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Eating behavior in college-students: TFEQ R-18 and qualitative perceptions of cell-phone use for recording diet
(2016-07-13)
Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016:
Purpose: Worldwide, an estimated 600 million adults are obese and 1.9 billion are overweight (World Health Organization, 2014). The etiology of obesity and overweight is ...
Recognizing sepsis using a modified early warning scoring (MEWS) tool
(2016-03-17)
Session presented on Friday, July 24, 2015:
Purpose: The incidence of sepsis is increasing worldwide. Early identification of sepsis is critical to patient survival. Despite advances in the identification and treatment ...
Addressing nursing workaround solutions to encountered problems: Engagement of frontline nurses in STAR-2++ network study
(2016-07-13)
Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016:
Purpose: Frontline nursing staff experience first-order operational failures negatively impacting their ability to provide optimal care. Frontline ...
Reliability testing of a modified early warning score (MEWS) system
(2016-03-17)
Session presented on Friday, July 24, 2015:
Purpose: internationally there is a lack of consensus on what should be included in modified early warning scoring (MEWS) tools. Furthermore, few studies have reported reliability ...
Investigating vulnerability for developing eating disorders in a multi-confessional Lebanese sample
(2016-03-17)
Session presented on Friday, July 24, 2015:
Purpose: The present study aimed to examine the vulnerability to eating disorders (ED) among 949 Lebanese female young adults as well as its association with stress, anxiety, ...
Literature review of modified early warning scoring tools including sepsis screening criteria
(2016-03-17)
Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015:
Purpose: The purpose of this comprehensive literature review was to evaluate current published evidence reporting decreased failure to rescue effects from modified early warning ...
Effects of recording food intake using cell phone camera pictures on calorie intake and food choice in college students
(2016-03-17)
Session presented on Friday, July 24, 2015:
Purpose: Recording food intake may contribute to weight loss by promoting changes in eating behavior. The current spread of mobile phone embedded cameras offers new opportunities ...
Job satisfaction and the impact of immediate recognition: Pilot testing the effectiveness of a KUDOS program
(2016-03-17)
Session presented on Friday, July 24, 2015:
Purpose: Job satisfaction of nurses remains a global concern. Research suggests 42% of nurses perceive their skills and experience unrewarded. Despite knowledge of benefits ...
Establishing a research academy collaborative: Benefits, challenges, and preliminary outcomes
(2016-07-13)
Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:
Purpose: Internationally, recognition of the need to build nursing capacity facilitating research utilization, translation, and dissemination is growing (Beal, 2012). As interest ...
Fostering an international research collaborative through STTI
(2016-07-13)
Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016:
Purpose: Technological advances are making possible international collaborations designed to promote the health of the world's people. The vision of ...