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Enhancing Peripheral Intravenous Line Maintenance Practices Among Nurses In A Critical Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Project, Jaylene Velasquez

Honors Theses and Capstones

Abstract

Background: One of the major risks of infection lies in a patient’s intravenous (IV) access. On a cardiac intensive unit, a Levell II trauma center, preventing adverse events (i.e. infections, sepsis, etc.) is essential within this unit due to the nature of these health conditions. To ensure patient safety, nurses must abide by evidence-based practices and facility guidelines regarding intravenous line management. This quality improvement (QI) project implemented interventions to enhance nursing practices for peripheral intravenous therapy.

Methods: This project included statistical analysis and audits to measure the impact of the interventions. The variables being observed in this project …

Implementation Of An Advanced Training Program To Increase Nurses’ Knowledge Of Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Management, Shane M. Brost

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

Background: Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is a complex, life-preserving treatment for unstable patients who require hemodialysis in the intensive care unit (ICU). Nurses responsible for managing the CRRT machine in this large academic medical center’s cardiovascular ICU (CVICU) complete a one-hour basic training course focused on setting up the machine, responding to basic alarms, and changing out the CRRT circuit when necessary. Staff nurses, advanced practice providers (APPs), and nursing administrators agree that training is insufficient. Research evidence supports rigorous staff training as essential to improving the quality of CRRT delivery. Purpose: This Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project …

Nurs 3301 Professional Mobility, Dania Ochoa

Open Educational Resources

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Ars Moriendi: An Overview Of Approaches To The Art Of Dying, Grief And Loss For Nurses Working In Mental Health, Meagan G.A. Dickerson, Darren Conlon, Toby Raeburn

Nursing Papers and Journal Articles

This historical discussion paper is an overview for nurses working in mental health of medieval and Early Modern texts known as Ars Moriendi literature, which focuses on the art of dying, grief and loss. Primary and secondary historical documents are used to describe Ars Moriendi literature and how historical understandings of death and dying were shaped within a spiritual context. Ars Moriendi concepts are compared with modern Western secularised and medicalised notions to prompt reflection on historical versus modern approaches to dying, grief and loss.

Exploring Moral Distress, Ethical Climate, And Psychological Empowerment Among New Registered Nurses, Luz Bruel Mauro

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Moral distress in nursing has been an issue for decades and has consequences on nurses’ physical, emotional, and psychological well-being. Nurses in different settings experience a high intensity and frequency of moral distress particularly in intensive care units (ICU), but few studies have examined the moral distress of non-ICU nurses. The purpose of this 3-manuscript dissertation was to assess the frequency and level of moral distress, ethical climate, and psychological empowerment among new registered nurses (NRNs) who work in non-ICU settings. The conceptual framework of Jameson's moral distress guided this study. Twenty-three NRNs with fewer than 3 years of experience …