Browsing Master's Papers by Title
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Carers of the care-seekers: The lived experiences of primary caregivers of patients with stroke
This phenomenological study was designed to develop an understanding of the lived experiences of the primary caregivers of patients with stroke to discover what their experiences are as partakers of the burden ... -
A comparative evaluation of the structure of primary care in the United States and the United Kingdom
The condition of the United States (US) health care system is currently at the center of national debate; and attempts to reform a flagging system are underway (Rutenberg & Calmes, 2009; Stolberg & Herszenhorn, ... -
Comparison of QT and QTc interval measurements from bedside electrocardiograms between expert nurses, bedside nurses, and computerized measurements: A pilot study
Introduction: Prolongation of the QT/QTc (heart rate corrected) >500 milliseconds (msec) measured on the electrocardiogram (ECG) in hospitalized patients is associated with torsade de pointes (TdP). While some bedside ... -
Cultural competence in the baccalaureate degree nursing curriculum
Health care providers are members of a helping profession and need to provide quality care to all members of society. As a result of current and projected demographic changes within the United States (U.S.), health care ... -
Culture of safety: Beyond the safety survey: A cross-sectional, mix-methods study
Assessing the safety climate of healthcare organizations is an important step in embarking on creating processes to improve overall patient safety. Nursing leadership considerations for improving safe practice must begin ... -
Deprivation of liberty relating to detention in Irish residential care centres for the older person; A legal and ethical analysis
People enter residential care for a wide variety of reasons, with many people stating they would prefer to live in their own homes. Lack of community resources may lead to an older person entering residential care against ... -
A descriptive study of case managers' knowledge of elder abuse
The purpose of the descriptive study was to measure knowledge of current legislation, awareness of current protocols, identify the use of screening and intervention tools, and the ability to identify indicators of elder ... -
Do novice nurses utilize reflection for clinical reasoning?
Statement of the Issue: Once practicing on their own, novice nurses experience a gap between practice and theory. These nurses are expected to care for increasingly sicker patients and must be able to bridge that gap in ... -
The effect of patient activation on transition clinic adherence
Heart failure (HF) affects more than five million Americans and is one of the most commonly occurring reasons for admission to the hospital among adults aged 65 and over. Evidence is growing that the higher amount of patient ... -
The effect of test-taking strategy education on Kaplan integrated exam scores
(11/17/2016)Achieving minimum NCLEX-RN® pass rates is problematic for many nursing programs. Much research focuses on determining predictors of NCLEX-RN® success and preventing failure. Schools implement standardized ... -
The effects of an educational/support program on the attainment of maternal role competence in adolescent mothers: A program evaluation
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of an educational/support program on the quality of adolescent maternal role competence. Teen parenthood changes the developmental options of adolescents, placing enormous ... -
Empowering young adults: The adolescent insight development model
Quality of life and ease of reintegration into the family and the community are particularly important for the adolescent or young adult with mental illness. Such rehabilitation has long been focused on empowerment, partly ... -
An ethnographic study of pre-graduate precepted nursing student clinical placements in long-term care homes
Long-Term Care (LTC) home recruitment challenges and nursing student disinterest in such clinical placements and careers, underscore this study’s urgent need. This qualitative focused ethnography explored preceptor, faculty ... -
An ethnomethodological examination of the decision-making process psychiatric nurses use when deciding whether to use seclusion
This replication and expansion of Mason's work on seclusion used an ethnomethodological approach to examine the decision-making process of five Canadian registered nurses. Each nurse read two patient vignettes and then ... -
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) ... -
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., ... -
Evidence based practice in school nursing: A study of school nurses in Central and Eastern North Carolina
The purpose of the study, Evidence Based Practice Use: A Study of School Nurses in Central and Eastern North Carolina, is to gain insight of the barriers and facilitators of evidence based research in the school setting. ... -
Exploring the School Nurse’s Perception of Caring for Students with Severe Allergies
The role of the school nurse continually evolves, with an increase in students who are medically fragile, have disabilities and those diagnosed with both acute and chronic illnesses. A major challenge for the school nurse ... -
Factors leading to the resignation of nurse educators at a Johannesburg nursing college
The purpose of the study was to explore and describe the factors that led to the resignation of nurse educators at a Johannesburg nursing college and to describe strategies to retain them. A qualitative, exploratory, ... -
"Falling hair and drilling bone": A phenomenological inquiry into the lives of adolescents undergoing chemotherapy
(2017-12-07)This study, employing the interpretative phenomenological approach, explored the adolescents‟ experience of undergoing chemotherapy. Five (5) coresearchers were carefully chosen based on a present criteria set upon by the ...