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A correlation between pre-admission preparation and same-day surgery cancellations
(2017-09-22)Patients undergoing surgical procedures must have adequate surgical preparation for anesthesia, procedures, and post-operative care to avoid cancellation. The primary focus of this quality improvement project was to determine ... -
Academic achievement in children with new-onset seizures or asthma
It has long been recognized that children with epilepsy have more learning difficulties in school than either children without seizures or children with other chronic disorders, such as asthma. Problems such as repeating ... -
Academic nurse educator attitudes regarding their role educating ethnically and racially diverse nursing students: A focused ethnography
The purpose of this research was to explore academic nurse educator attitudes, specifically beliefs and values, regarding their role educating ethnically and racially diverse students through the lens of culturally relevant ... -
Academic nursing administrators' experiences with social distancing during COVID-19: A qualitative study
The COVID-19 pandemic brought about many unpredictable challenges requiring flexible and adaptable solutions for higher education, especially in nursing academia. The COVID-19 pandemic challenged nursing academia, including ... -
Academic success factors influencing linguistically diverse and native English speaking associate degree nursing students
To address the healthcare needs of vulnerable populations, nursing educators should evaluate educational preparedness and identify which factors influence a successive academic trajectory in nursing school. A prospective ... -
Access to care of adults with chronic illness
This study investigated the relationship of chronic illness and access to health care in adults responding to the 1986 National Access to Health Care Survey. Access to care was defined as actually entering the health system ... -
Access: Effects of a State-funded Policy in One Community
America is in the midst of a health care crisis, and access to health care is a significant problem. As this crisis has escalated with little response from the federal government, state governments have begun to respond. ... -
Accessing prenatal and perinatal health care services: Experiences of first generation Latina immigrants in a rural west Tennessee county
Between 1990 and 2000, there was a substantial immigration of people of Latino heritage to the United States. Tennessee, with an increase in Latino residents of 278.2%, had the fourth largest percentage Latino population ... -
Acculturation and health status among Hispanic American elders
Hispanic Americans are at risk for health-related problems. Disparities in diseases such as diabetes and obesity, access to health services and health insurance have placed Hispanic Americans at a disadvantage. Sociocultural ... -
Acculturation, self-efficacy and breastfeeding behaviors in a sample of Hispanic women
Breastfeeding confers immunological, physiological and psychological benefits for the infant and mother as well as social and economic benefits to the nation. The United States Department of Health and Human Servcies (HHS), ... -
Acculturative stress, psychological flexibility, and cardiovascular health behaviors among second generation Arab Americans in the greater Washington DC region
Arab Americans are under-represented in cardiovascular (CV) research, but recent evidence reveals they are at disproportionate risk for poor CV health behaviors when compared to the overall United States of America population. ... -
Acknowledging the perceived clinical practicum experiences of nursing students to identify clinical accommodations to mitigate respective clinical anxiety
Anxiety is an emotion that can interfere with the academic performance, health, and prosperity of nursing students. Understanding the experiences as perceived by the student may assist in uncovering the underlying causes ... -
Action-logics of veterans health administration magnet nurse executives and their practice of supporting nurses to speak up
Health care organizations typically have a hierarchical structure, with physicians dominant and nurses subordinate. The challenge to open and honest communication between doctors and nurses is real, and communication errors ... -
Acts of resistance: Nurses' personal narratives
Acts of resistance can be expressions of creativity, protest or non-cooperation by oppressed groups. Resistance is seen as always present in the face of domination. Acts of resistance can help us to understand how the ... -
Acuity-based assignments to decrease missed nursing care
Nurses strive to deliver quality patient care in a healthcare environment that can be very challenging at times. High patient acuity is one of many variables that contribute to the difficulties that nurses face in the acute ... -
Acuity-based staffing in long term care: Does it influence quality?
Background. Long-term care settings have frequently been targeted as environments prone to deficiencies in quality and resultant negative effects on resident safety. The use of minimum nurse staffing ratios has been proposed ... -
Acupuncture for symptom management in a menopausal population: An exploration of mechanism and experience
This early phase study examined the effects of a series of ten standard-protocol acupuncture treatments over four weeks in 12 healthy, but symptomatic, menopausal women. In addition to measuring two biologic markers that ... -
Adaptation to chronic pain: Religious and non-religious coping in Judeo-Christian elders
The purpose of this cross-sectional, correlational study was to examine the relationships between chronic pain, the use of religious and non-religious coping, and the health outcomes of functional ability, depression, and ... -
Addressing intimate partner violence in primary care
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a prevalent issue with women being at the highest risk for victimization. Healthcare providers are in a position to identify and treat the victims of IPV. A systematic review of the ... -
The admission and discharge nurse role: A quality initiative to optimize unit utilization, patient satisfaction, and nurse perceptions of collaboration
(2016-06-15)Registered nurses are at the frontline of the hospital admission and discharge process. Efficiency and collaboration during these processes are critical to the patient care experience and the promotion of safe, high quality ...
