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Best Practice Suicide Screening/Assessment Tools For The Emergency Department, Katheryn M. Spirito
Best Practice Suicide Screening/Assessment Tools For The Emergency Department, Katheryn M. Spirito
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) often suffer from more than physical ailments when seeking care and treatment. Some of these patients have emotional ailments and suicidal ideation when they come to the local ED. The lack of recognition of at-risk patients by health care providers can lead to poor patient outcomes and death. The focus of this project was to understand which valid and reliable suicide assessment tools described in the literature were considered the best evidence-based instruments to identify ED patients who were at risk for suicide. Peplau's theory of interpersonal relations guided this project. A systematic …
The Role Of The Physicians' Assistant In Trinidad And Tobago's Healthcare System, Martha Ann Pamponette
The Role Of The Physicians' Assistant In Trinidad And Tobago's Healthcare System, Martha Ann Pamponette
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The profession of physicians' assistant was introduced in the 1960s to assist with physician shortages in the United States of America. Since then, some countries have introduced this profession to fill the gaps that exist in the physician shortages problem in their health care system. Yet, in many countries like Trinidad and Tobago, this role remains absent from the health care system. The objective of this study was to assess how professionalization supports the introduction of the physicians' assistant role in Trinidad and Tobago. Using the theory of profession as a theoretical framework, and through an evaluation of institutional, regulatory, …
Relationship Between Post-Resuscitation Debriefings And Perceptions Of Teamwork In Emergency Department Nurses, Kerri Lyman
Relationship Between Post-Resuscitation Debriefings And Perceptions Of Teamwork In Emergency Department Nurses, Kerri Lyman
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Emergency department nurses are faced with traumatic patient events while functioning as members of multidisciplinary teams. Critical incident debriefing has been shown to benefit health care professionals and patient clinical outcomes. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the relationship between the use of formal post-resuscitation debriefings and perceptions of teamwork in emergency department nurses. The study also addressed the type and timing of debriefing to determine whether these factors impacted perceptions of teamwork. The nurse as wounded healer theory served as the theoretical framework. Data from the Nursing Teamwork Survey were collected from 68 emergency department …
Compassion Fatigue In Emergency Department Nurses, Michelle Candice Lawrence
Compassion Fatigue In Emergency Department Nurses, Michelle Candice Lawrence
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Compassion fatigue (CF) is defined as a sudden onset of the inability to experience feelings or compassion for others that is triggered by a nurse's inability to separate his/her feelings of stress and anxiety associated with caring for patients who have suffered from a traumatic event. The practice problem addressed in this doctoral project was the lack of knowledge of emergency department nurses (EDNs) related to CF in the work setting, resulting in a negative impact on a nurse's ability to provide quality care to patients. The purpose of the project was to present an educational program on how to …