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Nurse family member perceptions of patient death and nursing care after withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment
Purpose/Aims: This pilot study explored nurse family member perceptions of nursing care and patient quality of death and dying during and after withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment within Intensive Care Units ... -
The feasibility of using a theory-based, online delivery microlearning system to educate nurse practitioners about clinical skin examination for melanoma
Background: The incidence of malignant melanoma (MM) has doubled in the United States over the past 20 years. Early diagnosis and favorable prognosis rely on patients’ accessibility to healthcare providers for clinical ... -
The effects of nursing program simulation experience level and type of advanced organizer on clinical judgment performance, satisfaction, self-confidence, and perceived cognitive load of pre-licensure nursing students in simulation based learning
Nursing education programs face many challenges with training students to become professional nurses who will practice safely in an evolving and complex healthcare system. Nurse educators are obliged to prepare students ... -
Evaluating student knowledge, self-confidence, and satisfaction during a postpartum hemorrhage simulation scenario
(Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 2021-05-13)Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is an avoidable medical emergency that is the primary cause of nearly one-quarter of all maternal deaths worldwide (WHO, 2018). Pre-licensure nursing students are often unknowledgeable about ... -
Associate and baccalaureate degree nursing students' knowledge of the attitudes toward medication errors and reporting medication errors: Implications for curriculum development
This paper evaluates senior nursing students' knowledge and attitudes of medication errors and reporting errors. This study was conducted to evaluate a need for improvements to nursing education on these two concepts. This ... -
Exploring the homeless persons perception of living in a long-term care facility
Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of homeless persons admitted to a nursing home facility. Originally, the study was to explore their understanding of and their experience with advance ... -
An ethnographic study of pre-graduate precepted nursing student clinical placements in long-term care homes
Long-Term Care (LTC) home recruitment challenges and nursing student disinterest in such clinical placements and careers, underscore this study’s urgent need. This qualitative focused ethnography explored preceptor, faculty ... -
Exploring factors linked to weight status in Salvadoran infants
Background: Obesity rates in the US have risen dramatically, especially among Hispanic adults and children. Because of the high prevalence of overweight and obesity in Latino children by preschool age, it is prudent to ...
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