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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 ... -
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 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 ... -
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 ... -
Clinician Engagement in Point of Care Audit
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Disseminate learnings about the importance of clinician engagement in clinical guideline implementation. It is generally accepted that clinical guidelines on their own do not change patient care outcomes and that ... -
Developing a Clinical Question with Nursing Clinicians in Cardiology
(2012-9-12)Background: A heightened focus on evidence based practice requires nurses to be cognisant with the development of answerable clinical questions. For clinicians one of the first steps in evidence based practice is the ... -
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 ... -
Nursing in Sendafa, Ethiopia: A Collaboration of Mission, Mentoring, and Medicine
(2012-9-12)Ethiopia is the second poorest nation in the world. Ninety percent of the population lives in poverty, over 50% on less than one dollar a day. The village of Sendafa has about 15,000 people, most of whom have never seen a ... -
RN-to-RN Peer Review on Clinical Units
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to measure informal RN-to-RN peer review defined as collegial communication about the quality of nursing care at the work-unit level. In multiple studies, the top-ranked factor related ... -
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 ... -
Play It Again
(2012-9-12)Title: Program Track: (1) Educational Strategies (2) Measurement Outcomes (3) Technologies that Influence Practice Podium Presentation Author: Objectives: Following presentation the learner will be able to: 1. Discuss the ... -
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, ... -
The?Long-Term Effects of a Suicidal Education Intervention for Family Members of the Suicidal Patients
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the longitudinal (one year after education) effects of a suicide care education intervention on the suicidal family's caregivers. Methods: A quasi-experimental approach ... -
A Critical Reflection of the Launch of the MCHNLA in South Africa
(2012-9-12)The North-West University is the first university outside America where the Maternal-Child Nurse Leadership Academy for is launched in an attempt to reduce mother, child and infant mortality. This honour was received from ...