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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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
Successful Accreditation of a Practice Transition Program: Teamwork at Its Finest
The onboarding of new graduate nurses is a vital part of a successful healthcare environment.The Center for Advancing Professional Excellence Department at Midland Memorial Hospital recently gained accreditation through ...
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 ...