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Recruitment and cost analysis of screening midlife African-American women for a lifestyle physical activity intervention trial
(2013-10-22)Session presented on: Thursday, July 25, 2013: Purpose: A challenge for implementing physical activity interventions in underserved communities is successful recruitment of participants. The need for a medical release ... -
Recruitment and retention in studying childhood obesity in Saudi Arabia
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Monday, July 25, 2016: Purpose: The purpose of this presentation is to examine recruitment and retention issues encountered during a mixed methods study on childhood feeding and growth in Saudi Arabia. ... -
Recruitment and retention of Indigenous students in a baccalaureate nursing program
(2017-03-24)The Indigenous peoples of northern Alberta possess considerable challenges to their health and wellbeing. Research has shown that one strategy to improve the health of this population demographic is to increase the number ... -
Recruitment and retention of male nursing students
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: Background: The national workforce of RNs in Canada is only 6.8% male, with provincial percentages of male RNs ranging from their lowest in Prince Edward Island (2%) to their ... -
Recruitment and retention of men in nursing: A global challenge
(2012-01-04)In terms of gender in nursing men represent only 5.8% of registered nurses in Canada (CIHI, 2008). Consequently, men remain an under-tapped resource in the discipline where they should reflect the diversity of the public ... -
Recruitment and retention using your chapter website in The Circle
(2016-09-26)Session presented on Sunday, September 18, 2016: The Circle is a powerful tool that allows each STTI chapter an opportunity to recruit and retain members. This session will focus on making updates to your site, and how ... -
Recruitment roundup
(2016-09-26)Session presented on Saturday, September 17, 2016: Improper recruitment practices can result in low acceptance and retention rates. Attend this session to learn quick tips to help recruit members to your chapter. -
Recurrent Bacterial Vaginosis: An evidenced-based protocol for the improvement of patient outcomes
Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) is the most frequent vaginal infection of women of childbearing age, with a prevalence of 10% to 50% (Parma, Vanni, Bertini, & Candiani). BV in women has been associated with pelvic inflammatory ... -
Red blood cell transfusion in the ICU: A systematic review
(2017-09-26)In the critically ill patient, who is not actively bleeding, is the transfusion of a single unit of red blood cells helpful or harmful? This presentation will share a systematic review of the evidence to answer that question. ... -
The Red Box Strategy for Contact Precautions
(2014-11-17)Session presented on Monday, July 28, 2014: Purpose: This work originated in a small community hospital who committed to achieving Magnet designation. As part of this commitment, an identified need was to develop a means ... -
Redefining retirement: Planning for the life you want
Dr. Patricia Tabloski and Joanne Evans share some of the lessons they learned and published in their recent book, Redefining Retirement For Nurses - Finding Meaning In Retirement. They interviewed twenty-six nurses nationally ... -
A redemption story: A case study of a faith-based addiction recovery process
(2017-06-29)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to acquire an in-depth descriptive explanation regarding the role of the faith-based recovery program and the influence of this program on the healing of body, mind, and spirit and the ... -
Redesign of a post-licensure population health course using an online virtual community environment
(2017-06-20)For purposes of curriculum assessment, the perceptions of both students and faculty were collected regarding their experience with a virtual community in a population health course. The research question of the study was: ... -
Redesigning a nursing course to increase self-directed learning (SDL): A pilot study
(2016-03-29)Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016, and Friday, April 8, 2016: The purpose of this pilot study was to determine if course redesign assists students to become self-directed learners over time. The Research question ... -
Redesigning the baccalaureate curriculum to address population health using simulation
(2018-03-28)There is a critical need to redesign baccalaureate curricula to promote population health competencies. Improved student learning outcomes and increased population health competencies were found among 585 baccalaureate ... -
Reduce CLABSI of a medical intensive care unit in a tertiary referral center in Taiwan
The average central line-associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) rate of ICU was 3.89â ° , higher than the average rate of 2.6â ° in all medical centers in Taiwan. which motivating us to improve this ... -
Reduce sepsis-related unplanned 30-day readmissions at a hospital based skilled nursing facility
With intention of early recognition and management of sepsis, the ongoing scholarly practice project (SPP) has integrated staff education, every 4 hours vital signs monitoring, and prompt nursing-initiated sepsis management ... -
Reduced central line-associated bloodstream infection by application of integrated evidence-based care bundle in critically ill patients
(2012-01-04)Central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infections (CBI) are frequent causes of morbidity and mortality in intensive care units (ICU). The purpose of this study is to apply an integrated evidence-based care bundle ... -
Reducing acute care hospital setting inpatient falls with implementation of hourly rounding: A quality improvement project
Falls in the acute care setting can lead to serious patient injuries. Despite continued efforts to reduce falls, falls are still a common occurrence. One strategy that has been identified as promoting patient safety, ... -
Reducing antibiotic use in the management of upper respiratory infections in the urgent care setting
(2017-07-14)Purpose: Upper Respiratory Infections (URIs) are the most common presenting complaint to urgent care centers across the United States. Regardless of etiology or provider specialty, antibiotics are prescribed 60% of ...
