Browsing by Research Approach "Pilot/Exploratory Study"
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Accentuating the “I’s” and Eliminating the “D’s”: Inducements and Discouragements for Students Transitioning from Associate Degree to Baccalaureate Degree Nursing Programs: A National Review
(2016-04-14)To improve the health-care system, we must address the current shortage of highly qualified nurses; to address this shortage of highly qualified nurses, we must elevate more nurses to the baccalaureate level of education ... -
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 ... -
Advance Care Planning in Patients with Heart Disease: A Practice Improvement Initiative
(2015-07-24)Background: Despite cardiovascular disease being the number one cause of death, advance directives are infrequently used in this population. The Patient Self- Determination Act (PSDA) took effect in 1991 to protect patients’ ... -
An Evaluation of the Effectiveness fo a Post Discharge Telephone Program to Decrease Hospital Readmissions for Patients with Heart Failure
(2015-06-16)The goal of this quality improvement pilot project was to evaluate the effectiveness of a post discharge telephone program to decrease 30-day hospital readmissions for patients with heart failure at one acute care hospital ... -
Application in Practice of Evidence-based Practice by Online MSN Graduates
(2014-05-13)Research into evidence-based practice (EBP) by on-ground, MSN graduates has been extensive. However, there has been no research to date studying EBP in online, MSN graduates. This exploratory descriptive study was ... -
Assessment of Level 3 and Level 4 NI Competencies Tool Development
(2018-03-22)Aim: To develop a reliable and valid instrument for self-assessment of perceived level 3 informatics specialist and level 4 informatics innovator competencies in selected informatics activities. -
Breaking the Cycle of Bullying in Nursing: Emerging Themes
(2013-12-19)Bullying, horizontal, or lateral violence, and incivility are all terms that are used to describe aggressive behaviors seen in nursing practice between nurses. How and why these behaviors arise has been studied in recent ... -
A brief intervention to counter workplace incivility: Capturing biomarker data, psychological stress and effects on safe patient care
(2016-06-15)The American Nurses Association (2015) recently released a position statement clearly articulating the need for a multi-leveled approach to address workplace incivility, bullying, and violence. Recommendations include the ... -
Building a Social Identity: Peer - to - Peer Sexual Harassment in Adolescents
Peer-to-peer sexual harassment is pervasive in secondary schools and is responsible for a number of health effects such as sleeplessness, loss of self-esteem and depression, as well as other negative educational and social ... -
Can Married State Onboarding Close the Transition Gap to Professional Practice?
(2016-02-05)Onboarding is process of advancing the behaviors that will be the foundation of an employee's long-term success with managers involved in the process. Five themes emerged in the literature review for onboarding new Registered ... -
Caregiver Burden and Quality of Life Factors Affecting Caregivers Caring for Patients with Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma
(2017-03-01)Background/Hypothesis: A unique caregiver burden and quality of life for the caregivers of CTCL patients exists, and as such, there may be unidentified, and thus unmet, caregiver needs. Objectives: The purpose of this ... -
A Clinical Practice Change: Enhancing the Efficacy of Pediatric Early Warning Systems
(2018-02-07)With a lack of adherence to documentation, assessment, and utilization of the Pediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) by pediatric staff nurses, there was a significant gap between clinical deterioration recognition and ... -
A Comparison of Two Gastric Feeding Approaches in Mechanically Ventilated Pediatric Patients
More than 30% of children admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) are malnourished and are at risk to develop new or worsened malnutrition during their hospitalization. Delivery of enteral nutrition (EN) during ... -
Development of a Toolkit for Implementation and Evaluation of the “HUG Your Baby” Program in a Non-profit Community Setting
(2017-05-18)The use of an implementation Toolkit to reliably translate evidenced based programs into community health provides stability and reliability to the organizations that utilize them. This is important in the realm of ... -
Distinguishing Pain versus Psychiatric Behavior in Alzheimer's Disease Patients
(2018-05-07)Alzheimer's Disease (AD) patients are at risk for not having their pain recognized. When nurses do not have adequate knowledge and tools to help determine if an AD patient is experiencing pain this often results in ignored ... -
Does Using a Surgical Safety Checklist Improve Surgical Readiness?
Previous studies supported training multidisciplinary teams using an evidence-based tool such as the Comprehensive Surgical Checklist (CSC) to promote communication, teamwork, and safety. Evidence showed the CSC’s four-phased ... -
Effect of a Drinker Identity on Smoking-Related Information Processing and Behavior
(2016-10-14)Purpose: Drinking and smoking frequently co-occur in undergraduate students. A drinker identity − a valued identity related to alcohol consumption behaviors − predicts high levels of alcohol use and alcohol problems. Since ... -
The Effect of Deliberate Practice Combined with High-fidelity Simulation Scenarios on Psychomotor Skill Competency and Retention in Prelicensure Nursing Education: A Mixed Methods Pilot Study
Graduating students who are proficient in the representative skills of nursing are vital for providing safe, quality patient care. The purpose of this pilot mixed method study was to examine the combined effect of deliberate ... -
The Effect of Music in the PACU on Recovery Time and Patient Satisfaction
(2015-09-03)Purpose: To examine the ability of patient-selected music to reduce pain perception, decrease post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) time, and improve patient satisfaction relative to usual ambient noise. Design: Patients ... -
The Effect of Test-taking Strategy Education on Kaplan Integrated Exam Scores
(2016-11-17)Achieving minimum NCLEX-RN® pass rates is problematic for many nursing programs. Much research focuses on determining predictors of NCLEX-RN® success and preventing failure. Schools implement standardized content assessments ...