Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Effectiveness of fall prevention multimedia program on patient awareness, self-efficacy, and engagement
Hospitalized adults are at high risk of falls during their acute episode of care making fall prevention programs a critical element of care. Patient self-efficacy and engagement in fall-prevention activities are important ... -
Exploring multilevel factors influencing quality of life in young adult cancer survivors: A mixed methods study
Background: Nearly 84,000 young adults (YAs; ages 20-39 years) are diagnosed with cancer each year in the US, and some of the most commonly occurring types of cancer seen in this population are hematologic cancers (leukemias, ... -
Civilian disaster healthcare response systems: An exploratory study using the e-Delphi Technique
Civilian disaster healthcare response systems are utilized in the United States (U.S.) during large-scale emergencies and disasters that negatively impact the healthcare delivery system of a community. The composition, ... -
The health impacts of nursing shift work
This descriptive pilot study was intended to evaluate negative outcomes of shift work stress in nursing. Objective analysis of waist-hip-circumference ratios (WHR) and subjective survey reports were utilized to assess ... -
Health service cost and use associated with advance directive documentation among patients with COPD
Little available research has focused on the question of whether advanced-careplanning has the potential to impact health-care related spending especially in patients with chronic and incurable conditions such as Chronic ... -
Understanding families'/surrogate decision makers' experience of decision making for critically ill patients in Saudi Arabia
Critical illness not only affects patients, but also may negatively impact the families and people who are responsible to make decisions for those patients. Making decision can be challenging for people when it is for ... -
Faculty descriptions of teaching strategies for professionalism in nursing students
The purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore how nursing faculty described strategies for teaching professionalism, across the curriculum, to pre-licensure Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students ... -
The missing concept to improve the nursing process: A quality management system
Quality in the healthcare industry has been gaining much importance in the last two decades. Every health professional is carefully trained to provide high quality service. Historically, healthcare providers have done their ... -
Frameworks for patient safety in the nursing curriculum
Patient safety (i.e., the degree to which patients are free from accidental injury) has received a great deal of media coverage during the past few years. Professional and regulatory agencies have indicated that patient ... -
Competency and work environments among military and civilian perioperative registered nurses: A predictive model
This study examined the self-assessed competency levels, work environments, sub-specialty training and selected demographic characteristics of two groups—civilian and military (United States Navy) perioperative nurses. ... -
Preparing new nurses to improve the systems in which they work: A matter of degree or skillset?
The multitude of players, rules, and economic factors involved in organizing and delivering healthcare in the US today requires a highly skilled workforce, who can go above and beyond excellence at the practitioner level ... -
Evaluating psychiatric nursing competencies applied to emergency settings: A pilot role delineation study
Aims: 1) To examine emergency department (ED) nurses’ reports of a) frequency b) importance and c) self-efficacy related to the application of recommended psychiatric nursing competencies in three domains (i.e., ... -
The relationship of nurse managers' leadership styles and nursing unit organizational culture in acute care hospitals in New Jersey
Background & purpose of the study: Leadership and organizational culture are two important explanatory constructs of organizational performance. The relationship of these constructs, however, is not clearly understood. ... -
Prescribing competencies for autonomous APRN prescriptive authority: What do nurse prescribers need to know?
The United States currently has no reliable and valid model for assessing entry-level autonomous prescriptive competency for advanced practice nurses, despite a decade of legislative expansion in scope and autonomy. Klein ... -
Racial disparity in health insurance acquisition in the state of California
Racial disparity continues to be a struggle in America. The main purpose of this project was to determine whether there is a relationship between race and the acquisition of health insurance in adult residents of California ... -
Assessing the influences on rural women's reproductive life plans: A cross-sectional descriptive study
Rural women’s unique personal, social, cultural, and economic characteristics influence their health care decision-making processes. To assess the influences on rural women and their Reproductive Life Plans, a ... -
Developing "a personal knowing" - A grounded theory study
The past 30 years have seen rapid expansion in nursing roles, and the provision of education that supports them. However, the nature of the knowledge that characterises advanced practice, and the pedagogical strategies ... -
The effects of instructional methodology and learning style on problem solving in baccalaureate nursing students enrolled in an introductory pharmacology course
The primary purpose of this quantitative study was threefold: (1) to compare the effectiveness of two instructional methods of teaching on transferring problem solving; (2) to identify the effect a student's learning style ... -
Acculturation, self-efficacy and breastfeeding behaviors in a sample of Hispanic women
Breastfeeding confers immunological, physiological and psychological benefits for the infant and mother as well as social and economic benefits to the nation. The United States Department of Health and Human Servcies (HHS), ... -
Breastfeeding education in university nursing programs
Past goals, future goals, and current statistics regarding breastfeeding rates in the United States support the need for university programs to address the topic of breastfeeding education. Currently, exclusive breastfeeding ...
