

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Sunday, September 18, 2016:

In the United States, 56.9% of people ages 18 years or over consumed at least one alcoholic beverage in the past month; 24.7% of people in the same age group reported binge drinking in the past month; 6.8% of people in the same age group reported having an alcohol use disorder in the past year. Also, approximately 59% of adults take prescription medications, many of which are considered alcohol-interactive (AI); AI medications are those that interact negatively with alcoholic beverages, resulting in alcohol related adverse drug reactions (ADRs). An estimated 41.5% of current …

Heart Failure Readmission: From The Eyes Of A Patient, Allison M. Sadowsky

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Sunday, September 18, 2016:

The purpose of this study was to explore perceptions of patients, who have congestive heart failure and who had a recent admission to the acute care setting, regarding factors that influenced their readmissions to the acute care setting, as well as to identify if there are areas of teaching that needed to be increased in emphasis or added to patient education to decrease future readmissions. The sample consisted of seven patients who had a readmission to the acute care setting and had a diagnosis of acute congestive heart failure. This qualitative study utilized …

Developing Nurse Leaders Through Human Patient Simulation, Karen M. Brown, Jennifer L. Rode

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

The purpose of this presentation is to describe a study using peer-facilitated human patient simulation methods to develop nursing students' leadership skills and to foster peer support. This simulation strategy exposed students to realistic, peer-facilitated learning experiences and incorporated measures of leadership, simulation evaluation, and qualitative focus group data.

Caregiver Role Strain, Erin M. Sullins

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Sunday, September 18, 2016:

The purpose of this research is to explore whether caregivers are being assessed for caregiver burden, and whether they are being provided with the appropriate resources to minimize this burden.

Ap4np: Academic Partnerships For Nurse Practitioner Students - Creating Designated Preceptorships In Primary Care Clinics, Constance J. Creech, Janet M. Paulson, Tiffany J. Bishop, Margaret Andrews, Denise Cooper

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

Purpose Statement: The University of Michigan-Flint Department of Nursing (UM-Flint DON) is providing and evaluating Academic Partnerships with Primary Care Clinics to create designated clinical training preceptorships for nurse practitioner (NP) students. The UM-Flint DON has experienced the same challenges to APRN clinical education that has been noted nationwide: an increase in enrollment in Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) NP programs, a lack of available clinical sites with qualified preceptors, and competition for sites with other educational programs (Fitzgerald, Kantrowitz-Gordon, Katz & Hirsh, 2012). The creation …