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Case Analysis Of Acute Care Guidelines For The Prevention Of Pressure Ulcers, Carle Ray
Case Analysis Of Acute Care Guidelines For The Prevention Of Pressure Ulcers, Carle Ray
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Prevention of pressure ulcers (PUs) in acute care settings is an attempt to avoid adverse events (AE). Literature shows that wounds such as PUs are the most prevalent complication for spinal cord injury patients (SCI) including quadriplegic individuals (QI). SCI and QI bring important pressure ulcer (PU) prevention knowledge to the hospital which involves teamwork and participation by nurses, organizations, and patients. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the effectiveness of acute care guidelines for PUs by drawing insights from multiple sources including interviews with QI, healthcare clinicians, care providers, family members, and an online search of …
Influences On Ethical Decision-Making By Nurses Employed In Federal Health Care Facilities, Cecil Dean Blount
Influences On Ethical Decision-Making By Nurses Employed In Federal Health Care Facilities, Cecil Dean Blount
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Healthcare professionals are tasked with making key decisions involving new and controversial approaches such as organ transplantation and life-prolonging technologies and treatments that raise various ethical issues. Suboptimal ethical choices by nurses can lead to negative patient outcomes and lower the quality of life in federal healthcare facilities. The purpose of this nonexperimental quantitative correlational study was to identify the factors that influence nurses’ ethical decision-making processes in U.S. federal healthcare facilities. The theoretical framework was based on Beauchamp and Childress’ ethical system of principlism. Three research questions addressed the nature and extent of the relationship between nurses’ Ethical Behavior …