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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Exploring The Influence Of Contextual Factors And The Caregiving Process On Burden, Quality Of Life, And Outcomes Of Heart Failure (Hf) Dyads After A Hospital Discharge Guided By The Individual And Family Self-Management Theory (Ifsmt): A Mixed Method Study, Tamara Bernard
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ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to explore the influence of contextual factors and caregiving process characteristics on proximal outcomes of the patient and caregiver after discharge from the hospital. The long-term goal of this research is to reduce caregiver burden and improve patient outcomes. Heart failure (HF) is an increasingly common chronic illness with unique caregiving needs and a high rate of hospital readmissions. Caregiver burden has been researched extensively in other areas of medicine such as oncology and dementia and has been reported for stable chronic HF patients in an outpatient setting. However, there is little research …
Frailty Determination And Responsiveness In Left Ventricular Assist Devices, Sarah Schroeder
Frailty Determination And Responsiveness In Left Ventricular Assist Devices, Sarah Schroeder
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Frailty, the state of being vulnerable with susceptibility to decreased age-related physical reserve, is found in 56-79% of adults with end-stage HF receiving durable left ventricular assist device (dLVAD) therapy. Frailty increases risk of adverse events, including increased mortality in the dLVAD population, but less is known about depression, quality of life (QOL), cognition and frailty responsiveness. Therefore, we aimed to describe and compare frailty (5-Meter Walk Test, 5MWT), depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9, PHQ-9), quality of life (EQ5D Visual Analog Scale, EQ-5D VAS) and cognition (Trailmaking B) from pre- to 12-months post-dLVAD We also compared demographics, clinical characteristics, and post-dLVAD …
Ethical Sensitivity Of Padis Care Among Critical Care Nurses: A Mixed Methods Study, Denise Waterfield
Ethical Sensitivity Of Padis Care Among Critical Care Nurses: A Mixed Methods Study, Denise Waterfield
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Critically ill patients often experience distressful and impactful symptoms and conditions that include pain, agitation/sedation, delirium, immobility, and sleep disruption (PADIS). The presence of PADIS can affect recovery and long-term patient outcomes. An integral part of critical care nursing is PADIS prevention, assessment, and management. To better understand the complexities of PADIS care, two reviews of the literature were completed. The first is an integrative review of the use of PADIS assessment tools by critical care nurses. The second is a qualitative systematic review of the literature on the integration of care ethics and nursing workload. Ethical sensitivity of everyday …
Maternal Distress In The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Morgan A. Staver
Maternal Distress In The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Morgan A. Staver
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Maternal distress in the NICU is a common and potentially harmful phenomenon for mothers with a sick infant. The overall purpose of this dissertation was to describe maternal distress and to examine maternal distress among mothers who have infants greater than or equal to 34 weeks of gestation at birth in the NICU. This was accomplished by first conducting a concept analysis of maternal distress in the NICU. Next, an integrative review of the literature was done to assess maternal distress and associated variables in response to infant hospitalization in the NICU. Finally, a mixed methods study was done to …