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The Effects Of A Faith-Based Diabetes Program For African Americans, Pandora Goode
The Effects Of A Faith-Based Diabetes Program For African Americans, Pandora Goode
International Journal of Faith Community Nursing
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to pilot test the effectiveness of a diabetes self-management program for African Americans with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) in a group format in a faith-based setting. The rationale for the study was to create appropriate diabetes education in response to the growing diabetes prevalence among African Americans. The investigator hypothesized that after completing a 12-week program, participants would have improved diabetes knowledge, self-management practices, hemoglobin A1C, and an increase in self-efficacy. By reaching these goals, this program would contribute to one of the Healthy People 2020 objectives of increasing the proportion of …
Nursing Spirit, Volume 1 (Spring 2016), Neal Chambler, Dean, Mary Bennett, Director, Susan Megahee, Editor, Creative
Nursing Spirit, Volume 1 (Spring 2016), Neal Chambler, Dean, Mary Bennett, Director, Susan Megahee, Editor, Creative
School of Nursing Publications
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The Role Of The Faith Community Nurse In Fostering Spirituality In Those With Alzheimer's Disease, Verna Carson Phd, Pmh/Cns-Bc
The Role Of The Faith Community Nurse In Fostering Spirituality In Those With Alzheimer's Disease, Verna Carson Phd, Pmh/Cns-Bc
International Journal of Faith Community Nursing
Alzheimer ’s disease (AD) strips individuals of memories and abilities that have defined them as productive adults throughout their life. While the decline in memory is real and results in a ‘loss of self’ this does not equate to a ‘loss of soul.’ AD patients continue to have spiritual needs throughout their life as do the family, and/or caregivers. This article explores the spiritual needs and care of AD patients and families and the unique opportunity faith community nurses have to help the AD patient and their support system. The Reisberg Functional Assessment Staging System is used to explain the …
Primary Care At Home: Nurse Practitioners' Perceptions And Practices, Tonya Bragg-Underwood
Primary Care At Home: Nurse Practitioners' Perceptions And Practices, Tonya Bragg-Underwood
Doctor of Nursing Practice Technical Reports
Background: Primary care at home is not a new idea, but rather a reinvention of an old and almost forgotten practice. Today, only 1% of primary care visits are provided in a home setting; despite the increasing aging homebound population in the United States. Current primary care at home research relates improved patient outcomes with primary care at home visits. Primary care at home is reemerging in the United States, but currently is not generating many positive reviews. There is a gap in the current primary care at home literature regarding nurse practitioner home visit practices and perceptions. Methods: A …