Browsing General Submissions: Presentations (Oral and Poster) by Title
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Differences between the earth and the sky: migrant parents' views of nurse-led child health services in the UK
Migrating between countries necessitates movement and adjustment between systems of healthcare which differ in provision. Children of migrant parents use most types of healthcare services less than local children, with ... -
Differentiating Objectives and Outcomes
(2017-11-30)What is an objective? What is an outcome? Why the switch in focus? This session answers those questions and provides a frame of reference for planning educational activities that make a difference in the professional ... -
Digital notebooks to create faculty continuity and consistent student experiences
Consistency of information across courses and programs is vitally important in online education. An ever-present challenge exists to keep faculty and students abreast of essential modifications to course content which ... -
Disaster preparedness for undergraduate baccalaureate nursing students
Purpose: The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice state that graduates should be able to use clinical judgment and make decisions during disaster situations. All nurses need training in ... -
Discharge lounge and the journey to excellence in patient satisfaction
(2017-12-04)Purpose: Our Emergency Room (ER) patient satisfaction baseline scores related to discharge instructions for FY 2016 were at 43.31%. Our fiscal year goal, however, was to receive a score of 51% (75th percentile) with ... -
Disposable blood pressure cuffs: A safer alternative
(6/9/2016)Background: Health care acquired infections are avoidable and not only cause patient suffering but are also costly to the hospitals. These unintentional infections cost hospitals approximately 35-45 billion dollars ... -
Do simulation roles really affect clinical decision-making accuracy in an acute care scenario?
(2017-08-17)The purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of on clinical decision making (CDM) among various roles in an acute-care simulation scenario in pre-licensure nursing students. This study utilized a mixed factorial ... -
Does a perioperative decision aid tool help increase patient and staff engagement?
Does a perioperative decision aid tool help increase patient and nursing staff engagement? Background: Rapid reductions in healthcare reimbursement caused by the value-based care movement have healthcare organizations ... -
Don't be average: Outliers Matter!
Poster presentationSession F presented Tuesday, October 1, 11:30 am-12:30 pmPurpose: Emergency Department metrics are reported for a specific window of time, whether daily, weekly, or monthly as a mean or average. This can ... -
Don't be scared, be prepared!
Poster presentationSession H presented Tuesday, October 1, 2:30-3:30 pmPurpose: This project was completed to demonstrate that mock code blues and rapid responses improve nurse’s confidence and competence in actual emergent ... -
Don't stick me again! Reducing blood culture contaminations
Poster presentationSession B presented Monday, September 30, 11:30 am-12:30 pmPurpose: Blood culture contamination (BCC) is a significant problem in the emergency department (ED) setting. False positive blood culture results ... -
Door to electrocardiogram (ECG) time improvement utilizing the first nurse role
Purpose: Meeting the national standard for door-to-ECG acquisition within 10 minutes of arrival to an emergency department is crucial to ensure prompt treatment for patients suffering from a heart attack. The purpose of ... -
Door-to-needle magic
Purpose: Research shows that infusion of TPA within 60 minutes of arrival during a stroke in evolution remarkably improves the patient's ability to regain motor/sensory functions to that prior to having the occlusive stroke. ... -
Dosage miscalculations at the point of care: An innovative look at why
(2016-08-11)Incorrect medication administration, a well-documented problem in the United States, can be linked to bedside nursing issues such as forgetting doses, giving additional doses, or giving incorrect doses. Nurse educators are ... -
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 ...
