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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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Comparing the Effects of Different Smoking Cessation Counseling Interventions for Inpatients: A Systematic Review
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The purpose of this systematic review study is to explore the effects of different smoking cessation counseling intervention to patients who are hospitalization. Method: A systematic research of the literature was ... -
Prediction of Diabetes Outcomes in People from Mexico
(2012-9-12)Purpose: A three-year partnership between the United States and Mexico was created to impact the high mortality rate of Type 2 diabetes in Mexico. Two universities shared innovative, culturally appropriate methods to ... -
Nurse Practitioners Reshaping Health Care: From Roots to Shoots
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The purpose of this historical case study is to describe the development of the first nurse practitioner programs in Massachusetts, analyzing the socio-historical context and factors that contributed to the ... -
Nurse Home Visits Promoted Maternal-Infant Interaction and Decreased Depression Symptom Severity for Mothers with Postpartum Depression
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Postpartum depression (PPD) interferes with mothers' ability to promote optimal infant development via interaction. Research to mitigate these effects is limited. The purpose of this study was to test the efficacy ... -
Predictors of Fatigue in Patients with Stable Coronary Disease
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Fatigue is a pervasive problem in cardiovascular populations; however, there is limited research examining symptom patterns and predictors of fatigue in patients with stable coronary disease (CAD). The purpose ... -
Advancing Nursing Education Through Interdisciplinary Learning: Student Quality & Safety Program
(2012-9-12)Nursing competencies have expanded to address the complexities of contemporary healthcare. Patient-centered care and demands for transparent outcomes require nurses to have active roles in Quality Improvement (QI) processes ... -
Bridging the Digital Divide: College Students Mentoring Seniors Via an Intergenerational Interdisciplinary Computing Course
(2012-9-12)Nursing and Computer Science faculty created an interdisciplinary Gerotechnology course that prepares students to mentor older adults in computer literacy. The goal of the partnership is to prepare students for a future ... -
Educating for Success in Evidence-Based Practice
(2012-9-12)The profession of nursing endorses EBP as a means to ensure high quality care, yet many practicing nurses do not have the necessary tools. Faculty must prepare students to make evidence-based decisions in clinical practice. ... -
The Effects of Pre-Operative Orientation on Outcomes for Joint Replacement Surgery Patients
(2012-9-12)The Pre-operative Joint Replacement Orientation class is designed to prepare patients for the complete experience of hip and knee replacement surgery. A collaborative PowerPoint presentation along with hands-on training ... -
Correlates of Depression in Asian-American Adolescents in New York City
(2012-9-12)Purpose: To conduct an exploratory study of the correlates of depressive symptoms among Asian-American adolescents in New York City. A high rate of depressive symptoms was discovered in both smokers and nonsmokers for a ... -
State of the Science: Symptoms and Quality of Life in Individuals with Pancreatic Cancer Undergoing Surgery
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The purpose of this integrative review was to examine the science regarding symptoms and quality of life (QoL) in individuals with pancreatic cancer (PC) undergoing surgery with or without adjuvant therapy. ... -
Nursing Education: Building Gerontological Capacity and Capability by Improving Perceptions of Older Adults by Nursing Students
(2012-9-12)An aging crisis exists globally. Despite the influx of the older adult population, there exists a lack of trained gerontological healthcare professionals (Lun, 2011). Ageism is commonplace. Nursing students frequently see ... -
Smokeless Tobacco Use Among Rural Women in the Southeast USA
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The purpose is to share patterns of smokeless tobacco in women derived from qualitative research and to underscore the need to assess and discuss the health risks of smokeless tobacco. Target audience is nurses, ... -
Active Teaching, Active Learning: Are Today's Students Engaged in Learning?
(2012-9-12)Todays students are different from the past and nursing faculty find themselves struggling to convey enormous amounts of information to students whose horizon of learning has changed. Prensky (2001) claims that students' ...