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Graduate Nurses’ Perceived Confidence In Clinical Competence, Jennifer Dobbins
Graduate Nurses’ Perceived Confidence In Clinical Competence, Jennifer Dobbins
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
Upon entering the practice environment, newly graduated nurses often find themselves feeling underprepared for new professional role expectations (Kim, Lee, Eudey, Lounsbury, & Wede, 2015). New graduate nurses’ stress and lack of confidence forges a higher turnover potential (Kim et al., 2015), and increased stress among new graduate nurses may impact their ability to provide quality care (Fink, Krugman, Casey, & Goode, 2008; Theisen & Sandau, 2013). Implementing nurse residency programs have been shown to improve new graduate nurse retention, confidence, and competence (Silvestre, Ulrich, Johnson, Spector, & Blegen, 2017) and are designed to ease transition of new graduate nurses …
Journey To The Bedside: A Quality Improvement Project To Implement Bedside Report Utilizing Watson's Theory Of Human Caring, Rhonda Jones
Journey To The Bedside: A Quality Improvement Project To Implement Bedside Report Utilizing Watson's Theory Of Human Caring, Rhonda Jones
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
A 134 bed hospital in a rural community had a continuous struggle to meet defined goals on the hospital consumer assessment of healthcare providers and systems survey (HCAHPS). The hospital’s medical unit consistently performed lower in the communication with nurses HCAHPS domain than other nursing departments in the organizations. Between 2015 and 2017 the overall communication with nurse’s score in the HCAHPS domain of the medical unit ranged between 74-79%. Nursing staff were task oriented, focusing on the next task to be done instead of the current moment and interaction with the patient. A literature review revealed that consistent themes …
The Impact Of Simulation Learning On Community Opioid Overdose Prevention In Nursing Education, Lara Sheppa
The Impact Of Simulation Learning On Community Opioid Overdose Prevention In Nursing Education, Lara Sheppa
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
Drug overdose, especially from opioids, is a global problem which has stretched across all racial, generational, and socio-economical groups. Millions of people have been affected on a personal or professional basis by the emotional, physical, and financial impacts of this crisis. There is a critical need to provide support for public health awareness and education on opioid overdose prevention. Worldwide, federal, state and grassroot initiatives have been implemented to help reduce harm from opioid use. The goal of this scholarly project was to prepare Associate Degree nursing students with the requisite knowledge, skills, and attitudes to manage opioid overdose within …
Improving Nurse-To-Nurse Handover Through Implementation Of Standardized Sbar, Russell Coleman
Improving Nurse-To-Nurse Handover Through Implementation Of Standardized Sbar, Russell Coleman
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
In today’s health care environment, nurses are faced with caring for an increased number of patients with more complex issues. In caring for these complex patients, communication among nurses becomes an essential piece of patient care. Handover provides nurses the opportunity to share patient information to achieve positive patient outcomes. When poor patient outcomes became linked to poor communication during handover, recommendations for a standardized handover form emerged. Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendations (SBAR) is an example of a standardized handover form which provides structure to the handover process and decreases gaps in patient information. The aim of this descriptive …
Exploring Nurse Stress, Andrea Butler
Exploring Nurse Stress, Andrea Butler
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
Aims: To explore levels of stress among nurses working in medical-surgical, telemetry and medical-telemetry nursing departments. Background: Bedside nurses are continuously confronted with stressful situations. These stressors can be very unpredictable and varying in intensity. As the nurse will face many different stressors, it is important for leadership to recognize the origin of the stress in order do everything possible to promote positive outcomes. Conquering stress within nursing departments provides a benefit for the greater good. Methods: This study used a descriptive, correlational study design. The association of occupational job stress for a nurse working within medical-surgical, telemetry, and medical-telemetry …
Registered Nurses’ Attitudes Towards Complementary And Alternative Medicine In Patients’ Healing, Chidozie Ibe
Registered Nurses’ Attitudes Towards Complementary And Alternative Medicine In Patients’ Healing, Chidozie Ibe
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
With the ever-growing popularity of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the United States, patients may be using some of these therapies at home or may benefit from their use to help them heal from their symptoms and diseases. Registered nurses are in a great position to be able to assess patients for their use of CAM and provide necessary education. A review of literature found that nurses generally lacked adequate knowledge about CAM therapies. The purpose of this thesis study was to assess registered nurses’ attitudes towards CAM in regards to its role in patients’ healing, as attitudes often …
Nurse Manager Job Satisfaction And Retention, Ivy Renee Morton
Nurse Manager Job Satisfaction And Retention, Ivy Renee Morton
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
The purpose of this study was to explore job satisfaction and retention of front line nurse managers. Retention of nurses in the workplace is a primary focus of health care systems. Helen Erickson, Evelyn Tomlin, and Mary Ann Swain’s Theory of Modeling and Role Modeling served as the theoretical framework for this study. The literature shows that there is prevalence of nurse manager job satisfaction and retention. A quantitative study was performed using 6-point Likert scale and the participants’ demographics to determine the level of job satisfaction, recommendation for nurse leadership as a career, and retention. Descriptive statistics were used …
The Impact Of Discharge Teaching On Copd Readmissions, Anita Lane Thurman
The Impact Of Discharge Teaching On Copd Readmissions, Anita Lane Thurman
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
The purpose of this evidenced-based project was to answer the question: Does using a formalized discharge list identifying key educational topics regarding the patient’s disease process decrease readmission risk for COPD patients? This study used all COPD patients admitted over a two-week period who consented to receiving one-on-one detailed COPD education (n=33). Participants were provided education utilizing a COPD educational tool that addressed topics pertaining to the transition from the hospital back home, inhaler techniques and use, common questions to ask the provider before being discharged, smoking cessation, and identifying the warning signs of an exacerbation were among the few …
Improving Therapeutic Relationships Among Psychiatric Nursing Staff And Adolescent Patients, Carla Kay Cozart
Improving Therapeutic Relationships Among Psychiatric Nursing Staff And Adolescent Patients, Carla Kay Cozart
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
This Doctor of Nursing Practice Project examined the effect of an evidence-based staff development education program on the attitudes and knowledge levels of nursing staff regarding the mentally ill adolescent patient population, for which they provide treatment and supervision. A convenience sample of 61 nursing staff members participated in the Improving Therapeutic Relationships among Psychiatric Nursing Staff and Patients project, with 74% of the available sample completing all project surveys. Descriptive statistics were used to compare the scores for the responses of participants to the Community Attitudes toward Mentally Ill (CAMI) pre and post-surveys. Concepts scored by this survey included: …
Developing Clinical Judgment Through The Implementation Of Information And Communication Technology, Such As The Electronic Healthcare Record (Ehr), Sherri Carter
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
Graduate nurses are expected to enter a technology-rich workforce with an understanding of the electronic health record (EHR) and how it is used to guide patient care. Limited access to EHRs in clinical settings may result in students entering professional practice with limited ability to understand the full potential of the EHR. Over a seven-week term, students enrolled in the Patient-Centered Care I course, during the 2018 Spring I term, participated in high-fidelity simulation and seminar activities that included an educational electronic healthcare record (EEHR). These activities were integrated into the course to guide students when making clinical decisions regarding …
Emergency Registered Nurses’ Perceptions Of Workplace Violence, Margarite Elsey
Emergency Registered Nurses’ Perceptions Of Workplace Violence, Margarite Elsey
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
Workplace violence (WPV) is a significant issue in today’s healthcare field, especially for nurses in the emergency department. WPV is defined by action of verbal abuse, threats, disruptive behavior, harassment, intimidation and/or physical abuse, or assault (Stene, Larson, Levy, & Dohlman, 2015). Emergency Department (ED) registered nurses (RNs) are in a prime position to experience WPV due to the nature and purpose of the emergency room. To address effectively the problem of WPV against RNs in the ED, it is crucial first to understand how nurses in this setting perceive WPV from patients and/or visitors. In a Level I Trauma …
Simulation Outside The Silo: Allied Health Interprofessional Education Day To Improve Patient Outcomes, Eva Huneycutt Whitley
Simulation Outside The Silo: Allied Health Interprofessional Education Day To Improve Patient Outcomes, Eva Huneycutt Whitley
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
Since 2003, the World Health Organization (WHO) has identified working in interdisciplinary teams as a critical factor in providing patient-centered care. Simulationenhanced interprofessional education (Sim-IPE) has shown improved knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors of teamwork required to improve patient outcomes. The purpose of this project was to determine whether a simulation-based interprofessional education day would improve these factors in senior allied health students in a small community college. The NLN Jeffries Simulation Theory was used as a theoretical framework for this project. The project administrator used the Interprofessional Socialization and Valuing Scale (ISVS) 9A pre-test to examine beliefs, behaviors, and …
Quality Improvement Of The Extended Antibiotic Infusion Administration Process, Patricia Averre
Quality Improvement Of The Extended Antibiotic Infusion Administration Process, Patricia Averre
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
Dynamic issues associated with infection create unprecedented demands for quality healthcare improvements and modifications. Researchers found extended antibiotic infusions to be an effective treatment option with significant clinical benefits to patients and astounding cost savings. This scholarly project identified the emergence of several clinical issues threatening to undermine the intended patient responses to extended antibiotic infusion therapy in one large hospital system. Problem: Unrecognized infusion delays and short infusion durations created the need for an educational pilot initiative to improve the administration process of piperacillin/tazobactam on one nursing unit. Intervention: Nurses on the pilot unit received instruction regarding the pharmacodynamics …