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R.E.D. Light: Putting a stop to human trafficking by assessing nurses' awareness and knowledge in Pensacola, FL
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015: According to Dovydaitis (2010), it is estimated that traffickers bring 50,000 victims into the United States each year, adding to the 20 million ... -
Raising global awareness in nursing students through a community educational outreach program in Tanzania
Participants will understand the challenges inherent in healthcare delivery in rural Tanzania. A program designed to provide health screenings for hypertension and diabetes will be discussed as it was implemented by nursing ... -
Rare Epilepsy Network: A PCORnet Study to Engage Patients in Research
(2017-10-13)The Rare Epilepsy Network is a data base built for and by people/families with a rare epilepsy. It is part of PCORnet and is designed to provide a place for patients and researchers to design studies important to those ... -
Re-examining metoclopramides' role in the prevention of postoperative nausea and/or vomiting: A secondary analysis
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Postoperative nausea and/or vomiting (PONV) continue to be two of the most undesirable and distressing complications following general anesthesia, ... -
Re-Shaping Communication Skills in Order to Enhance the Patient Experience
Communication is an integral part of the nursing profession, regardless of venue or specialty area. Communication is the basis upon which relationships are initiated and established. Despite ongoing professional efforts ... -
Reaching across the pond: Global collaboration to enhance teaching and learning
By creating global experiences that are based in genuine respect and intellectual curiosity, nurse faculty have the opportunity to model cultural competence and lead by example in our effort to develop nursing students as ... -
Readiness for practice: Do teaching strategies matter?
A senior-level hybrid nursing course was enhanced with evidence-based active learning strategies to boost student engagement and maximize readiness for professional practice. The Casey-Fink Readiness for Practice Survey ... -
"Real World" Adolescent Intervention Research Meets Randomized Controlled Trial Methodology: Lessons Learned
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Tuesday, November 10, 2015: The purpose of this presentation is to delineate some practical factors inherent in conducting successful healthy lifestyle intervention research within school settings with ... -
Realities of post-operative pain management in Ghana: Evidence from method and participant triangulation
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Sunday, November 8, 2015: Introduction: Post-operative pain has been a problem over the years for many countries including Ghana. Thus patients continue to experience moderate to severe post-operative ... -
Really, now what do I do? A multiple patient simulation to teach leadership skills
(2017-09-28)Students are sheltered from a professional nurse workload, and are unprepared for the transition into the workforce. Baccalaureate students participated in a real world multiple patient simulation. Students overwhelmingly ... -
Reasons for research and scholarship participation captured from multinational allied health educators: A Q-methodology
This study highlights the reasons for research and scholarship participation of multinational allied health academic scholars. The polarizing of respondents and clustering of reasons produced themes that can be a basis for ... -
Reasons for the low uptake of adult male circumcision for the prevention of HIV transmission in Swaziland
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015: Background and Introduction: Male circumcision (MC), the surgical removal of all or part of the foreskin of the penis in a male, has recently ... -
Recasting assessment to transform learning: An integrated approach
(2013-12-19)Session presented on: Sunday, November 17, 2013: This symposium will provide a comprehensive overview of the details of the transformational process of one School of Nursing's journey in refocusing and realigning outcomes ... -
Recognizing ethical issues experienced by maternal nurses and their need for ethics education
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Ethical issues, experienced daily by maternal nurses, can be uniquely specific and may involve the inadequacy of workplace resources to help resolve human rights issues. ... -
Recommended antiseptics for killing bacterial growth in neonatal blue bulb syringes: Addressing a clinical issue
(2017-10-19)Blue Bulb Syringes (BBSs) are multi-use devices for clearing oronasal secretions in neonates and children. BBSs are known to harbor pathogenic bacteria; effective methods for disinfection are critical to prevent possible ... -
Recruiting staff nurses as research participants: Lessons learned
(2017-09-15)This session highlights lessons learned when trying to recruit staff nurses on a mother-baby unit in a Magnet designated hospital as participants in focus groups. -
Recruitment and retention of male nursing students
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: Background: The national workforce of RNs in Canada is only 6.8% male, with provincial percentages of male RNs ranging from their lowest in Prince Edward Island (2%) to their ... -
Recruitment and retention of men in nursing: A global challenge
(2012-01-04)In terms of gender in nursing men represent only 5.8% of registered nurses in Canada (CIHI, 2008). Consequently, men remain an under-tapped resource in the discipline where they should reflect the diversity of the public ... -
Red blood cell transfusion in the ICU: A systematic review
(2017-09-26)In the critically ill patient, who is not actively bleeding, is the transfusion of a single unit of red blood cells helpful or harmful? This presentation will share a systematic review of the evidence to answer that question. ... -
Reduced central line-associated bloodstream infection by application of integrated evidence-based care bundle in critically ill patients
(2012-01-04)Central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infections (CBI) are frequent causes of morbidity and mortality in intensive care units (ICU). The purpose of this study is to apply an integrated evidence-based care bundle ...