Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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The role of the patient liaison nurse in the ambulatory care context of a Middle Eastern teaching hospital: A practice model
The commencement of the role of patient liaison nurse (PLN) in the ambulatory care context of a Middle Eastern teaching hospital was an organizational response to patient care concerns during the site absence of physicians ... -
Baccalaureate nurses' experiences and understanding of adults living with sickle cell disease
Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, genetic blood disorder with most treatment interventions geared toward the acute phase of the disease, which often leads to fragmented care. In Canada, the teaching of ... -
Organizational agents as epistemic agents: Re-examining nurse executives' agency in homecare organizations
This research presents a critical analysis and original theoretical approach to a complex phenomenon that addresses current gaps in our understanding of the experiences of nurse executives and their organizational positioning ... -
The lived experiences of student nurses during simulation of perinatal loss
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand the experiences and perceptions of undergraduate nursing students in providing care following a perinatal loss simulation. The theories that guided this study ... -
The individualized multidisciplinary immediate fall response program
Falls are common in older residents in the United States. 800,000 falls occur yearly and one in three residents will fall again within a year (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality [AHRQ], 2017). In Frey Village, ... -
Development and evaluation of a nurse-leader driven restorative break initiative on medical surgical unit and its impact on burnout and stress
BACKGROUND: COVID impacted nurses on many levels, but most significantly accelerating the nursing shortage, increasing acuity, burnout, and stress (Khammissa et al., 2022). These interrelated factors created high turnover ... -
Glycemic control in cardiac surgery patients: Revising and educating nurses on an evidence-based insulin infusion protocol
Glycemic control following cardiac surgery is challenging. Inadequate glycemic control, whether it is hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia, is associated with poor patient outcomes. Recently published studies examining glycemic ... -
Work engagement, burnout, and well-being in nursing professional development practitioners
This article-based manuscript dissertation will follow a two-manuscript process. The two manuscripts are related to work engagement, burnout, and well-being in the nursing professional development (NPD) practitioner. The ... -
A study of the effect of human patient simulation on critical thinking and confidence skills of baccalaureate junior nursing students
This quantitative study sought to evaluate human patient simulation’s (HPS) impact on junior student nurses’ critical thinking and confidence skills. The study investigated the impact of simulation as an adjunct ... -
Simulation in interprofessional education: A case study with baccalaureate nursing faculty
Nursing programs across the country are facing the challenge of providing students with optimal clinical skill learning experiences. Faculty members are rising to this challenge in a variety of ways, and current research ... -
Nontraditional community college students in nursing: Perceptions personified
Nontraditional students in nursing have been the topic of multiple research studies to gain insight into their perceptions regarding retention. This mixed methods study, using Jeffreys’ Student Perception Appraisal-Revised ... -
Transitional care medical house call: A pilot project
Problem Description: Vulnerable, homebound older adults are highly susceptible to unplanned 30-day hospital readmissions, which is costly for the healthcare system. As a result, health care expenditures for this population ... -
Improving breastfeeding outcomes: A pilot randomized controlled trial of a self-efficacy intervention with primiparous mothers
Breastfeeding is recommended as the optimal source of nutrition for newborns for the first 6 months of life and beyond with the addition of complementary foods. While breastfeeding initiation rates have been ... -
Using therapeutic writing to deconstruct recovery from postraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Exposure to physical and psychological trauma has produced a post-millennial epoch of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a debilitating anxiety disorder that occurs after exposure to an extreme stressor or prolonged ... -
Education practicum project
Impactful functioning within the nursing discipline demands appropriate communication which fosters collaboration and promotes safety. Ferri et al. (2018) proclaim that many adverse events which occur in healthcare are ... -
Improving the experience of culturally diverse nursing students: A qualitative study
Current literature reflects a need for an overall increase in the number of nurses and an increase in ethnic and racial diversity in the nursing profession. The lack of diversity is a global nursing concern, and nursing ... -
Improving medication safety through medication reconciliation in amulatory care
Background/Significance. Medication reconciliation (MR) is recognized as an effective strategy to prevent harm from medications and yet it has not been consistently performed in the ambulatory care setting. Inaccuracies ... -
Increasing folic acid self-efficacy in college-age women of childbearing age
Preventative measures taken by women of childbearing age before and during conception limit the risk of fetal defects or complications. One specific measure that is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and ... -
Initiating a mobile wayfinding application at a verterans affairs medical center: A current state assessment & needs analysis
Problem: Wayfinding within medical facilities is complex and challenging resulting in missed appointments, late appointment check-ins, and even procedural/surgical delays which further patients’ frustration, stress, ... -
On pills and needles: Students' and clinical nursing faculty's lived experience of a nursing students' first med pass in the clinical setting
Learning and teaching medication administration is a substantial component of prelicensure nursing education. The emphasis of the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses initiative is to prepare nursing students to provide ...
