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Physical Activity as an Intervention for Pain Based on Gate Control Theory
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of physical activity on pain tolerance and pain perception. The expectation that physical activity would reduce the perception of pain was deduced from clinical ... -
A Health Literacy Alogirthm Impact on Readmissions and Patient Satisfaction
The purpose of this quality improvement (QI) project was to explore the relationship between health literacy levels and readmission rates and patient satisfaction scores. The medical-surgical unit in the studied community ... -
Mental Health Nurses' Imagination, Power, and Empathy: A Descriptive Study Using Rogerian Nursing Science
The researcher developed a perspective on empathy derived from Rogers' (1970, 1994) Science of Unitary Human Beings. Building on Barrett's (1983) Rogerian theory of power as knowing participation in change, the researcher ... -
Food, Body Weight, and Health Among Adolescents in the Digital Age: An Explorative Study from a Health Promotion Perspectives
The overall aim of this thesis was to explore adolescents’ relationship with food, body weight, and health communication in online digital media, as well as how adolescents experience participating in a health promotion ... -
A Description of Self-concept Following Traumatic Brain Injury
The purpose of the present study was to describe self-concept following a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) at the expected endpoint of maximum recovery of function. According to the literature, this endpoint occurs between ... -
The Relationship Between Two Types of Artificial Lighting and Restlessness as Manifested by Level of Activation and Motor Activity in the Elderly
The researcher's purpose in this study was to investigate a proposed relationship between the spectral power distribution of two different fluorescent lights and two measures of restlessness, motor activity and level of ... -
Patterns of Fatigue and Factors Influencing Fatigue During Adjuvant Breast Cancer Chemotherapy
Women beginning adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer seek information from health professionals regarding fatigue, but knowledge regarding this distressing symptom is currently limited. The purposes of this study were ... -
Creating Healthy Work Environments 2019: Best Practices for Building Healthy Workplaces in Clinical and Academic Settings
This is a printable archival version of the Creating Healthy Work Environments 2019 official program book, with included abstracts and schedule. This item is also available on Issuu -
Inpatient Falls Prevention: Closing the Gap Between Research and Clinical Practice
Inpatient falls have been a long-standing problem within health care around the world. The purpose of this project was to reduce inpatient falls through a standardized selection of multifactorial individualized nursing ... -
Bioidentical Hormone Therapy: A Look at Standard of Practice, Attitudes, and Knowledge
Traditional hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is considered the gold standard for management of hormonal deficits. The findings generated by the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) trials concluded in July 2002 revealed health ... -
Developing a Global Education Program to Increase Empowerment for Frontline Nurse Leaders
Poster file will be attached to this record in the near future. Frontline Leaders (FLs) or charge nurses (CNs) are pivotal in managing patient throughput, staffing ratios, responding to patient and family concerns, ... -
Postpartum Depression Screening in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Background and Review of Literature: Postpartum depression (PPD) is recognized as a maternal mental health condition that can occur during pregnancy or in the postpartum period. Mothers of infants hospitalized in the ... -
Development of a multidsiplinary team to prevent peristomal hernia
Topic: Peristomal hernia (PH) is a pervasive, costly, and distressing problem for persons living with permanent ostomies. Prevalence rates vary greatly ranging from 20% to 78% of patients. Persons with PH experience ... -
Development of a Behavioral Health Response Team
Development of a Behavioral Health Response Team Background Description Managing behavioral health issues in the acute care hospital setting can be challenging. Acute care units often admit patients for medical reasons ... -
Using Facebook as an Asynchronous Learning Environment for Students in an Associate-Degree Nursing Program - A Pilot Study
Nursing educators are tasked with communicating and relaying information to a demographic of students that have changed over the recent years, the non-traditional student. One avenue of communication in which both students ... -
Improving Patient Outcomes in Nurse-Placed Vascular Access Devices
A lack of standardized practice in IV placement and inconsistent availability of advanced-skilled vascular access nurses was identified at an approximately 275-bed hospital. To address the gap in practice, a performance ... -
Ideal nursing workflows to support the development of information technology solutions
An understanding of workflows is fundamental to designing information technology solutions to advance patient care, as these solutions must integrate into the workflow. As a precursor to developing a clinical documentation ... -
Fleet Mental Health: A Discourse Analysis of Navy Leaders' Attitudes About Mental Health Problems
Mental disorders are a significant source of medical and occupational morbidity for active duty military members. The majority of military personnel believe that using mental health services will cause career harm, and ... -
Self-selected Distraction for Acute Procedural Pain in Adolescents: An Intervention Feasibility Study
Purpose. This feasibility study evaluated all phases of the planned main study. The study tested the effect of self-selected distraction on acute pain perception in adolescents undergoing allergy skin testing. Distraction ... -
Development of a Foot Care Knowledge Test for Elderly People with Diabetes
Purpose of the study was to develop a valid and reliable instrument to measure foot care knowledge in elderly people with diabetes. Utilizing a three phase design, Phase I focused on survey of foot care content deemed ...