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Evaluating debriefing methods for high fidelity simulation
(9/22/2016)The purpose of this study is evaluating effectiveness of debriefing. The PICO(T) question asks “for nurse educators debriefing in simulation (P) how does using the Debriefing for Meaningful Learning (DML) method (I) ... -
Evaluating psychiatric nursing competencies applied to emergency settings: A pilot role delineation study
Aims: 1) To examine emergency department (ED) nurses’ reports of a) frequency b) importance and c) self-efficacy related to the application of recommended psychiatric nursing competencies in three domains (i.e., ... -
Evidence based practice in school nursing: A study of school nurses in Central and Eastern North Carolina
The purpose of the study, Evidence Based Practice Use: A Study of School Nurses in Central and Eastern North Carolina, is to gain insight of the barriers and facilitators of evidence based research in the school setting. ... -
Exploring the School Nurse’s Perception of Caring for Students with Severe Allergies
The role of the school nurse continually evolves, with an increase in students who are medically fragile, have disabilities and those diagnosed with both acute and chronic illnesses. A major challenge for the school nurse ... -
Factors leading to the resignation of nurse educators at a Johannesburg nursing college
The purpose of the study was to explore and describe the factors that led to the resignation of nurse educators at a Johannesburg nursing college and to describe strategies to retain them. A qualitative, exploratory, ... -
"Falling hair and drilling bone": A phenomenological inquiry into the lives of adolescents undergoing chemotherapy
(2017-12-07)This study, employing the interpretative phenomenological approach, explored the adolescents‟ experience of undergoing chemotherapy. Five (5) coresearchers were carefully chosen based on a present criteria set upon by the ... -
Family planning methods among couples of a selected Barangay in Tacloban City: Basis for healthcare program enhancement
The increase of population affects many aspects of society, including living conditions, basic needs, employment status and most importantly the health system. It is thus imperative to adequately plan family size in order ... -
Gatekeeping access to emergency departments: A survey of HMO policies
The purpose of this study is: (1) to determine if the practice of "gatekeeping" to control access to emergency departments by clients is a prevalent practice in nationwide Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs}; (2) to ... -
Global health education in Chinese universities: Potential for collaboration with schools of nursing
Background The Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) and the Chinese Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CCUGH) were established within public health schools in North America in 2009 and in China ... -
The health impacts of nursing shift work
This descriptive pilot study was intended to evaluate negative outcomes of shift work stress in nursing. Objective analysis of waist-hip-circumference ratios (WHR) and subjective survey reports were utilized to assess ... -
Health service cost and use associated with advance directive documentation among patients with COPD
Little available research has focused on the question of whether advanced-careplanning has the potential to impact health-care related spending especially in patients with chronic and incurable conditions such as Chronic ... -
HIV/AIDS awareness among first year nursing students in four nursing schools in Guyana
In Guyana, many adolescents grow up in broken families and live in an environment where violence is pervasive. Inadequate knowledge about safe sex practices, poor attitudes towards sexual health and poverty are further ... -
Hopelessness and spiritual well-being in persons with HIV infection
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between hopelessness and spiritual well-being in a population of persons diagnosed to be Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive. Demographic variables were ... -
How nurse-led clinics improve health care access
The project will seek to address how nurse-led clinics enhance access to health care services, lead to patient satisfaction, and offer inexpensive and quality health care services. To evaluate these variables, the project ... -
How well do providers screen for depression and suicide in adolescents?
(2017-04-13)Suicide is the third leading cause of death among 15-24 year olds. Research indicates that suicide can be prevented with early screening and treatment. More than 50% of patients suffering from some form of mental ... -
Identification of nurses' stressors during electronic records implementation
The problem was a gap in knowledge regarding the stress nurses experience with electronic medical records. The participants were mostly female nurses working in a hospital during and 6-months after implementation of an ... -
The impact of leadership behavior on employee engagement: A qualitative study
Employee engagement has been shown by previous researchers to improve the quality of work that is produced. Previous researchers have focused on how various leadership styles impact engagement. Researchers have revealed ... -
Impact of nursing interventions on perioperative throughput: A review of the patient undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the ambulatory surgery setting versus acute care setting
Opportunities for increased efficiencies can be evaluated by assessing current processes and examining the components of each step to identify adjustments for improvements within a hospital's perioperative department. ... -
The impact of readmission on family caregivers of children following ventricular peritoneal shunt surgery
Objectives: Family caregivers work tirelessly to ensure their loved ones don’t need to return to the hospital after discharge. This study will examine the impact of readmission on family caregivers of children who have had ... -
The impact of short papers on clinical decision making skills of nursing students
Clinical decision making and critical thinking are fundamental skills to ensuring the success of undergraduate nursing students. Nursing faculty, and specifically clinical nursing faculty, are responsible for encouraging ...