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Maintaining emergency room nurse momentum to screen for substance use
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015: Purpose: Substance use is a worldwide public-health priority. Annually, 2.5 million die from the harmful use of alcohol (World Health Organization (WHO) 2011 Global Status ... -
Making a cross-country comparison of health systems: What are the possible study design frameworks?
(2017-07-03)Purpose: Health care systems form the framework and context through which countries provide health care services to their populations. They are comprised of an amalgam of culturally- and often economically-driven structures ... -
Making a difference: Changing nursing students' global beliefs
(2018-06-11)An international workshop on patient safety and quality care was held in Hiroshima, Japan, for nursing students from six global universities. Students' self-reported beliefs reflecting global competency and openness indicate ... -
Making a match: Impact of RN education, certification, and experience on quality outcomes and safety
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016: Registered Nurses (RN) comprise the largest health care professional group in the United States estimated at 3 million licensed RNs (AACN, 2015). As many as 1.3 million RNs work ... -
Making a mentoring match: Advancing the profession trough communication
(2017-07-21)Purpose: The purpose of this project was to use technology to provide an avenue for nurses from different geographical backgrounds to stay connected and provide support in a way that has not been done before. A new web-based ... -
Making connections: Implementing the national diabetes education program to improve diabetes management in Hispanic patients
Diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) is an ever-increasing chronic disease among Hispanic patient populations. Evidence-based practice has shown that DM2 can be managed with lifestyle changes; diet, and exercise. This project's ... -
Making the Process of Policy Making Transparent
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016: Healthcare policy development in the United States is a patchwork quilt of complex issues complicated by legislative, regulatory and judicial activities. Over the last twenty-five ... -
Making the switch: A new multicultural curriculum for improving clinical care and reducing health disparities
With Israel's great cultural diversity, Israeli health professionals must increase their cultural competency so as to improve quality of medical care. This presentation describes efforts to introduce multiculturalism, ... -
Making your research more robust with implementation science
(2017-07-21)Purpose: Implementation science is the study of methods, interventions, and variables that promote uptake and use of research and other evidence-based practices by organization with the goal of improving health care ... -
Male-Factor Infertility: The Process to Seeking Treatment
(2017-07-27)Findings are presented from a qualitative study using grounded theory about the process that males with infertility go through from deciding to conceive to seeking treatment for male-factor infertility. -
Man's best friend: The role of companion animals in the lives of the homeless
(2017-06-29)Purpose: It is estimated that 28,000 persons are homeless in Texas on any given night (Texas Homeless Network, 2016). Many homeless people have companion animals to fulfill social needs: friendship, while demonstrating ... -
Management of sickle cell disease in clinical simulation
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Saturday, July 25, 2015: Purpose: Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited blood disorder in the United States. It affects 90,000 to 100,000 people, most of whom are African Americans (CDC, ... -
Managing acute episodic illness in specialist disability homes: A qualitative study of professionals' experiences
(2018-06-20)Hospital residential care in-reach services to provide episodic acute care during inter-current illness for people with intellectual disability living in Specialist Disability Homes is novel and has unique challenges. This ... -
Managing dignity in later life: Global influences, personal strategies, cellular effects
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Saturday, July 25, 2015: Dignity is an inherent human characteristic and a dynamic, attributed part of the self is susceptible to human and environmental interaction. In the first paper we present an ... -
Managing migration of human resources for health: The Philippine perspective
(2014-11-17)Session presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014: Purpose: While there are varied perspectives on the ethics concerning migration, health professionals continue to pursue opportunities with significant ramifications on both ... -
Managing psychosocial distress and symptoms for cancer survivors and their caregivers
The purpose of this presentation is to describe the results of a study testing two interventions to reduce psychological distress and improve symptom management for Hispanic women with breast cancer and their caregivers. ... -
Managing students in crisis: Implementation of a crisis intervention project in a school of nursing
The authors describe the development and implementation of a crisis intervention program in a school of nursing. The project is intended to create and train a team of faculty and staff to recognize and respond to students ... -
Managing the Demands of the Preregistration Nursing Programme: Views of Students With Mental Health Conditions
Participants will be better informed of the additional challenges faced by the increasing number of students enrolling on the preregistration nursing programme with pre-existing mental health conditions. The presentation ... -
Mandatory Tobacco Cessation With Inpatient Psychiatric Patients: Behavioral Consequences
A mandatory tobacco cessation policy was established on an inpatient psychiatric unit. The numbers of negative behavioral indicators (physical/verbal agitation, use of PRN medications, restraints, isolation, and calls to ... -
Manipulation of brainwaves for better sleep: A randomized crossover study of brain entrainment technology
Brain Entrainment Technology is a method of administering two slightly different tones to manipulate brainwave activity in turn influencing the listener’s mental, physical, or emotional state. This three-phase study ...