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Haiti National School of Nursing: 100 years of nursing education
The purpose of the activity is to describe a brief history of educating Haitian nurses at the government school in Port-au-Prince and provide results of an evaluation of alumni gathered at the 100th anniversary celebration. -
Half the sky: Use of literature to teach undergraduate nursing students about global health equity
(2017-07-12)Purpose: This presentation describes qualtiative findings from a global health assignment which we have used with undergraduate maternal child nursing students for the past ten years. We developed this assignment as a way ... -
HALO: Health and Liver Optimization, partners in care
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016: Purpose: The purpose of the presentation is to disseminate knowledge and effectiveness of a unique model of patient care in chronic disease management. The Health and Liver ... -
Hand washing among nurses and midwives in Rwanda: Is it compliance or adherence?
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016: Purpose: It is paramount that hand washing (HW) adherence among health care workers (HCWs) be increased and sustained as it has been found as one of the simplest yet most ... -
Hands off: Student experiences in objective data collection in virtual clinical simulation
(2017-07-26)Virtual patient simulation is a valuable tool for clinical curricula, but the inability to engage in physical contact may limit its application. This session will describe a novel virtual patient simulation for evaluating ... -
Happy feet in Tomagwa: A diabetic foot education intervention
(2018-06-29)The complexity of Diabetes requires a multidisciplinary approach which may not be available in many rural health care settings. Fragmented diabetic patient education and under usage of standards of diabetic foot care among ... -
Hardwiring Standardized Nursing Bedside Handoff to Improve Patient Safety and Satisfaction
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016: Purpose: By shifting to the bedside and engaging patients in their care, healthcare organizations are increasingly utilizing a more patient-centered approaches to nursing handoff ... -
Harlem healthy heart: A community outreach initiative with favorable impact on diabetes mellitus and cardiometabolic risks
African/Caribbean Americans are more likely to be at risk for diabetes mellitus development and cardiovascular disease as compared to whites. Ongoing monthly workshops providing education, screening, diet, exercise and ... -
Harm reduction in nursing practice: Compassionate care for persons with addiction
(2017-06-22)Substance abuse and overdose deaths are increasing at profound rates in the United States. Nurses and clinicians must evaluate their response to this growing epidemic. Harm Reduction is an alternative therapy for rehabilitation ... -
Harm, threat, or challenge, nursing students in clinical education settings
(2016-03-17)The majority of students in a baccalaureate nursing program are traditionally new graduates from high school. The research shared the need for educating nursing students about incivility and methods for responding to it ... -
Harnessing education with practice change for successful implementation and compliance
It is a performance improvement project done utilizing the FOCUS PDCA cycle to improve the compliance with the process of doing the venous thromboembolism screening and the prophylaxis in a tertiary care hospital for all ... -
Harnessing experiences of clinicians and faculty to develop supervisory guide for individualized patient care study
Supervised clinical practice plays a significant role in the nursing profession by influencing students' acquisition of knowledge and skills. This study focuses on harnessing the strategies employed by clinicians and faculty ... -
Have you SCAND MMe please? A framework for nurses to prevent harm during acute hospitalisation
(2018-06-28)This paper presents a novel framework that uses the mnemonic "Have you SCAND MMe Please?". The framework integrates eight factors sensitive to the quality of nursing care that contribute to preventable harms common among ... -
Health and social service utilization and postpartum depression among childbearing Chinese new immigrants in Canada
(2014-11-17)Session presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014: Purpose: To explore how Chinese women who immigrated to Canada in the last 5 years access and use maternity care services, their support system and postpartum emotional well ... -
Health and the hospital workplace environment of US nurses
(2018-06-18)A cross-sectional study using the American Nurses Association HealthyNurseTM online health risk appraisal data to describe hospital registered nurses' health, perceived health and their perception of the health and safety ... -
Health as expanding consciousness: Patterns of clinical reasoning in senior baccalaureate nursing students
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Friday, July 24, 2015: Purpose: Clinical reasoning has been identified as a necessary skill for practice in nursing. Multiple studies suggest that a gap exists between the education of nurses and their ... -
Health behaviors of nursing students
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The main purpose of this study was identifying Registered Nurse (RN) students' health promotion behaviors in a Baccalaureate of Science Nursing (BSN) or Master in Science Nursing (MSN) program. In addition, identify ... -
Health beliefs and medication adherence among Omani patients with hypertension
(2017-06-19)Hypertension (HTN) is a public health concern around the globe, which if not treated will lead to serious cardio and cerebrovascular complications. Antihypertensive medication is central in controlling BP and preventing ... -
Health Beliefs Related to Physical Activity in Patients Living with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Friday, July 24, 2015: Background: Low levels of physical activity (PA) are a significant predictor of early death among recipients of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). Regular, moderate ... -
Health care providers and health literacy in rural populations: Bridging the gap or not?
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016 and Friday, July 22, 2016: Purpose: Health literacy affects health communication and health outcomes. Health care Providers are inherently responsible for the communication of ...
