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Telehealth Acceptance And Medical Mistrust Among The Elderly Of Rural Appalachia: A Correlational Study Using The Medical Mistrust Index And Technology Acceptance Model, Victoria Hood-Wells
Telehealth Acceptance And Medical Mistrust Among The Elderly Of Rural Appalachia: A Correlational Study Using The Medical Mistrust Index And Technology Acceptance Model, Victoria Hood-Wells
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Adults aged 65 years and above have grown substantially over with past decade. However, the chance of developing multiple comorbidities only increases with age. Because elderly residents of rural Appalachia often encounter barriers to healthcare, rural nurses, providers, and policy makers must overcome physical and structural barriers, but also gain a more in-depth understanding of the personal and cultural attitudes impacting the use of new and innovative forms of healthcare delivery. With a slow and variable uptake of telehealth adoption in rural Appalachia, and in the presence of well-documented medical mistrust, this study was designed to better understand the degree …
A Program Evaluation Of A Rural Nursing Academic Partnership, Meagan A. Spencer
A Program Evaluation Of A Rural Nursing Academic Partnership, Meagan A. Spencer
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As the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education continue to promote the implementation and creation of literature on academic partnerships, a Christian university, sought to evaluate its academic partnership with a for-profit hospital for the first time in regard to student perspectives. The purpose of this mixed-methods program evaluation was to describe the student perceptions of the academic partnership in trusting, collaborating, and engaging nursing students and recruiting and retaining nursing graduates to rural hospitals and health care facilities. Measurable impacts included both qualitative and quantitative coding of the levels of trust, collaboration, and …
Job Embeddedess Of Nurses Working In South Central Appalachia’S North Carolina Counties, Susan L. Adams Mrs.
Job Embeddedess Of Nurses Working In South Central Appalachia’S North Carolina Counties, Susan L. Adams Mrs.
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Nurses working in the North Carolina counties of South Central Appalachia (NC-SCA) are a unique subset of nursing professionals. A continued nursing shortage is projected in this area while staffing has improved in other areas of SCA. The purpose of this research was to ascertain the level of job embeddedness of nurses working in NC-SCA in order to offer guidance regarding retention of nurses working in this area. Actively working licensed practical nurses, registered nurses, and advanced practice nurses (nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, clinical nurse specialists, and certified registered nurse anesthetists) from 29 North Carolina counties included in South …