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The type of household can impact the process of sexual communications with African American adolescents
By attending this session, participants will learn how the type of household that an adolescent lives in can impact the sexual communication process. The quality and content of these sexual messages vary underscoring the ... -
U.S. educated versus internationally educated nurses' perceptions of collaboration and joy and meaning in work
In this presentation, we will discuss the background on the challenges faced by internationally educated nurses. Based on our research using a large nationwide survey, we will then describe differences between U.S. educated ... -
U.S. health system reform, children's health care and nursing: An integrative policy analysis
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: Purpose: Conducting an integrative analysis of ahealth policy is an important skill for nurse leaders. This presentation will review the process of health policy analysis and ... -
UAE nursing vision: The journey of a profession
Fatima Al Rifai, PhD the Advisor for nursing affairs for Ministry of Health and Prevention and the Secretary of the UAE Nursing and Midwifery Council (UAE NMC) will speak to her leadership experience upgrading and promoting ... -
UK Healthcare Enterprise Wide Initiative: Decreasing Hospital Acquired Urinary Tract Infections
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015: Purpose: Hospital acquired infection (HAI) is a critical patient safety concern. These infections are a reflection of hospital care provided to patients. The prevalence of HAI ... -
The ultimate leadership suite: The corner office
(2017-07-25)There is a quiet revolution underway as the initials “RN” are appearing on corner office doors. Smart, bold, and exceedingly talented nurses are blazing trails into domains once considered unheard of for nurses. ... -
Ultrasound guided vs. standard direct visualization of peripheral intravenous access in Kilimanjaro Region emergency department
The use of ultrasound is becoming more portable and affordable for healthcare providers. However, there is scant literature on ultrasound use for PIV access outside of developed countries. -
Ultrasound-assisted neuraxial anesthesia: An online education module
Because US imaging is successfully used for peripheral nerve blocks, central venous catheter placement, and other procedures, it is reasonable to suppose that it may be a solution to improve neuraxial anesthesia in challenging ... -
Umbilical cord care practices in the Volta Region of Ghana: A cross sectional study
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016: Purpose: In developing countries such as Ghana, care of the umbilical cord is a major concern because it is one of the leading sources of neonatal sepsis (Black et al., 2010). ... -
Unacknowledged conditions and workplace bullying
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015: Where it exists and is allowed to fulminate, workplace bullying is known to have significant and devastating effects on individual employees ... -
The unborn one: The human experience of miscarriage
This dissertation's purpose was to describe the human experience of miscarriage and the caring needs of the women who miscarried. Using a qualitative (modified grounded theory) research design, a convenience sample of 20 ... -
Uncertainty and depression as mediators of quality of life in patients with heart failure
(2017-07-18)Purpose: Based on the Mishel’s uncertainty in illness theory (UIT), this study is to investigate the mutual relationships among uncertainty in illness, depressive status (DS) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) ... -
Uncertainty in illness and health literacy in pancreatic cancer patients
Neither uncertainty nor health literacy has been studied with a focus on pancreatic cancer patients whose complicated and challenging illness experiences predispose to uncertainty and require proficient health literacy to ... -
Uncertainty in the medically-managed patient with coronary heart disease
The relationships among uncertainty, perceived control, and self-management were examined in 71 coronary heart disease patients. Analysis revealed lower levels of uncertainty predicted higher levels of self-management ... -
Unconventional nursing: Exploring non-traditional nursing roles
Besides the well-known traditional nursing career paths, such as the clinical and academic settings, there is a wide variety of non-traditional nursing roles worth exploring. This concise advocacy manuscript seeks to open ... -
Uncovering issues most important to parents after their child's suicide attempt: A comparison study
(2017-07-19)Purpose: The purpose of this presentation is to compare two studies that surveyed adolescent mental health experts practicing in a suburban and rural setting on their perspectives as to what matters most to parents after ... -
Uncovering racial bias in fundamental nursing textbooks: A critical hermeneutic analysis of the portrayal of African Americans
Racial bias reinforces White Americans as normative, thereby contributing to limiting, slanting, or controlling information to students. Although racial bias has been documented in non-nursing textbooks, racial bias has ... -
Uncovering the lifeworlds of college students who are food insecure: An interpretive phenomenological inquiry
Food insecurity (FI) is a concern for many college students, and contributes to significant physical, mental, and academic stressors. Experts have described the need for qualitative research. A better understanding of the ... -
Under pressure: An emergency department journey to reducing pressure injuries
Pressure injuries remain a healthcare concern, despite interventions being applied in the inpatient setting. This project implemented an emergency department-specific pressure injury screening question to be used upon ... -
Under reporting of workplace violence by nurses in a regional hospital in South Africa
Quantitative, descriptive research was conducted to determine why nurses in a regional hospital in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, under-report workplace violence. Data was collected with a questionnaire and analysed ...
