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HIV Risk Reduction Behaviors in Adolescent Females: The Influence of Mastery and Self-Esteem
(2001-11-10)AIDS is a leading cause of death in adolescent and young adult populations. Heterosexual transmission of HIV is the fastest growing mode of infection among women, and minority populations are affected disproportionately. ... -
Infant Feeding Decision: What New Mothers Have Told Us
(2007-11-04)Objective: To explore the infant feeding decision of new mothers and elicit their perspective regarding breastfeeding. Design: Descriptive exploratory. Setting: Postpartum units at seven birthing hospitals, including two ... -
Making Key Clinical Assessment Tools Accessible for Global Nursing Practice
(2012-01-04)(41st Biennial Convention) Purpose: Taking up a global leadership role by providing hands-on nursing on international medical missions, inspires one to enhance giving and leading to yet another level. It is proposed that ... -
Nursing Students Experiences with Interdisciplinary Service Learning in Belize
(2012-01-04)(41st Biennial Convention) Nursing faculty and students from Western Kentucky University have been participating in an interdisciplinary service learning project in Gales Point, Belize. The purpose of the current study ... -
The Trauma of Being Diagnosed with HIV/AIDS for Zimbabwean Women
(2012-01-04)(41st Biennial Convention) Background: Zimbabwe has among the highest HIV infection rates worldwide, with 1.3 million people, most of them women between 15-49 years living with the disease in 2008. The pandemic has caused ... -
Evidence-Based Practice: An Opportunity to Change the Culture Surrounding Clinical Research?
(2012-01-04)(41st Biennial Convention) The majority of the general public believes that clinical research is important, but less than 5% of eligible adult patients participate in CT. While the public harbors mistrust towards some ... -
Online Course Development Success: The Samoan Experience
(2012-01-04)(41st Biennial Convention) Background: Registered Nurses in Western Samoa have no access to continuing education once they have completed their initial university education and are employed in the villages of Western ... -
Integrating Information Literacy Across a BSN Curriculum
(2012-01-04)(41st Biennial Convention) Although research regarding effective informatics teaching strategies is sparse, nurse educators are challenged to include informatics into an already burgeoning curriculum. This presentation ... -
Hemoglobin F Impacts Physiologic Variables and Perinatal Events
(2012-01-04)(41st Biennial Convention) Objectives: The objectives were 1) to explore the effect of hemoglobin F with obesity and gestational weight gain on heart period, respiratory sinus arrhythmia, oxy-hemoglobin, peripheral ... -
Online Support for Informal Caregivers: Psychosocial Outcomes
(2012-01-04)(41st Biennial Convention) Purpose: To evaluate whether psychosocial outcomes in family caregivers of people with chronic disease differ, based on the format of online group support. Background and Significance: Fifty ... -
Implementation of an Obstetrical Rapid Response Team
(2012-01-04)(41st Biennial Convention) Over the last decade there has been a significant increase in the maternal mortality rate from 6.6 deaths per 100,000 live births in 1987 to 13.3 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2006. Following ... -
Exploring the Influences of Homelessness on the Single Parent Family: A Grounded Theory Approach
(2012-01-04)(41st Biennial Convention) Exploring the influences of homelessness on the single parent family: A grounded theory approach Abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore the influences of homelessness on the process ... -
Immersion in Service Learning Offers a Leadership Focus for Today's Nursing Student
(2012-01-04)(41st Biennial Convention) Purpose: Cultivating leadership skills in undergraduate nursing is the bedrock of the future of nursing. Today's nursing student's schedules are busy; they attend classes while holding many other ... -
Conflict is not Common in Our Workplace
(2012-01-04)(41st Biennial Convention) Purpose: To describe results of a baseline assessment of conflict in the workplace and present implications for initiating an intervention program. A national survey (Dewitty et al, 2009) indicated ... -
Reduced Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection by Application of Integrated Evidence-Based Care Bundle in Critically Ill Patients
(2012-01-04)(41st Biennial Convention) 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 ... -
An Evidence-Based Practice Project to Improve Securement and Visualization of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters in Pediatric Patients
(2012-01-04)(41st Biennial Convention) Problem: Securement and visualization of peripheral intravenous catheter sites (PIV) is a common problem for pediatric nurses worldwide because infiltration of IV fluid can lead to serious ... -
Implementation of a Smoking Education Initiative
(2012-01-04)(41st Biennial Convention) Globally, smoking-related diseases kill approximately four million people a year. These alarming statistics demonstrate a need for programs aimed at eradicating smoking with an emphasis on ... -
Leading the Change Process: Designing an Innovative Upper Division BSN Curriculum
(2012-01-04)(41st Biennial Convention) Addressing the work of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Dr. Patricia Benner and the Robert Wood Johnson New Careers in Nursing Initiative to transform nursing education, ... -
Creating Cultures of Partnership and Leadership Development Across North America
(2012-01-04)(41st Biennial Convention) The Partnership Culture Model represents both an infrastructure and a culture where partnering relationships thrive in order to achieve quality healthcare outcomes. Partnership cultures foster ... -
Workplace Bullying and Intent to Leave: Measuring the Impact of Horizontal Hostility
(2012-01-04)(41st Biennial Convention) The concept of "horizontal hostility" (HH) (also referred to in the literature as 'bullying', 'lateral violence,' 'peer incivility', or 'nurses eating their young') has been well described for ...
