Browsing Open Dissemination Materials - Groups and Individuals by Level of Evidence "Cohort"
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Development of a toolkit for implementation and evaluation of the “HUG Your Baby” Program in a non-profit community setting
(2017-05-18)The use of an implementation Toolkit to reliably translate evidenced based programs into community health provides stability and reliability to the organizations that utilize them. This is important in the realm of ... -
Development of critical thinking skills in nursing students
Critical thinking is an integral part of being a competent nurse. Critical thinking skills are required for safe practice and are mandated aspects of nursing curricula by state education guidelines and accrediting ... -
Impact of preoperative psychological evaluations on bariatric surgery outcomes
Obesity is a major global health challenge affecting 603.7 million adults and is a risk factor for common illnesses such as diabetes mellitus II, chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, gastroesophageal reflux ... -
Implementation of depression screening to optimize chronic pain management
(2016-06-15)Background: Chronic pain affects millions of people worldwide and the evidence demonstrates prevalent co morbidity of chronic pain and psychological issues such as anxiety, insomnia, and depression. The existence of ... -
Improving baccalaureate nursing students' critical thinking ability through the initiation of patient safety simulations
(4/4/2016)Patient safety is the priority objective within the healthcare system (Harjai & Tiwari, 2009; Robert & Petersen, 2013; Robson, Clark, Pinnock, White, & Baxendale, 2013; Vaismoradi, Salsali, & Marck, ... -
Improving intimate partner violence screening in the emergency department setting
(2015-04-29)Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health issue. Global rates of IPV range between 15% and 71%. Approximately three million U.S. women are affected during their lifetimes; and approximately 15.5 million ... -
Improving provider confidence and knowledge of sexual assault treatment through education and guideline implementation
Sexual assault is a pervasive public health concern that disproportionately affects women and can have long-term effects in every aspect of a woman’s life (Nathan & Ferrara, 2020). While acute treatment of ... -
Intervention for African American adults with type 2 diabetes
(2015-06-04)The purpose of this project was to examine outcomes in African American adult patients with type 2 diabetes who received education and diet and exercise services compared to those who did not. Type 2 diabetes accounts ... -
Modified Fresno Test - Acute care nursing
Background: Few objective measures of evidence-based practice (EBP) knowledge/skill exist. The Fresno Test, one objective method, has only been validated with medicine, physical/ occupational/speech therapy, pediatric ... -
School nursing simulation: An evidence-based practice intervention for improved confidence in health-related school emergency first-responder role
(2015-10-26)School nursing practice occurs in an autonomous clinical practice setting in which school nurses function as first-responders to life-threatening school emergencies. However, a gap in school nursing practice preparation ... -
Undergraduate baccalaureate nursing students and disaster drills
Purpose: A tornado disaster drill was developed and implemented at a new northeast Texas baccalaureate-nursing program in 2014. The nursing department in 2015 generated another tornado disaster drill at a larger on-campus ... -
Undergraduate nursing student evaluation of disaster drills
Purpose/Background: Nurses are a major component of disaster response and need to understand their roles in preparing and responding to a disaster. Limited evidence regarding educating undergraduate nursing students for ... -
Undergraduate nursing students’ attitudes regarding poverty and the poor
Poverty can be a difficult topic to discuss, much less experience. Poverty USA reported that 38.1 individuals lived in poverty in the United States in 2019, effecting 1 in 6 children. Nurses are faced and will continue ... -
Validating the Saligan Fatigue Inventory (SalFI)
(11/30/2017)Background: Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a very distressing symptom reported by oncology patients. Currently, CRF is measured by self-report instruments. Although clinician-administered questionnaires are more sensitive ... -
Validation of a pictorial nausea assessment scale in pediatric patients with an oncology diagnosis
Background: Children who have been diagnosed with cancer often receive emetogenic chemotherapy as part of their treatment protocol. Baxter and colleagues (2011) developed a pictorial scale to assess nausea in children; The ...