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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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Hydration and pH of Cord and Dorsal Hand in High-Risk Infants for 7 Days of Life
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The pH of cord and skin is of significance in terms of the acidic function of skin in defending foreign invasions while drying process toward cord detachment. We explored the pH and hydration in cord and dorsal ... -
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 ... -
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' ... -
Evidence-Based Clinical Practice on the Interventions for Oral Mucositis for Patients with Cancer Receiving Treatment
(2012-9-12)OBJECTIVES: This article is to develop a practical guideline on the interventions from prevention, treatment to nursing for the oral mucositis induced by anti-cancer treatment. MOTHODS: Using keywords "mucositis, cancer", ... -
Transvenous Embolization of Arteriovenous Malformation
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Arteriovenous Malformations are defects of the circulating system that aregenerally believed to arise during embryonic or fetal development or soon after birth. They are comprised of snarled tangles of arteries ... -
A Randomized Control Trial to Test the Differences in Educational Methods Used to Enhance Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice of Evidence-Based Practice
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of a computer-based, self-administered education module as compared to the in-class presentation of the same education module on nurses' knowledge, attitudes, ... -
The Lifestyles for Good Health of Women with Cervical Cancer
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore various lifestyles for good health of women with cervical cancer. Methods: The methodology involved unstructured interviews and verbatim transcriptions of the recorded ... -
I Want My Mommy: Sibling's Experience with Childhood Cancer
(2012-9-12)Purpose: To explore and describe the experience of healthy sibling who have brother or sister with cancer. Methods: Qualitative study using phenomenology approaches was conducted. Interview was audio taped four healthy ... -
Fatigue of Chinese Mothers from Pregnancy to Postpartum
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Many pregnant women experience fatigue that influences quality of life or pregnancy outcomes. Trend of fatigue from pregnancy to postpartum was not understood. This study aimed to explore changes of fatigue level ... -
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. ... -
Best Practices in Authentication and Verification of Students in Online Education
(2012-9-12)Educators around the world are faced with increased cheating and plagiarism in college courses. Cheating has been considered a serious problem on college campuses for many years (Watson & Sottile, 2010). Universities with ... -
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 ... -
Staff Nurse Perceptions of the Magnet Journey: Implications for Nurse Leaders
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative study'was to develop a broader understanding of organizational changes that occur during the time leading up to the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Magnet designation. The ...
