Browsing General Submissions: Presentations (Oral and Poster) by Title
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Early detection and nursing intervention in the care of patients with delirium
Quality improvement/evidence-based practice (EBP) project to increase compliance and accuracy of using the confusion assessment method (CAM) tool used to detect delirium as well as implement evidenced based nursing ... -
ED use of vapocoolant spray prior to IV insertion
Session H presented Friday, September 28, 2:30-3:30 pm Purpose: The pain associated with IV insertion can create a stressful experience for ED patients. The objective of this study is to determine whether the use of a ... -
ED Volunteer Safety Patrol: A Falls Reduction Strategy
Patient falls with injuries (FWIs) in the hospital are a serious risk. The Joint Commission reports that 63% of the 465 FWIs reported since 2009 led to death. In our emergency department (ED), we aimed to reduce falls with ... -
“EDRN school” – An interactive approach to validate competence and performance
Session E presented Friday, September 28, 10:00-11:00 am Purpose: Registered Nurse (RN) competency programs within hospitals have become a yearly standard. However, specialty areas such as Critical Care and Emergency ... -
Educating emergency department staff on human trafficking
Session H presented Friday, September 28, 2:30-3:30 pm Purpose: Provide education to emergency department staff to increase awareness in identifying and treating human trafficking victims. Design: This study was completed ... -
Education and reminders to increase cervical cancer screening: An evidence-based report
Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide. Regular screening can find abnormalities early and prevent morbidity and mortality. But CCS rates are low in the U.S. and at the project site. A comprehensive ... -
An education program to reduce violence against emergency department nurses
(2017-12-05)Session A presented Thursday, September 14, 2017 Purpose: An Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) change project was designed to educate nurses in the ED on how to recognize, de-escalate, and mitigate violence encountered while ... -
Effect of a high-fidelity end-of-life simulation on nursing students’ death anxiety
(2016-08-11)Background: Many nursing students report feeling high anxiety about providing End-of-Life (EOL) nursing care (Hamilton, 2010). Traditional teaching formats are not best suited to provide students opportunities to reflect ... -
The effect of critical incident debriefing in the emergency department
Session E presented Friday, September 28, 10:00-11:00 am Purpose: Emergency Department (ED) nurses and other staff can feel stressed after critical incidents such as the death of a patient, a violent event, or a medical ... -
Effect of interdisciplinary rounding with psychiatry on three quality metrics
Poster presentationSession A presented Monday, September 30, 10:00-11:00 amPurpose: Inadequate understanding of the processes and plan of care for psychiatric patients by ED nurses was suspected to be related to prolonged ... -
Effect of the H-HANDS intervention on the adaptation to neurodevelopment of the premature child after hospital discharge
Objective: Determine the effect of H-HANDS* intervention, compared to conventional care, on the adaptation to neurodevelopment of premature infants during 4 weeks after hospital discharge. Instruments and Methods: ... -
Effective onboarding of new graduate nurses using a preceptor/orientation nurse model
Purpose: Onboarding of new graduate nurses in a fast paced emergency department environment can be stressful in the critical thinking skills and knowledge they must possess. Although a six month orientation was provided, ... -
Effectiveness of high fidelity simulation to bleeding control course with proper tourniquet placement amongst school personnel
50 mass shooting incidents occurred in 2016-2017 in 21 states resulting in 221 casualties and 743 injuries (FBI 2018). Bystanders are first on the scene of incidents, making training civilians necessary to decrease morbidity ... -
Effectiveness of standardized patient simulation scenarios & electronic health record documentation to improve the clinical competence of graduate nurses
(2016-08-11)Increased acuity of hospitalized patients, technology, and complexity of healthcare systems pose a unique challenge in the orientation of graduate nurses (GNs) to their role1. By themselves, traditional graduate nurse ... -
The effectiveness of video-discharge instructions among the Spanish speaking population in the pediatric emergency department
Purpose: A high quality discharge from the Pediatric Emergency Room (ER) educates caregivers about their child’s treatment, care and prognosis. However, there is evidence that standard written / oral discharge ... -
Effects of clinical nurse educator professional role development: An evidence-based quality improvement project
Centralization of Clinical Nurse Educators (CNEs) from the Med-Surg and Critical Care units of a Midwestern health care system created role confusion and poor role outcomes. This evidence-based quality improvement (EBPQI) ... -
Effects of nurse-physician collaborative rounding
This presentation describes a method to enhance nurse-physician-patient communication that increases patient satisfaction with nurse communication, physician communication, and overall teamwork. -
Effects of prehospital communication times in STEMI patients
Expedient transfer of a ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patient presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) to a cath lab for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is well understood to make a difference in ... -
Efficacy of a Simulation/Clinical Evaluation Program in an Undergraduate Baccalaureate Nursing Program
(2016-08-11)Background - The Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument (C-CEI©) was introduced as a tool to assess student competency for both the traditional 4-year and accelerated 18-month senior-level medical surgical clinical ... -
Efficacy of a smoking cessation quality improvement project during a preoperative evaluation in patients with metabolic syndrome
(2016-03-17)Background and Purpose: Patients with metabolic syndrome who are currently smoking and are scheduled to undergo a surgical procedure are at a greater risk for perioperative complications. This project was designed to ...