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Palliative Care Experiences And Educational Needs Of Healthcare Interprofessionals In Jamaica: A Mixed Methods Study, Rebecca L. Edwards Jan 2022

Palliative Care Experiences And Educational Needs Of Healthcare Interprofessionals In Jamaica: A Mixed Methods Study, Rebecca L. Edwards

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Universal access to palliative care (PC) is a human right that much of the world has not accomplished and educating a PC workforce is critical to PC advancement. Higher PC disparities exist in low-and-middle income countries, such as Jamaica. The World Health Organization Public Health Model and the International PC Initiative’s PC roadmap emphasize the importance of PC education. The purpose of this mixed methods dissertation study was to investigate the PC experiences and educational needs of healthcare interprofessionals who provide care for patients with late-stage serious illnesses in Jamaica. Three specific aims incorporated quantitative investigation of physicians’, nurses’, and …


Three Faculty Honored With Endowed Chair Or Professorship In The Heersink School Of Medicine, Jane Longshore Nov 2021

Three Faculty Honored With Endowed Chair Or Professorship In The Heersink School Of Medicine, Jane Longshore

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Experts Provide Guidance On How To Measure And Improve Quality Of End-Of-Life Care For Children With Cancer, Alicia Rohan May 2021

Experts Provide Guidance On How To Measure And Improve Quality Of End-Of-Life Care For Children With Cancer, Alicia Rohan

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February 2, 2021 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham Feb 2021

February 2, 2021 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

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Uab Emergency Department Names New Chair, Staff Jan 2021

Uab Emergency Department Names New Chair, Staff

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Elie Named Chair Of Department Of Emergency Medicine, Jessica Martindale Jan 2021

Elie Named Chair Of Department Of Emergency Medicine, Jessica Martindale

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An Unusual Cause Of Simultaneous Cerebral Stroke And Lumbar Plexopathy, Muhammad Zafar, Fahad Alkaaba, Ali Hachem, Farrah Ibrahim Jan 2021

An Unusual Cause Of Simultaneous Cerebral Stroke And Lumbar Plexopathy, Muhammad Zafar, Fahad Alkaaba, Ali Hachem, Farrah Ibrahim

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Risk Of Delirium With Opioid Use Among Older Adults In The Emergency Department, Rachel Michelle Skains Jan 2021

Risk Of Delirium With Opioid Use Among Older Adults In The Emergency Department, Rachel Michelle Skains

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Objectives: Delirium affects 7-17% of older Emergency Department (ED) patients. Inadequate pain control and opioid pain management have been reported to increase risk for delirium. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between pain severity, opioid exposure, and delirium among older ED patients.Methods: A single-center retrospective cohort study was conducted in an academic Geriatric ED. Patients aged ≥65 years with an Identification of Seniors at Risk (ISAR) score ≥2 and an Emergency Severity Index (ESI) level 3 were enrolled into the Geriatric ED Pathway. Those who received a delirium screening using the Nursing Delirium Screening Scale (NuDESC) …


Developing A Core Set Of Nursing-Sensitive Indicators For International Pediatric Oncology Nursing Practice, Courtney Erin Sullivan Jan 2021

Developing A Core Set Of Nursing-Sensitive Indicators For International Pediatric Oncology Nursing Practice, Courtney Erin Sullivan

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Although nursing sensitive indicators (NSIs) have been developed to measure factors influencing nursing care quality and patient outcomes in general and in select specialty areas, a core set of NSIs for international pediatric oncology nursing practice does not exist. Quality nursing care delivery in pediatric oncology is essential to achieving optimal patient outcomes and closing the 50% survival gap between high-income and low- and middle-income countries. To enhance global childhood cancer outcomes influenced by nursing, this dissertation research was conducted with the purpose of developing a preliminary core set of NSIs for international pediatric oncology nursing that is important, actionable, …


A Stress Process Approach To Assessing Caregiver Burden, Depressive Symptoms, And Quality Of Life: The Role Of Attachment In Adult Relationships, Ghislaine Celine Atkins Jan 2021

A Stress Process Approach To Assessing Caregiver Burden, Depressive Symptoms, And Quality Of Life: The Role Of Attachment In Adult Relationships, Ghislaine Celine Atkins

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Aging adults (65 years and older) are projected to be the largest age group in the United States by around the year 2030. Importantly, the population of aging adults is expected to outnumber their adult children for the first time by the year 2033. The extant literature posits that the majority of carer-care-recipient relationships are between adult children/in law and their aging parent or a spouse/partner. Familial carers dealing with these multiple stressors are more likely to exhibit depressive symptoms, have higher appraisals of stress and have worse quality of life. This dissertation project utilized sociologist Pearlin’s Stress Process Model …


Financial Performance Of Participating Hospitals In Accountable Care Organizations, Abdulrhman Alzhrani Jan 2021

Financial Performance Of Participating Hospitals In Accountable Care Organizations, Abdulrhman Alzhrani

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The study examines the influence of accountable care organizations ACO participation on hospital financial performance. It poses two research questions: 1) how does ACO participation influence hospital financial performance? 2) How do organizational factors- hospital size, electronic health records (EHR) utilization, and ambulatory services- moderate the relationship between hospital ACO participation and financial performance? The study used longitudinal sample of general and surgical hospitals operating in United States from 2009 to 2017. The data were obtained from several sources including American Hospital Association (AHA), AHA survey of care system and payment, hospital cost reports, AHA information technology and Area Health …


The Association Between Post-Stroke Delirium And Mortality Among Stroke Patients In Long-Term Facilities, Nuo Xu Jan 2021

The Association Between Post-Stroke Delirium And Mortality Among Stroke Patients In Long-Term Facilities, Nuo Xu

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Delirium is a common neurobehavioral complication following a stroke. Patients who have post-stroke delirium (PSD) are more likely to have severe prognoses, such as physical function decline, high mortality and an increased need for long-term care. Nursing home residents as one of the fragile and special populations sharing the attributes of old age, and high prevalence of chronic diseases and limited mobility. However, there only a few studies have investigated the association between PSD and mortality among individuals admitted to a long-term care facility. This retrospective cohort study aimed to examine the association between PSD and mortality among the participants …


Retired Son Professor Endures Volcano And Faces Covid-19 Challenges, Staff Aug 2020

Retired Son Professor Endures Volcano And Faces Covid-19 Challenges, Staff

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Meet My Loved One: Making Palliative Connections In Times Of Isolation, Staff May 2020

Meet My Loved One: Making Palliative Connections In Times Of Isolation, Staff

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Enterococcal Bacteremia Is More Common Than You Think, Joseph Shaw, Qurrat-Ul-Ain Aziz, Ali Hassoun Jan 2020

Enterococcal Bacteremia Is More Common Than You Think, Joseph Shaw, Qurrat-Ul-Ain Aziz, Ali Hassoun

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The Luckiest Girl In The World: A Texan Seeks Her Birth Parents, Ardell Taylor Fleeson Jan 2020

The Luckiest Girl In The World: A Texan Seeks Her Birth Parents, Ardell Taylor Fleeson

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This creative nonfiction thesis combines memoir with documentary research to tell the story of the adoptive parents of the author, and the author’s successful search for her birth parents. The adoptive mother’s story starts and finishes the narrative, spanning fifty-five years of her life, from her rise from poverty to prosperity in mid-20th century Texas. The middle of the article is the author’s discovery of her birth parents, the key event for which is the Texas court’s unsealing the author’s adoption file. Names and dates empowered the author to find four half-siblings and speak with her birth mother on the …


Disparities In End-Of-Life Care In Children Dying Of Cancer In Alabama: A Cross Sectional Study, Elizabeth Statham Davis Jan 2020

Disparities In End-Of-Life Care In Children Dying Of Cancer In Alabama: A Cross Sectional Study, Elizabeth Statham Davis

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Regional studies show that children dying of cancer receive medically intense end-of-life care but there is limited information about end-of-life care in the Deep South and limited information about hospice and palliative care involvement at EOL. We conducted a retrospective electronic medical record review of children (0-x years) that died of cancer between 2010-20199 who received cancer directed therapy at Children’s of Alabama. We collected patient clinical and sociodemographics factors, including sex, race, and area deprivation index, cancer diagnosis and treatment, palliative care and hospice involvement, location of death, and medical care in the last 30d of life, including chemotherapy …


Denervation Supersensitivity Of Βeta-Adrenergic Receptors In A Prodromal Model Of Alzheimer's Disease, The Tgf344-Ad Rat, Anthoni Goodman Jan 2020

Denervation Supersensitivity Of Βeta-Adrenergic Receptors In A Prodromal Model Of Alzheimer's Disease, The Tgf344-Ad Rat, Anthoni Goodman

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The central noradrenergic (NA) system is critical for maintenance of attention, behavioral flexibility, spatial navigation, and learning and memory, those cognitive functions lost first in early Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In fact, the locus coeruleus (LC), the major source of norepinephrine (NE) in brain, is the first site of pathological tau accumulation in human AD associated with axon loss throughout forebrain, including hippocampus. The dentate gyrus (DG) is heavily innervated by LC-NA axons, where released norepinephrine (NE) acts on β adrenergic receptors (ARs) at excitatory synapses from entorhinal cortex (EC) to facilitate long-term synaptic plasticity and memory formation. These synapses show …


Resilience And Close Uab Friends Helped Daniel Mendoza Through His Mother's Death In His Sophomore Year, Jeff Hansen Apr 2019

Resilience And Close Uab Friends Helped Daniel Mendoza Through His Mother's Death In His Sophomore Year, Jeff Hansen

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Storyteller Regi Carpenter In Residence With Uab Arts In Medicine, With Performances May 15-16, Shannon Thomason Apr 2019

Storyteller Regi Carpenter In Residence With Uab Arts In Medicine, With Performances May 15-16, Shannon Thomason

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Study: Sociodemographic Disparities Impact Intensity Of End-Of-Life Care In Children With Complex Chronic Conditions, Alicia Rohan Apr 2019

Study: Sociodemographic Disparities Impact Intensity Of End-Of-Life Care In Children With Complex Chronic Conditions, Alicia Rohan

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Transform Life In Alabama Through Telehealth, Uab Team Proposes, Matt Windsor Apr 2019

Transform Life In Alabama Through Telehealth, Uab Team Proposes, Matt Windsor

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Dean's Excellence Award Winner Profile: Michael Barnett, M.D., Ms, Faap, Faahpm, Uab Heersink School Of Medicine News Mar 2019

Dean's Excellence Award Winner Profile: Michael Barnett, M.D., Ms, Faap, Faahpm, Uab Heersink School Of Medicine News

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"They Made Me Feel Like A Person": Palliative Care Counseling Changes Lives For Patients, Families, Alicia Rohan Feb 2019

"They Made Me Feel Like A Person": Palliative Care Counseling Changes Lives For Patients, Families, Alicia Rohan

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Non-Operative Management Of Leaking Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms, Charles Reeder, Jeremy Johnson, Shivani Malhotra Jan 2019

Non-Operative Management Of Leaking Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms, Charles Reeder, Jeremy Johnson, Shivani Malhotra

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An Exploratory Study Of The Influence Of Perceived Organizational Support, Coworker Social Support, The Nursing Practice Environment, And Nurse Demographics On Burnout In Palliative Care Nurses, Marcia Ann Lowe Jan 2019

An Exploratory Study Of The Influence Of Perceived Organizational Support, Coworker Social Support, The Nursing Practice Environment, And Nurse Demographics On Burnout In Palliative Care Nurses, Marcia Ann Lowe

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AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT, COWORKER SOCIAL SUPPORT, THE NURSING PRACTICE ENVIRONMENT, AND NURSE DEMOGRAPHICS ON BURNOUT IN PALLIATIVE CARE NURSES MARCIA A. LOWE SCHOOL OF NURSING ABSTRACT Burnout, a condition characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and decreased personal accomplishment, has been studied in many disciplines in healthcare, including nursing, medicine, and social work. Working with palliative care patients and their families is innately challenging and may predispose nurses to burnout. The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of perceived organizational support (POS), coworker social support, the nursing practice environment, and nurse …


Study Uses Telehealth To Provide Palliative Care To Rural, Southeastern Communities, Staff Nov 2018

Study Uses Telehealth To Provide Palliative Care To Rural, Southeastern Communities, Staff

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Walters Named Finalist For National Compassionate Caregiver Of The Year, Staff Oct 2018

Walters Named Finalist For National Compassionate Caregiver Of The Year, Staff

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Forging The Future Of Palliative Care In Two-Day Summit, Staff Sep 2018

Forging The Future Of Palliative Care In Two-Day Summit, Staff

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Forging The Future Of Nursing In New, State-Of-The-Art School Of Nursing Building, Staff Aug 2018

Forging The Future Of Nursing In New, State-Of-The-Art School Of Nursing Building, Staff

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