• Comparison of the job satisfaction of experienced medical-surgical and experienced critical care nurses 

      Ward, Cynthia W.; Shultz, Sarah
      Historically, critical care nurses were more frequently identified with burnout, decreased job satisfaction and high levels of turnover. For this reason there have been several documented studies carried out to improve job ...
    • Compassion fatigue- An investigation of a hospital system 

      Gerhardt, Sheryl (2016-03-17)
      In today’s atmosphere of meeting Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services(CMS) Core Measures for patient care, Joint Commission (JC) standards for hospital accreditation, and the standards of the American Nurses ...
    • Comprehensive evaluation of the simulation program 

      Leighton, Kim; Ravert, Patricia K.; Mudra, Vickie; Foisy-Doll, Colette R. (2017-08-17)
      Many organizations evaluate individual components of a simulation program, such as, the scenarios, participants’ perceptions, the debriefer, and learning outcomes, but few programs evaluate simulation holistically ...
    • Confronting the nursing shortage: An emergency department fellowship 

      Kirkwood, Stacy; Howard, Debra; Benns, Jill; Granado, Lisa
      Poster presentationSession F presented Tuesday, October 1, 11:30 am-12:30 pmPurpose: Develop an educational program to combat a 40% RN turnover rate at a large inter-city hospital; while providing professional development ...
    • Conquering Time and Space with Webinar Technology 

      Webber, Megan; Hauge, Melissa (2017-11-30)
      NPD practitioners at a large academic medical center identified a gap in the attendance at their monthly Nursing Grand Rounds education. In attendance were those whose primary work location was the main hospital campus, ...
    • Construction and validation of the learning object: Admission to hospital 

      Santos, Margarida Reis; Prata, Ana Paula; Koch, Cândida
      In the current educational paradigm, in which students have an active and responsible role in their learning process, new technologies must be integrated into that process, as they are part of the students’ daily ...
    • Contemporary pedagogy: The layered learning approach for supporting innovative technology 

      Leighton, Kim; Bauman, Eric B.; Samosorn, Angela B. (2016-08-11)
      Nursing and other health science educators are becoming increasingly interested in the use of educational games, particularly those leveraging multimedia technology such as mobile media platforms. Students enjoy games and ...
    • Coordinated discharge 

      Hoddinott, Christina
      Poster presentationSession D presented Monday, September 30, 2:30-3:30 pmPurpose: The Coordinated Discharge process was created and implemented to improve the patient discharge process by giving the patient the necessary ...
    • County and hospital mental health collaborative in the emergency department 

      Hyer, Theresa (2017-12-04)
      Session I presented Saturday, September 16, 2017 Purpose: The aim of this collaborative is to offer an innovative solution for caring for the emergent needs of the mental health patient arriving at the emergency department(ED) ...
    • Creating a web-based empathy education tool for nursing 

      Gubanc-Anderson, Dawn M.
      Oncology nurses face many challenges in our current healthcare system.  Some of the most noticeable include an increase in medication errors, escalating costs, and a lack of healthcare provider compassion. When patients ...
    • Creating bold spaces for transformational undergraduate nursing education 

      Irwin, Jillian; Masson, Nicole; Maykut, Colleen
      Quality education correlates with improved socioeconomic status (United Nations, 2015). Pedagogies must prepare nursing graduates to recognize, disrupt, and address health inequities as global citizens and competent ...
    • Creating Orientation Competencies: From Academic to Community 

      Carraher, Jean; Concannon, Jason (2017-12-01)
      Realignment of multiple hospitals within a larger system resulted in two community hospitals with a shared clinical practice/education team.  Re-development of nursing orientation was undertaken through examination ...
    • Creative Patient Tracers for Accreditation Preparation 

      Grey, Mitzi (2017-12-01)
      Patient tracers can be an invaluable tool in the accrediation preparation process. Patient tracers can highlight potential compliance issues and prepare staff for the survey process. The idea of using patient tracers for ...
    • Cultural care needs of Spanish speaking parents with limited English proficiency (LEP) 

      Stephen, Jennifer M.
      The purpose of this qualitative, ethnonursing study was to understand values, beliefs, and experiences of Spanish speaking parents with limited English proficiency (SSP-LEP), of Mexican origin, whose children are hospitalized ...
    • Debriefing 2.0 - Finding the missed opportunities for learning 

      Schneidereith, Tonya; Poore, Julie; Nye, Carla; Herrington, Alaina; Morgan, Patricia V.; Farina, Crystel L.; Bensfield, Linda (2017-08-17)
      The INACSL Standards of Best Practice SM have identified the importance of ongoing education for facilitators of simulation, especially in the art of debriefing. This rapidly expanding area of simulation challenges educators ...
    • Debriefing for formative assessment: Essential skills 

      Fey, Mary; Daniels, Amy L.; Morse, Kate J.; Ng, Grace; Onello, Rachel; Palaganas, Janice C. (2016-08-11)
      Debriefing in simulation based healthcare education is critical to learning in the overall simulation experience. This preconference workshop familiarizes participants with the theory and practice of conducting formative ...
    • Decreasing blood culture contamination: Inquiry, empowerment, engagement 

      Anderson, Kate; Turner, Heather; Edwards, Taran; Smith, Caroline; Stewart, Stacey N.; Lovell, Desta L.; Sheridan, Kaitlyn
      Poster presentationSession A presented Monday, September 30,10:00-11:00 amPurpose: The purpose of this abstract is to describe how the team was able to decrease blood culture contamination rates by 50% in a year through a ...
    • Decreasing the ouch! IV start pain management in pediatrics 

      Wright, Alicia (2017-12-05)
      Purpose: Insertion of pediatric IV’s is a procedure that can produce anxiety in patients, families, and healthcare providers. The proper use of procedural pain management in pediatric IV starts can significantly ...
    • Deliberate self-harm among adolescents in Thailand: Prevalence and its influencing factors 

      Singtakaew, Arunothai; Chaimongkol, Nujjaree; Hengudomsub, Pornpat
      Deliberate self-harm (DSH) is an intentional behavior of direct destruction or chopping of body tissues which causes non-fatal physical trauma to the extent that bleeding occurs or causes a bruise to appear and without ...
    • Delivering TeamSTEPPS using a train-the-trainer approach 

      Francis-Johnson, Patricia G.; Decker, Sharon; Whitcomb, Kathryn; Caballero, Sandra; Leal, Melissa S. (2017-08-17)
      In 1999, after the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its landmark report, To Err is Human, healthcare organizations began the journey to reduce adverse patient events in healthcare settings. This, and a subsequent report ...

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