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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 ... -
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, ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
Understanding Barriers to Completing a BSN Program: A Focus on Hispanic Students
(2012-9-12)Hispanics are the largest and fastest-growing minority population in the United States. Of the registered nurses in the United Stated only 3.8% are Hispanic. The percentage of Hispanic nurses educated at the baccalaureate ... -
Surprise Findings from Tower of Hanoi Research on Executive Cognitive Function in Older Adults: Assess, Intervene, or Both?
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The purpose was to determine feasibility, reliability, and item difficulty of the 22-task Tower of Hanoi (TOH), an executive cognitive function (ECF) puzzle game, in adults > 65 years. Neuroimaging research has ... -
Safe Practice Environments: Nurses' Perceptions of Stressors and Solutions
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Nursing units include teams working to provide safe patient care. Without true partnerships, care is compromised due to decreased quality in communication and teamwork. Stressors impact the nursing practice ... -
Maximizing Learning Occurring During Debriefing After Simulation
(2012-9-12)Debriefing after simulation is recognized as the time where learning is solidified and unsettled emotions are diffused. Current debriefing literature has focused on debriefing medical or team training simulation events. ... -
The Experience of Australian Undergraduate BN Student Nurses Undertaking a Clinical Placement in the Solomon Islands
(2012-9-12)Purpose: International undergraduate clinical nursing placements are becoming a more accepted alternative to local clinical nursing placements, and have been identified as contributing to positive learning experiences. ... -
Evaluating and Obtaining Annual Competencies Utilizing Simulation in Pediatric Intensive Care
(2012-9-12)Purpose: A pilot project was initiated in an 18 bed PICU to evaluate nurses' competencies using simulation. Competencies were selected based on staff needs assessment and a root-cause-analysis of critical incidents occurring ... -
The Experiences of Patient's Family in the General Ward After Discharge From ICU in Korea: Getting Acquainted with the Hope That Burden
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The transfer anxiety during the transitional period might hamper intensive care patient's family members from making proper decisions, weaken the family's decision-making competency and induce an unhealthy ... -
Formalizing the Role of the Clinical Nurse Leader in a Progressive Care Unit
(2012-9-12)This comprehensive evidence based project was a culmination of almost two years of trialing the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) role and then implementing a formalized CNL role in a Progressive Care Unit at UCSD Medical Center ... -
Changes in Motivation for Physical Activity Following Cardiac Rehabilitation
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Motivation is an important factor related to physical activity. However, motivational theories have rarely examined variation in motivation over time. This is especially important for patients with coronary heart ... -
Patterns of Communicating with High Fidelity Patient Simulators
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore patterns of communicating with high fidelity (HF) patient simulators. Therapeutic communication is an essential skill for nurses working in any setting. Opportunities to ... -
Moral Distress: Contributing Factors, Outcomes and Interventions. an Overview of the Nursing Literature
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Explore moral distress research across the nursing discipline to identify contributing factors, understand common outcomes, identify appropriate interventions, and detect knowledge gaps. Methods: Cumulative Index ... -
Environmentally-Friendly Hospitals and the Implications for Nursing Practice within the Australian Healthcare Context
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The aim of this paper is to present results from a PHD project that examined implications for Registered Nurses practice when employed in hospitals that were using strategies to mitigate their impacts on climate ... -
Global Health Nursing Research in Guangzhou, China
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Approximately one fifth of the one billion overweight or obese people in the world are Chinese. China was once considered to have one of the leanest populations, but it is fast catching up with the West in terms ... -
Development and Evaluation of a Senior-Tailored Elastic Band Exercise Program
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Elastic band exercise is recognized as a safe and effective strategy to improve muscle strength and power and increase the ability of seniors to perform functional tasks. This study aimed to: 1) develop a tailored ...
