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Developing Change Agents in an Ever-Evolving Healthcare Delivery System
()The changing demands of our complex healthcare environment require the highest level of scientific knowledge and practice expertise to assure quality patient outcomes. This presentation will describe how DNP nurse leaders ... -
Of Kangaroos, Koalas, and Platypi
()Australia has a relatively short European history with nursing coming to the colony in the 1800s. Since then the profession has gradually developed and changed in response to the environment within which nursing is practiced. ... -
Advancing Nursing and Midwifery Through Innovation and Leadership
()Advancing nursing and midwifery through innovation and leadership is critical to moving our profession forward, as well as increasing our ability to better address global health. This presentation will provide principles, ... -
Differences in Mastery and Self-Esteem in Culturally Diverse Adolescent Females
(2011-10-17)Purpose: Mastery, a global sense of control over one's life, and self-esteem, the value placed on oneself, are psychological characteristics associated with numerous health-enhancing behaviors. Developing interventions to ... -
Information Literacy: A Prerequisite to Evidence-Based Nursing
(2011-10-17)Purpose: Information literacy is an ambiguous term that many professionals in various fields, including nursing, have attempted to define. It is emphasized as a skill nurses should have yet it has not been conceptualized ... -
Telephone Support for First-Time Breastfeeding Mothers: Building a Foundation for Healthier Tomorrows
(2011-10-17)Objective: To assess the effect of post-discharge telephone breastfeeding support on reducing the risk of early weaning from mother's stated goal. Literature Review- Data Sources: Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group ... -
Predictors of Cigarette Smoking Behavior Among Military University Students in Taiwan
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and predictors of smoking behaviors among military university students in Taiwan. Methods: Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, 2,477 students were ... -
An Empirical Study of Establishment of a Performance Management System and Its Effectiveness Evaluation
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Operational performance of health care institution has been become a crucial issue and concerned by top management of hospital in recent years due to the changeable and competitive environment. A performance ... -
Working Collaboratively to Facilitate the Acquisition of Culturally Relevant and Competent Communication Skills in ESL Nursing Students for Clinical Practice
(2012-9-12)Purpose: This paper explores clinical communication interventions for undergraduate nursing students with English as a second language (ESL) within a multicampus program at the University of Western Sydney. Students are ... -
The Stress and Needs of Primary Caregivers of Children Depending on Oxygen Therapy in Taiwan: A Questionnaire Survey
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The study aimed at examining the stress and needs of the primary caregivers of oxygen-dependent children at home. Methods: The study used cross-sectional descriptive research design. In addition to the demographic ... -
Early Alzheimer's Intervention: A Holistic Approach to Care
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Early Alzheimer's disease intervention reveals that maintaining cognitive function can be supported and maintained for longer periods when a holistic approach of mind-body-spirit centered care for both care ... -
Utilization of an Alternative Clinical Learning Environment for Foundations of Nursing II Students in a Baccalaureate Nursing Program
(2012-9-12)Nursing faculty are faced with many challenges. One of the issues involves trying to provide nursing students with in-patient clinical experiences. In particular, faculty members struggle with the issue of not getting ... -
Kenyan Women Living with HIV/AIDS: A Mixed Method Study
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Kenya, among the 47 African countries south of the Sahara geographically referred to as Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the region worst affected by HIV/AIDS globally. Kenyan women are disproportionally affected by ... -
Decision-Making on Limb Amputation: The Patient's Point of View
(2012-9-12)Purpose: How patients make decisions about their future treatment has been sparsely study and with respect to limb amputation, a particularly difficult decision, not at all. The purpose of the study is to reach as deep ... -
Social Support as a Mediator Between Depressive Symptoms and Quality of Life in Schizophrenia
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The past researches showed that the social supports impact on depressive symptoms and quality of life, but few unifying models delineate interrelationships of these variables.The first purpose of this study was ... -
Feasibility Testing of a Technology Application at the Point of Care
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Delirium is under-recognized and not documented by nurses in over 85% of patients who are delirious. Nurses play a critical role in screening for delirium because they provide 24-hour care and see the patient in ... -
The Influence of Intervention Augmentation and Strength of Maternal Engagement on Community Child Health Nurse Home Visiting for New Parents: An Exploratory Study
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Sustained and high quality maternal involvement in home visiting programs may be an important factor in reducing child abuse potential in at-risk families. This study aimed to examine this neglected field by ... -
The Cookie Experiment: A Innovative Strategy for Teaching Nursing Research in Taiwan
(2012-9-12)Purpose: To examine the effects of a teaching strategy on nursing students' understanding of research procedures, confidence in participating in research, and attitudes toward research. Methods: The study was a quasi-experimental ... -
The Relationship of Maternal-Fetal Attachment and Health Behavior Among Pregnant Women in South Taiwan
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Good health practices in pregnant women can positively affect their unborn children's health by reducing risk factors. Increasing maternal-fetal attachment may be one method to reduce poor birth outcomes. The ... -
The Quality of Student Learning in an Online International Graduate Nursing Program
(2012-9-12)Purpose: To add to the scientific evidence about establishing optimal online class size where active class engagement and course satisfaction are attained for faculty and students alike Methods: Data were collected from ...