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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Cognitive Test Anxiety, Course Grades, And Course Repetition In Associate Degree Nursing Students, Crystal Elaine Jones
Cognitive Test Anxiety, Course Grades, And Course Repetition In Associate Degree Nursing Students, Crystal Elaine Jones
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
No abstract provided.
An Educational Intervention To Increase Knowledge And Awareness Of Hypertension Among Nurses, Sylvia Kabba
An Educational Intervention To Increase Knowledge And Awareness Of Hypertension Among Nurses, Sylvia Kabba
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
No abstract provided.
Health Care Organizations’ Research Capacity And Culture’S Effect On Nurses’ Evidence-Based Practice Implementation, Tamela Marie Fonseca
Health Care Organizations’ Research Capacity And Culture’S Effect On Nurses’ Evidence-Based Practice Implementation, Tamela Marie Fonseca
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
No abstract provided.
A Credentialing Protocol Education To Enhance Nurse Float Pool Competency, Dalton J. Skipper
A Credentialing Protocol Education To Enhance Nurse Float Pool Competency, Dalton J. Skipper
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
No abstract provided.
Staff Education Project To Decrease Variations In Surgical Optimizations, Shelly Bressoud
Staff Education Project To Decrease Variations In Surgical Optimizations, Shelly Bressoud
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
No abstract provided.
Improving Self-Management In Patients With Diabetes: A Staff Education Project, Tanja Ganues
Improving Self-Management In Patients With Diabetes: A Staff Education Project, Tanja Ganues
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
No abstract provided.
The Effect Of Caregiver Communication On Self-Care Outcomes For African Americans With Heart Failure, Adrienne Michelle Johnson
The Effect Of Caregiver Communication On Self-Care Outcomes For African Americans With Heart Failure, Adrienne Michelle Johnson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
No abstract provided.
Nursing Practice Rn's Interest, Experience, Confidence And Attitude Of Research Conduct, Candida Suzanne Barlow
Nursing Practice Rn's Interest, Experience, Confidence And Attitude Of Research Conduct, Candida Suzanne Barlow
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
No abstract provided.
Nursing Education On Pressure Ulcer Prevention In Acute Care, Leasa Elizabeth Jones
Nursing Education On Pressure Ulcer Prevention In Acute Care, Leasa Elizabeth Jones
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
No abstract provided.
Supporting Novice Nurse Transition To Practice Through Mentorship, Jesssica M. Cox
Supporting Novice Nurse Transition To Practice Through Mentorship, Jesssica M. Cox
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
No abstract provided.
Thirty-Second Mindful Body Scan Meditation For Bedside Nurses, Shruti Balwalli-Udyawer
Thirty-Second Mindful Body Scan Meditation For Bedside Nurses, Shruti Balwalli-Udyawer
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Compassion fatigue, or secondary traumatic stress, is a state of physical and mental exhaustion caused by an inability to cope with the everyday environment that reduces the ability of the nurse to provide high-quality health care to a patient. The purpose of this staff education project, guided by Selye’s general adaption syndrome , was a 6-week, 30-second mindfulness exercise program to promote stress reduction for cardiac step-down and medical-surgical nurses. In this quantitative, pre- and posttest study, the Perceived Stress Scale was completed by a sample of 24 nurses who met the inclusion criteria. The practice focused whether educating nurses …
Quality Improvement Initiatives And Interventions For Decreasing Falls In The Hospital Setting, Fredlyn Lolange
Quality Improvement Initiatives And Interventions For Decreasing Falls In The Hospital Setting, Fredlyn Lolange
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Patient falls in health care settings are a widespread and severe problem, and they often happen as a result of a complex set of causes. In the United States, between 3.3 and 11.5 falls occur per 1,000 patient days. Reducing the incidence of falls in a health care setting would bring significant positive change and decrease the incidence of harm to patients in the hospital setting. This staff education project’s purpose is based on addressing falls, a safety concern and a health issue that continues to put patients at an increased risk. Theories used to inform the project include the …
Staff Education On Workplace Violence And Prevention Measures, Fatu Koroma
Staff Education On Workplace Violence And Prevention Measures, Fatu Koroma
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Forensic nurses are essential in helping forensic mental health patients at an inpatient/outpatient forensic psychiatric health care facility. The practice gap that the forensic psychiatric health care facility experienced was a deficit in knowledge among forensic nurses on the importance of workplace violence and prevention. The practice-focused question guiding the project was to determine if education on the American Nurses Association’s workplace violence and prevention measures would increase forensic nurses’ and staff’s education scores. The purpose of the project was to close the gap by educating nurses and staff on measures to increase a safer environment. The instructional design was …
Implementation Of Night Shift Rounding To Improve Nursing Communication And Reduce Days Of Intubation In The Intensive Care Setting, Lisa Wilkinson
Implementation Of Night Shift Rounding To Improve Nursing Communication And Reduce Days Of Intubation In The Intensive Care Setting, Lisa Wilkinson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Multidisciplinary rounds are the gathering of various health care providers who have a shared interest in a patient’s well-being to discuss the plan of care and the patient’s progress through their hospital stay. This multidisciplinary group of staff can be the providers, the nurse, charge nurse, social worker, pharmacist, dietician, respiratory, chaplaincy, and occupational and physical therapists. On night shift at the project site, this rounding process did not occur, leaving the staff feeling they were not involved in the plan of care. The purpose of this quality improvement evidenced-based project was to create a process change, introduced to the …
Nurse Practitioner Education On Caring For Patients Using Medical Marijuana, Zainab Kalokoh Mansaray
Nurse Practitioner Education On Caring For Patients Using Medical Marijuana, Zainab Kalokoh Mansaray
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractNurse practitioners are crucial components of community health care because they treat and manage individuals who use medical marijuana. Overuse of medical marijuana without proper examination and certification may result in undesirable patient outcomes, such as increased patient dependency and death, which may have a severe impact on society. The medical marijuana primary care clinic for which this Doctor of Nursing Practice project was developed lacked the information required to certify and evaluate qualifying conditions for medicinal marijuana users. The practice-focused questions investigated how nurse practitioners caring for patients using medical marijuana education based on the National Council of State …
Experiences Of New Graduate Nurses Who Transitioned To Practice Using Virtual Conferencing Software, Sara Moran
Experiences Of New Graduate Nurses Who Transitioned To Practice Using Virtual Conferencing Software, Sara Moran
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Orientation is a pivotal moment for new graduate nurses as they transition into the acute care setting. The COVID-19 pandemic changed in-person orientation to virtual orientation, but little is known about the experiences of new graduate nurses who attended the virtual orientation process. The purpose of this qualitative interpretive descriptive study, guided by Duchscher’s theory and the technology adaptation model 2, was to understand the experiences of new graduate nurses who transitioned to practice utilizing video-based conference software for nursing orientation. Twelve new graduate nurses were interviewed using virtual conferencing software. Data were analyzed using interpretive description and then were …
Nurses’ Experiences With Trauma-Informed Care In Patients With Psychological Trauma, Ade J. Vinton
Nurses’ Experiences With Trauma-Informed Care In Patients With Psychological Trauma, Ade J. Vinton
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The COVID-19 pandemic increased the need for research and discussions about trauma, trauma-informed care (TIC), and care delivery processes. Little is known about how nurses recognize, assess, treat, and support patients who experience trauma although knowledge of TIC is important for delivering care to trauma survivors. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore nurses’ perceptions of TIC principles and their experiences delivering care to patients with psychological trauma. Harris and Fallot’s TIC theory was used to guide the study. Purposeful sampling was used to recruit ten nurses for individual semi structured interviews using open-ended questions conducted via …
Relationship Between Nurse Managers’ Cultural Humility Practices And Nurse Retention, Jessica Scharfenberg
Relationship Between Nurse Managers’ Cultural Humility Practices And Nurse Retention, Jessica Scharfenberg
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Some hospital administrators experience yearly loss of human capital, resulting in economic and noneconomic consequences that require resource reallocation to sustain operations. Grounded in the cultural humility theory, the purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the relationship between nurses’ perceptions of their nurse managers’ (a) openness, (b) self-awareness, (c) egolessness, (d) self-reflection and critique, (e) supportive interaction, and nurse turnover intention. Participants included 142 registered nurses working in the Midwest United States. Data were collected using Foronda’s Cultural Humility Scale and the Michigan Organizational Assessment Questionnaire. Results of multiple regression analysis indicated the model could significantly predict …
Maternal-Early-Warning-System Education To Improve Registered Nurse Knowledge Of And Appropriate Responses To Triggers, Dawn Marie Moore
Maternal-Early-Warning-System Education To Improve Registered Nurse Knowledge Of And Appropriate Responses To Triggers, Dawn Marie Moore
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The maternal early warning system (MEWS) is the single most reliable response tool to improve maternal outcomes in obstetrics. Recognition and response by nurses to the MEWS triggers was worrisome at the project site as the MEWS trigger to detect changes in the clinical conditions in obstetric patients was not applied consistently at the bedside. This project was developed to evaluate whether providing an education program on the application of MEWS to nurses in obstetrics at the practicum site would improve registered nurses’ knowledge of and appropriate responses to the MEWS trigger alarms. A literature search targeting the key words …
Staff Education Of Diabetic Foot Care In An Ambulatory Setting, Riza Grace Nielsen
Staff Education Of Diabetic Foot Care In An Ambulatory Setting, Riza Grace Nielsen
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
One of the most important factors affecting the quality of diabetes care is the association between a patient’s knowledge and their practices. The practice gap in this primary care clinic was a lack of standardized diabetic foot care. The purpose of this DNP project was to provide nursing staff with an evidence- based, culturally congruent diabetic footcare curriculum that could help decrease inconsistencies in care. The practice-focused question for this project addressed whether an educational program for nursing staff on diabetic footcare would increase their knowledge and translate this knowledge into practice to prevent diabetic foot infections and its complications. …
Nurse Education Regarding Hypertension And Use Of A Follow-Up Call Protocol In Primary Care, Edwin Omar Rivera-Figueroa
Nurse Education Regarding Hypertension And Use Of A Follow-Up Call Protocol In Primary Care, Edwin Omar Rivera-Figueroa
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractMany patients whose primary or secondary chronic condition is hypertension present to their first follow-up appointment in a primary care facility in the north of Puerto Rico with uncontrolled high blood pressure. Nurses’ knowledge of hypertension is vital to addressing a gap in practice for this patient population and patient quality of life and the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. The practice-focused question guiding this project focused on a nurse educational session for increasing hypertension management knowledge as well as a follow-up phone call protocol that aimed to improve patient care. The theoretical framework guiding this project was Pender’s health promotion …
Respiratory Treatments In Post-Covid Patients To Improve Physical Activity, Pamela Gordon Tarver
Respiratory Treatments In Post-Covid Patients To Improve Physical Activity, Pamela Gordon Tarver
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
November 2022Abstract A significant number of individuals affected by the coronavirus (COVID) developed severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), causing respiratory dysfunction which led to decreased functional capacity. This project aimed to evaluate the project site’s archival data for post-COVID patients to determine whether respiratory treatments improved physical activity, as evidenced by the results of the pre and post 6-minute walk test (6MWT) and oxygen saturation (SpO2) levels. The Donabedian quality model was utilized to evaluate the resources, the interventions, and the outcomes of post-COVID patients. Sources of evidence used were peer-reviewed articles retrieved from the Walden Library and CINAHL databases …
Nursing Staff Education Program On Using The Ask Suicide-Screening Questions Tool Kit, Camarita Titang
Nursing Staff Education Program On Using The Ask Suicide-Screening Questions Tool Kit, Camarita Titang
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The absence of adequate knowledge, skills, and competencies in screening for suicide risk in adolescent and young adult patients is a significant problem facing nurses in outpatient settings. An evaluation of the project site facility’s main performance metrics revealed shortcomings in locating patients who pose a serious risk of self-harm and suicide. Staff dealing with the patients may, as a result, overlook preemptive measures that could stop a suicide event. The project aimed to create a training program to introduce the ask suicide-screening questions (ASQ) tool kit, an evidence-based suicide screening tool, to ambulatory nurses. The goal of the project …
Staff Education Project: The Emergency Severity Index, Jo Crabtree
Staff Education Project: The Emergency Severity Index, Jo Crabtree
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractThe triage process is an important precursor to ensuring expeditious and appropriate medical care in the Emergency Department (ED). There is a positive correlation between proper triage technique and improved patient outcomes, making triage an essential issue for nursing practice. The purpose of this project addressed the results of a staff education program directed at teaching the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) Triage System to 42 triage nurses working in an ED in a critical access facility in the rural Midwest. The practice-focused problem for this project was as follows: Will a staff educational program improve understanding of the ESI triage …
The Perceived Effectiveness And Evolution Of First-Semester Nursing Students’ Studying Methods, Elizabeth Brown
The Perceived Effectiveness And Evolution Of First-Semester Nursing Students’ Studying Methods, Elizabeth Brown
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Little research has been done to identify the study strategies used by nursing students during their first nursing classes despite studies indicating they have poor study skills, making the nursing program challenging and causing many of the students to decide to leave after their first semester. The purpose of this qualitative study was to improve the understanding of registered nursing students’ study strategies during their first semester of nursing classes. Winne and Hadwin’s self-regulated learning model was used as the conceptual framework to answer the research questions about students’ study strategies during their first semester of nursing classes, how they …
Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity Education For Perianesthesia Nurses, Rachelle Lynn Dix
Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity Education For Perianesthesia Nurses, Rachelle Lynn Dix
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST) is a potentially life-threatening event following a local anesthetic bolus into the circulatory system. Because LAST is a low-volume, high-risk event, clinical exposure is lacking, creating a knowledge gap among perianesthesia nurses. A knowledge gap regarding LAST among perianesthesia nurses was identified at the project site, an ambulatory surgery center in south Mississippi. The practice-focused question was: Whether a web-based education intervention would increase perianesthesia nurses’ knowledge about LAST. The doctoral project aimed to provide perianesthesia nurses with the clinical knowledge essential for early detection of LAST symptoms. A LAST education module was developed using …
The Role Of Mistrust In African American Organ Donation, Gina M. Williams
The Role Of Mistrust In African American Organ Donation, Gina M. Williams
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractAfrican Americans (AAs) who suffer from life-threatening organ failure often need an organ transplant to sustain or to improve their quality of life. The shortage of donor organs, and AAs willing to become organ donors, limits the number of organs available for transplant. The purpose of this study was to understand the lived experience of AAs regarding the role of mistrust and to understand its influence on their organ donation decision-making. Social cognitive theory guided this qualitative descriptive phenomenological study designed to gain an understanding of the lived experiences of the AAs related to the role of mistrust in their …
Improving The Care Of Neonates With Hyperbilirubinemia, Kellie Busse Kainer
Improving The Care Of Neonates With Hyperbilirubinemia, Kellie Busse Kainer
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractProviders at a community-based pediatric hospital in the southern region of the United States have traditionally transferred otherwise healthy neonates with hyperbilirubinemia requiring inpatient treatment to a tertiary care facility. The question addressed was whether the implementation of an evidence-based, organizational protocol increases the quality and decreases the cost of caring for neonates with hyperbilirubinemia in the community-based, pediatric acute care hospital. The main goal of the organization’s quality improvement (QI) project was to facilitate the provision of high-quality, cost-effective care to neonates with hyperbilirubinemia using an evidence-based approach as evidenced by a reduction in the number of neonates with …
Clinical Vaccination Education Guideline For The African American Community, Margaret Chinedum Nwoji
Clinical Vaccination Education Guideline For The African American Community, Margaret Chinedum Nwoji
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractVaccination hesitancy is high among African Americans and other people of color. The practice gap addressed in this project was the lack of a culturally sensitive clinical guideline for vaccination education relevant to the African American community. The practice-focused question was answered by developing an evidence-based Clinical Vaccination Education Guideline for the African American Community (CVEGAAC) that was validated by a group of four content experts using the Appraisal of Guidelines, Research, and Evaluation tool. The content experts scored each of the domains above 90%, implying that the CVEGAAC is of high quality and ready for implementation. The end users …
Impact Of Pulmonary Embolism Response Teams On Patient Quality Ratings, Sabrina Renee' Simpkins-Morris
Impact Of Pulmonary Embolism Response Teams On Patient Quality Ratings, Sabrina Renee' Simpkins-Morris
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractLeaders of health care organizations have limited evidence of the impact of pulmonary embolism response teams (PERTs) on quality outcomes for patients with an intermediate and high-risk pulmonary embolism (PE). The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine whether there was any significant difference in patient HCAHPS linear mean scores for instructions given about medication and overall care between acute care hospitals with and without PERT teams. Donabedian’s framework for assessing health care quality was used as the theoretical foundation for this research. Survey data collected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, as part of its Hospital Consumer …