• Social Support and Self-Management Behaviors among Emerging Adults with Inflammatory Bowel Disease 

  Kamp, Kendra (2018-07-03)

  Self-management of chronic conditions is increasingly critical as individuals spend less time in healthcare systems and must learn how to manage their disease (through behaviors such as medication adherence and diet ...

• A study of coping with fear of cancer recurrence among ovarian cancer survivors living outside of large metropolitan centres (The FEARLESS Study): End of Grant Report 

  Galica, Jacqueline; Giroux, Janet; Francis, Julie Ann; Maheu, Christine (2018-05-15)

  The purpose of this study was to examine how ovarian cancer survivors living outside of large urban centres cope with one of their most common concerns, their fear of cancer recurrence (FCR). A small number of interventions ...

• Cardiovascular Risk among Patients with Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and HIV in South Africa 

  Whitehouse, Erin Rachel (2018-05-10)

  Problem Statement South Africa has the highest incidence of drug resistant-tuberculosis (DR-TB) in sub-Saharan Africa and outcomes are poor. Only 54% of patients successfully complete treatment.  The prevalence of HIV ...

• Challenges of Customizing ECG Alarm Settings in Intensive Care Units: A Mixed Methods Study 

  Ruppel, Halley; Funk, Marjorie; Kennedy, Holly; Bonafide, Christopher; Wung, Shu-Fen; Whittemore, Robin (2018-03-22)

  Background: Alarm fatigue is a well-established patient safety concern in acute care settings. One mechanism for reducing this phenomenon and improving patient care is customization of alarm settings to reflect individual ...

• Learning to live with diabetes 

  Compean, Lidia; Aguilera, Paulina; Rivera, Jose; Berry, Diane (2018-03-02)

  Specific Aims/Hypothesis: Aim 1: Determine the feasibility of the intervention, including its acceptability, and further refine intervention materials and study procedures (recruitment, enrollment, intervention, ...

• Predicting NCLEX Failures Using Standardized Assessments 

  Emory, DeAnna Jan (2017-12-04)

  The purpose of this quantitative, non-experimental cross sectional study was to explore the use of Principal Components Analysis (PCA) to recognize redundancy and correlations in the variables – standardized Content Specific ...

• Transgender Individuals and Osteoporosis Prevention 

  Sedlak, Carol; Roller, Cynthia G.; van Dulmen, Manfred H. M.; Alharbi, Momood A.; Sanata, Jessica D.; Leifson, Marci A.; Veney, Amy J.; Alhawatmeh, Hossam; O'Bryan Doheny, Margaret (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2017-07)

  BACKGROUND: Risk behaviors and hormone use place transgender individuals (TIs) in jeopardy for osteoporosis. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to expand the science about the knowledge, health beliefs, and osteoporosis ...

• The Relationship Between Duration of Tube Feeding and Oral Feeding Success 

  Griffith, Thao (2017-09-22)

  Objective. To identify the potential relationships between duration of tube feeding and (1) oral feeding success in preterm infants; (2) alert behavioral states, orally-directed behaviors, and nutritive sucking. Design. ...

• The Manager’s Perspective: Perceptions of and Behaviors Toward Patient and Visitor Aggression in Hospitals (PERoPA). An international online survey 

  Heckemann, Birgit (2017-09-21)

  Background: Patient and visitor aggression has a damaging influence on workflows as well as patient and staff safety in all areas of healthcare. Nurse managers are in a key position to address patient and visitor aggression. ...

• Effect of Genetic Education on Sickle Cell Disorder screening Uptake among Secondary School Students in Ilesa- East Local Government Area, Osun State, Nigeria 

  Olagunju, Oluwayemisi Elizabeth; Reuben, Fajemilehin Boluwaji (2017-09-19)

  Sickle cell disease (SCD) is becoming an epidemic in Nigeria. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of genetic education with counselling on uptake of genotype screening among secondary school students (SSS). This was ...

• Parenting stress in parents of infants with congenital heart disease and parents of healthy infants: The first year of life 

  Golfenshtein, Nadya; Hanlon, Alexandra L.; Deatrick, Janet A.; Medoff-Cooper, Barbara (2017-09-12)

  Background: While we know that the parents of infants with congenital heart disease (CHD), the most prevalent group of congenital anomalies, experience increased parenting stress, the stress levels throughout infancy have ...

• The Effect of Deliberate Practice and Peer Mentoring on Baccalaureate Nursing Students’ Competence in Vital Signs, Breath Sounds, and Heart Sounds 

  Ross, Jennifer Gunberg (2017-08-25)

  Background:  Nursing students often do not have adequate opportunities to practice psychomotor skills within patient care settings, but skill decay can occur without regular practice.  Methods:  A one-group, repeated-measures ...

• Age appropriate treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa 

  Sullivan, Brittney Jayne (2017-07-19)

  The purpose of this study was to describe the time from DR-TB diagnosis to treatment initiation for people in South Africa with DR-TB with and without HIV and to evaluate the influence of age on the timing of treatment ...

• Fatigue and Co-occurring Symptoms in Women with Irritable Bowel Syndrome 

  Han, Claire-Jungyoun (2017-04-17)

  Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common bowel disorders. It is characterized by symptoms of abdominal discomfort or pain that are associated with changes in bowel habits such as diarrhea or constipation. ...

• Exploring Simulation Utilization and Simulation Evaluation Practices and Approaches in Undergraduate Nursing Education 

  Zitzelsberger, Hilde; Coffey, Sue; Graham, Leslie; Papaconstantinou, Efrosini; Anyinam, Charles; Dodd, Greg; Mangal, Jacqueline (2017-02-24)

  Simulation is becoming one of the most significant teaching-learning strategy available in undergraduate nursing education (Aebersold & Tschannen, 2013; Akhtar-Danesh, Baxter, Valaitis, Stanyon, & Sproul, 2009). Through ...

• Resilience among nursing students in clinical placement 

  Ching, Shirley Siu Yin; Cheung, Kin; Hegney, Desley G.; Rees, Clare S. (2017-02-23)

  Purpose: To understand the mechanism of coping with resilience and its implications for the well-being of nursing students in the context of clinical placement. Design and Methods: Twenty-nine final year baccalaureate ...

• Creating Shared Meaning between Nurses and Physicians in the Nursing Home 

  Ashcraft, Alyce S.; Owen, Donna C. (2017-01-27)

  Summary of project aims The aims of this pilot study were as follows:  (a) to examine the design and utility of an intervention based on the Sensemaking model, and (b) to examine communication between nurses and physicians ...

• Fostering the Optimal Contribution of Nurses to Parental Engagement in Neonatal Intensive Care 

  Hallowell, Sunny G.; Lake, Eileen, T. (2017-01-11)

  Objective:  Parental presence in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is essential for families, especially mothers to participate in infant care and prepare for transition from hospital to home. Nurses are the principal ...

• What is the relationship between mentors’ qualities and mentees successful progression in a Nursing PhD program? 

  Nickitas, Donna M.; Villegas-Pantoja, Miguel A.; Jones, Stephen (2016-11-04)

  Mentoring is an essential component of a doctoral student’s success. Relationships develop, where both the mentor and the mentee experience professional growth. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship ...

• The Impact of Simulation Learning Experience Sequencing on Clinical Decision Making 

  Aimee Woda (2016-10-20)

  Summary The purpose of this study was to explore whether there is a difference in learning outcomes based on the order in which nursing students receive patient care learning experiences. Specifically, this study examined ...

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