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Perioperative immersion program: Transition to practice

Creasy, Edward

Purpose: To design, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of a perioperative immersion program for senior nursing students to help the transition from classroom knowledge to practical skills and competency in the ...

Perioperative low-dose ketamine infusion and its impact on postoperative pain: An evidence based practice analysis

van den Hoven, Joseph Edward (2018-05-31)

Acute pain after surgery is a common problem with multiple consequences. Patients, anesthesia professionals, and surgeons want adequate pain control with minimal side effects. Opioid analgesics are commonly relied upon in ...

Perioperative management of patients on buprenorphine-naloxone

Kirubel, Surafel; Fort, David

To combat opioid use disorder (OUD), more than 2.2 million patients are reported to be using buprenorphine-naloxone for opioid maintenance therapy. Buprenorphine-naloxone is a semi-synthetic mu receptor agonist-antagonist ...

Perioperative nurses perceptions of moral courage

Dinndorf-Hogenson, Georgia A.

Problem: Threats to patient safety exist in perioperative nursing. Nurse appraisal of these threats and the likelihood to act with moral courage have not been documented. Design: This descriptive correlational study examined ...

Perioperative nurses' perceptions of their nursing practice environments

Cengiz, Adem; Yoder, Linda H.; Danesh, Valerie

In this session, the findings from a national survey of perioperative nurses practicing in the U.S will be presented. Perioperative nurses’ current perceptions of their nursing practice environments and the differences ...

Perioperative opioid sparing techniques in pediatric tonsillectomy

Bourg, Andrew; Herbinger, Lisa

Pediatric tonsillectomy is 1 of the most performed surgeries and is not without risks. Tonsillectomy patients often have co-morbidities, including obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), sleep-disordered breathing, or recurrent ...

Perioperative pain management in patients on opioid replacement therapy: An integrative review

Boer, Meghan (2017-06-26)

Despite the lack of compelling evidence to support long-term efficacy in the treatment of opioid abuse, opioids are one of the most common classes of medications prescribed in the United States. As such, the significant ...

Peripartum pain control in the opioid dependent parturient

Young, Jaclyn

There are several reasons practitioners prescribe opioids to pregnant women, including back pain, abdominal pain, migraine, joint pain, fibromyalgia.1 The most frequently prescribed opioids are hydrocodone, codeine, ...

Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC) and the efficacy of tip placement confirmation with ECG ultrasound-guided technology and chest radiography

Morrell, Elizabeth A.

AIM: The aim of this study was to appraise the efficacy of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC) tip placement confirmation using a fully-integrated magnetic tracking system and ECG ultrasound-guided insertion ...

Peristomal skin integrity of patients with tracheostomy

Korkmaz, Fatos; Aksoy, Turkan (2016-03-17)

Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015: Purpose: Study was carried out to determine effect of barrier cream on peristomal skin integrity. Background: Patients with tracheostomia are facing new problems every day. Among ...

Persistence factors described by nursing students of African descent: A narrative inquiry

Spencer, Claudette R.

High attrition rates among nursing students of African descent have resulted in a nursing workforce that lacks diversity. Research has largely focused on the obstacles facing students who dropped out of their nursing ...

A persistent problem in America's paradise: Examination of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States Virgin Islands

Dalmida, Safiya George (2016-03-21)

Session presented on Sunday, November 8, 2015: Background: For over a decade, the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) has consistently had one of the highest prevalence rates of HIV infection in the nation. The USVI had the highest ...

Person- and family- centred care

Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2015-05)

This nursing Best Practice Guideline (BPG) is intended to replace the RNAO BPG Client Centred Care (2002) and its supplement (2006a). It is to be used by nurses and other members of the interprofessional health-care team ...

Person-centered care and leadership in long-term care

Rajamohan, Santhiny (2017-10-27)

A person-centered care leader with a dedicated workforce will transform the long-term care industry. By inspiring the workforce to provide the best quality care enhances the lives of the older adults. Leaders' role-modeling ...

Person-centred caring towards improvement of diabetic foot care compliance in rural primary health care, KwaZulu-Natal

Joubert, Anné

This study aims to identify how registered nurses could achieve person-centred caring to improve diabetic foot care compliance in the rural primary healthcare context in KwaZulu-Natal.

Person-centred caring towards improvement of diabetic foot care compliance in rural primary health care, KwaZulu-Natal

Joubert, Anné

This study aims to identify how registered nurses could achieve person-centred caring to improve diabetic foot care compliance in the rural primary healthcare context in KwaZulu-Natal. The objectives were to: - Determine ...

Person-directed team-based process for nurse-led invention: Development of three novel technologies to support cancer survivors

Walker, Rachel

This session, led by an oncology nurse scientist and inventor, will provide an overview of a theory-guided nurse-led technology invention process. Three empirically-based case examples featuring co-design with cancer ...