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Improving the cultural competency of registered nurses in a bachelor's completion program
(2015-11-03)The purpose of this project was to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention project that was designed to increase cultural competence of registered nursing (RN) students who were completing their ... -
Improving the diagnosis and management of generalized anxiety disorder through the implementation of the GAD-7
(2016-09-26)Session presented on Sunday, September 18, 2016: Anxiety disorders affect millions of American adults in any given year, causing feelings of fearfulness and uncertainty. Individuals suffering from anxiety often have ... -
Improving the ED admission process
Poster presentationSession I presented Wednesday, October 2, 10:00-11:00 amPurpose: Our project is focused on improving efficiency and decreasing variability in the ED admission process. Prior to this project our ED admission ... -
Improving the effectiveness of the informed consent process in elective aesthetic procedures
Informed consent is commonly reduced to a legal formality rather than upholding its ethical ideal of being a process of shared decision-making. We present a multiphase development process model for creating a patient ... -
Improving the emergency department handoff to facilitate inpatient throughput
(2017-12-04)Poster presentation Session F presented Friday, September 15, 2017 Purpose: Emergency Department (ED) throughput has been identified as a major factor that can impact care and quality throughout the hospital (Handel et ... -
Improving the experience of culturally diverse nursing students: A qualitative study
Current literature reflects a need for an overall increase in the number of nurses and an increase in ethnic and racial diversity in the nursing profession. The lack of diversity is a global nursing concern, and nursing ... -
Improving the experiences of night shift nurses in Australian regional public hospitals: An action research project
(2014-11-17)Session presented on Sunday, July 27, 2014: Purpose: To develop a participatory plan to improve the working experience of night shift nurses and enhance delivery of patient care in Australian regional acute inpatient ... -
Improving the health of populations through an academic-community partnership
(2017-07-27)The University at Buffalo School of Nursing (SON) initiated a community based interprofessional education activity using Ohio State University’s Million Hearts ® curriculum. The SON guided formation of an ... -
Improving the healthcare experience for the transgender population
Participants can expect to learn about the experiences of transgender young adults in the healthcare environment. The session will include a discussion of how case studies containing transgender specific content were ... -
Improving the implementation of the CDC guidelines of the HPV immunization
The purpose of this planned quality improvement project is to improve the implementation of the CDC guidelines of standard of care regarding the HPV immunization. This will increase the immunization rate of the HPV vaccination ... -
Improving the management of tardive dyskinesia on an inpatient mental health unit
The purpose of this quality improvement project was to implement a practice change on the adult mental health unit at a rural hospital in the Upper Midwest to improve the accuracy and increase the rate of completion of the ... -
Improving the new graduate and undergraduate student nurses' critical thinking ability through the use of simulation in nursing: A systematic review of literature
(2015-10-26)Background: Implementing what is learned in the classroom into clinical practice is an important aspect of nursing. According to Koontz, Mallory, Burns, and Chapman (2010) the clinical environment is one of the most valuable ... -
Improving the odds of natural disaster survival in Haiti with first responder training
(2017-10-06)The purpose of this presentation was to share the experience of a Sigma Theta Tau International member advocating for and initiating a disaster preparedness project in Haiti. -
Improving the oral communication skills of undergraduate nursing students with language support: A 6-month follow-up
This study examined the relationship between students' use of academic literacy support and oral communication performance as measured by a Coherence, Lexical, Grammatical, Pronunciation (CLIP) index. The CLIP index tool ... -
Improving the quality of care for persons with disabilities
A program of research on health issues and concerns of persons with disabilities, the status of health care for this population, and nursing's role in care of this vulnerable population will be presented and discussed. -
Improving the quality of care for the sick newborn: Focusing on kangaroo mother care and breastfeeding
(2017-01-10)The project aimed at improving the knowledge and practices of KMC and breastfeeding for the neonates in Stanfield ward. Approximately 90-150 neonates are admitted in Mulago Hospital/month. Fears and misconceptions ... -
Improving the quality of refugee health: A community speaks
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016: Recent United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) data has shown an increase in the number of refugees worldwide, based on the latest 2013 report the number reached an ... -
Improving the Rate of Admission MRSA Screening and Intervention
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is a leading cause of hospital acquired infection (HAI) and healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP), resulting in increased length of stay, morbidity, cost, and death. ... -
Improving the timeliness of retinal exams
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a deterioration of the retina due to damage caused by diabetes. This condition can cause vision distortion and blindness. Screenings for this condition are an important part of regular diabetes ... -
Improving the use of advance care planning in assisted living facilities
Ensuring patients receive care in the fashion they so choose at the end of life should be considered and addressed upon any admission process. The project site noted many unnecessary, repeated emergency room (ER) visits ...
