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Kangaroo care and postpartum depression: The role of oxytocin
(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
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
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
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
(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
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
(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
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
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
(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
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
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
(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
(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 ... -
Leading an Innovative, Creative Enhancement to Preceptor Role Development
Our previous Preceptor Workshop was an 8-hour live class, mostly lecture and little engagement of learners. Preceptors requested more strategies to help them develop skills in providing feedback (positive/negative) to ... -
Lean Healthcare from the institutional, professional, and patient perspectives
Lean is a management philosophy derived from the Toyota System, widely applied in the industry and adapted to the health area in order to reduce costs and optimize resources by reviewing processes to generate value for the ... -
Lessons from the field: Strategies to recruit men in theory-based qualitative research
Theory-based qualitative research has made significant progress in providing insight into the experiences of many genders, especially for women and those that identify as LGBTQ+, allowing the profession of nursing to ... -
Lessons in Leadership
Lessons in Leadership: The Betty Irene Moore Speaker Series embodies Betty Irene Moore's vision and hope for nurses to lead within their teams, organizations and communities, with the ultimate goal of improving the experience ... -
Lessons in Leadership: Angela Barron McBride
(Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, 2008-05)Lessons in Leadership: The Betty Irene Moore Speaker Series embodies Betty Irene Moore's vision and hope for nurses to lead within their teams, organizations and communities, with the ultimate goal of improving the ... -
Lessons in Leadership: Beverly Malone
(Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, 10/8/2008)Lessons in Leadership: The Betty Irene Moore Speaker Series embodies Betty Irene Moore's vision and hope for nurses to lead within their teams, organizations and communities, with the ultimate goal of improving the experience ...