Implementation Of The Dynamic Appraisal Of Situational Aggression (Dasa) Tool On Inpatient Mental Health Unit, Maira Rodriguez

Student Scholarly Projects

Practice Problem: Inpatient mental health units are vulnerable to aggression and violence, which may lead to physical injuries. It is essential to implement proactive measures to prevent violence before it escalates.

PICOT: In an adult inpatient mental health unit (P), does the use of the Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression (DASA) (I), compared to no screening for aggression (C) decrease restraints and seclusion, provide early detection and awareness of aggressive behaviors (O) within ten weeks.

Evidence: The DASA assessment tool has been tested in various settings, such as forensic and general adult mental health units. It has also been found …

Adhd Medication Compared To Behavioral Therapy In Children’S Test Scores And Behavior Throughout A School Year, Lyly N. Le, Sydni Herdt

SACAD: Scholarly Activities

Abstract

Objective: To compare the efficacy of ADHD medication to behavioral therapy in children, aged 6-10, through test scores and behavior throughout a school year.

Design: Quasi-experimental

Setting: Roosevelt Elementary School in Hays, KS

Participants: Children ages 6-10 diagnosed with ADHD

Methods: With the necessary consents, participants meeting the necessary criteria will undergo their fall semester with only behavioral therapy to manage their ADHD and then utilize medications their spring semester. The SNAP-IV survey will be utilized to measure the efficacy of the two treatment approaches based on teacher and parent perceptions. Test scores will offer a quantitative measurement.

Results/conclusion: …

Standardized Patient Overlays In Undergraduate Nursing Simulation To Improve Clinical Competency, Vivian Bowman

SACAD: Scholarly Activities

Nurse educators use simulation as a tool to teach and evaluate clinical skills. The opportunities have expanded with the advancement of new technologies related to high-fidelity (HFS) simulation. However, HFS has limitations, as there is a lack of meaningful two-way communication. During the last 10 years, educators have increased the usage of standardized patients (SPs) in simulation experiences. SPs can add realism to a simulation, providing nonverbal cues and psychological responses that a manikin cannot produce. Hybrid simulation further enhances the SP experience by incorporating a wearable overlay, such as a tracheostomy, urinary catheterization, or chest tube care simulator. This …

The Impact Of Telecritical Care On Length Of Stay In A Critical Care Setting, Mallory Oberts

Student Scholarly Projects

Practice Problem: At a major metropolitan VA hospital, there was a lack of adherence by the nursing staff to the TeleCritical Care program for adult patients in the critical care setting.

PICOT: The PICOT question guiding this project was: In adult patients admitted to critical care (P), does the implementation of TeleCritical Care (I) compared to standard critical care without telemedicine (C) decrease length of stay (O) within 8 weeks (T)?

Evidence: The literature review identified improved quality of care delivery, decreased length of stay, and reduced mortality rates as key benefits of implementing TeleCritical Care in …

Actions To Improve In-Patient Communication On Medication Teaching, Tracy Wei

Student Scholarly Projects

Practice Problem: Medication education is a national and global patient safety challenge. Healthcare organizations often lack consistent and effective medication teaching policies. Studies have found that the teach-back method is an effective interactive communication practice of medication teaching to achieve optimal patient outcomes.

PICOT: In direct care nursing staff (P), How does an evidence-based medication teaching bundle (I) compared to the current medication teaching practice(C) affect staff adherence to the dissemination of medication teaching to hospitalized patients (O) in 12 weeks (T)?

Evidence: A review and appraisal of 12 research studies demonstrated that the teach-back method was …

Prevención Del Cáncer De Cuello Uterino, Mary Luz Monroy Rubiano, Claudia Viviana Jiménez Ángel, Sandra Patricia Urueña Carmona

Ciencias de la Salud

Este libro es una estrategia de promoción de la salud y prevención del cáncer de cuello uterino, desarrollada por los grupos de investigación SATTWA y TATAMASALUD. Basado en un proyecto realizado en Girardot, ofrece a las mujeres herramientas para identificar los aspectos clave del cáncer de cuello uterino, subraya la importancia del autocuidado y proporciona información básica para su prevención. Con estadísticas alarmantes sobre su prevalencia y mortalidad en Colombia, esta guía presenta información científica de manera accesible e ilustrada, permitiendo a las lectores compartir y difundir este conocimiento en sus comunidades. Unidas en una meta común, es posible reducir …

Transition Programs For New Nurses In Practice, Karissa Sandland

Nursing Masters Papers

Retention of nurses is a continuous topic focused in all levels of nursing. New graduate nurses have a higher turnover rate due to lack of support and lack of education causing them to find an alternative position. Transition programs can aid in retention of new graduate nurses. The aim of this paper is to explore best practices for transition programs for new graduate nurses in improving retention rates. An integrative literature review was used to find supportive literature of transition programs and retention of new graduate nurses. Twenty-eight articles were found. Results of the literature review showed transition programs involving …

Impact Of Processed Food On Heart Health, Elizabeth A. Moxley

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

Impact of Processed Food on Heart Health

March 14, 2024|Elizabeth Moxley

Cardiovascular disease (CVD), particularly atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), remains the leading cause of death on a global scale.^[i],[ii] CVD is also the leading cause of death in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), specifically in low- and middle-income countries.^[iii] In spite of the improvement in ASCVD outcomes in recent decades, pervasive levels of ASCVD morbidity and mortality continue to be unfavorable.^[iv] According to the American Heart Association,⁵ effectively promoting dietary improvements and engagement in regular physical activity help prevent the ongoing risk …

Comparison By Race/Ethnicity And Social Determinants Of Health In Early Postpartum Maternal Morbidities, Cynthia Joy Garringer

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Maternal mortality continues to increase in the United States, despite medical advances. Patients with negative social determinants of health (SDOH) and racial/ethnic minorities are at increased risk for maternal morbidities although most mortality and morbidities found in maternal health could have been prevented. The purpose of this study, guided by the SDOH conceptual mode, was to examine the relationship between the five components of SDOH and early postpartum morbidities among minority racial and ethnic groups. Secondary data (n = 1401) were obtained from a state health department in the Midwest for women who delivered in the year 2022 from one …

Cannabis Use Is Associated With Higher Rates Of Pseudarthrosis Following Tlif: A Multi-Institutional Matched-Cohort Study, Xu Tao, Abhijith V. Matur, Syed Khalid, Geet Shukla, Phillip Vorster, Kelly Childress, Rebecca Garner, Justin Gibson, Daryn Cass, Juan C. Mejia Munne, Kyle Mcgrath, Natalie Ivey, Julia Garcia-Vargas, Andrew Wu, Seth Street, Jay P. Mehta, Louisa Onyewadume, Henry Ofori Duah, Benjamin Motley, Joseph S. Cheng, Owoicho Adogwa

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

Study Design.  This was a retrospective cohort study. Objective.  To compare the rates of pseudarthrosis in patients undergoing 1 to 3 level transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) procedures between cannabis users and noncannabis users. Summary of Background Data.  Recreational use of cannabis is common, though it remains poorly studied and legally ambiguous in the United States. Patients with back pain may turn to adjunctive use of cannabis to manage their pain. However, the implications of cannabis use on the achievement of bony fusion are not well-characterized. Methods.  Patients who underwent 1 to 3 level TLIF for degenerative disc disease or …

Establishing The Validity And Reliability Of The Astroskin® Biometric Shirt, Alex Macquarrie, Jasmin Sidhu, Chloe Deetlefs, Steve Whitfield, Matt Stainer

Topics in Exercise Science and Kinesiology

Topics in Exercise Science and Kinesiology Volume 5: Issue 1, Article 4, 2024. Biometric garments such as the Astroskin® biometric shirt (Carre Technologies, Montreal, PQ) may be useful for non-invasively monitoring human physiology in a number of applied settings. The Astroskin® biometric shirt measures and records continuous heart rate (HR), blood oxygenation (SPO2), systolic blood pressure (SBP) and respiratory rate (RR). The aim of this study was to establish the reliability and validity of the Astroskin® biometric shirt. This was achieved through comparing the Astroskin® with a commercially available hospital-grade cardiac monitor, the corpuls3® (Stemple GmbH, Kaufering, Germany) for the …

The Positive Impact Of Reducing Polypharmacy On The Quality Of Life For Older Adults With Serious Illness, Stephanie Orlando

Student Scholarly Projects

Practice Problem

The rising prevalence of chronic health conditions, the aging of the population, and advances in healthcare technology have contributed to the rampant over-prescribing of medications and the prescribing of potentially inappropriate medicines (PIMS) in community-dwelling older adults. Additionally, reluctance by the medical community to deprescribe and resistance among patients and their caregivers due to misperceptions about withdrawing treatment has further perpetuated the problem.

PICOT

The PICOT question for this project was, in community-dwelling older adults over age 60 receiving palliative care, does the implementation of an interprofessional deprescribing intervention compared to standard care by a home-based medical care …

Implementing Hourly Rounding In Reducing The Rate Of Falls Among Older Adults In Long-Term Care Facilities, Alfred Amaechi

DNP Projects

Background

Falls are events with a resultant effect of an individual accidentally or unintentionally coming to rest on the floor, ground, or other lower level; also, injuries sustained from falls may be fatal or non-fatal depending on the severity of the fall (World Health Organization [WHO], 2021). Falls are the second leading cause of unintentional injury deaths globally; each year, an estimated 684 000 individuals die from falls globally, of which over 80% are in low- and middle-income countries; adults older than 60 years of age suffer the greatest number of fatal falls, and 37.3 million falls that are severe …

Policy Review And Recommendation: Full Practice Authority For Nurse Practitioners In The Southwestern United States, Sara J. Rowe

Student Scholarly Projects

This policy analysis investigates the benefits of full practice authority (FPA) for Nurse Practitioners (NPs) in the Southwestern United States, using Arizona as an FPA model and California and Tennessee as comparison states. The PICO question that directed the project is: for NPs practicing as advanced practice nurse practitioners within the Southwestern United States region (P), does a comprehensive policy recommendation for FPA for NP-led clinics in the secondary education space (I) compared to existing variable approaches within the region (C) improve access to care and direct or indirect patient outcomes as endorsed by the literature (O)? A comprehensive literature …

Implementation Of A Parent Training Program During Community-Based Dissemination (From In-Person To Hybrid): Mixed Methods Evaluation, Heather Mcgrane Minton, Linda Murray, Marjorie J. Allan, Roslyn Perry, Amie F. Bettencourt, Deborah Gross, Lauri Strano, Susan M. Breitenstein

Nursing Faculty/Staff Publications

Background: Parent training interventions support and strengthen parenting practices and parent-child relationships and improve child behavior. Between March 2018 and February 2020, a community-based parenting program conducted 38 in-person Chicago Parent Program (CPP) groups. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we modified the delivery of the in-person CPP to hybrid delivery using the self-administered, web-based version of the CPP (ezParent) paired with web-based, video conferenced group sessions.

Objective: This study aims to describe the delivery transition and implementation outcomes of the hybrid delivery of the CPP (ezParent + group) during community-based dissemination.

Methods: This single-group, mixed methods retrospective evaluation examined …

Exploring Barriers To Effective Covid-19 Risk Mitigation, Recovery, And Chronic Disease Self-Management: A Qualitative Multilevel Perspective, Gayenell S. Magwood Phd, Rn, Faha, Faan, Charles Ellis Jr, Chanita Hughes Halbert, Ebony Allen Toussaint, Jewel Scott, Lynne S. Nemeth

Publications

Introduction: Many research activities have focused on SARS-CoV-2 infection and subsequent COVID-19 respiratory illness during the pandemic. However, significant racial inequities emerged months after the COVID-19 pandemic began. The similarity between racial/ ethnic disparities in COVID-19 and those for other diseases raised awareness about the context for risk exposure and healthcare access. The purpose of this study is to examine social and structural determinants of health among COVID-19 survivors, carepartners, and the perspectives of healthcare stakeholders who experienced disruption during the early pandemic.
Material and methods: A purposive sample of interviews (n=9) and focus groups (n=10) were used to collect …

Modifying Aha Stress Management And Physical Activity Modules For Senior Communities, Madai Molina Apolinar, Kristina Luu, Sarah Allen, Samantha Isabel Pio Argueta, Annalise P. Sanders, Emil Visaya

Nursing Leadership in Community Engagement Projects

Modifying AHA Stress Management and Physical Activity Modules for Senior Communities

This quarter our group was given the opportunity to partner with two organizations to conduct work surrounding blood pressure and heart health education. One of our partners was a senior living organization whose mission is to transform beliefs about affordable housing through supporting communities where seniors and families can thrive. We also collaborated with the American Heart Association (AHA), which seeks to combat cardiovascular disease and stroke for the improvement and overall health of the population.

For this project, we were tasked with simplifying the AHA “Check. Change. Control.” …

Healthy Coping Mechanisms Within The Recovery Setting, Ingrid Erickson, Izzi Hill, Ylliam Umipig, Hallie Hicks, Hanin Ghazal, Hannah Haynes

Nursing Leadership in Community Engagement Projects

Healthy Coping Mechanisms Within the Recovery Setting

Introduction

Nineteen percent of the Seattle-Tacoma Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population ages 12 and older are using illicit drugs (Brief, 2012). And twenty-two percent have an excessive alcohol use disorder (Brief, 2012). Six Seattle Pacific University nursing students (the team) were assigned a leadership project at a recovery center in downtown Seattle. The recovery center is a non-profit organization that aims to provide hope, healing, and community to those within the recovery community. Members have experienced anything from homelessness to addiction, trauma, and mental health struggles and the center provides a way to …

Developing A Caregiver Educational Tool For Children With Behavior Issues, Grace Healy, Elise Arkills, Joshua Anderson, Emma Vetter, David Njeri, Avery Strieby

Nursing Leadership in Community Engagement Projects

Developing a Caregiver Educational Tool for Children with Behavior Issues

The team was tasked to create a health-based solution for problems facing a non-profit agency. The agency is a branch of an organization in King County, where providing critical familial needs, strengthening familial bonds, and preventing homelessness are the primary aims. Last year, the agency was able to assist 669 families, and the numbers are continuing to grow as more resources become available.

The team included six Seattle Pacific University nursing students, who are enrolled in a Nursing Leadership in Community Engagement course. After collaborative meetings with the managers at …

A Video Based Training Review, Sarah Kessel, Rachel Cyers, Alicia Johnson, Macky Juan, Malia Lafrance, Julia Zajac

Nursing Leadership in Community Engagement Projects

A Video Based Training Review

This project addresses the issue of homeless youth in Seattle by supporting those working with this population. Our intervention intends to provide staff with training materials to better support the homeless youth in Seattle. The agency that we are partnering with provides temporary housing for homeless youth and seeks to find permanent housing solutions. The purpose of our project is to help agency employees review and assess their knowledge on selected topics relevant to their initial training. This project compiles a collection of evidence-based training videos with knowledge competency quizzes to help strengthen understanding on …