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Waiting room nurse: Enhancing the patient experience
Poster presentationSession A presented Monday, September 30, 10:00-11:00 amPurpose: Nationally, nearly half of Emergency Departments (ED) across the country are experience crowding, which has contributed to a decrease in ... -
A walking plan for pregnant women with gestational diabetes: A feasibility study
Purpose: To determine the feasibility of a structured walking plan among pregnant women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) within a maternal fetal medicine practice. Summary: Physical activity in combination ... -
Walt Whitman: Civil War nurse
Walt Whitman’s life as a nurse during the Civil War is largely ignored in the nursing literature. His service to wounded and dying soldiers, as well as his poetry about the horrors of war, deserves recognition. The ... -
Wash your hands!
A need exists at Blessing Hospital to decrease the number of annual hospital-acquired infections (HAI). -
We think we can, we know we can…improving patient satisfaction scores
(2017-12-01)Patient Satisfaction measures play an important role in reimbursement, attracting and retaining patients and patient safety. In 2014, our facility examined our Patient Satisfaction Scores and deemed them less than what we ... -
Well-being and culture transformation with Dr. Christine Pabico and Paulette Sepe: HealthCare's MissingLogic, Episode 113
(MissingLogic LLC, 2021-09-08)Healthcare's MissingLogic Podcast serves healthcare leaders in living a resilient and balanced life, and to work with healthcare organizations committed to creating healthy, healing work cultures. The battle against ... -
What GREAT looks like...and how do we get there?
The purpose of this presentation is to help Critical Care nurses be aware of the expectations of communication and performance in the different roles they are in as a bedside nurse. During meetings with the Critical Care ... -
What Influences Nursing Students to Desire to Work in Geriatrics
The geriatric population is growing rapidly. Geriatric education in nursing school curriculum is vital. Undergraduate nursing students need to be educated about the multifaceted care of the older adult as well as experiencing ... -
What is the effect of simulation on knowledge acquisition in a second semester associate degree nursing gerontological community health class?
(2015-11-04)Simulation is an effective teaching method that improves learning, enhances clinical decision making processes, increases confidence in nursing practice and allows for mistakes without harm to patients. An identified need ... -
What makes a nurse today?: A debate on the nursing professional identity and its need for change
Background. Due to Covid-19 crisis, nursing is in the public eye more than ever. Nurses often are being seen as compassionate helpers. The public image of nursing, however, consists of stereotypes such as nursing being a ... -
When nurses lead change: Improving door to alteplase times for stroke alert patients
The American Heart Association Target: Stroke Phase II states that goals for alteplase administration should be set at 75% of cases within 60 minutes, and 50% within 45 minutes. The Stroke Champion Program was created to ... -
“Where Are My Vitals?” Implementing Electronic Trauma Documentation
Session F presented Friday, September 28, 11:30 am-12:30 pm Purpose: Trauma documentation on a paper flow sheet had continued one year after the institution’s large scale EHR go live. Multiple regulatory bodies’ audits ... -
“Who wants to be a nurse?” Gaming methods for teaching nursing students
(2017-12-01)Gaming is an innovative tool for teaching nursing students that is both fun and competitive. Gaming promotes learning activities that encourages critical thinking, active participation, and retention of information for ... -
Why aren’t our nurses as diverse as our patients?
(2017-12-04)Background: The American Association of Colleges reported a “strong connection between a culturally diverse nursing workforce and the ability to provide quality, culturally competent patient care.” According ... -
A window on the system: Professional’s views and approaches to working with teenage parents evident in Serious Case Reviews in the UK
This analysis explores the multidisciplinary team’s work with teenage parents in Serious Case Reviews (SCR) in the UK. Across recent decades young parents in the UK have been publicly scrutinized. The feckless single ... -
Woman abuse: Screening, identification and initial response
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2012-05)The overall purpose of this guideline is to facilitate routine universal screening for woman abuse by nurses in all practice settings. The intended outcome is increased opportunity for disclosure, which will promote health, ... -
Women living in crisis areas of Sub-Saharan Africa’s use of family planning: A review of the literature
(2017-12-14)Purpose: Explore available research and summarize factors that inhibit or promote family planning and contraceptive use among refugee women and women from surrounding areas living in Sub-Saharan Africa. Too many women ... -
Women's health nurse practitioner augmented clinical experience: A program evaluation
Purpose: The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Augmented Clinical Experience (ACE) Program is a novel program that provides an enhanced clinical experience during the course of nurse practitioner (NP) education. ... -
Working with families to promote safe sleep for infants 0-12 months of age
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2014-02)This guideline has been developed to address the question of how health-care providers can partner with families to promote safe sleep for infants 0-12 months of age to reduce known risk factors for injury and death. It ... -
Workplace health, safety and well-being of the nurse
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2008-02)This guideline addresses the many factors that contribute to nurses’ health, safety and well-being and makes specific recommendations that may influence the overall health and well-being of the individual nurse. This ...