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Nutrition education content in nurse practitioner curricula: What are Michigan NP's learning about nutrition?
(2016-05-27)
Background and Purpose: Unhealthy diets are linked to common chronic diseases in the U.S. and Michigan. Healthy People 2020 calls for more nutrition counseling in primary care office visits. The last known survey of nutrition education in nursing graduate programs was published in 2001. This study describes the current state of adult-gerontology nutrition education within primary care nurse practitioner curricula in Michigan.
Methods: Program chairs (or their designees) at the 11 Michigan universities with Adult-Gerontology (AGNP) and/or Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) programs were asked to complete an anonymous, electronic 21-question survey.?
Conclusions: Six surveys were returned. Respondents, including primarily program directors, indicated that the majority of students receive less than 10 hours of instruction, the majority of which is classroom rather than experiential or clinical. None of the faculty responsible for teaching nutrition content have degrees in nutrition. All of the respondents indicated that nutrition instruction was insufficient.
Implications for Practice: This study identifies a possible gap in the educational preparation of primary care NP graduates to adequately address nutritional issues that underlie many chronic diseases. Additional research is needed....
Improving patient care outcomes through better delegation-communication among nurses and assistive personnel
(2016-06-08)
In acute care settings, registered nurses must depend on and delegate to unlicensed assistive personnel when providing direct care to patients. The nurses’ ability to effectively delegate can affect the safety and ...
Implementing obesity management in primary care: Linking evidence based guidelines with a nurse practitioner model of care
(2016-06-03)
Background: Obesity is a rising epidemic, affecting over one third of U.S. adults and over 13% of the world’s population, carrying significant morbidity and mortality. There have been decreasing rates of obesity ...
Evaluation of COMFORT in strengthening family communication skills
(2016-06-02)
The purpose of this project was to evaluate the effectiveness of a COMFORT communication strategy that combines a didactic and simulated experience to strengthen perceived confidence and competence of advance practice registered nurses communicating with families facing difficult decisions and situations. The project explored the impact of the COMFORT protocol as an intervention strategy to strengthen perceived confidence and competence in communicating with families in crisis at end of life using a pre-post design. There was no significant change in the COMFORT protocol’s ability to increase perceived confidence or competence levels. APRN participants positively indicated the COMFORT protocol as an effective strategy for guiding difficult discussion (M = 4.35, SD = 0.48) and an effective strategy for APRN communication at end of life (M = 4.4, SD = 0.6) using a five point Likert scale....
Pediatric cardiac transplant: Quality of life of urban families
(2016-05-31)
Introduction: To describe quality of life (QoL) of pediatric cardiac transplant recipients and caregivers in an urban setting, to examine differences in QoL between recipients and caregivers, and to determine ...