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Gender Differences In Administration Of Tpa In Treatment Of Ischemic Stroke, Christina Annerino

CURE Proceedings

As medicine and pharmacology advance through the years, new life-saving treatments are studied or discovered every day, and a medical emergency is no longer a death sentence. Even with conditions as serious as ischemic stroke, there is hope for survival and rehabilitation with the ‘clot-busting’ drug, tissue plasminogen activator, colloquially known as ‘tPA’. tPA is a thrombolytic agent, a substance that acts on fibrin in clots to dissolve them so they can no longer cause ischemia in blood vessels that results in a stroke. (Vega, 2022). tPA is an extremely effective treatment for ischemic stroke, demonstrated in 2013 by a …

Student Nurses' Manual, Hazleton State General Hospital

Historical Archives

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Student Nurses' Association By-Laws, Hazleton State General Hospital

Historical Archives

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Virtual Pedagogical Strategies And Hesi Student Outcomes In Response To Covid-19, Elizabeth Moxley, Anitha Saravanan, Larinda Dixon, Janice Miller, Maureen Waller

Faculty Peer-Reviewed Publications

Background: To maintain curricular integrity in response to COVID-19, nurse educators are increasingly required to transition from traditional (face-to-face) to virtual pedagogy. Objectives: The purpose of this analysis was to compare the HESI scores based on a traditional pedagogy with the HESI scores following implementation of virtual pedagogy during Spring 2020. Methods: Student (n = 115; 81% female; mean age = 25.71 years) HESI scores were compared after each eightweek session using the Mann Whitney U test, permutation test and Wilcoxon rank test. Logistic regression was used to identify students achieving at least 850. Chi-square test was used to determine …

A Lesson Involving Nursing Management Of Diabetes Care: Incorporating Simulation In Didactic Instruction To Prepare Students For Entry-Level Practice, Elizabeth Moxley, Larry Maturin Jr., Desale Habtzghi

Faculty Peer-Reviewed Publications

Background: Diabetes is a global health problem requiring nursing students demonstrate a thorough understanding for NCLEX^® and entry-level practice, although clinical opportunities are increasingly limited, especially for Associate Degree Programs.

Method: A Simulation-based Education was incorporated in a didactic lesson to improve diabetes nursing care. Knowledge, confidence, application and relevance were measured using Wilcoxon signed-rank, Chi-square and Kruskal-Wallis analyses.

Results: Student (n=46, 85% female) perceived knowledge of glycemic management (post > pre, p < 0.0001), confidence administering insulin (post > pre, p < 0.0001), and clinical relevance improved. Confidence increased among three cohorts per Kruskal Wallis H test (² = 7.76, p = 0.021). Increased confidence correlated with relevance (² = 30.965, p = 0.009) and prior understanding of therapy ( …

School Of Nursing Awarded $683k Federal Grant To Educate Family Nurse Practitioner Students, Julie G. Stewart

Julie G. Stewart

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School Of Nursing Awarded $683k Federal Grant To Educate Family Nurse Practitioner Students, Susan Denisco

Susan DeNisco

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Memories Of Maine General Hospital, Althea Poland Woodward, George O. Cummings, Catharine Beatley, Marion L. Dunn, Isaac M. Webber

Histories

Publication of poems, photos, and stories about the Maine General Hospital/Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME