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Continuing professional development in maternal health care: Barriers to applying new knowledge and skills in the hospitals of Rwanda
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: Improving maternal health, the fifth United Nations' Millennium Development Goal, is one of the main health concerns of many developing countries, where 90 % of the world's ... -
Continuing professional development planning made incredibly easy
(Sigma Theta Tau International, 2022-01-18)Planning a continuing professional development offering can be challenging as there are many components to ensure high quality education that engages the learner. This educational webinar will provide basic knowledge on ... -
Continuity in the Face of Changing Leadership
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015: During the growing number of transitions in nursing leadership, it is imperative that experienced nurse leaders are well poised to successfully nurture and facilitate the ... -
Continuous glucose monitoring and behavior change
Clinical usage of continuous glucose monitor (CGM) devices has started to become a novel way to integrate glucose control with improvement in lifestyle with behavior change by seeing blood glucose levels in real-time. CGM ... -
Continuous labour support in public health facilities in Nigeria: Midwives' perception and attitude
(2017-09-15)A qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study that explored the Nurse/Midwives perceptions and attitudes to Continuous Labour Support (CLS) in seven selected public health facilities in the South-West region of Nigeria -
Continuous versus intermittent nasogastric feeding for patients on mechanical ventilation: Impacts on gastric emptying and pulmonary aspiration-A comprehensive systematic review
(2012-01-04)(41st Biennial Convention) Every 100 patients receiving mechanical ventilation, 6-25 of them will acquire ventilator associated pneumonia. Nasogastric tube (NG) feeding is usually administered to patients on ventilator for ... -
Continuous virtual monitoring of hospitalized patients: Barriers and facilitators to implementation
In recent years, an increased use of observers has put a strain on nursing resources. An alternative, continuous virtual monitoring is an effective strategy to maintain patient safety and improve nursing budgets, however, ... -
Contraceptive choices application (app) development
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Background: Improved access to contraception and reduction of unmet need for family planning are key components to improve reproductive health ... -
Contraceptive preference and associated factors: Implication on pregnancy intentions among nursing mothers in southwest Nigeria
The gap between women’s reproductive intention and their contraceptive behaviour remain significant public health challenge. This has ultimately contributed to set backs in achieving the sustainable development goal ... -
Contraceptive use among low-income and ethnic minority women living in three urban underserved neighborhoods
(2014-11-17)Session presented on Thursday, July 24, 2014: Purpose: Ineffective and non'use of contraceptives have been associated with increased risk of unplanned pregnancy in the United States. Unplanned pregnancy rates and their ... -
Contraceptive use, counseling given and occurrence of venous thrombus embolism (VTE) in adolescent systemic lupus erythematosus patients (SLE)
(2016-11-07)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the contraceptive needs among SLE patients. The secondary aim was to evaluate side effects associated with contraceptive use such as VTE and weight gain. Methodology: ... -
Contributing factors in the successful cessation of drug and alcohol abuse in dependent mothers
(2017-10-19)This presentation focuses on the factors influencing mothers of newborns to either continue or discontinue use of drugs or alcohol during pregnancy. The desired outcome is to better understand barriers to cessation in hopes ... -
Contributing factors to diaper dermatitis in the NICU
Purpose: Describe the prevalence of diaper dermatitis (DD) and clinical characteristics of the infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) that develop DD. Explore the relationships between clinical characteristics ... -
Contribution of community-research advisory councils to research institutions: An effective strategy to inform community-engaged research
(2017-07-27)Community engaged research (CER) provides a platform for maintaining equitable partnerships with community members and researchers. This approach can be challenging when there is a divergence between community acceptance ... -
The contribution of physical activity to sleep parameters in pregnancy within the context of prepregnant body mass index
Sleep disturbances are common among pregnant women and pregnant women with obesity are especially prone to problems sleeping. Disturbed sleep is independently associated with the inflammatory process and adverse pregnancy ... -
Contribution of Short-Term Medical Mission (STMMs) to City of Canaan, Haiti: Clinic of Hope
Participants will be able to understand the importance of short term medical mission on health and well being of the recipient country. The community needs assessment was completed by implementing a Community needs assessment ... -
Contributions of patient characteristics and organizational factors to patient outcomes of diabetes care in Hualien, Taiwan
This cross-sectional study measured quality of diabetes care and explored the contributions of patient and organizational factors to patient outcomes of diabetes care in Hualien, Taiwan. Donabedian's structure-process-outcome ... -
Contributions of three nursing leaders to the development of registered nursing education in Jamaica, 1946–1986
The historical research design is used to document the contributions that Misses Ruth Nita Barrow, Gertrude Hildegarde Swaby and Julie Symes made in advancing the status of professional nursing education in Jamaica, between ... -
Contributory elements in the introduction of new health care delivery models to health care systems globally
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe influential factors in the introduction of expanded nursing roles to existing health-care systems for improving access to care in health workforce shortage areas ... -
Contributory factors towards perinatal and infant mortality in Jubilee Hospital
(2017-02-09)Perinatal and infant mortality remains a serious challenge in developing countries including South Africa. Current statistics indicate that there is high perinatal and infant mortality in the selected district hospital in ...
