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Job satisfaction as experienced by Generation Y nurses: A phenomenological study
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015: J Job satisfaction in nursing has been reported to be at an all-time low, which has posed a challenge for healthcare organizations (Chung & ... -
Joining Forces: Improving Behavioral Health in the Emergency Department
Emergency Departments (ED) are increasingly deluged with people suffering from psychiatric/mental health and substance abuse problems. Inability to properly care for these patients threatens safety and achievement of high ... -
The journey back to myself: Returning to baseline functioning post-concussion, a phenomenological study
Pilot Phenomenological study concerning the experience of returning to baseline following concussion. Thoughts and emotions of students regarding the healing process and feelings of frustration regarding lack of available ... -
A journey of challenges with medication reconciliation
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015: Background: Unintentional medication errors are a significant problem in healthcare in terms of morbidity, mortality and cost. Hospitalized ... -
A journey through health literacy: From preschoolers to prisoners, part one
This presentation will discuss incorporating health literacy in a nursing curriculum as a method to employ techniques to translate health promotion topics from preschoolers to prisoners. Undergraduate senior nursing students ... -
Journey to elevate professionalism: Leveraging staff engagement to design and deliver education
In the midst of high-turnover and ever increasing patient acuity, a team of staff registered nurses developed and implemented a multi-modal education plan for their unit. Their outcomes included improved clinical knowledge ... -
Journey to knowledge and self-esteem: Implementation of biopsychosocial model of care through psoriasis support group
The purpose of this presentation is to demonstrate how a support group along with education on psoriasis have impacted the knowledge, self-esteem, psoriasis-related stress and quality of life of psoriasis patients. -
"Jump start" a baccalaureate degree by increasing self-efficacy in associate degree nursing students
The purpose of the project was to develop a "jump start" model to encourage and increase self-efficacy in current associate degree nursing students who have a goal to obtain a baccalaureate in nursing degree. An educational ... -
Just BREATHE: Second victim program planning
Up to 400,000 hospitalized patients have been harmed by healthcare errors, resulting in the third leading cause of death in the U.S. These unanticipated adverse events resulted in second victim phenomenon leading to burnout ... -
Just culture, trust, and the impact to patient safety
(2017-10-23)Nurses are error identifiers. Barriers to reporting are negative response and risk of discipline. Organizations with a Just Culture are accountable for systems they design and analysis of incidents not individuals. Direct ... -
"Just One": Applying Leadership Principles in Hospital Settings
To foster an intervention compelling nursing students to actively delegate, advocate for the patient, and identify incivility in a hospital setting, faculty developed exercises emphasizing "Just One" leadership principle ... -
Kangaroo care: Creating a video teaching tool for parents and neonatal nurses
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: Kangaroo Care (KC) is the process of holding an infant skin-to-skin, a timeless technique with scientific benefits revealed in the 1970's (Johnson, 2013). With a thorough ... -
Kangaroo mother care effect on crying time during clustered painful procedures in full term neonates
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Background: Full term neonates face many painful procedures shortly after birth. Repeated unrelieved procedural pain is related to detrimental physiologic and behavioral ... -
Keeping girls in school during menses: Partnerships to enhance local and global health outcomes
Girls who have learned how to make their own sanitary pads became strong advocates for improving sanitation in their schools and communities. Many have gone on to complete college and now function as community leaders who ... -
Keeping mothers safe: Strategic planning for the transition of maternity services to a pediatric hospital
Change is hard. Transitioning maternity services from an adult to a free-standing pediatric hospital heightens fear around whether child-bearing women, a vulnerable population, will be safe. A change readiness assessment ... -
Keeping nurses up-to-date with cardiovascular care at a safety-net facility
(2017-10-12)The purpose of the educational activity was to design and deliver an acute care educational program to enhance nurses' knowledge about care of the cardiovascular patient at a safety-net facility. Learning strategies, ... -
Keeping skin in the game: Bringing awareness to neonatal skin injuries
(2016-03-21)The purpose of this project is to increase awareness of the broad range of neonatal skin injuries and to improve documentation of those injuries in a level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). -
Keeping the Child with Food Allergies Safe at School
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: Rates of children suffering from food allergies have increased dramatically in prevalence in the past decades. It has been documented that the overall prevalence of pediatric ... -
"Know what battle to fight and how to fight it": Navigating the cultural terrain of healthcare
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Sunday, November 8, 2015: Background: Globalisation and the changing demographics of contemporary society call for a diverse health professionals' workforce to provide effective health care for all ... -
Know your tools: Improving nurses' use of the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) to detect delirium
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: Background: Delirium is a serious illness that increases patient morbidity and mortality during and after hospitalization (Maclullich et al., 2013). Early identification of ...
