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Preparation And Engagement Throughout Cultural Immersion Experiences: Helping Nursing Students Gain Awareness, Erin Minhondo, Karen H. De La Cruz
Preparation And Engagement Throughout Cultural Immersion Experiences: Helping Nursing Students Gain Awareness, Erin Minhondo, Karen H. De La Cruz
Student Works
Objectives: This review explores evidence-based methods of increasing cultural awareness in pre-licensure nursing students during cultural immersion experiences (CIEs).
Design: A literature review was conducted in March of 2022.
Data sources: Databases employed included CINAHL and MEDLINE. The search strategy included publication dates between 2017 and 2022, English-only transcripts, and full-text references from academic journals, dissertations, and books.
Review methods: The review assessed for quality by searching relevant articles for bias and ensuring each study was from an accredited journal. Editorials and opinion pieces were omitted.
Results: Three major themes emerged from the literature including pre-departure preparation, in- country …
Patient With Questions About Cancer Risk, Deborah O. Himes, Jennie Vagher
Patient With Questions About Cancer Risk, Deborah O. Himes, Jennie Vagher
Faculty Publications
Primary care nurse practitioners routinely care for patients with personal or family histories of cancer. Approximately 5% to 10% of all cancers are related to hereditary cancer syndromes (HCSs), which cause an increased risk for developing more cancers and cancers at earlier ages than the general population. Nurse practitioners in primary care must become comfortable with identifying patients at risk for HCSs. Ordering genetic tests can be a challenge because the number of genetic tests available is growing at a rapid pace. This case highlights a woman who survived breast cancer at age 25 and basal cell carcinoma at age …
A Comparison Of The Use Of Tympanic, Axillary, And Rectal Thermometers In Infants, Russell Wilshaw, Renea L. Beckstrand, Dawn Waid, Bruce Schaallje
A Comparison Of The Use Of Tympanic, Axillary, And Rectal Thermometers In Infants, Russell Wilshaw, Renea L. Beckstrand, Dawn Waid, Bruce Schaallje
Faculty Publications
This study examined the relationship between three instruments used in measuring tympanic, axillary, and rectal temperatures in infants less than 1 year of age. Temperatures were measured by Oto-temp Pedi Q tympanic thermometers, Becton Dickinson axillary thermometer, and rectal thermometers. A convience sample of 5 infants less than 90 day and 54 greater than 90 days with fever, as well as 34 infants less than 90 days and 27 infants greater than 90 days without fever were studied. Correlations of infants less than 90 days and greater 90 days of age, as well as differences between infant temperature with and …