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Sugar Shenanigans: Curbing The Added Sugar Epidemic In Children And Adolescents, Amy A. Krazl, Tonia L. Mailow

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

The educational program entitled "Sugar Shenanigans" was created in efforts to educate and empower. The child and adolescent population achieved an increased level of knowledge and improved dietary practice, specifically regarding sugar consumption.

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Certified Occupational Health Nurses: Advocating For The Workforce And Work Environment, Lucille F. Carlson

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Occupational health nursing is the specialty practice that provides health, safety, and wellness programs and services to workers. The practice focuses on promotion of health, prevention of illness/injury, and protection from work-related and environmental hazards. The presentation will focus on benefits of certification in advocacy for workforces and work environments.

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Fostering Resilience Among Nurses For Healthy Work Environment: A Systematic Review, Divya Raghavan, Teena Jones, Sangeeta Edward

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Stressful work environments have serious implications. Nurses working in a challenging atmosphere have increased risk of psychological burnout syndrome, emotional exhaustion, and other health-related symptoms. Nurses who have better adaptations thrive the best in midst of adversities. It is imperative to foster nurse resilience to create a positive work environment.

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Midwifery Paradox In The Us: Nurturing Others, But Not Always Each Other, Rhonda R. Johnson, Letitia L. Sullivan

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Bullying behavior and its effects on the lives of nurses has been studied for decades. No US studies included bullying behavior among the profession of certified nurse-midwives, certified midwives, and midwife students. This work explores how bullying behavior affects the seasoned midwife, the new midwife, and the student midwife.

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Improving Nurse Leaders' Ability To Support Staff Through Moral Distress, Lindsay R. Semler

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This session describes a one-hour workshop designed for nurse leaders whose staff were experiencing moral distress. The workshop helped to increase nurse leaders' ethical confidence and ability to support their staff in their moral distress.

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The Lived Experience Of Frontline Nurses: Covid-19 In Rural America, Samantha Bartelt, Michelle Gierach, Gwenneth A. Jensen, Coreen Mcclellan, Karen Robinson, Brenda Wolles

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This phenomenological research study relates the meaning of dramatic and intense experiences of hospital nurses during the pandemic in the rural Midwest. Included are experiences of nurses on the frontlines at work, at home, and in their communities.

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Using A Team Of Teams Approach To Optimize The Work Environment And Decrease Clabsi Rates, Warren Boudreau, Mona Clark, Sheranda Fesler, Tjin Koy, Tanya Nelson-Hall, Lauren Salinas

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

The purpose of this activity is to introduce the Team of Teams approach and discuss its application to the promotion of a healthy work environment through interprofessional communication and collaboration, and the subsequent reduction of catheter line-associated bloodstream infection incidence and rates.

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Emotional Intelligence In The Work Environment, Michele Brooks

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Most will agree that teamwork and collaboration are strong elements in effective teamwork that promote better patient outcomes and job satisfaction. However, emotional intelligence provides empowerment to nurses that helps them better handle stress and the high demands they encounter every day. Training in Emotional Intelligence is worth the investment.

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Hiring New Graduate Nurses During A Pandemic? Oh My!, Alicia Hernandez, Kathleen Mozell

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

The abrupt interruption of COVID-19 required problem-solving skills for delivery of education streamlined to multiple avenues for mitigating the scarcity of staff support. This session outlines processes for hiring GNs, planning educational curriculum targeted for the non-traditional role, and continuous support to ensure the GNs felt valued and appreciated.

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Using A Leadership Academy To Enhance Employee Well-Being, Alexandria Blacker, Mojgan Haririfar, Gisso Oreo, Carole Wilson

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Employee wellbeing has been shown to be impacted by organizational culture and leadership behavior. The Leadership and Management Academy (LAMA) is a competency-based program designed to maximize interprofessional collaboration and participant self-confidence, positively impacting leadership behavior and employee well-being.

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Relationship Between Health Views And Health State Images In Different Nursing Theories, Yui Ikeda

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

What does it mean for nursing, that different nursing theories have diverse viewpoints on health? When the health viewpoints in different theories were applied to the same case, even when the reality was identical, each health view’s focus on the health phenomenon and representation of the health state differed.

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Engaging In Interprofessional Collaboration To Increase Covid-19 Vaccine Access For Homebound Community Members, Mary Duffy, Yanick D. Joseph, Rachel Lyons, Courtney Reinisch, Janice Smolowitz

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This presentation details a nurse practitioner faculty led interprofessional partnership between an academic institution and a local health department. The community-based alliance addresses the needs of homebound individuals for COVID-19 vaccination. It simultaneously provides educational opportunities for undergraduate and graduate nursing students.

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Let's Do Nights! Improving Bi-Directional Communication With Nursing Service By Implementing A Tiered Huddle Structure, Melissa Beck, Michele Olszanecki, Ebony M. Samuel-Bakpessi

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

A systematic, bi-directional communication method was implemented for effective operations and optimization of patient and staff safety. This qualitative study was replicated from an original study and expanded to the night shift to implement a cohesive communication reporting system to improve patient outcomes and team satisfaction.

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The Use Of Smartphones Among Nurses During Clinical Practice: A Multi-Hospital Study, Ahmad Aboshaiqah, Jonas Preposi Cruz, Ahmad M. Rayani

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

The benefits of using smartphones enhance the work productivity and perceived quality of care among nurses.This study investigated the utilization of smartphones for work-related purposes among nurses during clinical practice in hospitals in Saudi Arabia.

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Creating A Healthy Work Environment In The Midst Of A Pandemic, Rachel A. Coicou

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This pandemic has taken an unprecedented toll upon the mental health of our global nursing workforce. New covert mental health issues are now on the rise. As nurse leaders, we must respond to the Call-To-Action for creating a healthy work environment. Join this session for an empowering discussion on how.

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Adapting A Vaccine Administration Process For Covid-19 In A Federally Qualified Health Center, Marianne L. Durham, Monica Joan Gingell, Kaitlin E. Johnson

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

As COVID-19 vaccines were being developed, the project team used quality improvement tools such as FMEA and process mapping to create a new COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedure at a Federally Qualified Health Center. Session will discuss successes and barriers to implementation in the ambulatory setting.

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Piloting The Practice Of Centering In Clinical: An Exploration Of Students' Perspectives, Zarah Borines, Cecelia Fernan

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Nursing students in the clinical setting practiced centering during three successive weeks. Centering, through pausing, contemplation and intentional breathing, is a way to live Watson's (2018) Caritas Process 1 of cultivating loving-kindness and equanimity and Caritas Process 2 of being authentically present.

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The Power Of Engagement: Integrating Clinical Inquiry And Transforming Healthcare, Kenn M. Kirksey, Rosario Tarriman Suico, Theresa Wilson, Pamela Windle

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This session provides information about how clinically based nurses designed and implemented peer-to-peer coaching to address requests from inpatient nurses regarding continuing education about evidence-based practice methods. The initiative helped optimize a knowledgeable workforce to enhance patient outcomes.

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Developing Emerging Nurse Leaders, Tracey Brigstock, Lisa Dunn, Heather Price, Sally Higgins, Melissa Bates

Group: American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

At a time of continuous advancements in healthcare, nurse leaders play a fundamental role in influencing change and driving improvement, both to enhance patient outcomes and experience and to create and sustain positive practice environments for staff. A nurse leader is defined by the American Nurses Association as "a nurse who represents the interests of the nursing profession." Nurse leaders act as skilled role models who influence healthcare organizations across all levels and areas of practice, including policy development, research, and innovation, together with education and clinical practice at point of care.

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On-The-Job Training Through Case Conferences: Nursing Leadership And Impact On Work Environment, Mina Ishimaru, Taichi Sato

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Main contributions: Nursing leadership develops On-the-Job Training (OJT) through case conferences for public health nurses. Nursing leadership is core for raising awareness of the importance of OJT among nursing staff. OJT creates a culture of routinely discussing cases and teams that learn through their duties.

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Under Pressure: An Emergency Department Journey To Reducing Pressure Injuries, Laura Ogle, Marilyn Ostendorf, Constance F. Swenty

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Pressure injuries remain a healthcare concern, despite interventions being applied in the inpatient setting. This project implemented an emergency department-specific pressure injury screening question to be used upon arrival in the ED. The results of the screening question were compared to the results of the Braden Scale assessment.

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The Use Of Virtual Reality In Simulation-Based Education For One Lung Ventilation Techniques, Greta Mitzova-Vladinov, Richard Wiernicki

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To improve Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist’s confidence and satisfaction in learning one lung ventilation management through virtual reality (VR) simulation. VR serves as a unique, innovative experience that is sustainable and applicable to clinical procedures used in cardiothoracic anesthesia.

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Psychological Care After Miscarriage: A Quality Improvement Project, Carolyn Mcdonald

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This poster describes how participation in the web-based course entitled "Moving through Miscarriage" resulted in a statistically significant increase in confidence or care providers related to the provision of perinatal bereavement care.

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Promoting Healthy Academic Environments Utilizing Mentoring And Mindfulness, Elmira Asongwed, Stella Ayika, Susie Cato

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Faculty collaborated to determine supportive engagement strategies to promote healthy remote environments. Mindfulness education and mentoring were conducted virtually to address social determinants of education during emergency pandemic mandates. Successful methods to decrease stress and enhance academic performance of associate degree nursing students are detailed.

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Faculty Supportive Behaviors And Nursing Student Mental Health: A Pilot Study, Joelle D. Hargraves, Catherine A. Stubin

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Symptoms of poor mental health among undergraduate nursing students are highly prevalent and represent a significant public health concern. Nurse educators must further develop both psychological and functional supportive skills to promote student learning, reduce academic distress, and foster nursing student transition throughout the nursing program.

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Modelling Medical-Surgical Nurse Workload And Care Quality During Covid-19: Implications For Building Healthy Work Environments, Sue Bookey-Bassett, Michael Greig, Helen Kelly, W. Patrick Neumann, Nancy Purdy, Sadeem M. Qureshi

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Discrete event simulation (DES) was used to measure the effects of varying COVID-19 nurse-patient ratios on nurse workload and quality of care in a Canadian medical-surgical context. As nurses were assigned to more COVID-19 positive patients, nurse workload increased and quality of care indicators deteriorated. Implications for leaders are considered.

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Evaluating The Effectiveness Of An Sbirt Educational Intervention For Stroke Providers, Kyle Abram

DNP and Student Works

There was an identification of a current lack of intervention addressing substance use and its role in stroke occurrence and reoccurrence at a comprehensive stroke center acute care hospital. Determine if educating stroke providers on the utilization and benefits of screening, brief intervention, and referral for treatment (SBIRT) for substance use disorder (SUD) increases provider confidence and changes attitudes regarding treating patients with substance use disorder.

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Workplace Incivility Across Three Generations Of Saudi Nurses, Amal Alqahtani

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

A conducive work environment is necessary to enhance productivity. Workers' relationship is a significant influence in the workplace environment quality. This presentation provides an international perspective on workplace civility among nurses from different generations, contributing to knowledge about the workplace generational differences and need for strategies to improve workers' well-being.

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Reducing Stress And Burnout In Hospice And Palliative Care Through Education, Marvet Wint

Dissertations

Burnout, a syndrome described as a state of mental and or physical exhaustion, impacts the workforce of hospice and palliative nurses where employees' behaviors and professional efficacy reflect poorly on their work. The prevalence of burnout among hospice nurses led to the development of this project. The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) served as a reference guide for developing the content, which addressed whether a staff education program at this Southeastern United States facility, would affect a change in knowledge among hospice nurses reduce burnout. Knowles's theory of adult learning framed this education program on self-care and stress management. Focus was …

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Enhancing Self-Efficacy Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes And Cardiovascular Diseases By Health Promotion, Elisangela Bordas

DNP and Student Works

This project aims to implement an educational initiative to improve self-efficacy in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. The population, intervention, and outcome (PIO) question addressed by this study is the following: Among adults between the ages of 18 and 64 with T2D mellitus (T2DM) and CVD or at risk of CVD, would a patient-centered education model, the Diabetes Cardiometabolic Self-Management Education, and support (DCMSMES), improve the patient's self-efficacy in self-care behavior?

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Sugar Shenanigans: Curbing The Added Sugar Epidemic In Children And Adolescents, Amy A. Krazl, Tonia L. Mailow

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Certified Occupational Health Nurses: Advocating For The Workforce And Work Environment, Lucille F. Carlson

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Fostering Resilience Among Nurses For Healthy Work Environment: A Systematic Review, Divya Raghavan, Teena Jones, Sangeeta Edward

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Midwifery Paradox In The Us: Nurturing Others, But Not Always Each Other, Rhonda R. Johnson, Letitia L. Sullivan

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Improving Nurse Leaders' Ability To Support Staff Through Moral Distress, Lindsay R. Semler

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

The Lived Experience Of Frontline Nurses: Covid-19 In Rural America, Samantha Bartelt, Michelle Gierach, Gwenneth A. Jensen, Coreen Mcclellan, Karen Robinson, Brenda Wolles

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Using A Team Of Teams Approach To Optimize The Work Environment And Decrease Clabsi Rates, Warren Boudreau, Mona Clark, Sheranda Fesler, Tjin Koy, Tanya Nelson-Hall, Lauren Salinas

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Emotional Intelligence In The Work Environment, Michele Brooks

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Hiring New Graduate Nurses During A Pandemic? Oh My!, Alicia Hernandez, Kathleen Mozell

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Using A Leadership Academy To Enhance Employee Well-Being, Alexandria Blacker, Mojgan Haririfar, Gisso Oreo, Carole Wilson

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Relationship Between Health Views And Health State Images In Different Nursing Theories, Yui Ikeda

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Engaging In Interprofessional Collaboration To Increase Covid-19 Vaccine Access For Homebound Community Members, Mary Duffy, Yanick D. Joseph, Rachel Lyons, Courtney Reinisch, Janice Smolowitz

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Let's Do Nights! Improving Bi-Directional Communication With Nursing Service By Implementing A Tiered Huddle Structure, Melissa Beck, Michele Olszanecki, Ebony M. Samuel-Bakpessi

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

The Use Of Smartphones Among Nurses During Clinical Practice: A Multi-Hospital Study, Ahmad Aboshaiqah, Jonas Preposi Cruz, Ahmad M. Rayani

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Creating A Healthy Work Environment In The Midst Of A Pandemic, Rachel A. Coicou

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Adapting A Vaccine Administration Process For Covid-19 In A Federally Qualified Health Center, Marianne L. Durham, Monica Joan Gingell, Kaitlin E. Johnson

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Piloting The Practice Of Centering In Clinical: An Exploration Of Students' Perspectives, Zarah Borines, Cecelia Fernan

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

The Power Of Engagement: Integrating Clinical Inquiry And Transforming Healthcare, Kenn M. Kirksey, Rosario Tarriman Suico, Theresa Wilson, Pamela Windle

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Developing Emerging Nurse Leaders, Tracey Brigstock, Lisa Dunn, Heather Price, Sally Higgins, Melissa Bates

Group: American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

On-The-Job Training Through Case Conferences: Nursing Leadership And Impact On Work Environment, Mina Ishimaru, Taichi Sato

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Under Pressure: An Emergency Department Journey To Reducing Pressure Injuries, Laura Ogle, Marilyn Ostendorf, Constance F. Swenty

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

The Use Of Virtual Reality In Simulation-Based Education For One Lung Ventilation Techniques, Greta Mitzova-Vladinov, Richard Wiernicki

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Psychological Care After Miscarriage: A Quality Improvement Project, Carolyn Mcdonald

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Promoting Healthy Academic Environments Utilizing Mentoring And Mindfulness, Elmira Asongwed, Stella Ayika, Susie Cato

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Faculty Supportive Behaviors And Nursing Student Mental Health: A Pilot Study, Joelle D. Hargraves, Catherine A. Stubin

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Modelling Medical-Surgical Nurse Workload And Care Quality During Covid-19: Implications For Building Healthy Work Environments, Sue Bookey-Bassett, Michael Greig, Helen Kelly, W. Patrick Neumann, Nancy Purdy, Sadeem M. Qureshi

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of An Sbirt Educational Intervention For Stroke Providers, Kyle Abram

DNP and Student Works

Workplace Incivility Across Three Generations Of Saudi Nurses, Amal Alqahtani

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Reducing Stress And Burnout In Hospice And Palliative Care Through Education, Marvet Wint

Dissertations

Enhancing Self-Efficacy Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes And Cardiovascular Diseases By Health Promotion, Elisangela Bordas

DNP and Student Works