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Lifestyle characteristics correlated with daily life functions of patients with mental disorders
(2014-11-17)Session presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014: Purpose: It is important for patients with mental disorders to have stable daily life functions. In order to achieve this, institutions, such as psychiatric daycares and ... -
Lifestyle counseling for uncontrolled hypertensive patients in an underserved health clinic
Poster was presented on Wednesday, December 11, 2019The purpose of this project is to provide hypertensive patients with an increase in knowledge of how nutrition and exercise affect blood pressure by providing self-management ... -
Lifestyle medicine for the advanced practice nurse
(Sigma Theta Tau International, 2023-09-20)During this presentation, the advanced practice nurse will be introduced to the six pillars of lifestyle medicine including the scientific evidence to support the utilization of these pillars in the prevention, treatment, ... -
Lifestyle medicine: Person-centered, high-value, evidence-based care
(Sigma Theta Tau International, 2023-03-22)Lifestyle medicine utilizes therapeutic lifestyle interventions as a primary modality to treat noncommunicable chronic conditions such as metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes. Nurses and advanced ... -
Lifestyle promoting behaviors, spiritual perspective, and perceived stress among baccalaureate nursing students at a HBCU
Implications for stress management techniques incorporated throughout the nursing curriculum as students matriculate throughout nursing programs, yielding the potential to play an important role in maintaining or improving ... -
The lifestyles for good health of women with cervical cancer
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore various lifestyles for good health of women with cervical cancer. Methods: The methodology involved unstructured interviews and verbatim transcriptions of the recorded ... -
The lifetime influence of families in the lives of women with cerebral palsy
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Drawing on data from a qualitative study of 8 adult women with CP, the purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to examine their perceptions of ways their families and individual family members contributed ... -
Lifting behavior, back pain, and back injury among registered nurses in the hospital setting
Back injury among nursing personnel engaged in direct patient care in the hospital setting has been shown to be a primary occupational health concern. The primary agent of back injuries among nurses has been reported to ... -
Lifting off with Magnetism: Advancing Air Force nursing excellence
(2015-03-24)The aims of this evidence based project were to transform a global organization’s practice culture and advance nursing excellence by infusing Magnet characteristics into healthcare settings. A call to ... -
Light in the Midst of Darkness: Lived Experiences of Cancer Warriors
Employing a qualitative approach about the lived experiences of cancer warriors, this paper delved into the perceptions of pediatric cancer patients towards cancer, their coping mechanisms, changes that they experienced ... -
Light therapy in seasonal affective disorder
Based on current findings of Meta-Analysis, we suggest that the use of light therapy treatment in seasonal affective disorder(SAD) patients for a minimum of 3 weeks. -
Light therapy on sleep phase-shift in shift workers: A meta-analysis
(2017-07-03)Purpose: The treatment effects of Light therapy on sleep were widely studied. However, there was limited meta-analysis had investigated the dose-response of light therapy and for shift workers. We are conducting a meta-analysis ... -
Lights, camera, action: Lessons learned from a nursing and theater collaboration
A collaboration between theater and nursing allowed the offering of a unique learning opportunity for students. Theater students were trained as standardized patients (SPs). Nursing students engaged with the SPs to practice ... -
Like mother, like child: Maternal attitudes and behaviors on weight-related health behaviors in their children
(2017-07-25)Childhood obesity is one of the most serious global public health challenges. The increased prevalence of childhood obesity is 30% higher in low and middle-income countries including China. This presentation will identify ... -
Limitations and promotion of nursing diversity: The motivation to employing a more diverse educational workforce
Limitations real or perceived associated with offering a diverse educational foundation related to a diverse nursing population and promotion of diversity as a motivating factor in recruitment of a diverse educational ... -
The limitations of body mass index (BMI) as an obesity assessment scale and the implications for practice: A nursing perspective
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015: Rising obesity rates have a significant impact on morbidity, mortality and subsequent delivery of health services globally. Therefore accurate ... -
Limited English Proficiency (LEP) identification in emergency departments
Problem: Individuals who present to the emergency department for care are initially met by registration personnel or a nurse depending on route of patient arrival. Patients who present to the emergency department ... -
Limiting the attributable mortality of healthcare-associated infections and multidrug resistance in critically ill patients
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Friday, July 24, 2015: Severe healthcare-associated infections are associated with a poor prognosis for patients cared for in intensive care units. This is partly because most of these patients suffer ... -
A linguistic and culturally-appropriate digital tool to increase cancer screening utilization in Hispanic women
Designed to increase breast and cervical screening in Hispanic women living in the US, this digital tool incorporates health literacy, multimedia education and USPSTF Guidelines to serve as an educational and screening ... -
Linking Centralized and Decentralized Nursing Education
(2017-12-01)<p>A large multi-hospital system adopted an innovative strategy to unite the system NPD practitioners in the centralized education department and decentralized unit based NPD practitioners. The goals of this approach ...