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A Conceptual Framework For Nurse Educationalists And Professional Nurses To Facilitate Professionalism Amongst Learner Nurses, Portia B. Bimray

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Purpose:

To facilitate professionalism amongst undergraduate learner nurses for nursing practice in the Western Cape.

Methods:

A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive, contextual research design with a case study approach was used. Focus group discussions and unstructured individual interviews were held with undergraduate learner nurses, nurse educationalists and professional nurses. The data of three cases of the experiences i) learner nurses, ii) nurse educationalists and iii) professional nurses were converged in a cross-case analysis .

Results:

Six themes emerged from the cross-case analysis between the three cases that informed the conceptual framework for the facilitation of professionalism amongst undergraduate learner nurses. The …

Structural Violence In Elderly With Functional Dependence, Anahi Ruiz-Lara, Jesus Acevedo-Aleman, Maria De Los Angeles Villarreal-Reyna, Ana Laura Sr. Carrillo-Cervantes

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Purpose:  To determinate the effect of the intervention in nursing to prevent structural violence in dependent elderly families, . Neuman’s System Model will serve as the theoretical background for this research.

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Methods:  Quasi-experimental design with repeated measurements and two groups: experimental group and control group; the experimental will participle in a psychoeducational program which consist in 8 sessions of two hours per session, the study population will consist of dependent elderly families from the city of Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. The central hypothesis of this project is that the families of elderly adults in functional situation participating in …

Culturally Based Stressors And Depressive Symptoms For Latino/A Adolescents, Allison L. Mccord

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Purpose: U.S. Latino/a adolescents suffer from significantly higher levels of depressive symptoms than Caucasian and African-American adolescents. In 2016, 35% of US Latino/a adolescents reported feeling so sad or hopeless on a daily basis that they were unable to participate in some daily activities (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2016). When left untreated, these depressive symptoms can lead to a variety of other negative health consequences such as suicidal ideation and attempt (CDC, 2016) and substance use (Cano et al., 2015). In the U.S., Latino/a adolescents experience culturally-based stressors, which are threatening events uniquely experienced by members of …

Experience Of Dutch Post-Doctoral Nurses Of Leadership And Career Development: A Qualitative Explorative Study, Irina Uitewaal-Poslawsky, Wedela De Lange, Anne Mien Regelink, Thora B. Hafsteinsdottir-Houten

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Purpose: Currently challenges in health care call for leadership to rebuild the nursing workforce and implement new models of care. Therefore, it is highly important to strengthen the research capacity of nursing faculties by investing in leadership and career development of post-doctoral nurses (1,2). However, research on the experiences of post-doctoral nurses is lacking (3). The purpose of this study is to explore Dutch post-doctoral nurses" experiences with their leadership and career development in research functions.

Methods: A general qualitative design was used, in which the experiences of post-doctoral nurses were explored by conducting open, in-depth interviews (4). The data …

Addressing Substance Abuse Using Evidence-Based Practice: Screening, Brief Intervention, And Referral To Treatment (Sbirt), Marie N. Bremner, Barbara J. Blake, Mary Beth Maguire

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Significance: Nurses can have an important role in addressing substance use disorders among healthcare consumers. Approximately 20.8 million people (7.8 percent of the population) met the diagnostic criteria for a substance use disorder in 2015. Unfortunately, only 2.2 million individuals (10.4 percent) received any type of treatment (Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, 2016). The latest US Surgeon General report calls for a cultural shift in thinking about addiction as a disease rather than a personal weakness (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2016). Nurses work in a variety of healthcare settings and are apt to encounter individuals …

Implementation Of "Creative Joint-Defense Network" To Improve Nursing Quality For Endotracheal Intubation, Huang-Jen Shih

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Introduction: According to 2014 statistics from the Ministry of Health and Welfare"s Taiwan Patient Safety Reporting System (TPR), among various tubing incidents reported by hospitals, endotracheal tubing incidents are of highest percentage (representing 97.8%) that are "harmful" to patients. Therefore, to implement the management of patient safety incidents, to prevent unplanned endotracheal tube removal, and to improve nursing quality for endotracheal intubation are issues of significant importance.

Aims: According to the statistics unit, unplanned endotracheal tube removal rate increased abruptly from 0‰ to 4.24‰ from 2014 April to June, which is 1.2‰ higher than the unplanned extubation rate of Taiwan …

Prevalence Of Metabolic Syndrome And Its Components Among Korean Cancer Survivors, Ji-Su Kim, Kyunghee Kim, Insil Jang

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Purpose: The 5-year survival rate of Korean cancer patients is continuously improving, and more than half of cancer patients are known to survive for more than 5 years. Recently, the cause of death in cancer survivors is often attributable to cardiovascular diseases resulting from factors related to metabolic syndrome rather than cancer relapse; therefore, the management of metabolic syndrome and its components is important to improve cancer survivorship. However, large variations in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in cancer survivors have been reported depending on the study, and there is no guideline for management of metabolic syndrome in cancer patients …

Systematic Review Of Cyberbullying Interventions For Youth And Parents, Elizabeth N. Hutson, Stephanie A. Kelly, Lisa K. Militello

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Purpose: Cyberbullying is a relatively new risk factor for the well-being of pediatric populations in which research is growing worldwide. Consequences of cyberbullying include both physical and mental health concerns such as depression, anxiety, and somatic concerns. Adolescents who have been victims of cyberbullying and consequently developed physical and mental health problems are often recommended to visit their pediatric or psychiatric provider to obtain effective, evidence-based treatment. To date, no interventions exist in the healthcare setting for adolescents who are victims of cyberbullying. The purpose of this project is to review interventional studies on cyberbullying that have components for adolescents …

Analyzing Influenza-Like Illness With Unsupervised Machine Learning, Monique J. Bouvier, Mary Barger, David D'Ambrosio, John C. Arnold

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 Disclosure: The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Navy, Department of Defense, or the United States Government.

Purpose:

The World Health Organization reports acute respiratory infections continue to be the leading cause of global infectious disease morbidity and mortality with almost 4 million deaths annually. An acute respiratory infection is caused by an infectious agent, bacterial or viral, with a wide spectrum of symptom presentation. There are over 200 viruses that can cause influenza-like illnesses (ILI), a sub-type of acute …

Cardiac Rehabilitation Improves Health-Related Quality Of Life For Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Pilot Study, Lynn C. Macken, Charles Morrison Carpenter, Caitlin R. Coppenrath, Gail Alison Crocker, Karen Kurkjian, Aimee Chapman, Kristiina Hyrkas

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Purpose: The prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) has reached epidemic proportions world-wide and in the U.S. (Abed et al., 2013). Patients with AF are at high risk for stroke, functional impairment, depression, symptom recurrence and poor quality of life (Alli et al., 2013). Medical treatment for AF has focused on controlling the arrhythmia and preventing stroke. Pharmacological or electrical cardioversion and ablation have shown limited success over time (Ganesan et al., 2013). Recurrent symptoms of fast, irregular heart rate, breathlessness and other troublesome symptoms foster profound psychological distress and limit patients" capacities to make important lifestyle changes. A recent study …

Perception And Acceptance Of Hospital Meals Among Inpatients In A Tertiary Hospital In Nigeria, Omowumi Romoke Salau, Funmilola Adenike Faremi, Adeyinka T. Ajayi

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Purpose: Hospital food and nutrition services play an important role in patient recovery and well-being. It can also influence patients" satisfaction with their overall hospital experience. Previous studies showed that hospital food services remain to be a widespread problem all over the world. With literature search, there is dearth of studies on patients" satisfaction with food services in health care facilities in the country, hence the need to assess patients" perception and acceptance of hospital meals in order to provide insights on areas of focus for the achievement of quality improvement in hospital food and catering services from the perspective …

An Interprofessional Collaborative Educational Experience With Nurse Practitioner Students And Community-Based Pharmacists, Judy K. Anderson

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Purpose: Terms such as interprofessional and collaborative education have become a frequent encounter in nursing education literature. The movement for interdisciplinary / team-based education started with the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) report "Educating the Health Team" (1972). Since that time, numerous organizations, both national and international groups focusing on healthcare, education or a specific profession, have published statements advocating the importance of shared education experiences and collaborative relationships in the practice setting. In 2011, representatives from six diverse health-related professional organizations formed the Interprofessional Education Collaboration identifying recommended competencies for interprofessional education. These competency domains included: (a) values /ethics for …

Health Beliefs And Medication Adherence Among Omani Patients With Hypertension, Huda Al Noumani, Jia-Rong Wu, Debra Barksdale, George Knafl, Gwen D. Sherwood, Esra Al-Khasawneh

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Hypertension (HTN) is a public health concern around the globe, which if not treated will lead to serious cardio and cerebrovascular complications. Antihypertensive medication is central in controlling BP and preventing HTN-related complications. Despite the effectiveness of medications, adherence to antihypertensive medications remains a challenge and less than 50% (WHO, 2013). Plenty of literature has reported different factors contributing to better or worse medication adherence in patients with HTN (AlGhurair, Hughes, Simpson, & Guirguis, 2012). Health beliefs about HTN and its medications are among patient-related factors that significantly related to antihypertensive medication adherence (AlGhurair et al., 2012). For example, stronger …

Experience Of Being A Young Adult Who Abstains From Alcohol Consumption, Luz Patricia Diaz Heredia

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Purpose:

This work sought to understand the meaning of the experience of being a young adult who abstains from consuming alcohol.

The phenomenon of alcohol consumption in the young adult population in the world, Latin America, and Colombia has evolved in recent years and is currently a social, public health, political, and economic problem that affects youth and society (1).

Non-consumption as the result of therapeutic processes has been described and its components indicated in individuals who have had alcohol addiction problems, but little is known on the factors that mediate non-consumption in those who have never done it (2). …

Grit: The Power Of Passion And Perseverance In Nursing, Indra Hershorin

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Attrition of nursing students has been described as the "Achilles heel of the nursing world" (Buchan, 2016). The Affordable Care Act and as the increasing number of aging and diverse individuals in society increases, access to the health care will expand and the need for more competent and diverse nurse graduates will increase. An adequate number of nursing graduates will be imperative to meet societal demands, however this is complicated by high nursing student attrition rates (Harris, Rosenberg, & O"Rourke, 2014). Newton and More (2009) reported attrition rates of 50% for students enrolled in baccalaureate nursing programs and 47% for …

Educational Strategies Applied To Facilitate Cultural Confidence To Care For A Refugee Population, Judith Ann Young

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Purpose: The Institute of Medicine (2011) report entitled "The Future of Nursing: Leading Health, Advancing Change," challenged academic settings to make curricular change to facilitate student preparation with the provision of culturally sensitive care. Professional nursing practice requires nurse graduates be culturally competent to care for and educate diverse patient populations, and work within multicultural interdisciplinary teams. Patient centered holistic care requires the nurse view care needs through the patient"s perspective, and adapt care delivery according to patient expectation (Campinha-Bacote, 2015). Cultural competence is also key to patient safety due to the potential for misperceptions and misunderstanding of patients, families …

The Experience Of Adult Daughters Living With Mother's Breast Cancer, Ting-Chun Chen, Su-Ying Fang

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Background: Breast cancer tends to be genetic and is more likely to be inherited by daughters than sons. When mothers suffer from cancer, daughters are usually the ones who take the role of the caregiver. In addition to their own concern of the risk of getting cancer themselves and worrying about their mother"s health, the combination of undertaking the role of the caregiver may be even more threatening the psychological health of adult daughters. Previous studies showed that mothers getting breast cancer will affect the psychological health of their daughters, but does not reveal the impact of adult daughters facing …

Doctoral Nursing Students' Use Of Evidence-Based Knowledge, Skills, And Attitudes Of Scholarly Writing, Diane F. Hunker, Teresa Shellenbarger, Elizabeth A. Gazza

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Purpose: Scholarly writing is required for doctoral program graduates who plan to disseminate their work and advance the discipline of nursing. However, nurses enter doctoral programs with varying ability and experience with scholarly writing (Gazza, Shellenbarger, & Hunker, 2013). Further compounding this issue are the curricular differences noted amongst programs. Additionally, there may be differences in students, their educational and experiential backgrounds, and whether they are enrolled in a PhD or a Doctor of Nursing Practice program (AACN, 2014).

Nursing faculty may expect that doctoral students have advanced scholarly writing ability due to the knowledge, skills, and attitudes developed at …

Application Of Interprofessional Simulation-Based Clinical Examination In Extended Nursing Experimental Teaching Practice, Hangjian Chen

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Purpose: To explore the feasibility of inter-professional simulation-based clinical examination for nursing students in China. This study attempts to apply the simulation technology of evaluation on expanding experimental teaching to improve the ability of nursing students, to provide reference for more comprehensive evaluation of comprehensive ability of nursing students. At the same time, we would like to provide scientific basis for formation of medical cooperation education mode, which can help nursing educators and nursing students adapt to the change of the health care system, improve the medical and nursing quality, meet people's growing health needs of the diversification.

Methods: Ninety …

Patient Care Technology: Where The Patient Meets The Nurse, Belinda M. Toole

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The purpose of the research study was to examine how patient care technology mediates the interpersonal relationship between the patient and the nurse during care delivery in the acute care setting. The conceptual framework for the study was derived from three mid-range theories: Locsin"s Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing (2005); Swanson"s The Structure of Caring (1993); and Kostovich"s Model of Nursing Presence (2012). Study aims were to quantitatively describe the levels of nurse technological competency as caring, patient perceptions of caring and nurse presence, and to examine the relationships among demographic variables and the study variables. Secondly, the study …

Maternal Peripartum Antibiotic Usage And Depressive Symptoms At One-Month Postpartum, Jordan R. Murphy, Elizabeth J. Corwin

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Purpose: The gut-brain-axis is a bidirectional signaling pathway between the gut microbiome and stress response systems of the brain including the hypothalamus, and is increasingly being studied for its role in affecting mood. Antibiotic exposure can contribute to a dysbiotic, or abnormal gut microbiome, by altering the microbial composition, and this is suggested as a mechanism for the increased risk of depressive symptoms in non-pregnant, non-postpartum persons. The immunological, metabolic, and endocrine changes that occur during pregnancy influence the overall functioning of the gut microbiome and represent a potentially robust pathway for exploring the effect of antibiotic-induced gut dysbiosis as …

The Traditional Chinese Medical Body Constitution Status And The Related Factors Of Coronary Artery Patients, Tung-Mei Chen, Jun-Dai Lin, Li-Li Chen

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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand the Traditional Chinese Medical body constitution (TCMBC) status and the related factor of coronary artery patients. On the expectation of achieving disease prevention through improving health condition and adjusting lifestyle by researching the difference and relevance of body constitution of Chinese medicine to identify personal health condition and further to serve as basis to improving health condition.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional correlation study with purposive sampling. Participants came from cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CCU) and general cardiovascular ward, in a medical center in central Taiwan, and was conducted with structured …

Leadership Initiatives: Challenges And Implications For A Remote Nursing Education Program, Dora Maria Carbonu, Nancy A. Edgecombe, Amanda R. Parrott, Elissa Sakariassen

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Purpose: The need for nursing education to facilitate the development of leadership skills has been recognized in the literature (Rosser, 2014; Galuska, 2015). Several collaborative and innovative activities have been incorporated into nursing programs, including peer mentoring both in the clinical and laboratory settings, service learning, promoting student attendance at leadership conferences, and facilitating active student-organizations (Foli, Braswell, Kirkpatrick and Lim, 2015; Ross, Bruderle and Meakim, 2015; Schoening et al., 2015; Tabloski, 2016). The Bachelor of Science in Arctic Nursing (BScN) Program is unique as it is located in Iqaluit in Nunavut Territory, a remote area of Canada"s Arctic, …

Hot Flash-Related Daily Interference Scale Short Form, Janet S. Carpenter

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The Hot Flash Related Daily Interference scale (HFRDIS) is a widely used, psychometrically sound, 10-item, self-report questionnaire assessing the impact of hot flashes, a cardinal symptom of menopause, on a woman"s life. The scale has been translated to 12 languages, cited over 150 times in journal articles and textbooks, and was included as an outcome measure within the National Cancer Institute Physician Data Query Cancer Information Summaries for Supportive and Palliative Care (Coping with Cancer). The HFRDIS is sensitive to change over time and documented reductions in interference have been observed with pharmacologic treatments, dietary supplements, and behavioral therapies. Because …

Unspoken: Decreasing Attitudes Of Stigma Towards Obese Women By Healthcare Providers, Mary Ellen A. Burke

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There is evidence of significant implicit and explicit bias towards obese individuals by health care providers (Sabin, Marini, & Nosek,2012). Goffman"s theory of stigma states that when a person is perceived different from others in a negative way, they become discounted as a full person. Stigma is a relationship between an attribute and a stereotype (Goffman, 1963). Adult obese women may delay or avoid gynecological care due to stigma secondary to implicit or explicit bias of health care providers, exacerbated by societal stigma, resulting in decreased empathy caused by lack of knowledge and training about the care of obese women …

Reflective Practice Journaling And Clinical Reasoning: A Qualitative Inquiry Study, Debra Scardaville, Joyce A. Wright

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The purpose of this presentation is to report the results of an IRB approved qualitative descriptive research study exploring the use of reflective journaling as a pedagogical strategy to evaluate the attainment of clinical reasoning among a targeted population of diverse RN-BSN students in a residency program at a public university in the United States. The following qualitative research question is answered in this presentation: What is the RN-BSN residency students’ experience and perception of evolvement of clinical reasoning and clinical judgment through the process of reflection and reflective journal writing? Purposive sampling of seven RN residency program students were …

Supporting Veterans With Chronic Pain: Utilizing An Evidence-Based Self-Care Model, Joseph F. Burkard

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Purpose: The purpose of this EB study was to determine the effectiveness of promoting self-care on pain levels and quality of life among veterans with chronic pain. A review of current chronic pain management policies for veterans in southern California was also conducted. Military veterans with chronic pain are frequently more complex in their presentation than the general population due to challenges of returning to civilian life and the influence of past military service on their pain. National veterans chronic pain levels have been noted to be on average 7.13. Quality of Life noted at 3.7. Conventional pain management methods …

Comparisons Of Cardiometabolic Risk Between African American And Caucasian Women In A Worksite Wellness Program, Barbara Ann Graves, Susan J. Appel

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Purpose: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death and chronic illness in the US. The burden of CVD is substantial in terms of mortality, disability, and cost. More than 82 million Americans have some type of CVD.¹ Total direct medical costs are projected to triple, from $273 to $818 billion, between 2010 and 2030.² More women die from CVD than men, but still represent an under-researched population.^3-5 Africian-American women experience some of the highest age-adjusted prevalence rates for heart attack, stroke, hypertension, and diabetes. The purpose of the research study was to compare CMR or …

Validation Of The Chinese Short-Form Cancer Survivor's Unmet Needs (Casun-Sf) For Women With Breast Cancer, Su-Ying Fang

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Purpose: It was necessary to assess women"s needs in advance to develop their survivorship care plan more effectively. However, too many items and not specific for breast cancer women were the limitation on the current scales for evaluating these survivors' unmet need. The aims of the study were to modify the Cancer Survivor"s Unmet Need (CaSUN) Scale to be a short form (CaSUN-SF) and then test its psychometric properties of the scale specific for breast cancer survivor in Taiwan.

Methods: By conveniences sampling, recruited breast cancer survivors were separated into 2 samples (sample 1, n=150, and sample 2, n=162). Three …

Interprofessional Education And Team-Based Learning In A Research Methods Course, Vicki Schug

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Purpose: Interprofessional education (IPE) assists in developing the workforce of the future in response to the need for "better patient/client care, improved health outcomes, and for achieving more efficient and affordable educational and health care systems" (IOM, 2013, p. 29). A hallmark of interprofessional education is the incorporation of interactive learning methods that promote the development of relational, team-based learning and attainment of interprofessional competencies of values/ethics for interprofessional practice, roles and responsibilities, interprofessional communication, and teams/teamwork. Interprofessional evidence-based practice is unique in that combining theoretical perspectives, expertise, and methods adds to the depth of understanding. For instance, Moyers (2016) …