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Strategies And Best Practices To Improve Job Satisfaction And Determine Optimum Workload For Nurses In Texas Long-Term Care Facilities, Oluwayomi Toyin Olatunde

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Long-term care facilities have experienced a workforce crisis for years. This workforce primarily encompasses direct care workers that include registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and certified nursing assistants (CNAs). This integrative review searched empirical and non empirical literature within the past five years related to long-term care facilities nurses’ perceptions of the impact of workload on job satisfaction. The study employed the Job Demand-Control (JDC) framework to determine the demand and control measures influencing LTC nurse job satisfaction. The literature search revealed five main themes which included: reduced workload, improved workplace environment, organizational support, development opportunities, and CNA …

Strategies And Best Practices To Improve Job Satisfaction And Determine Optimum Workload For Nurses In Texas Long-Term Care Facilities, Oluwayomi Toyin Olatunde

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Long-term care facilities have experienced a workforce crisis for years. This workforce primarily encompasses direct care workers that include registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and certified nursing assistants (CNAs). This integrative review searched empirical and non empirical literature within the past five years related to long-term care facilities nurses’ perceptions of the impact of workload on job satisfaction. The study employed the Job Demand-Control (JDC) framework to determine the demand and control measures influencing LTC nurse job satisfaction. The literature search revealed five main themes which included: reduced workload, improved workplace environment, organizational support, development opportunities, and CNA …

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 …

A Model For Falls With Major Injury In Nursing Home Residents, Soon Young Ha, Patricia Vermeersch

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Sunday, September 18, 2016:

Background: The combination of more elderly living longer and needing more supportive care means the absolute proportion of older adults in nursing homes is likely to rise. Nursing home residents are more likely to fall as compared to community dwelling older adults. Consequently, the absolute number of falls among nursing home residents will also increase with a concurrent rise in falls with major injury 4: bone fractures, joint dislocations, closed head injuries with altered consciousness, and/or subdural hematoma. 5 The increased falls with major injury will negatively impact the physical and psychological health …

Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy: Outcomes Across The Care Continuum, Christy Oakes, Laura Engledow, Kayla Woodward

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Thursday, September 25, 2014:

Across practice settings, significant needs exist for improvement in delivery models, clinical outcomes, and preparing the next generation of leaders in gerontological nursing. The Fellows of the first three cohorts of Sigma Theta Tau's Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy (GNLA) have achieved extraordinary outcomes within the three academy domains: individual leadership and career development, advancement of practice through leadership of interprofessional team projects, and expanded scope of influence at the organizational, community, and professional levels. Fellows of GNLA are positioned to lead and coordinate change within all practice environments that focus on care of …

Spirituality Among Women Dementia Caregivers: Construct Validation Of The Spiritual Perspective Scale, Nirmala Lekhak, Wichiya Yolpant, Jaclene A. Zauszniewski, Tirth R. Bhatta

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Friday, September 26, 2014:

The older adult (65 years and above) is the fastest growing population in the United States comprising 13% of the total population. Dementia, which affects more than five million older adults in the United States, is the leading cause for their dependency and disability. Among 44 million of family caregivers, 15 million constitutes of caregivers of someone with Alzheimers disease or other dementias. More than sixty percent of the family caregivers are women. Providing care for elders with dementia has been linked with increased stress and depressive symptoms. Spirituality has been shown to …

Implementing An Integrative Pre And Post-Operative Educational Intervention For Older Adults Undergoing Total Hip And Knee Replacement, Carolyn Marie Fox

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Friday, September 26, 2014:

The purpose of this pilot project was to implement postoperative education in a select population of elderly patients undergoing THR or TKR in combination with the pre-operative education which was standard of care at the site. The goal was to provide study participants with the tools and knowledge to efficiently and safely self-manage their post-operative pain. The primary endpoints were to improve self-efficacy over the course of the intervention period and to decrease pain in the population.