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Traits And Factors Influencing Eating Disorders In Female Collegiate Student-Athletes Versus Female Collegiate Non-Student Athletes, Brooke Schulte

Grace Peterson Nursing Research Colloquium

Abstract

Background: Eating disorders are of higher prevalence in female collegiate athletes. The factors that influence female collegiate athletes to be more disposed to eating disorders and disorderly eating are being analyzed and examined.

Objectives: The purpose of this integrative literature review aims to examine the factors that predispose female collegiate athletes to have a higher prevalence rate of eating disorders than female non-collegiate athletes.

Methods: This integrative literature review focused on articles that were published between the years of 2009-2019 and one article from 1999. The articles were retrieved from PsycINFO, HealthSource: Nursing, ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source, …

Effective Elements Addressed In Culturally Appropriate Interventions For The Prevention Of Diabetes For Hispanics And Latinos: An Integrative Literature Review, Anja Nenadic

Grace Peterson Nursing Research Colloquium

Background: People of Hispanic and Latino origin have a higher risk for developing type two diabetes and consequently developing further health compromising complications compared to any other ethnic groups.

Objectives:The purpose of this integrative literature review was to identify effective elements addressed in evidence-based culturally appropriate interventions for the prevention of type two diabetes in the Hispanic and Latino population.

Method: An integrative literature review was performed using CINAHL, ProQuest, and Academic Search Complete. The searches were completed using the following keywords: diabetes or diabetic, culturally competent care or cultural appropriateness or culturally appropriate or cultural sensitivity or …

Help-Seeking Barriers Amongst Hispanic Women With Postpartum Depression, Daisy Lopez Arroyo

Grace Peterson Nursing Research Colloquium

Abstract

Help-Seeking Barriers Amongst Hispanic Women with Postpartum Depression

Background: Postpartum depression (PPD), although dangerous for the mother and the child, is not often acknowledged by the Hispanic community. Due to this, there is a limited amount of research investigating the impact of PPD in Hispanic women. However, considering the detrimental effects of PPD on women, it is important to analyze the barriers that impede Hispanic women from seeking professional medical attention for their symptoms. This is especially true considering that the Hispanic population are the largest minority group in the United States and are accounting for a large portion …

The Effect Of Telemedicine With Healthcare Provider Feedback On Glycemic Control And Weight Loss In Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes, Monica B. Miguel

Grace Peterson Nursing Research Colloquium

Abstract

Background: Telemedicine with feedback (e.g., medication adjustments, lifestyle changes, support) may be effective in weight management and glycemic control. There has been mixed research determining whether telemedicine is effective in diabetes management and a lack of evidence identifying what strategies make it effective.

Objectives: The purpose of this integrative literature review was to identify whether telemonitoring with healthcare professional feedback is effective in weight management and glycemic control in those with type 2 diabetes and if so, how it is effective.

Method: An integrative literature review was conducted using the following databases: CINAHL, ProQuest, PubMed, and PsycInfo. Search …

Effect Of Promoting Psychosocial Resilience In Adolescents With Diabetes: An Integrative Literature Review, Britney Sandino

Grace Peterson Nursing Research Colloquium

Background: Adolescent obesity and diabetes increase the risk of numerous physiological health threats and psychosocial stress disorders. Educating this population on how to cope with physical and psychosocial stressors improves their health status and health-related quality of life (HRQOL).

Objectives: The purpose of this review was to provide the nursing community with insight on the health promotion effects of fostering psychosocial resilience in diabetic adolescents aged 7 to 17 and suggest specific methods to integrate into their plan of care.

Methods: An integrative literature review was performed using PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Health Literature, Ovid Medline, ProQuest …

Challenges To Diabetes Self-Management For Adults With Type 2 Diabetes In Low-Resource Settings In Mexico City: A Qualitative Descriptive Study, Robin Whittemore, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Selene De La Cerda, Denise Marron, Rosabelle Conover, Roberta Delvy, Annel Lozano-Marrufo, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla

Department of Public Health Scholarship and Creative Works

Background: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Mexico is one of the highest in the world, with high morbidity and mortality, and difficulty meeting glycemic targets. The purpose of this study was to identify the challenges for T2D self-management as perceived by both adults with T2D and health care providers in primary health clinics from Seguro Popular in Mexico City.

Methods: This was a qualitative descriptive study conducted in three Seguro Popular primary care clinics in Mexico City using convenience sampling. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants and data were analyzed using a content analysis approach.

Results: The …

Examining Predictors Related To Intent To Leave Nursing Among Advanced Beginner Nurses, Laura M. Domagala

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

Introduction: Advanced beginner nurses are at risk of leaving the nursing profession prematurely and therefore further contributing to the nursing shortage. After a review of the literature, there are no known studies to date that examine the impact of compassion fatigue (including burnout and secondary traumatic stress), and compassion satisfaction on intent to leave nursing in the advanced beginner nurses. Objective: The objective of this study is (1) to examine the difference between demographic characteristics and compassion fatigue, and compassion satisfaction, and (2) to examine significant predictors for intent to leave nursing in the advanced beginner nurse measured by compassion …

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Video-Based Education Of Venous Gas Embolism For Nurse Anesthesia Trainees, Danielle Balzano, Brianna E. Mcnamara

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

Background/Significance: Video-based learning is a growing method being utilized to train nurse anesthesia trainees (NATs) in crisis management, such as a venous gas embolism (VGE). Use of this educational modality may improve crisis management skills, competence, and confidence in the NAT. Purpose: The purpose of this project was to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational video in enhancing the appropriate crisis management of VGE among NATs as measured by their knowledge and confidence levels. Methods: A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design on a single group of participants was utilized for this project. A total of 14 first year NATs were recruited from …

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Improving Patient Safety By Reducing Falls, Laura Jefferson

Master's Projects and Capstones

In the microsystem setting of this project, there have been two patient falls, within the last year. These falls did not result in injury, hence, did not create additional cost for the hospital, nor the patient. Evaluation of the patient’s charts concluded that the fall risk assessments for the patients in question were not entirely indicative of their risk for falls. Additionally, the fall risk care plans were not patient specific in that they did not fully address the designated fall risks of the patient. An abundance of evidence exists supporting the need to reduce falls, and that fall reduction …

“Code Labor”: An Evidence Based And Interdisciplinary Approach To Managing Women Experiencing Precipitous Labor Outside Of The Labor And Delivery Unit, Rachel Wooten, Rachel Smedley

Research, Publications & Creative Work

Local Problem: Precipitous deliveries can incite adverse obstetrical events and poor outcomes. In one rural northern Alabama hospital, 75-100 babies are delivered monthly with an average of two precipitous deliveries occurring monthly.

Objective: The intent of the work was to address a cohort of obstetrical (OB) and emergency department (ED) nurses’ knowledge gaps regarding the care of women experiencing precipitous labor outside of the labor and delivery (L&D) unit. DESIGN A quasi-experimental design aimed at quality improvement at the healthcare system’s level was developed. A non-probability, quota sampling method was used to gather data.

Participants: Fifty-seven ED and OB RNs …

Perception Of Nursing Students Regarding Blended Learning Implementation At University Of Lahore, Pakistan, Muhammad Afzal, Tazeen Saeed Ali, Syed Amir Gilani

School of Nursing & Midwifery

Background and objectives: Blended learning (BL) is positive development in education. This method provoke the learner’s critical thinking and given different ways for implementation of their knowledge in real life. There are several advantages of blended learning to the faculty, students and institutions as well.
Methods: The Cross-sectional study design was used to collect data from nursing students. The study was carried out at Lahore School of Nursing, The University of Lahore, Pakistan. All nursing undergraduates students enrolled at elective practicum blended learning course at Lahore School of Nursing, The University of Lahore, Pakistan academic year 2016-2017 were included in …

Evidence Based Practice Implementation Of The Delirium Portion Of The Abcdef Bundle, Jessica Sumner

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Capstones

Background: Delirium is a common complication in the ICU setting and has serious long-term consequences. Increased mortality and long-term cognitive issues are associated with under-recognition and lack of treatment for delirium. Nursing staff must identify delirium and manage the event, in addition to providing care to other assigned patients.

Purpose: The purpose of this evidence-based project was twofold. First, the project set out to determine if implementation of the delirium portion of the ABCDEF bundle promoted delirium recognition and decreased ICU length of stay and ventilator days. Second, the project examined if the use of a structured delirium education program …

Emergency Department Nursing Psychological Care (Early Crisis Intervention) For Adult Victims Of Violent Crime: A Quantitative Study, Barbara Conn

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Recognition of the significance of early interventions and the importance of addressing psychological trauma for the victim of violence is of utmost importance for quality of life and the victim’s future. The serious impact of psychological trauma on victims of violent crime supports further study to determine whether Emergency Department (ED) nurses assess this trauma and initiate early interventions and referral for ongoing psychological care. Nursing care, assessment and early intervention with victims of violent crime was the focus of this dissertation study.

A quantitative study, with a non-experimental, descriptive design employed retrospective chart reviews to determine whether ED nurses …

Cultural Aspects Of End Of Life Advance Care Planning For African Americans: An Ethnonursing Study, John Collins

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Introduction: Advance directive completion rates among the general population are low. Studies report even lower completion rates among African Americans are impacted by demographic variables, cultural distinctives related to patient autonomy, mistrust of the healthcare system, low health literacy, strong spiritual beliefs, desire for aggressive interventions, importance of family-communal decision making, and presence of comorbidities. End of Life (EOL) advance care planning (ACP) promotes patient and family centered care. The purpose of this study was to identify culturally based meanings, expressions, and traditions of EOL ACP and decision making among African Americans, to better understand and provide culturally congruent nursing …

Mississippi Nurse Practitioners Utilization Of Prescription Monitoring Program And The Reduction Of Controlled Substances, Michaeline Bailey, Chelsea Lyle, Rhagen Nelson, Kristin Patterson

MSN Research Projects

Controlled substance abuse is a common problem in the United States. While the number of controlled substance deaths or injuries is increasing, the number of controlled substance prescriptions is increasing as well. Many providers acknowledge controlled substance abuse as a problem in the United States, but it is unknown how often these providers are taking measures to prevent abuse of prescribed controlled substances. Although all controlled substances are not acquired by legal prescriptions, many are. The aim of the study was to ascertain whether nurse practitioners in Mississippi are using the prescription monitoring program (PMP) to assist in creating a …

Reducing The Number Of Falls In On Lok Participants By Enhancing Homecare Services, En Zhu

Nursing and Health Professions Faculty Research and Publications

Falls in elderly are one of the major health concerns in the US. They comprise up to 80% of the key risk factors for injuries in the elderly in the US (Spears, Roth, Miake-Lye, Saliba, Shekelle, & Ganz, 2013). The project aims at reduction of falls among the elderly participants in On Lok program. Based on the findings of the literature review and observations conducted, the proposed intervention to address the practice gap will involve emphasizing the need for carrying the mobility devices, such as canes or walkers, along with clearing the participants’ home environment from hazards. The anticipated measure …

Implementing Foot Care Program In A Rural Clinic, Maliheh Bakhshi

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects

Abstract

The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its complications have increased in the United States (U.S.) in recent years. Patients with diabetes have a higher risk of foot ulcers due to diabetic peripheral arterial disease accelerated by the direct damage to the nerve and blood vessels in lower extremities by high blood sugar. Foot amputations, and frequent hospital admissions due to these and other diabetes complications are also increasing. Healthcare providers’ have a unique opportunity to prevent these complications and hospital admissions, and to promote patient wellness and physical well-being through the provision of timely education and direct …

Preventing Falls In A Medical Surgical Unit, Shalini Singh Rn, Msn

Master's Projects and Capstones

The prevention of patient falls continues to remain a challenge in healthcare. Up to 30% of falls often result in injury, which includes fractures, soft tissue trauma, or even death (Titler, 2016). Out of the recorded number of falls in hospitals worldwide, between 4% to 7% result in severe injuries to the patients. Falls in the hospital can prolong a hospital stay, increase hospital costs, and extend a discharge from home to a long-term care facility. With the prolonged stay of patients who fall in hospitals, hospitals costs are in a rise. Falls can increase the cost for not just …

Getting To Zero: Creating An Infrastructure To Support Fall Prevention In A Medical–Surgical Unit, Krys Elgarico

Master's Projects and Capstones

Problem: Hospital falls are a growing national patient safety concern that cause anxiety, pain, distress, serious injuries, and increased health care utilization. Despite the presence of a well-developed falls prevention protocol since 2017. Internal data from an inpatient medical-surgical telemetry (MST) unit indicate the largest number of fall-related events among the hospital’s departments.

Context: Practice improvement project was initiated in a 217-bed community hospital to determine barriers and potential success factors. This MST is a dynamic, 48-bed unit providing care to mainly geriatric patients who require continuous telemetry monitoring and complex medical, trauma, and surgical services. Senior leaders in the …

Preventing Falls In A Medical Surgical Unit, Shalini Singh Rn, Msn

Master's Projects and Capstones

The prevention of patient falls continues to remain a challenge in healthcare. Up to 30% of falls often result in injury, which includes fractures, soft tissue trauma, or even death (Titler, 2016). Out of the recorded number of falls in hospitals worldwide, between 4% to 7% result in severe injuries to the patients. Falls in the hospital can prolong a hospital stay, increase hospital costs, and extend a discharge from home to a long-term care facility. With the prolonged stay of patients who fall in hospitals, hospitals costs are in a rise. Falls can increase the cost for not just …

Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury Prevention: A Quality Improvement Project, Sukhjit Dhillon

Master's Projects and Capstones

Abstract

Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries (HAPI) can be costly for the hospitals and devastating for the patients. Most pressure injuries are considered preventable, but despite that a lot of Americans die from pressure injury related complications each year. Hospitals spend billions of dollars on pressure injuries which can be used for other treatments. A quality improvement project was created to address these concerns and improve patient care. There were 5 cases of HAPIs on the telemetry/stroke unit prior to the start of this project. Interventions were created to improve the outcome. After careful review of the related literature, HAPI prevention …

Cross-Cultural Adaptation And Psychometrics Properties Of The Arabic Version Of The Positive Thinking Skills Scale, Abir K. Bekhet, Veronica Nakhla, Isis Emile Gohar, Rawan Oudeh, Mary Gergis, Nadia Malik

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

Background

Identifying depressive cognitions in first-generation Middle Eastern immigrants (FGMEI) can be an important step to prevent the development of clinical depression.

Purpose

This study focused on the cross-cultural equivalence and psychometric testing of the Arabic version of the Positive Thinking Skills Scale (A-PTSS) among 100 FGMEI.

Methods

Content/face validity of the measure was conducted. Internal consistency, homogeneity, dimensionality and construct validity were assessed.

Results

Cronbach’s alpha for (A-PTSS) was .89. Factor extraction generated only one factor, which is consistent with the English version. The A-PTSS total score had a strong positive correlation with the positive cognition scores (r …

Enhancing Discharge Communication For Timely Patient Discharge: A Quality Improvement Project, Maricel Hiponia

Master's Projects and Capstones

A delay in discharge is a delay in patient care. The complexity of hospital discharge can be challenging and time-consuming in poorly coordinated discharge planning. Generally, older adults and those patients with chronic medical conditions are often met with challenges for after-care services and require more attention to discharge. Variations in discharge practice often resulted in hours, sometimes days in discharge delays with implications to cost, reduced patient satisfaction and outcomes. A well-structured team communication during rounding and bedside shift handoff has the potential to decrease discharge delays advertently increasing patient satisfaction and quality outcomes of care.

Prospectus For Decreasing Lab Specimen Errors, Sabrina Scruton

Master's Projects and Capstones

Abstract

It has been estimated that >160,000 adverse patient events occur each year in the United States because of patient or specimen identification errors involving the laboratory (Sandhu, et. al 2017). The overall effect of specimen labeling errors often leads to patient safety issues related to medication errors, misdiagnosis, and delays in care (Sandhu, et. al 2017). The Women’s Clinic (WC) an outpatient clinic located within a larger northern California acute care facility had noted a significant increase in the number of lab years in the last year. This clinic sees on average four hundred patients and collects hundreds of …

Prospectus For Creating A Nurse Suggestive Acuity-Based Staffing Model In Ambulatory Infusion Settings To Improve Patient Safety And Quality Of Care, Yongli Qiu

Master's Projects and Capstones

Due to the lack of reliable and valid infusion nurse suggestive acuity-based staffing model, ambulatory infusion settings are burden with potentially compromised patient safety, poor quality of patient care with over-scheduling of unexpected complex patients, limited resources related to nurses and infusion chairs, the dissatisfaction of patients and family members, and infusion nurses’ burn out. This project seeks to determine the appropriate nurse to patient acuity-based point ratio in staffing and scheduling factors that influence nurse staffing model, and established nurse staffing strategies. This three-month project was conducted with the infusion nurses, a nurse manager, a nurse supervisor, an assistant …

Addressing The High Rates Of Infant Mortality In The African American Population: An Integrative Literature Review, Faith Frangenberg

Grace Peterson Nursing Research Colloquium

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Interdisciplinary Lens On Indigenous Health Iniquities: Planning, Nursing, Anthropology, Geography, Education, Chantal Francouer, Alana Kehoe, Ivy Tran, Steven Vanloffeld, Lillian Woroniuk, Jacob Renaud

Head and Heart Posters 2019

Indigenous peoples experience poorer health outcomes on almost every measure of health and wellbeing, when compared to the rest of Canada. For decades researchers have been working independently on addressing health inequalities, yet little progress has been made on closing the gap. This Discipline-specific way of thinking is too narrow and neglects indigenous ideologies of holistic approaches to health. An interdisciplinary approach to indigenous health research provides a more collaborative and integrated opportunity to address the multidimensional aspects of health. This paper has the goals to contribute to the limited research on interdisciplinary indigenous health research.

Interdisciplinary Lens On Indigenous Health Iniquities: Planning, Nursing, Anthropology, Geography, Education, Chantal Francouer, Alana Kehoe, Ivy Tran, Steven Vanloffeld, Lillian Woroniuk, Jacob Renaud

Learning with your Head & Heart

Indigenous peoples experience poorer health outcomes on almost every measure of health and wellbeing, when compared to the rest of Canada. For decades researchers have been working independently on addressing health inequalities, yet little progress has been made on closing the gap. This Discipline-specific way of thinking is too narrow and neglects indigenous ideologies of holistic approaches to health. An interdisciplinary approach to indigenous health research provides a more collaborative and integrated opportunity to address the multidimensional aspects of health. This paper has the goals to contribute to the limited research on interdisciplinary indigenous health research.

Interdisciplinary Lens On Indigenous Health Iniquities: Planning, Nursing, Anthropology, Geography, Education, Chantal Francouer, Alana Kehoe, Ivy Tran, Steven Vanloffeld, Lillian Woroniuk, Jacob Renaud

2019 Cohort

Indigenous peoples experience poorer health outcomes on almost every measure of health and wellbeing, when compared to the rest of Canada. For decades researchers have been working independently on addressing health inequalities, yet little progress has been made on closing the gap. This Discipline-specific way of thinking is too narrow and neglects indigenous ideologies of holistic approaches to health. An interdisciplinary approach to indigenous health research provides a more collaborative and integrated opportunity to address the multidimensional aspects of health. This paper has the goals to contribute to the limited research on interdisciplinary indigenous health research.