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Compassion Fatigue: Exploring The Impact On Emergency Department Nurses, Lauren E. Pittman
Compassion Fatigue: Exploring The Impact On Emergency Department Nurses, Lauren E. Pittman
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
The purpose of this thesis project was to explore levels of compassion fatigue in emergency department nurses. Compassion fatigue has directly affected many nurses’ lives as well as impacting the field of nursing in various ways. Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring served as the theoretical framework for the study. The literature maintains that the prevalence of compassion fatigue has been established, yet severity varies among institutions and specialties. A quantitative study to determine the level of compassion fatigue in ED nurses was conducted by utilizing a group on the social media site Facebook that is specific to travel nurses …
Bedside Nurses' Perceptions Of Intensive Care Unit Telemedicine In A Rural Setting, Susan Parker
Bedside Nurses' Perceptions Of Intensive Care Unit Telemedicine In A Rural Setting, Susan Parker
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
Healthcare is a rapidly changing and continuously advancing field. Currently, virtual care technology (e-ICU) is moving into many rural healthcare facilities in an effort to improve patient care outcomes and bridge physician and nursing shortages. The purpose of this Masters of Science thesis is to determine the impact that electronic telemedicine has on the quality of nursing care at the bedside. The study done by Mullen-Fortino et al. (2012) in an urban academic center was replicated to compare the bedside nurses’ perception of ICU telemedicine in a rural hospital setting. Thirty-eight rural ICU nurses working with ICU telemedicine responded to …
Stemi Gender Differences, Rhonda Anderson
Stemi Gender Differences, Rhonda Anderson
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
The purpose of this study was to look at gender differences in a ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), in a population from a large tertiary hospital over one year and three months period to see if there were differences in female and male population. Looking at the time of onset of symptoms to time in seeking treatment and to see if this had an impact on morbidity, treatment modalities, and length of stay in the hospital. The time of onset of symptoms to time of treatment is important because of the time-dependent nature of reperfusion strategies. This can minimize myocardial …