Browsing by Author Affiliations "Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, USA"
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A novel peer mentor model for nutrition education within a food pantry
Food insecurity has continued to increase. To combat food insecurity, the number of food pantries has increased. Nutrition education delivered within a food pantry is a suggested strategy to improve the diets of those who ... -
Nurses eat their young: Bullying in the critical care setting
Incivility is a pervasive problem in nursing, and is seen quite frequently in the critical care setting. This project explores interventions to reduce incivility in the workplace in order to improve nurse retention and ... -
Nurses' Experiences of Resilience in the Workplace: A Scoping Review of the Literature
Resilience has been identified as a mediating factor in the development of nursing burnout. Healthcare organizations and leaders should consider implementing workplace programs that will foster resilience to mitigate ... -
Parental perceptions of their adult children caring for siblings with chronic mental illness
This qualitative study addresses elderly parents' perceptions of the burdens and responsibilities of their adult children who may provide care for their siblings with chronic mental illness. -
Perceptions regarding the effect of doctoral teaching on faculty ability to maintain a program of scholarship
(2013-05-13)Session presented on Saturday, April 13, 2013: Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify perceptions among faculty members teaching in DNP and PhD programs about the effects of their involvement in ... -
Perinatal nurse home visiting and rates of diabetes and hypertension among child-bearing mothers
(2017-07-25)Purpose: Increased rates of maternal mortality in the United States and prevalence rates of diabetes and hypertension especially among women who live in socioeco- nomically disadvantaged communities, under- score the ... -
Policy development for the use of human milk and breastfeeding in the United States
Experiences from the American Academy of Nursing Jonas Policy Scholars Program and the Expert Panel on Breastfeeding will be used to highlight development of leadership skills to transform and design health care policy. -
Predictors of work engagement among doctorally-prepared nursing faculty
(2018-03-15)The shortage of nursing faculty has prompted research to look at ways we can recruit and retain nursing faculty members and concepts such as the work engagement are one such way we can do so. The research aims to evaluate ... -
A profile of U.S. nursing faculty in research-and practice-focused doctoral education
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: Purpose and Significance: Growth in DNP programs has outpaced growth in PhD programs, and DNP graduates have moved into doctoral education in greater numbers than PhD graduates. ... -
Promoting safe medication administration using simulation
(2018-04-03)This presentation will describe a two-group, pre-test/post-test study, and the associated instrument development and psychometric testing, to assess the use of medication safety enhanced simulation based learning experiences ... -
Simulation for clinical preparedness for pediatric emergencies
(2017-09-22)The outcomes for children who sustain an in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest remains poor. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine if pediatric simulation affects nurses' knowledge, practices, and confidence when ... -
Standardized patient simulation as an active learning strategy in oncology symptom management: A pilot study
(2018-03-14)This presentation will describe the development of and findings from a pilot study that evaluated the effectiveness of standardized patient simulation, as an active teaching strategy, in enhancing senior baccalaureate ... -
Undergraduate nursing students’ perceptions and attitudes towards nursing research: An integrative review
This presentation will discuss an integrative review of the literature about undergraduate nursing students' perceptions of nursing research and factors which affect that perceptions. Results and implications for nursing ... -
Work engagement as a component of a healthful work environment in nursing faculty
The shortage of nursing faculty has prompted researchers to look at ways we can recruit and retain nursing faculty members and concepts such as the healthful work environments and work engagement are ways we can do so. The ... -
Work-life balance of doctoral nursing program faculty and implications for nursing education
(2017-03-03)Session presented on Saturday, March 18, 2017: Purpose and Significance: Work-life balance (WLB) contributes to a healthy work environment and is an issue that may affect job performance, job satisfaction and one's intent ...