Browsing Group: Nebraska Methodist College by Sigma Chapters "Non-member"
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Academic interventions for ELL nursing students: A pilot program
Background and Review of Literature: Diversity in the nursing workforce has become a necessity. However, the number of minorities entering the nursing workforce remains low. Research has shown that English-Language ... -
Addressing self-efficacy in cardiovascular emergencies
Problem: New graduate nurses in an urban midwestern emergency department self-identified that they lacked self-efficacy in cardiovascular emergencies. The objective of this study was to measure self-efficacy in the ... -
Adolescent vaping and education: Does it make a difference?
E-cigarette use and vaping has increased dramatically in the U.S. since 2011 among high school students and is a serious public health concern. Nicotine is an addictive substance and nicotine may harm teen brain development. ... -
Advance directive promotion in the community setting
Problem: An advance directive is a recognized legal document that expresses a person’s own wishes and values which will guide medical decision making in the event of serious illness or incapacity. Despite many ongoing ... -
Advance directive protocol in the primary care setting
Background and Review of Literature: Advance directives (AD) are documents that offer patients a way to avoid unwanted care in the event of a serious illness or incapacity. Studies demonstrate the care patients receive ... -
Advocate perception of forensic nursing care
Problem: The original problem being addressed by this project was does trauma informed education for forensic nurse examiners improve victim advocates perception of care delivered to patients within 6 weeks? However, after ... -
Blood glucose sample collection in the post-operative coronary artery bypass patient
This paper looks into the methods used to collect blood glucose samples in the post-operative coronary artery bypass patient. Current practice is waking a patient hourly to obtain blood via a finger prick. This project ... -
The effects of racial battle fatigue in students of color: Increasing awareness and improving coping skills
Students of color who attend predominately white institutions have reported experiencing racism, discrimination, or racial microaggression which has led to physiological, psychological, or behavioral stress responses coined ... -
Empowering nurse education on prone position
Problem: In staff nurses, does education on prone positioning in ARDS patients increase awareness of nursing practice over six weeks? Intervention: This project was designed to bring awareness and empower registered ... -
Evaluating heart failure readmissions
Problem: In heart failure patients that were readmitted within 30 days of discharge, does identifying demographic and individual characteristics provide data that can enhance discharge education and planning for future ... -
Health promotion behaviors and primary care knowledge in nurses
Nurses work high-stress jobs and are at high risk of burnout. Burnout in addition to working odd hours can result in poor health outcomes. Little is known about nurse’s personal health behaviors. The goal of this ... -
Impacting practice through change: Implementing cardiopulmonary resuscitation into a Nebraska school’s curriculum
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a life-saving technique that serves importance in many emergencies, in which someone’s breathing, or heartbeat has stopped. Despite strong evidence proving that basic life support (including ... -
Implementation of an employee mentorship program to reduce burnout levels in a neuroscience intensive care unit
Problem: In a Midwest academic health system a neuroscience intensive care unit (NSICU), had been seeing worsening scores on their biannual Employee Pulse Check Survey, which had revealed higher levels of staff burnout. ... -
Implementation of an intubation checklist
The issue that this capstone project addressed was the use of a standardized checklist during rapid sequence intubation (RSI). To address this problem, the purpose is to address the effectiveness of utilizing a standardized ... -
Importance of patient education on hemoglobin A1C and dietary modifications
Research shows that only less than 25% of adult patients who are being treated for diabetes can recall their previous and most recent hemoglobin A1c levels. It is the providers’ role to educate adult patients at every ... -
Improving patient education to increase nurses’ confidence
Effective patient education is something every interdisciplinary healthcare team member should aim for at each educational session. When patients understand the intended education, their ability to manage their chronic ... -
Improving quality of life: Efficacy of pregabalin and gabapentin in the fibromyalgia patient
Background and Review of Literature: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic disease that is characterized by widespread pain and several associated symptoms such as non-restorative sleep, fatigue, poor physical condition, impaired ... -
Limited English Proficiency (LEP) identification in emergency departments
Problem: Individuals who present to the emergency department for care are initially met by registration personnel or a nurse depending on route of patient arrival. Patients who present to the emergency department ... -
Magnesium sulfate in relation to preeclamptic postpartum mothers
Magnesium sulfate is often used from the onset of labor and during the postpartum period to stabilize maternal blood pressure. Because little is known about magnesium sulfate, there is a concern that allowing mothers to ... -
Medication reconciliation in a head and neck cancer clinic
The Head and Neck Cancer Clinic is within a Cancer Center in the Southeastern United States. The organization has a medication reconciliation policy in place to ensure that accurate medication information is updated in ...