Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Research Approach "N/A"
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Assessing the impact of practice transition on advance practice registered nurse’s job stress and job satisfaction.
Problem: The impact of the transition to full practice authority (FPA) on job satisfaction and job stress has not been previously described in the literature. Method: Job satisfaction, job stress, and practice transition ... -
Assessment and strategic planning to determine the growth feasibility of a distance-based rural baccalaureate nursing program
A greater supply of nurses who are prepared at the BSN level minimally, are needed to address the increasingly complex healthcare and community needs in rural counties. An innovative partnership between a rural regional ... -
Bedside nurse recognition of delirium in the medical-surgical setting
Delirium in adults aged 65 and older is a common occurrence in the acute care setting and is often unrecognized by bedside nurses. Delirium can trigger a negative cascade of events resulting in an increase in morbidity and ... -
Efficacy of acupressure treatment at Neiguan Point with acupressure bands for chemotherapy-induced nausea, vomiting, and retching
Patients who receive chemotherapy perceive nausea and vomiting (N&V) to be one of the most problematic outcomes of chemotherapy. Even with the administration of a prophylactic antiemetic protocol, up to 33% of the patients ... -
An ethnography study of HIV positive midlife Black women
Black women, ages 45 and older, are disproportionately affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In 2001, Black women comprised 11% of all older women in the United States; however, they accounted for more than 50% of AIDS cases ... -
Evaluating debriefing methods for high fidelity simulation
(9/22/2016)The purpose of this study is evaluating effectiveness of debriefing. The PICO(T) question asks “for nurse educators debriefing in simulation (P) how does using the Debriefing for Meaningful Learning (DML) method (I) ... -
Happy feet in a rural clinic: A diabetic foot education intervention
Rural Healthy People 2010 report indicated that diabetes was more pervasive in non-metropolitan areas than in central cities and more commonplace in the Southeast and the Southwest regions of the United States due to complex ... -
A historical overview of Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society of Nursing, 1922-1979
Sigma Theta Tau was founded in 1922 by six students at the Indiana University Training School for Nurses, Indianapolis, Indiana. The name was chosen using the initials of the Greek words, STORGA, THAROS, TIME, meaning Love, ... -
How nurse-led clinics improve health care access
The project will seek to address how nurse-led clinics enhance access to health care services, lead to patient satisfaction, and offer inexpensive and quality health care services. To evaluate these variables, the project ... -
The impact of job satisfaction, stress and career needs on Navy nurses intent to stay on active duty
The nursing profession is experiencing a shortage of registered nurses that is only expected to escalate. The Navy Nurse Corps (NC) takes the shortage seriously and would like to prevent a shortage from occurring in the ... -
Influence of the economy on teen and adult birth patterns in Oklahoma 1980 through 1995: A time series analysis
Influence of the economy on birth patterns was examined separately for teen and adult women. Competing theories and conceptual frameworks currently exist to describe the cyclic patterns found in reproductive behavior and ... -
Nursing out of the parish: A history of the Baltimore Lutheran Deaconesses 1893-1911
Established by the Lutheran General Synod in 1895, the Baltimore Lutheran Deaconess Motherhouse and Training School offered a unique women's ministry in America. Lutheran women trained as deaconess nurses joined other women ... -
Prevention of neuromuscular blockade: A proposal
Many surgeries require the use of neuromuscular blocking agents. At the end of surgery, these agents may not be fully metabolized and must be reversed in order for patients to have full muscle strength. However, postoperative ... -
Processes used by nursing faculty when working with underperforming students in the clinical area: A theoretical model derived from grounded theory
Clinical nursing faculty members often work with students who underperform in the clinical area. Underperforming students are those who exhibit deficits in nursing knowledge, the application of nursing knowledge, psychomotor ... -
Regert and police reporting among individuals who have experienced sexual assault
Sexual assault (SA) is the most widely underreported violent crime in the United States. Reporting is significant because it is through this process that people access resources that can mitigate psychiatric and other ... -
Testing a reflection education intervention on baccalaureate nursing students' level of reflection during online clinical post conference
Background: The majority of faculty–student interactions are at low cognitive levels during nursing clinical post conference (CPC), a time often utilized for reflective thinking. Strategies have been implemented to ... -
When nurse-teachers become ill: A narrative inquiry into the personal illness experiences of three nurse-teachers
In this inquiry I explore how a personal serious illness of three nurseteachers impacts their teaching and nursing practice. My interest in illness stories emerges in response to my own experience of becoming a patient ...