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Mental health disparities in the LGBT community: The role of stigma
(3/26/2018)
It is widely known that people who identify themselves as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender (LGBT) face systematic oppression and devaluation due to social stigmas. The purpose of this integrative review was to ...
Motivational Interviewing and Diabetes
(6/5/2018)
Approximately 7.8 million patients over age 20 are diagnosed every year with Type Two Diabetes (DMII) in the United States. Eighty-six million Americans aged 20 and over are at risk for developing DMII due to pre-diabetic ...
Managing agitation and aggression in patients with dementia
(5/8/2018)
Dementia is a degenerative progressive disease that leads to multiple behavioral disturbances particularly behaviors of agitation and aggression. Risperdal is the most common antipsychotic agent used in patients with ...
Utilizing an order set in a computerized provider entry system to increase speech pathology referrals in adult head and neck cancer patients
(6/26/2018)
Introduction. Treatment of head and neck cancers may include radiation therapy and side effects will result in swallowing difficulties that can lead to feeding tube use, malnutrition, and reductions in quality of life. ...
Decreasing primary care providers’ stigma of mental illness
(5/8/2018)
A recent study has indicated that primary care providers hold comparable and possibly more negative attitudes towards persons with mental illness than the general public (Mittal et al., 2016b). Because of their regular ...
Assessment of Level 3 and Level 4 NI Competencies Tool Development
(3/22/2018)
Aim: To develop a reliable and valid instrument for self-assessment of perceived level 3 informatics specialist and level 4 informatics innovator competencies in selected informatics activities.
The Influence of Preceptor Training on Nurse Satisfaction and Role confidence
(2018-04-02)
By 2020, half a million nurses will retire, resulting in a significant loss in nursing expertise (Cazier & Spaulding, 2014). Retention of existing nursing staff is critical to the financial and operational sustainability ...
Hourly rounding and fall prevention: A change process
(5/9/2018)
Falls are among the most common and serious problems facing older adult patients living in nursing homes. The focus of this project was to implement an hourly rounding fall prevention protocol in a nursing home that provides ...
Is it pain or too much pain medication?
(6/11/2018)
Delirium is one of the most common undesirable consequences in older adult surgical patients. Studies have suggested that uncontrolled pain, in addition to overmedicating with opioids, may trigger an episode ...
Adapting an evidence-based insomnia practice guideline for use in a university healthcare setting
(2018-07-03)
Recent evidence-based practice guidelines (EBPGs) recommend cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) as first-line treatment for adults with chronic insomnia, with pharmacotherapy as a secondary option. Pharmacotherapy ...