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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The Relationship Between Knowledge and Efficacy of Sheng-Hwa Tang
(2012-9-12)Purpose: It is believe among Chinese women that there are three chances in timing, menarche, post-partum, and menopause, to modulate their body constitution. To grab the second chance of modulation, Chinese women will ... -
A Description of Motivation and Medication-Taking Behaviors toward Sheng-Hwa-Tang
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Sheng-Hwa-Tang is used to cultivate blood, activate circulation, and "clean blood" for post-partum women in Chinese society. Since its frequent use and valued efficacy in Chinese post-partum care, it's hard to ... -
Learning Through Drama in the Field of Global Nursing
(2012-9-12)In the field of nursing education, innovative teaching and learning methods, such as educational drama, that focus on learner-centered rather than teacher-centered approaches were found to be of significant interest to all ... -
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 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 ... -
Nursing Students' Perceptions of Satisfaction and Self-Confidence with High Fidelity Simulation
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Research has been conducted about the various features of simulation which contribute to successful learning experiences of students. However, there is little research about students' perceptions of their ... -
Weight Behavior and Cognition Instrumentation in African-American Adolescents: Psychometric Properties and Recommendations
(2012-9-12)Purpose: To determine the psychometric properties of weight behavior and cognition instrumentation in African American adolescents. Methods: African American adolescents (n=145), 15 to 17, were recruited from community ... -
Using the Glasgow Coma Scale in Non-Neurological Clinical Areas
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) was designed for use in a wide range of clinical environments with staff that had no special training (Teasdale and Jennett 1974). Evidence (Waterhouse 2007 and 2008) suggests however ... -
Does Quality of Life (QOL) Predict Morbidity or Mortality in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation (AF)?
(2012-9-12)Purpose: To examine the contributions of quality of life to one year hospitalization and mortality in patients with AF. Methods: This study used the public access data from the Atrial Fibrillation Follow up Investigation ... -
Using Film, Television, and Music in Teaching Graduate Nursing Students Concepts of Qualitative Research
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The use of qualitative inquiry in nursing research has gained momentum in the last decade. Nurse educators often find it challenging to teach concepts of qualitative inquiry to graduate and undergraduate students. ... -
Improving Toileting Ability Among Elders Living in Long-Term Care Facilities in Taiwan
(2012-9-12)The purpose was to test the effectiveness of a theory-based intervention program in improving toileting ability among elders living in long-term care facilities. This study used an experimental, two groups, and longitudinal ... -
Factors Associated with Life Quality in Persons with Suicide Attempts: A Cross-Sectional Study
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Most studies focus on what life might have been like before a completed suicide, however, do not describe quality of life in individuals after their suicide attempts. Yet, life dissatisfaction results in the risk ... -
Factors Related to Daily Life Interference in Lung Cancer Patients: A Cross-Sectional Regression Tree Study
(2012-9-12)Purpose: To identify the symptom combination patterns and symptom severity levels that induce severe symptom interference in daily life activities, including physical and psychological activity interference in lung cancer ...
