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Exploration Of Nurses' Knowledge About Healthcare For Transgender Patients, Elizabeth Kempt
Exploration Of Nurses' Knowledge About Healthcare For Transgender Patients, Elizabeth Kempt
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractThe transgender population is growing, and along with the population growth, the healthcare needs for gender transitioning of both medical and surgical procedures. Registered nurses (RNs) who care for hospitalized transgender patients are required to be knowledgeable about their care, yet little is known about what nurses know about the healthcare of the transgender patient. The purpose of this basic qualitative study, guided by Benner’s novice to expert theory, was to explore the knowledge and perceptions of RNs regarding healthcare of transgender persons undergoing transition to the opposite gender. Social media and snowball sampling were used to recruit 10 RNs …
Exploration Of Nurses' Knowledge About Healthcare For Transgender Patients, Elizabeth Kempt
Exploration Of Nurses' Knowledge About Healthcare For Transgender Patients, Elizabeth Kempt
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractThe transgender population is growing, and along with the population growth, the healthcare needs for gender transitioning of both medical and surgical procedures. Registered nurses (RNs) who care for hospitalized transgender patients are required to be knowledgeable about their care, yet little is known about what nurses know about the healthcare of the transgender patient. The purpose of this basic qualitative study, guided by Benner’s novice to expert theory, was to explore the knowledge and perceptions of RNs regarding healthcare of transgender persons undergoing transition to the opposite gender. Social media and snowball sampling were used to recruit 10 RNs …
Perinatal Nursing Education Related To Opioid Use Disorder, Britney Taniguchi
Perinatal Nursing Education Related To Opioid Use Disorder, Britney Taniguchi
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Opioid use disorder (OUD) contributes to severe perinatal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in the United States, leading to alarming complications for pregnant women, mothers, and newborns. Complications the mother experiences with OUD include increased mortality, overdose, infections, endocarditis, narcotic bowel syndrome, and accident-related injury. Complications the newborn can suffer include neonatal abstinence syndrome, respiratory depression, microcephaly, and sudden infant death syndrome. Framed within the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation model of instructional design, this project aimed to plan, implement, and evaluate a staff education program on opioid use disorder. The staff education program was presented to 13 perinatal …