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Determining Knowledge, Attitudes, And Beliefs About Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (Prep) Among Transgender Men, Stefan Rowniak, Chenit Ong-Flaherty, Nancy Selix, Niko Kowell

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Purpose: The United States has witnessed a real shift in HIV prevention practices over the past several years. The prevention techniques that had been employed since the beginning of the epidemic have focused on behavior change. This meant the promotion of condoms for safer sex and engaging high-risk individuals in intensive behavior change counseling, among other interventions. The current shift has been away from individual behavioral approaches to more community-based biological approaches that include testing and immediate treatment and the lowering of the community viral load to ensure that transmission is significantly decreased (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012, …

Patients Being Weaned From The Ventilator: Positive Effects Of Guided Imagery, Frank Mcvay, Elizabeth Spiva, Patricia L. Hart

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Background/Significance:Â Mechanical ventilation (MV) is a life-sustaining treatment for respiratory compromised patients with an estimated cost of $27 billion a year. Patients requiring MV may experience anxiety, psychological and emotional distress and delusional memories. Guided imagery may reduce the frequency and severity of these symptoms. Therefore, a study was conducted to assess the effects of guided imagery on sedation levels, sedative and analgesic volume consumption, and physiological responses of patients being weaned from mechanical ventilation and to assess nurse perception of feasibility and satisfaction of using guided imagery as an intervention Methods:Â Forty-two patients were selected from two …

Beliefs, Attitudes, And Perceptions Of Spirituality: A Case Study Of Homeless Women In Nevada, Jene' M. Hurlbut, Marcia M. Ditmyer

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Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative case study was to assess the beliefs, attitudes, and perceptions of the meaning of spirituality in a cohort of sheltered homeless women in an urban area in southeast Nevada.

Methods: Fourteen (14) personal interviews were conducted at a homeless shelter located in the southwest of the United States. Open-ended questions were used to allow respondents to answer questions in their own terms or in a manner that reflects their own attitudes, beliefs, and/or perceptions rather than those of the researcher. A process for categorization the data collected was used. Respondents agreed to be tape …

The Reintegration Experience Of Nurses Who Served In The Iraq And Afghanistan Wars, Mary Ellen Doherty, Elizabeth Scannell-Desch

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The purpose of this study was to describe the reintegration experience of U.S. military nurses after wartime deployment to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Everything Is Alright: Teaching An Online Nursing Course Using Technology, Cynthia A. Bautista

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This evidence-based educational project was to facilitate nursing students’ learning and mastery of course outcomes by using a variety of technological applications for online nursing courses. Nursing faculty were challenged by the Academic Computing Department to improve student’s engagement and satisfaction for their online courses. The Center of Academic Excellence at the university provided a 3-day course to learn about the variety of technology tools available to engage students in an online course. Online course nursing faculty used the technology tools to re-design their online courses using reverse course design. A variety of technology tools addressed the learning styles of …

Evaluation Of Community-Based Program On Health Indicators In Food Insecure Population, Mark Wilkinson

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Purpose: The purpose of this project is to improve the health outcomes of a food insecure population through health interventions of health screenings, health education, dietary education, and increased physical activity.

Methods: The intervention of health screenings of weight, BMI, dyastolic/systolic blood pressure, and blood glucose readings in conjuction with health education and increased physical activity will be initiated within a food insecure population.

Results: The research is ongoing.

Conclusion: The research is ongoing

The evaluation of a community based program on health indicators in a food insecure population

Food insecurity is defined as not having enough quantity or quality …

Perceptions Of Baccalaureate Nursing Students Before And After Placement On A Behavioral Health Unit, Susan Reimann Jackson, Margaret M. Touw

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The focus of this paper is to determine if the Baccalaureate nursing student has changed their preconceived perceptions of their training in nursing education as well as fears or anxieties for being on a Behavioral Health unit both prior to and after placement. Both inpatient and outpatient behavioral health units provide clinical interventions for mental health or substance use diagnosis in medically staffed psychiatric supervised treatment environments. Information from this research will enhance the future education of the undergraduate in the behavioral health specialty area. The clinical rotation on an acute unit for nursing students may be challenging as well …

Capacity Building: Writing Abstracts And Disseminating Research Through Video Conferencing From Different Countries, Anita Bella Collins, Philomene Uwimana

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Purpose: An abstract is an essential part of a research article and the three areas of importance in it are the language, or the readability, the sequence of information, or the structure, and the typography, or the presentation. (Hartley J. 2000). One specific goal of student researchers is learning to write an accurate abstract. Writing accurate abstracts is a learned skill. Students need to learn to write an abstract which has one or more paragraphs that are unified, coherent, concise and able to stand alone. (Jester P. 2014).

Technology can be used to increase the collaborative nature of training, but …

Refugee Health Education: "Learn To Succeed. Together We Build Our Community.", Maria Theresa P. Panizales

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Purpose: The purpose of the project is to develop and implement a comprehensive culture sensitive health education program to address the resettled refugees identified health needs as a result of lack or cessation of support after the refugee resettlement program ends. The health needs were identified through a community needs assessment conducted in Fall 2015.

Methods: The program is a quality improvement project using a qualitative design guided by Avedis Donabedian's quality framework that encompasses structure, process and outcome, and the use of Deming's Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle methodology for continuous process and program improvement.

The project is a collaborative community-based training …

Common Care Challenges From Female Spouse Of The Copd Patient: Content Analysis, Hsiu-Hui Lei, Tien-Hui He

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Purpose: Due to the irreversible and progressive development, patients may come across problems such as different disabled body parts with inconsistent progress, as well as recurrent attacks, etc., which lead the female spouse of the patient to overwhelming pressure and torment. The purpose of this study is to offer references to common problems for female spouse of the patient through content analysis.

Methods: 40 female spouses of the patients from the chest out-patient department and the COPD home care unit of a medical center in southern Taiwan were interviewed, based on their care burden. Content analysis was used to set …

The Integration Of Mental Health Competencies Into A Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Curriculum, Pamela Aselton, Gabrielle P. Abelard, Linda A. Lewandowski, Raeann Genevieve Leblanc, Clare F. Lamontagne, Lori Anne Lyne

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Purpose: Primary care clinicians must be prepared to assess, treat, and refer patients for appropriate services for mental health care. Studies have shown that the majority of prescriptions for antidepressant and anxiety medication are written in primary care offices. More than 50% of adult patients with depression are diagnosed and managed by primary care providers (Scandis and Watt, 2013). Less than 60 percent of adults with significant mental illness receive treatment in the United States (NSDUH, 2013).

Mental health services need to be better integrated into primary care given the shortage of mental health providers in many areas.

There is …

Does 3d Technology Have Clinical Application In Nursing Assessment Of Wounds In Adult Care Settings?, Martina Mendoza, Joyce Elaine Emery, Joann D. Long

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Purpose: The purpose of this project is to describe the state of nursing science using 3D imaging as an adjunct for pressure injury documentation and subsequent clinical care.

Background: Pressure injuries present a major health care challenge worldwide and are considered a "never event" by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Soban et al, 2016). Accurate measurement of wound size is vital in monitoring the wound healing process and is a central concern in the practical management of wounds and the development of new treatment preferences. Additionally, the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and insurance companies …

Improving Clinical Outcomes: A Study Of The Impact Of Audit And Feedback On Nurse Performance, Rebecca Culver Clark, Kimberly Ferren Carter

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Purpose: The purpose of this project was to explore the impact of timely, individualized audit and feedback on clinical outcomes and nursing behaviors. The specific focus of the study was to improve the pneumococcal immunization rate for at-risk adults in ambulatory settings. The objective of the study was to increase immunization rates to 50% for eligible patients.

Background: While vaccines are noted to be among the most successful health advances in recent history, adult immunization rates in the United States are well below the recommended levels. The economic and personal costs far outweigh the cost of effective immunizations but studies …

Lessons Learned: Incorporating Global Health Patient Experiences Into A Bsn Curriculum, Kathryn Sridaromont, Wendy Renee Thal, Belinda Gallegos

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The development and implementation of global health experiences in our concept-infused BSN curriculum is valued at an institutional, administrative, and curriculum level to foster interconnectedness, compassion, clinical judgement and future advancement of nursing research. The institutional mission supports providing high quality culturally diverse educational opportunities for students and faculty to improve the health of people (TTUHSC Strategic Plan, 2016). Due to administrative value and support of global health experiences, our school of nursing has global health faculty representatives who collaborate with course faculty throughout the curriculum to compare the objectives of the global health experience to semester course objectives to …

A Comprehensive Needs Assessment To Gauge The Impact And Extent Of The Nursing Faculty Shortage, Judith M. Jarosinski, Lisa A. Seldomridge, Tina P. Brown Reid

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Purpose: The aim of this presentation was to explore the use of a comprehensive needs assessment to identify common and unique issues related to the statewide shortage of undergraduate and graduate clinical nursing faculty;this project assessed current efforts and resources that are in place for recruitment, training and mentoring of clinical nursing faculty across the State.

Background: Globally, two factors impact the nurse faculty shortage and subsequent student enrollments: Economic migration contributing to a "brain drain" for many countries, and an aging nurse faculty force. (Gutierrez, Candela, & Carver, 2012; ICN, 2015; Newton, Pillay, & Higginbottom, 2012). In the United …

Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing Youth: Needs For Health Risk Prevention Interventions?, Huey-Shys Chen, Ying Xue, Yu-Ku Chen, Yu-Han Zheng

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Introduction

Although the number of sign language users in the United States has not been measured by census efforts, estimates range between 500,000 and 2 million users. 17.1% lost their hearing before age 19 and 6.6% lost their hearing before age 3. Compared with the hearing population, they have poor health knowledge and inequitable access to medical and behavioral care in our health system due to cultural and language barriers. The deaf populations are at high risk for health disparities.

Purpose

The purposes of this literature review are to synthesize current literature on health risk behaviors of deaf and hard-of-hearing …

Attitudes Toward The Elderly Among Pre-Licensure Nursing Students, Maria E. Mackey

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Purpose: In the United States, the baby-boomers of yesteryear are emerging as today and tomorrow"s elderly population. Given this fact, health care is faced with the challenge of providing safe, quality, and compassionate care to this ageing population. According to the U.S. Census Bureau (2014), in 2010 the population of elderly (identified as 65 and older) accounted for 13.1% of the U.S. population. The U.S. Census Bureau (2014) projects that in the year 2030, the population of elderly in the U.S. will nearly double to 20.3%, and will sustain through 2060 with a projected elderly population of 20.9%. While projections …

Factors Predicting Readmission Among Coronary Artery Disease, Rapin Polsook, Yupin Aungsuroch

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Purpose: Coronary artery disease is a serious, chronic, progressive of symptom, unpredictable exacerbation, and incurable medical condition that are a major cause of mobility, mortality, and high readmission rates. Especially heart failure and myocardial infarction are growing epidemic and affects many people world wild. Hospital readmissions for heart failure and myocardial infarction are a major clinical problem and associated financial burden. Additionally, readmission in the hospital is a drain on the health care system and recognized as a maker of quality of care and a significant contributor to rising health care cost. Despite the fact that readmission is a marker …

Holistic Review Impacts Success Of Underrepresented Minority Nursing Students: A Case Study, Joana Velasquez, Carleen Graham, Sandra Ellen Bell

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Purpose: The purpose of this project is to increase the enrollment, retention, and graduation of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, including ethnic and racial minorities, in the accelerated Associate's Degree in Nursing (aADN) program at the Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel (PSoN).

Our target populations for this initiative reflect the demographics of the five boroughs of New York City (NYC), the most populous city in the US (NYC Planning, 2014) as well as disparity in the nursing workforce in our region: 1) Latinos; 2) blacks; 3) individuals who are economically disadvantaged; and 4) individuals who are educationally …

Identifying Teaching Strategies To Increase Cultural Competence Among Undergraduate Nursing Students, Hsiu-Chin Chen

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Nursing faculty have struggled with what approaches can produce desired learning outcomes of multicultural activities in developing nursing student cultural competence. This comparative and predictive quantitative study was conducted to identify the factors that can influence the cultural competence in undergraduate nursing students in order to develop effective teaching strategies.

Prelicensure International Immersion Illuminates Shared Professional Values And Discovery Of Nursing Voice In Cultural Humility, Gina B. Diaz, Paula Byrne, Edna Imperial

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Purpose: This project"s purpose is to explore collaborative strategies for developing a sustainable international pre-licensure nursing educational experience. Nursing scholars and the International Council of Nurses (ICN) recognize that as our world becomes more culturally diverse, nurses will be the linchpin for transforming healthcare that is culturally flexible and responsive to the needs of patients and their families (ICN, 2013; Henly, 2016). The two goals of this project are (a) to deepen the student"s understanding of shared professional values and (b) develop the nursing voice. This project is framed by the assumption that when students are immersed into healthcare systems …

Is Cancer-Related Fatigue Related To Levels Of Physical Activity And Body Weights In Hnc Survivors?, Yuan-Yuan Fang, Yeur-Hur Lai

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Purpose: In cancer survivors, fatigue frequently attacks and impact patients" daily life, but is usually underreported. Physical activity can decelerate the disease progress and decreases the impact of fatigue, but in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients there were few literatures and without combining the issue of body weight loss or obesity after treatment. The purposes of this study were to explore the relationship between physical activity, body weight status, and cancer-related fatigue.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study design research and 144 HNC patients were recruited in outpatients center in medical center in Northern Taiwan after complete the treatment. …

Does A Study Aboard Program Encourage Nursing Students To Embrace Cross Cultural Experiences?, Abigail Mitchell, Connie Jozwiak-Shields

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Purpose: Today"s generation of students has challenged nursing faculty to develop creative strategies and innovative methods to encourage students to experience study aboard. High School and College students in the United States have studied abroad for decades, however nursing students are often left out of these experiences due to the curriculum design and required clinical hours. The practice of studying aboard for professional development is not new and has been undertaken by scholars since medieval times, however it is a relatively new endeavor in nursing education (Edmonds, 2010). Research has shown that cultural knowledge in nursing is extremely important and …

Low Acuity Emergency Department Visits: Comparing Demographics And Patient Profiles For An Accountable Care Organization, Vicki Lynn Wagner

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Frequent non-urgent emergency department (ED) visits have escalated despite legislation to enact routine affordable care for all Americans. It is already known that ED overcrowding often limits hospital functional capacity and can affect patient outcomes. Much of the ED crowding is due to unnecessary visits from patients who could have been evaluated in the primary care setting by their physician. The lower acuity patients often will wait longer for care depending on department census. Emergency departments domestic and international continue to investigate non-urgent emergency department visits seeking to understand the dynamics of this patient population. A large Midwestern Accountable Care …

Clinicians And Bicultural Workers' Views On Coassessment To Improve Mental Health Assessments In Multicultural Clients, Saras Henderson

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Purpose: In Australia, multicultural people are over­represented in mental health inpatient facilities and are more likely to be on involuntary orders (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2012; Warnock-Parks et al., 2010). This is partly attributable to the many cultural and language barriers limiting access to and effective utilisation of services (Queensland Health, 2012). In Australia, mental health services use a service delivery model that provides clinicians such as mental health nurses, psychologist, psychiatrist, social workers with interpreters to overcome language barriers which is important in producing accurate assessments and diagnosis but do not address cultural barriers (Scala, 2012). Overcoming cultural barriers …

Proxy Decision-Making And Dementia Care: Exploring Decision-Makers' Thinking Using Construal Level Theory, Helen M. Convey, Janet Holt, Barbara Summers

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Purpose:

Dementia is a syndrome which affects the individual"s ability to make decisions and to undertake everyday activities (ADI, 2015; WHO, 2012). A range of neurodegenerative diseases (including Alzheimer"s disease) cause progressive or chronic symptoms which persist until death and these symptoms include loss of; memory and insight, the ability to make judgements, the ability to communicate and the ability to carry out complex tasks. Symptoms also cause changes in behaviour (ADI, 2015; WHO, 2012).

When the person who is living with dementia does not have decisional capacity another person, the proxy decision maker, will need to make the decision. …

Factors That Influence The Development Of Cultural Competence In Undergraduate Nursing Students, Hsiu-Chin Chen, Francine B. Jensen, Gary Measom, Sean Bennett, Nyree Dawn Nichols, Linda Wiggins, Adam Anderton

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Purpose: With increasing immigration and expanding globalization in the US, by 2050 minorities will represent half of the total population according to the United States Census Bureau 2010 data. As the US demographic patterns have shifted toward increasing diversity, it is imperative that health care providers be well prepared to provide culturally competent care to the patients. In recognition of the increasing diversity in consumers of health care, cultural competence in the delivery of nursing care provided by nursing education to effectively prepare nursing graduates to become more aware of culture-related nursing care throughout the nursing curricula is an expectation …

Nursing Rounds: A Best Practice Implementation, Juli Daniels

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The project aimed to improve patient satisfaction and safety through implementation of purposeful and timely nursing rounds. Goals for patient satisfaction scores and fall volume were set. Specific objectives were to determine current compliance with evidence-based criteria related to rounding times and protocols, improve best practice knowledge among staff nurses, and increase compliance with these criteria.

Nursing Leadership Influence On Male Graduate Nurses Retention Experiences Explored In The Professional Practice Environment, Dianne T. Juliff

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To investigate the lived experience of the graduate registered nurses who are male with view of understanding how these newly registered nurses transition into the professional-practice environment and ultimately the nursing profession. Thus opening the discussion on schemes that may assist with future recruitment and sustainability of males entering the nursing workforce.

The Relationship Between Student Engagement And Outcomes For Online Msn Students, Patricia A. Riccio, Joanne Farley Serembus

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This study sought to examine the relationship between student engagement and student outcomes for online MSN students.

One of the many challenges with nursing education in the online setting is to obtain a scientific measure of how nursing students optimize their learning. The basis for this research is to evaluate student engagement and subsequent learning outcomes from two core courses in the online Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program at Drexel University- a Research Methods and Biostatistics course and a Health Policy and Politics course. One key essential outcome for graduate students is the ability to integrate new learning …