Browsing Master's Papers by Review Type "None: Degree-based Submission"
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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 ... -
An assessment of competencies of clinical instructors in teaching and guidance for nursing students in clinical areas: A cross-sectional study in Tanzania
(2018-07-03)Nursing student’s clinical competence including psychomotor skills, attitude, values, and beliefs of professional practices depend on the quality of clinical instruction given by their preceptors in clinical settings. ... -
Barriers and facilitators to the completion of advance directives in healthy, non-healthcare employed adults aged 45-65
Background: The Patient Self-­‐Determination Act -­‐-­‐ passed in 1991 -­‐-­‐ requires staff in health care facilities -­‐-­‐ such as skilled nursing facilities, hospitals, home health services ... -
Barriers to using certified interpreters in the hospital setting: The Hispanic bilingual nurse experience
Introduction: The law requires that certified interpreters are available to translate information to patients regarding their healthcare. Due to perceived barrier of time, Hispanic bilingual nurses are regularly called ... -
Bedside shift report and its effect on patient satisfaction with nursing communication
The problem identified was the lack of any formal policy in regards to patient handoff, causing inconsistencies in the methodology, implementation, and content given from nurse to nurse during report. This increases the ... -
Beware of uncharitable speech: Perceptions of newly graduated nurses regarding their experiences of academic incivility between and among nursing students in undergraduate nursing education
The perceptions of newly graduated nurses regarding their experiences of academic incivility between and among nursing students in undergraduate nursing education were explored in this qualitative descriptive study. Six ... -
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 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 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., ...