Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Tau Tau"
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Reducing readmissions through medication reconciliation program in primary care
Background: Hospital readmissions are a major expenditure within our healthcare system. Poor medication adherence and literacy greatly increases the risk of readmission. To combat this problem insurance payors incentivize ... -
Reducing stress: An intervention for registered nurses
The nursing profession has been described as a stressful profession and prolonged exposure to stressful situations without interference has been known to be injurious to the emotional and physical wellbeing of the individual ... -
Reducing the intake of red and processed meats in food pantry consumers
Background: Nutrition interventions prevent chronic disease and improve health outcomes. Often, these affect socioeconomically advantaged populations disproportionately, widening the gap in health disparities. Of the ... -
Reliably assessing dyspnea in non-communicative end-of-life patients
Problem: Will education provided to nurses at a Midwest community hospital about the Respiratory Distress Observation Scale (RDOS) result in increased knowledge on how to assess patients who are unable to self-report ... -
Scenario-based learning for forensic nurse examiners
Problem: Approximately 53 million American women have faced a form of violent sexual crime during their lives. Victims often report experiencing further trauma by a healthcare professional who does not have specialized ... -
Skin-to-skin contact after birth to promote newborns' vital stabilization: An evidence-based project
(2016-02-05)The hours immediately following birth are a crucial time for an infant to sustain life. Skin-to-skin contact (SSC) during this time provides the infant with natural thermoregulation and promotes oxygenation. The purpose ... -
Sleep hygiene education for rural adults
This is a DNP Capstone paper. This DNP project examined what effect a community based sleep hygiene education program had on the quantity and quality of sleep in rural adults. Participants received a 45 minute oral PowerPoint ... -
Sociocultural, physiologic, and psychologic variables that influence pain in the fibromyalgia patient
It is estimated that fibromyalgia, a chronic condition in which pain occurs in 98% of the patients, can be found in 3- to 6-million American adults with females as the majority of those suffering. The purpose of this study ... -
Support for family caregiver burden in home care on providing urination care
The care burden of family care providers who provide care to the elderly at home is high. Therefore, focusing on "urination care", which is said to have a large nursing-care burden, identifying the type of burden and ...