• The Jacki Jacket after mastectomy with reconstruction: A randomized pilot study 

      Berry, Donna L.; Blonquist, Traci; Halpenny, Barbara; Hong, Fangxin; Morrison-Ma, Samantha; McCullough, Michele; Carelli, Katherine; Dominici, Laura; King, Tari (Springer, 2019-10-14)
      Background. Breast cancer patients undergoing mastectomy with reconstruction (TM+R) often experience post-operative discomfort from surgical drains. Despite a variety of garment options for use in the post-operative period, ...
    • Japanese Disaster Nursing Readiness Evaluation Index (JDNREI) 

      Takayo, Maeda; Sayaka, Kotera; Nobuko, Matsuda; Carol Ann, Huebner
      The Japanese Disaster Nursing Readiness Evaluation Index (JDNREI) is an index purposed for nurses' self-evaluation on their readiness and preparation for dispatch to perform medical care at disaster sites. This scale is ...
    • Jehovah's Witnesses and perioperative blood management strategies 

      Owusu, Anne; Barnes, Lauren
      Traditionally, total hip replacement surgery involves moderate to significant bleeding, which poses a particular risk for Jehovah's Witness patients. Jehovah's Witness is a religious organization consisting of approximately ...
    • A journey of challenges with medication reconciliation 

      Vinod, Julie (2015-10-09)
      Background and purpose: Unintentional medication errors are a significant problem in terms of morbidity, mortality and cost. Medication reconciliation is one of several strategies to reduce medication errors. The purpose ...
    • Junk food 

      Lakhani, Rita; Patil, Namrata; Jincy, Juby; Beulah, Merlin; Kambayat, Savita; Bhadarge, Pankaj (8/4/2014)
      A descriptive study on the habit of consumption of junk food amongst urban adolescence in selected colleges of Mumbai.
    • Just in time training: Utilizing simulation for nursing staff development 

      Robilotto, Tracey; Arcaro, Lygia L. (2016-08-11)
      Competency and competence are frequently used interchangeable. There have been extensive debates on how to define and how to measure both. Wright (2007) states that nurses do not lose skills with disuse and relates them ...
    • Kangaroo care and postpartum depression: The role of oxytocin 

      Badr, Hanan A.; Zauszniewski, Jaclene A. (2017-04-28)
      Problem: Postpartum depression (PPD) occurs in about 10–15% of women after birth and adversely affects their health and the health of their newborn.  Kangaroo care (KC) is known to have many health-related ...
    • Keeping heart failure patients in the "Loop": Creating a sustainable program 

      Phelps, Rachel E.
      The purpose of this project is to increase engagement of the GetWell Loop (GWL) allowing HF patients to have confidence that their decision making is correct for their overall health. Through increasing engagement in the ...
    • Ketamine as a general anesthesia adjunct 

      Wilcox, Michaela; Westbrook, Nancy Ann; Cahoon, Terri
      Ketamine is a unique anesthetic agent with both anesthetic and analgesic properties. Ketamine is primarily a N-Methyl-D-Aspartic acid (NMDA) antagonist that also works on glutamine, nicotinic, muscarinic, monoaminergic and ...
    • Ketamine's effect on postoperative remifentanil-induced hyperalgesia 

      Tisdale, Madeline
      Remifentanil is an opioid analgesic that is administered intraoperatively via intravenous infusion to provide pain relief during surgery, particularly when using a total intravenous anesthetic approach. While it is desirable ...
    • Ketorolac use in the pediatric surgical patient: An evidence-based practice analysis 

      Beach, Jason (2017-06-23)
      Opioid-based medications are often the first medications selected for pain control in young patients; however opioids possess several unwanted side effects such as respiratory depression, nausea, vomiting and allergic ...
    • Key elements in developing a poster for national presentation 

      Ward, Cynthia W.
      This presentation assists others in the creation of an abstract and poster for presentation at a conference/event. It names the required information to include in an abstract and poster. It lists essential components in ...
    • A key to success in healthcare education: Getting stakeholder commitment 

      Carney, Linda Parry (2017-12-01)
      A large teaching hospital in the Middle Atlantic United States has been working to improve outcomes related to falls, delirium, pressure ulcers and length of stay. One contributor to all of these concerns is a lack of ...
    • Killeen Theory of Patient Satisfaction with nursing care 

      Killeen, Mary B.
      King’s interacting systems framework guided the development of the Killeen theory of patient satisfaction. This theory of patient satisfaction, in turn, guided the development of an instrument, the KKPSN (the ...
    • Knowledge and compliance of staff in using the Clostridium difficile bundle 

      Lovely, Marissa Marie
      Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a nosocomial infection that has a significant risk to patient morbidity and mortality. Nurses and patient care technicians (PCTs) provide the most direct care to patients making ...
    • Laboring Down: A Pretest-Posttest Educational Study 

      Eberlein, Kristen (2016-12-19)
      The primary aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of an educational video in increasing labor and delivery nurses’ knowledge of laboring down. The secondary study aim was to determine if the educational ...
    • Lactation support in pediatric primary care 

      Tucker, Krista
      Poster was presented on Wednesday, December 11, 2019The purpose of this project is to provide breastfeeding education, support and contact information for local lactation services including support groups such as the local ...
    • LANTERN Leadership Pathways 

      Kistner, Grace; Wall, Brittany; Dadheech, Eeshika; Kleinschmidt, Glen; Krell, Sarah; Palao, Diana; Polacek, Michael J.; Tabet, Connie Hardy
      Nurses know that we have the ability to drive some of the most effective change in healthcare. The future of the nursing profession calls for placing the workforce in leadership positions at all levels. The profession is ...
    • Leadership Development for Clinical Staff Nurses: Program Design 

      Cambier, Elizabeth (2017-12-01)
      The Nursing Professional Development (NPD) practitioner is responsible for facilitating role development of nurses and healthcare team members, and promoting quality improvement (QI) activities. Using the nursing process ...
    • Leadership engagement and retention toolkit: Stay interviews and reverse mentoring 

      Brennan, Denise; Robin, Nancy M.; Boss, Robert III; Amore, Christopher; Corbett, James; Kane, Joanne (2017-12-04)
      Session G presented Saturday, September 16, 2017 Purpose: The Emergency Department (ED)reviewed specific aggregate and unit survey questions based on our National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) nurse ...

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