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Nursing Leadership in Rural Settings: Challenges and Strategies
(2017-10-24)
Rural Chief Nursing Officers (CNO) encounter many challenges as a result of their proximity to other agencies. This qualitative study investigated strategies and opportunities to facilitate their growth and development. ...
Advocating and Sustaining Lifelong Learning Through a Center of Excellence Approach
(2017-10-16)
A school of nursing in Texas conceived the Center of Excellence in Evidence-Based Practice to address strategies to bridge gaps, establish relationships to address workforce needs, and support connectiveness between different ...
Team Assist: Implementation of an Admission, Discharge, Transfer Team
(2017-10-06)
As patients are frequently admitted and discharged, nursing staff experience increased workload that can lead to burnout, decreased quality, and employee turnover. The purpose of this session is to describe the process ...
Embracing Inquisitive Thinking by Front-Line Staff
(2017-10-10)
Front-line nursing staff were challenged to engage in the process of inquisitive thinking. By fostering innovative ways to think, nurses became further enmeshed in evidence-based practice and collaborative scholarship. ...
Bridging the Practice/Research Chasm
(2016-03-21)
Session presented on Sunday, November 8, 2015: The literature repeatedly affirms that the time period for translating research findings into the practice arena requires approximately 17 years. Recent studies have identified ...
An Evidence-Based Teaching Model: PSCOT
(2017-09-29)
No longer can nurse educators teach the way they were taught. An evidence-based teaching model can guide faculty to discover innovative/effective teaching methods based on evidence. PSCOT is an EBT model that promotes ...
Spirituality in Nursing Education: Are We Teaching Our Students to Provide Spiritual Care?
(2016-03-21)
Session presented on Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Nurses are mandated by accreditation organizations such as Joint Commission to address spiritual aspects of the patients. This makes it paramount to insure that holistic ...
An Academic Shared Governance Model for Leadership in an Academic Setting
(2016-03-21)
Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: A West Texas university school of nursing (SON) has experienced tremendous growth over the past 14 years in three strategic areas - student enrollment, geographic locations, ...
Diet, Encoded Memory, Visual Cues, Obesity, and Neuroimaging: The Role of
(2014-11-17)
Session presented on Friday, July 25, 2014: Purpose: According to the World Health Organization, 35.8 million people are obese world-wide. The obesogenic factors contributing to this global problem are thought to reflect ...
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Realistic and Practical Evidence-Based Practice
(2013-10-22)
Session presented on: Tuesday, July 23, 2013: Access to care, workforce shortages, consumer demands, and faculty issues are themes demanding a focus on measures directed toward positive outcomes for the delivery of quality ...