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Self-Care In Bsn Students: Developing A Self-Care Plan, Jamie Davis Brandon
Self-Care In Bsn Students: Developing A Self-Care Plan, Jamie Davis Brandon
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
Stress is an issue of concern in nursing practice and nursing education. Stress leads to burn out and compassion fatigue in the nurse and student nurse. To combat stress, professional organizations advocate for self-care practices. Research indicates self-care practice can reduce stress levels and increase health and wellness. An evidenced-based DNP project was conducted over a seven-week time frame during a mental health nursing course to educate senior BSN students on different dimensions of self-care to reduce stress levels and increase use of self-care practices.
Clarifying The Need For Inpatient Medication Education, Pamela Cox Raffaldt
Clarifying The Need For Inpatient Medication Education, Pamela Cox Raffaldt
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
Low health literacy is a problem for millions of Americans resulting in increased use of avoidable healthcare resources and poor health outcomes. Use of pharmaceutical regimens to manage acute and chronic health issues is the most common treatment modality. Unfortunately, people with low health literacy may have trouble understanding and following provider instructions; reading and following directions on medication bottles, either prescribed and/or over the counter; and identifying proper reasons for taking a medication. The purpose of this study was to increase patient self-agency for the treatment and management of acute and chronic health conditions through medication education. Providing medication …
Simulation Collaboration: Will Screen Capture Change Attitudes?, Jeffrey Carmack
Simulation Collaboration: Will Screen Capture Change Attitudes?, Jeffrey Carmack
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
The ongoing call for interprofessional education with healthcare providers who routinely work together has largely gone unanswered. Parallel to this call, a large number of nursing programs across the United States exist in a stand-alone setting. These programs are unattached to a school of medicine. This creates barriers including a lack of access to physicians and lack of funding to hire medical staff as embedded participants. At the same time, aging nursing faculty, increasing enrollment, and decreasing clinical facility availability create an increased need to use simulation-learning environments to continue to maintain existing capacity in nursing programs. This project used …
Breastfeeding Education: Improving Initiation And Duration Of Breastfeeding, Rhonda Coffey
Breastfeeding Education: Improving Initiation And Duration Of Breastfeeding, Rhonda Coffey
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
The purpose of this research study was to examine the level of self-efficacy for new mothers attending a formal breastfeeding education compared to those that did not. Participants were asked to complete the Breast Feeding Self-Efficacy Scale - Short Form via telephone. Twenty primigravida mothers who were breastfeeding at the time of discharge agreed to participate. A Pearson correlation coefficient was calculated examining the relationship between the participant's level of self-efficacy and participation in formal breastfeeding. The Pearson correlation coefficient was positive but was not statistically significant ( r (18)= .250, p > .05) indicating no relationship between the participant's self-efficacy …
Patient Education In The Emergency Department, Bryan K. Devinney
Patient Education In The Emergency Department, Bryan K. Devinney
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
Patient education is a core component to the practice of nursing in many countries, including the United States. Emergency department nurses are often overwhelmed with the number of patients they must care for in short amounts of time. The patients are often in varying stages of evaluation and treatment, and the nurse may be involved in one-on-one interventions with these patients. This can leave little time for patient education, especially if the nurse does not feel like the patient education is meaningful or useful. Various factors can influence the ability and desire of the emergency department nurse to provide proper …