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Ethical Decisions of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses Caring for Patients who Smoke

Black, Patricia (2013-08)

Tobacco use causes significant morbidity and mortality in persons with mental health conditions and psychiatric mental health nurses are in a position to provide interventions that can help them to quit smoking. Unfortunately, ...
Evaluating the Relationship Between Patient Safety Culture and the Behavioral Intention to Use Bar Code Medication Administration among Registered Nurses in Hospitals

Song, Lunar (2013)

Background: Serious medication errors continue to exist in hospitals even though there is technology that could potentially eliminate them such as bar code medication administration (BCMA). Little is known about the degree ...
Examining Access To Mental Health Care Services Among Children with Anxiety/Depression, Autism or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Baafif, Ohud

Using the newest data of the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) 2017-2018, this thesis examines the difficulties in accessing mental health care services among children with depression/anxiety, Autism or Autism ...
Examining the Individual, Familial, and Environmental Factors Associated with Preschooler Nutrition and Physical Activity: Findings from a Mixed Methods Approach

Shaw, Ashley (2015-08-06)

Childhood obesity has become a public health crisis. Nine percent of children globally are expected to be overweight or obese by 2020. In the U.S., 1/3 of children are overweight or obese. Early childhood is a critical ...
Examining the Relationship Between Nursing Informatics Competency and Evidence-Based Practice Competency Among Acute Care Nurses

Fehr, Susanne Tacaraya (2014-05)

In 2003, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report entitled Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality, which recommended that every nurse be educated to deliver patient-centered care as part of an ...
Examining the Role of Social Isolation on Hospitalizations, Nursing Home Entry, and Mortality among Older Adults

Pomeroy, Julia Mary Louise (2022)

Social isolation affects a quarter of older adults in the United States, complicating efforts for Americans who wish to age at home or in the community. Social isolation is a key risk factor for adverse health outcomes and ...
EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING DURATION IN RELATIONSHIP TO INFANT RISK FOR OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY AT THREE YEARS OF AGE.

Franklin, Patricia Deam (2013)

This non-experimental, quantitative study examined exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life as a risk reduction factor of childhood overweight and obesity up to three years of age in a population of ...
Factors Influencing Health-Related Quality of Life Following Coronary Artery Bypass

Boyd, Janet Schoene (2011-05-26)

This non-experimental descriptive study examined the influence of preoperative health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and clinical risk factors on adults’ postoperative HRQOL at 6 and 12 months after coronary artery bypass ...
Fatigability and Cardiorespiratory Fitness During Sustained Walking Following Overground Locomotor Training in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease

Andrew Pechstein (2021)

Purpose: Increased performance and perceived fatigability during sustained walking is often present in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Cardiorespiratory fitness is also often diminished in people with PD, and this ...
Gender Identity & Expression in “Women’s Sports” at the University Level

Géza, LuLu; Kelemon, Candice

The goal of the thesis is to examine the gendered experiences of participants in women’s sports at the university level. This thesis explores the gendered relationships between women’s sports participants and themselves, ...
Healthcare Worker Compliance with Documentation of Infection Prevention Protocols in Relation to Patient Factors of War-Wounded U.S. Service Members

English, Judith Fay Boylan (2012-10-09)

The purposes of this pilot study were to 1) examine the documented compliance to infection prevention procedures in the electronic medical record (EMR) by healthcare providers caring for war-wounded U.S. service members, ...
Identification of Individual Factors that Predict Structurational Divergence Among Nurses: A Secondary Analysis

Conway-Morana, Patricia (2012-07-17)

Structurational Divergence (SD) occurs when an individual reaches a “nexus”, this point of being in the position of needing to satisfy two sets of equally interpenetrating, but contradictory social rules, practices, cultures, ...
Implementation and Practice Barriers of Family-Centered Care Encountered by Neonatal Nurses

Kutahyalioglu, Nesibe Sumeyye (2021)

Background: Family-Centered Care (FCC) is considered to be the gold standard ofNICU patient care. Some of the benefits of FCC practice include greater neurobehavioral development and shorter hospital stay for ...
Inactive Registered Nurses Returning to Practice: Barriers and Successes

Hobbs, Deborah Leigh (2011-05-17)

This qualitative study describes the experiences of inactive registered nurses in their journey returning to nursing practice and the perceived and unexpected barriers and successes they met and overcame on their way. ...
Insight and Psychosis: Psychiatric Nurses' Perspectives on Patients' Lack of Insight

Cox, Kim Gertrude (2016)

INSIGHT AND PSYCHOSIS: PSYCHIATRIC NURSES' PERSPECTIVES ON PATIENTS' LACK OF INSIGHT
Intake of Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) and the Occurrence of Migraine: An Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2001 to 2004 Database

Li, Huilun

Background: Migraine is a common neurological disorder that causes moderate to severe headache attacks accompanied by other disabling symptoms. Previous clinical studies have found a daily single dose of 400 mg riboflavin ...
Integrating Telemedicine For Disaster Response: Testing The Emergency Telemedicine Technology Acceptance Model

Davis, Theresa Marie (2013-08)

Integrating Telemedicine For Disaster Response: Testing The Emergency Telemedicine Technology Acceptance Model
INTELLIGENT PATIENT DATA GENERATOR

Mojtaba Zare (2020)

Patient data are regarded as highly sensitive and protected by federal, state and local policies that make it available to only those who have been given access to protected health information. Synthetic data generation ...
‘Internalizing Worthiness’: A Study of Obese Nurses Managing Their Weight

Anne-Mette Harding (2020)

Introduction: A significant number of nurses are overweight and obese, which poses a risk to their health and wellbeing. This study uncovered a theory illustrating how nurses who are obese manage their weight and how the ...
Intralimb Coordination and Intermuscular Coherence in Walking After Stroke

Peter Jo (2019)

Purpose: Following stroke, reduced motor control may lead to walking impairment with subsequent limitations in community participation and quality of life. Kinematic variability may reveal changes to motor control of the ...

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