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Called to promote nursing excellence as facilitators of service learning
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015: Experienced American nurse educators discuss their experiences living in and learning about the Chinese culture. They were in residence in Hubei Province, China from February ... -
Called to promote nursing excellence as global educators
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015: An American nurse educator spends a semester as a visiting professor at Wuhan HOPE School of Nursing in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China under the auspices of Project HOPE. ... -
Called to promote nursing excellence as transformational leaders
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015: American nurse educators share their experiences as volunteer nurse educators representing Project HOPE. This organization's mission is to achieve sustainable advances in ... -
CAMP: Care for addicted mothers program
(2017-10-17)The current opioid crisis is affecting not only pregnant patients, but also their newborn infants. This project involved implementing a prenatal screening tool for early identification of maternal drug use, conducting a ... -
Campus-Based Health Information Campaign Using Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy Device (iBeacons)
(2017-10-23)Technological development has greatly impacted the manner in which health services are rendered. In this inquiry, we looked at the potential of Bluetooth low energy (iBeacons) as a tool for health information dissemination. ... -
Can concept mapping be used as a strategy to engage learners in nursing education?
(2017-10-24)Nursing educators must select teaching and learning strategies which engage students and which promote higher-level critical thinking. This presentation explores the impact of using concept maps on faculty engagement and ... -
Can connecting with students create a seamless transition from ADN to on-line RN-BSN programs?
Nurse educators play a pivotal role in the transition from Associate degree nurse to online RN-BSN student, particularly in the execution of pedagogy that utilizes their past experience. This session will highlight the ... -
Can group scenario exercises in fundamental nursing using process oriented guided-inquiry learning (POGIL) affect national test scores
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: Background: Measuring the effect of a Process-Oriented Guided-Inquiry Learning (POGIL) implementation in a fundamental nursing course is one way to determine its effectiveness. ... -
Can interprofessional student teams impact patient outcomes? Yes they can!
(2017-09-22)This presentation describes an innovative clinical strategy involving interprofessional teams of pre-licensure nursing and medical students conducting transitional care home visits in collaboration with the Transitional ... -
Can knowledge transfer in nursing students be improved by developing and utilizing a clinical toolkit?
(2017-10-11)The purpose of this project is to develop, implement, and evaluate an evidence-based intervention to bridge the gap in knowledge transfer from classroom to clinical. The intervention is a clinical faculty toolkit. The ... -
Can multiple roles at work and home improve the mental health of female nurses?
Although the mental health level of working female nurses was low, we have shown that having multiple roles may be a source of strength for nurses to maintain and improve their mental health levels. -
Can Nursing Escape the Medical Model?
(2012-01-11)ESCAPE-C is an acronym for an Assessment Tool for the first step of the Nursing Process. It is derived from concepts identified by major theorists and is used as a consistent framework for�identifying patient needs.� It ... -
Cancer and Cell Phone Usage: Risks Among College Students
The purpose of this survey is to determine the extent of student understanding on how their personal cellphone usage (i. e., texting, calling, internet usage) may impact their risk for cancer development and their knowledge ... -
Cancer and substance use disorders: Learning to navigate both diseases simultaneously
Assessing risk of addiction in cancer patients has been viewed as unnecessary in the past. Cancer patients are not immune to the opioid epidemic. The lack of training for cancer clinicians to be able to properly assess ... -
Cancer pain management by nurses working at prefectural core cancer hospitals
(2017-10-06)Nurses conducted cancer pain assessment; intervention to confirming pain levels and provision of appropriate pain medication well, however, they did not fully attend to the pattern of pain and patients' feelings and did ... -
Canoe
(2017-10-03)This is a narrative poem about a woman in grief. The passage of time and a neighbor's kindness finally allow her to recapture hope and begin to heal. -
Capturing faculty practice data: Examining the interdisciplinary student opportunities in a multi-site faculty practice setting
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Since the 1980s, the Rush University College of Nursing Office of Faculty Practice has maintained multiple Chicagoland community partnerships ... -
Cardiovascular health gender disparities: The pathway to policy
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Background: Despite public awareness of cardiovascular disease, morbidity, and mortality for women continues to be a public health concern. Gaps in current female cardiovascular ... -
Cardiovascular risk factors among college students: Knowledge, perception and risk assessment
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015: Background: Young adults in the United States are not realistic about their health and eating habits; one-third do not understand the association between their current ... -
Care coordination clinical reasoning model for advanced practice nurses
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Sunday, November 8, 2015: In the current health care arena, practice has shifted to include systems thinking and value network analysis to determine priority patient health care issues that interface ...