Browsing General Submissions: Presentations (Oral and Poster) by Title
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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 ... -
EKG timeliness: Going against the grain
The goal for all patients presenting to the Emergency Department with a chief complaint of chest pain is to complete an EKG and have it read by an ED Physician within 10 minutes of arrival. Prior to the process change, the ... -
Electroconvulsive therapy compared to pharmacotherapy in treatment in the adult population with severe depression
(2016-03-17)Background: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a treatment that is used for psychological disorders when pharmacological interventions are insufficient in treatment of these disorders. ECT is a very effective treatment ... -
Electronic bundle worklist increases adherence with CMS Sep-1 Measures in the emergency department
Poster presentationSession I presented Wednesday, October 2, 10:00-11:00 amPurpose: Severe sepsis and septic shock result in approximately 250,000 deaths nationwide. Evidence shows that implementing Centers of Medicare & ... -
Electronic handoff process for ED boarders admitted to medical-surgical and telemetry units
The telephonic hand off process utilized to transfer ED boarders with assigned beds was causing major delays. The time from bed assignment to admission on the inpatient medical-surgical and telemetry units was 2 hours on ... -
Elimination of blood culture contamination in the emergency department
Purpose: Blood cultures are frequently obtained in the care of patients with potentially serious infections to detect bacteremia. Blood culture contaminations are a common problem, particularly false-positive blood cultures. ... -
ELNEC Core Module 1: Palliative Nursing Care
(2018-07-03)Describe the role of the nurse in providing quality palliative care for patients across the lifespan. Identify the need for collaborating with interdisciplinary team members while implementing the nursing role in palliative ... -
ELNEC Pediatric 2018: Module 1
(2018-07-03)Principles of Hospice & Palliative Care for Children Child and family as unit of care with attention to caregiver support Adolescents and young adults have distinctive needs Attention to physical, psychological, social, ... -
Elucidation of tacit knowledge that supports the practice of an expert nurse based on the RAM
This study aims to elucidate tacit knowledge that underpins the nursing practice of the expert nurse who implements the Roy Adaptation Model. -
Emergency and SANE nurses' acceptance of drug-facilitated sexual assault myths
(2017-03-24)Sexual assault is a pervasive problem in our society. Acceptance of rape myths, such as a believe that rape victims who are intoxicated deserve to be assaulted, adversely affect victims and discourage reporting for ... -
Emergency Department Mentorship Program
Session E presented Friday, September 28, 10:00-11:00 am Purpose: The goal of this project was to implement a successful mentor program in the ER, where success was measured by analysis of self-reported data from each ... -
Emergency department operationalizes tiered huddles across a multi-facility system
Poster presentationSession G presented Tuesday, October 1, 1:00-2:00 pmPurpose: Patient safety events have traditionally been difficult to escalate from the bedside to executive leadership teams and events that have similar ...