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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 ...
Starting a Nurse Researcher Program on a Shoestring Budget
This presentation provides a straightforward dialogue of strategies and obstacles to contemplate when considering the instigation of an agency-based nursing research program. Strategies and obstacles will be offered with ...
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 ...
Effectiveness of Cell Phones with Digital Picture Capability and MyPyramid Tracker for Measurement of Fruit/Vegetable Consumption
(2012-01-04)
(41st Biennial Convention) Purpose:�Inadequate fruit/vegetable intake is linked to the leading causes of global mortality and rise in obesity (World Health Organization, 2009). Traditional dietary assessment methods have ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...