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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 ... -
Innovative Use of Brief Interventions in Emergency Department Attendees: The Incidence of Mental Health Disorders and Alcohol Consumption
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Systematic assessment of all Emergency Department (ED) presentations may identify low level mental illness and/or risky alcohol consumption. Preventative measures, if provided early, may prevent further deterioration ... -
Evidence-Based Approach to Establish National Physical Activity Guidelines for Children and Adolescents in Taiwan
(2012-9-12)Background: Inactivity in children and adolescents is a worldwide serious problem, and has deeply influenced them physically and mentally. Purpose : The aim of the study was: (a) to explore the recommendations and policies ... -
BPINSA: The Knowledge Broker for Nursing in South Africa
(2012-9-12)Background: Worldwide there is growing interest in evidenced-based practice, knowledge to action and implementation science as a whole. In developing countries access to published research is often difficult as some databases ... -
Standardize Predictive Testing: Practices, Policies, and NCLEX-RN Outcomes
(2012-9-12)Purpose: A major indicator of nursing programs' effectiveness is the pass rate on national licensure examinations among first-time candidates. Twenty years of evidence supports use of standardized examinations for ... -
The Experiences of Obese African-American Women (AAW) and Their Utilization of Preventive Healthcare Services
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the healthcare experiences of obese African American women and their utilization of preventive healthcare services. Methods: Interpretive phenomenology was used to describe ... -
Social Network Analysis as a Method for Nursing Research
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Nursing research often relies on data obtained from individuals in an effort to understand human experiences of health and illness. These individual experiences do not occur in isolation; instead, they take place ... -
Overcoming the Tyranny of Distance: An Education Strategy to Assist Guideline Implementation
(2012-9-12)Queensland Health is responsible for the delivery of publicly funded health services within Queensland. Queensland is the second largest state in Australia covering 700,000 square miles (2/12; times the size of Texas, ... -
Faith-Based Views of Barriers to Recognition and Treatment of Depression
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Studies have shown that spirituality and religion are important to the treatment of depression among African Americans. Spirituality has also been shown to impact the beliefs of the causes of depression and coping ... -
Application of Small Group Workshops and Case Report Discussion for Development in Evidence-Based Practice Education Programs
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Nurses need the access to the literature to integrate evidence-based practice knowledge from the research they read with their professional experiences to achieve best practice for patient's healthcare. Evidence-based ... -
Cultural Pain Relief Measures During Labour and Childbirth and Prophylactic Taboos During the Childbearing Process: A Case for Mozambican Women Living in Swaziland
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The study sought to describe the cultural-pain relief measures during labour and childbirth and prophylactic taboo practices for pain relief by Mozambican women living in Swaziland. Methods: An exploratory, ... -
The Lifetime Influence of Families in the Lives of Women with Cerebral Palsy
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Drawing on data from a qualitative study of 8 adult women with CP, the purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to examine their perceptions of ways their families and individual family members contributed ... -
Global and Local Strategies to Increase Nursing Educational Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2012-9-12)There is a critical shortage of nurses in the developing world with an average of only 11 nurse per 10,000 population. Efforts to increase the number of nurses are hampered in part because of a lack of facility, material, ... -
Perioperative Experience of Elderly Patients Undergoing Joint Replacement Surgery: An Integrative Literature Review
(2012-9-12)Purpose: This integrative literature review explores the evidence of elderly patients' experience undergoing joint replacement surgery Methods: Studies were identified through an extensive electronic search and ... -
Rasch Analysis of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) in the Context of Workplace Bullying for a Sample of Nursing Faculty from Midwest U.S. Universities
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Workplace bullying is a major impediment to successful team relationships and job satisfaction in workplace environments, contributing to individual and interpersonal stress, tension, and burnout. Additionally, ...