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Caesarean section surgical site infection and associated personal patient risk factors: An integrative review
An integrative literature review was conducted using four databases CINAHL, Discover, PubMed and Science Direct to provide a critical evaluation of published research on caesarean section surgical site infection and ... -
Can an asthma self-management intervention improve quality of life in children who have asthma?
(2017-06-13)Purpose: Asthma is a major public health problem in childhood. Frequent symptomatic days requiring urgent management, disturbed sleep, and limitations in daily activities due to asthma contribute to worsening quality of ... -
Can an interprofessional 'virtual clinic' teach culturally appropriate interviewing techniques?
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Monday, July 25, 2016: Purpose: Nurse educators must embrace opportunities to prepare students for future practice which will be interprofessional, evidence based, and highly technical. Use of online ... -
Can incident report learning predict incident reporting attitude and satisfaction among nursing home staff?
(2017-07-19)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prediction of incident reporting learning to incident reporting attitude and incident reporting satisfaction among nursing staff and administrators in nursing ... -
Can mobile technology improve weight loss in overweight adults? A systematic review
The purpose of this systematic review was to determine the impact of mobile applications and wearable devices on weight loss in overweight adults, as their reliability is not well-documented. Evidence indicates that mobile ... -
Can technology-assisted nursing intervention improve postpartum mood and decrease parenting stress?
The effectiveness of electronic messages provided to postpartum women for improving mood and decreasing parenting stress is being measured in a randomized controlled trial (RCT). Initial feasibility data demonstrates that ... -
Can vitamin D supplementation improve poor cognition in people with type 2 diabetes?
(2017-07-26)This oral presentation will be part of a symposium that discusses the impact of vitamin D on symptoms reported by individuals across the lifespan. This specific presentation will discuss an ongoing randomized control trial ... -
Can you see me? Experiences of night shift nurses in Australian regional hospitals: A qualitative case study
(2013-10-22)Session presented on: Wednesday, July 24, 2013: Purpose: The study aimed to explore experiences of nightshift nurses working in Australian regional hospitals focusing on their relationships with other nightshift nurses, ... -
A Canadian national nursing framework and e-learnings on cannabis
The legalization of recreational cannabis in 2018 in Canada prompted a need for a National Nursing Framework and education for nurses (CNA, 2018). The Canadian Nurses Association has undertaken stakeholder consultation ... -
Cancer nursing research in Africa: Scoping the landscape
(2017-06-19)Purpose: The purpose of the study was to perform a scoping review of existing literature on studies conducted in Africa by a nurses and midwives affiliated to an African institution over the past decade, to identify and ... -
Cancer pain treatment differences in a matched sample of older African-American and European-American hospice patients at the end-of-life
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015: Differences in the experience and treatment of cancer pain between African American and European American adults in community settings are noted in the literature. However, ... -
Cancer registry and electronic medical record data in head and neck cancer research
(2017-07-26)Using hospital tumor registry and electronic medical record data, our study findings indicate that the cancer stage, age, and race/ethnicity may influence receipt of head and neck cancer treatment in a safety-net health ... -
Capacity building: Writing abstracts and disseminating research through video conferencing from different countries
(2017-06-07)Purpose: An abstract is an essential part of a research article and the three areas of importance in it are the language, or the readability, the sequence of information, or the structure, and the typography, or the ... -
Capturing the changes in the work environment of nurses: Using photographic research methods from the field of ecological restoration
(2013-10-22)Session presented on: Thursday, July 25, 2013: Purpose: To examine whether the photographic research methods from the field of ecological restoration help nursing practitioners of a Brazilian ICU to strengthen the safety ... -
Cardiac Genetic Testing in a Dominican Sample in New York
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016: Purpose: To better understand the impact of undergoing cardaic genetic testing, and the impact of clinically prescribed treatments in an underserved minority population. The ... -
Cardiac rehabilitation improves health-related quality of life for patients with atrial fibrillation: A pilot study
(2017-06-19)Purpose: The prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) has reached epidemic proportions world-wide and in the U.S. (Abed et al., 2013). Patients with AF are at high risk for stroke, functional impairment, depression, symptom ... -
Cardiometabolic risk factors between postmenopausal women with and without breast cancer
At the end of presentation, participants are expected to understand about the importance of optimal management of cardiometabolic risk factors, including metabolic syndrome, for postmenopausal women with breast cancer. -
Care ability, attitudes toward dementia and social support in informal care givers of elderly
Caring for the elderly with dementia means the family dynamics will be altered, specially of the informal care givers; They must face responsibilities without having the ability to care and therefore attitudes tend to be ... -
Care for the caregiver: Evaluation of a self-care module for accelerated nursing students at three universities
(2013-10-22)Session presented on: Thursday, July 25, 2013: Purpose: Stress can impair learning and performance ultimately affecting, not only the nursing student, but also clinical decisions. The purpose was to replicate and expand ... -
Care models of individuals with dementia and properties of care at the home
(2017-07-27)Health care team members have an important responsibility especially home care of individuals with dementia.This article examines literature and research findings about the dementia,care models, home care,nursing care and ...