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Let me tell you more about breast cancer!
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Saturday, July 25, 2015: The purpose of this presentation is to show how a team of RNSN students from Miami Dade College - Community Nursing course were able to disseminate awareness among the community ... -
Let the circle be unbroken: Health of elderly southern Appalachian widows
The purpose of this study was to facilitate discovery and description of the health experience from the perspective of elderly Appalachian widows. The concepts of health, health beliefs, and health practices were explored ... -
Let there be light! Using alternate light sources to detect and improve cutaneous bruise visibility
Victims of violence have latent cutaneous bruises due to skin color, injury age, or depth. A randomized controlled trial measured the effectiveness of alternate light sources in improving visibility over white light, while ... -
Let us not forget those who can no longer remember us: The faces of Alzheimer
(2017-10-23)Caregivers face many challenges, from understanding the illness to providing immediate care, or planning for the future. A person with Alzheimer's can be cared for in the home, but requires a balance between the care given ... -
Let's be practical now
Provide the opportunity for qualifying BRCN students to test for IL LPN state licensure after junior year to improve staffing ratios and patient outcomes. -
Let's Do Nights! Improving Bi-Directional Communication With Nursing Service by Implementing a Tiered Huddle Structure
A systematic, bi-directional communication method was implemented for effective operations and optimization of patient and staff safety. This qualitative study was replicated from an original study and expanded to the night ... -
Let's Get Engaged! Creating a Culture of Safety
Work engagement impacts retention, burnout, job satisfaction, patient satisfaction, and improved patient outcomes. Research has yet to illuminate the importance of work engagement in nursing professional development (NPD) ... -
Let's get moving: Evidence-based practice project
(2016-04-01)Session presented on Friday, April 8, 2016: Barriers to implementing Evidence Based practice have been reported extensively include: lack of time, lack of resources and lack of knowledge. Nurses are aware of the value of ... -
Let's Get Started: Building EBP in New Nursing Students
Gain an understanding on how to build a evidence based, experiential learning program for new nursing students. This presentation will guide individuals attending this conference on how to build an evidence based rich ... -
Let's move: Promotion of physical activity in the treatment of depression
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Over the years, the prevalence of chronic diseases (resulting from poor lifestyle behaviors) and especially mental health disorders, such as ... -
Let's talk: Giving caregivers of adolescents tools to facilitate conversations about mental health
Suicide is a preventable cause of death. Education can lead to detecting warning signs, early treatment, and suicide prevention. Offering parents of adolescents education through “More Than Sad”, a 90- minute ... -
Letting go: How newly-graduated registered nurses in western Canada decide to exit the nursing profession
The Canadian Nurses Association predicts the nursing shortage will rise to an estimated 60,000 Registered Nurses (RNs) by the year 2022. Further compounding this issue is the approximate 14-61% of nursing graduates who ... -
Let’s be blunt- legal ≠ safe: Addressing maternal marijuana use while breastfeeding
Marijuana exposed infants are at a greater risk of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes and neurological morbidities. Utilizing the Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) approach may effectively ... -
Let’s check in: Engaging student and faculty in an innovative and collaborative online learning environment
This symposium will engage nurses across roles working in the online academic environment,in a dialogue specific to challenges and opportunities inherent in designing and sustaining a collaborative learning environment. ... -
Level 2 and level 3 patients in a 5-level triage system: Factors related to acuity assignment and trajectory of the emergency department experience
Clinical decision making in the emergency department (ED) can have a significant impact on patient safety and health care outcomes. One type of clinical decision making is the process of emergency department triage. Within ... -
Level and predictors of self-care behaviors (SCB) among educated and uneducated patients with heart failure (HF) in Pakistan
(2014-11-17)Session presented on Sunday, July 27, 2014: Purpose: Self-care among heart failure patients is found to be affected by several factors including education as one of the most significant predictor. Prior studies on self-care, ... -
Level of health literacy and parent/guardian asthma knowledge
(2018-06-12)The purpose was to use Orem's Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory to examine the relationships among level of health literacy, asthma knowledge, and the ability of parents/guardians to care for asthmatic children. -
Level of self-esteem and contributive factors in Japanese undergraduate nursing students
(2017-10-13)This study investigated the level of self-esteem in Japanese undergraduate nursing students and to examine the potential variables that might contribute to promote healthy self-esteem for the students. -
The Level of Volatile Organic Compounds Exposure in New Buildings: Can Adding Indoor Potted Plants Reduce Exposure?
(2015-01-15)Session presented on Friday, September 26, 2014: Background: According to Florence Nightingale, the connection between health and the dwelling of the population is one of the most important that exists. In the United ... -
Levels of perceived HIV/AIDS stigma and potential consequences among Indigenous Mexican Indian women
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016: Purpose: Background and purpose. While there has been a decrease in the number of new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths, HIV infection remains ...