Browsing General Submissions: Clinical Settings Materials by Title
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Barriers and facilitators for successful integration of nurse practitioners into interdisciplinary care teams
(4/17/2017)Introduction. As the Affordable Care Act provides an opportunity for the previously uninsured to gain coverage, the disparity between those needing care and those providing care grows.It's well established nurse practitioners ... -
Breathing techniques associated with improved health outcomes
(6/29/2015)Purpose: To determine if there is evidence to support teaching purposeful breathing techniques to patients for the improvement of health outcomes. Method: A comprehensive search of literature between 2009 and the ... -
Care transitions
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2014-03)This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for nurses and other members of the interprofessional team who are assessing and managing clients undergoing a care transition. -
Culturally competent care at the end of life- A Hindu perspective
(St Christopher Hospice, London, UK, 2010)Knowledge of particular cultural requirements is especially important in times of transition such as at the end of life, where issues of death and dying require great sensitivity to cultural and religious differences. ... -
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 ... -
The effects of forest bathing on anxiety in adults: An integrative review
The aim of this study is to explore the effects of forest bathing on anxiety levels in adults. An abundance of forest bathing research evidence is present in the literature. There are documented physiological and psychological ... -
Efficacy of aloe vera gel topical application on radiation induced mucositis in head and neck malignancy
(8/8/2017)INTRODUCTION: One word that is even more daunting than the death itself and eats up a person from the inside is cancer. Head and neck malignancy (HNM) is a heterogeneous disease characterized by complex clinical and ... -
ELNEC final hours of life supplemental materials
(End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC), 2020)Nurses new to caring for patients who are actively dying during the COVID-19 pandemic may need educational support to be aware of the signs and symptoms during final hours of life. Physical, psychological, social and ... -
Embracing cultural diversity in health care: Developing cultural competence
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2007-04)This guideline addresses:- Knowledge, competencies and behaviours that exist in culturally competent workplaces- Indicators and features of culturally competent practice settings- Organizational values, relationships, ... -
An exercise in the provision of care for an adult patient under investigation (PUI) for Ebola: A patient care drill
(MESH Coalition, 2016-02)In October of 2014 Indianapolis found itself, like many communities, preparing for the unknown realities of providing care to a Patient under Investigation (PUI) for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). A group of clinical experts ... -
Forest bathing as a self-care modality for nurses
The self-care practice of forest bathing for nurses is the focus of this article. Self-care is the use of actions to promote one's well-being and is an essential aspect of being a nurse. The Japanese form of shinrin yoku ... -
Ideal nursing workflows to support the development of information technology solutions
An understanding of workflows is fundamental to designing information technology solutions to advance patient care, as these solutions must integrate into the workflow. As a precursor to developing a clinical documentation ... -
The intensity of pain experienced by respondents given intramuscular (IM) injection with/without skin tapping technique
(2/14/2014)A study to evaluate the intensity of pain experienced by respondents given intramuscular (IM) injection with/without skin tapping technique in a selected hospital in Mumbai. -
The Jacki Jacket after mastectomy with reconstruction: A randomized pilot study
(Springer, 2019-10-14)Background. Breast cancer patients undergoing mastectomy with reconstruction (TM+R) often experience post-operative discomfort from surgical drains. Despite a variety of garment options for use in the post-operative period, ... -
Preoperative instructions, health literacy, and medication adherence
(2018-06-11)Health literacy is defined as the “degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions” (Ammerman ... -
Process improvement: Increasing skin-to-skin contact during a cesarean birth
(2016-02-03)There are many documented benefits to breastfeeding not only for infants, but for mothers as well. The hospital where I’m employed, which had over 6,600 births last year, wanted to improve maternal/infant ... -
Reducing food insecurity in pediatric patients and families
This pilot was designed to evaluate the feasibility of implementing food insecurity interventions on our pediatric general surgery and orthopedic inpatient unit. -
The role of fast tracks on length of stay in emergency departments
(5/18/2017)Overcrowding in emergency departments (EDs) is a national crisis affecting hospitals. It has led to an association with poor patient outcomes and is a threat to public safety. Fast tracks (FTs) in the ED are one strategy ... -
The role of the national certification as a mark of professionalism in critical care
Professional certifications in health care represent a mark of professionalism, accountability, knowledge, and expertise. Lifelong learning is vital to ensure positive outcomes. This concept is especially true in critical ... -
Safe sleep/reading patient education handout
(2017-02-17)During the Fall of 2016, student leadership interns of Delta Xi chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) implemented a project to address STTI goals of advancing world health, and celebrating nursing excellence ...
