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Assessing and Improving Nurses' Cultural Competence
(2024-05-04)Introduction: Cultural competence is an important component of patient care and needs to be implemented more by nurses. Addressing cultural competence will assist in improving patients’ health, decreasing healthcare ... -
Assessing Anesthesia and Post Anesthesia Care Unit Perceptions of Adequacy of a Patient Care Handoff Tool: A Doctor of Nursing Practice Project
(2021-12-07)This DNP Project aimed to assess the perceptions of CRNAs and PACU RNs regarding a standardized handoff checklist utilized during transfer of care from the operating room to the PACU in a level one trauma center in the ... -
Assessing anesthesia providers’ perceptions of adequacy of endotracheal tube cuff occlusion assessment techniques: A DNP project
(2021-12-07)Current literature describes subjective and objective endotracheal tube cuff pressure measurement techniques and their effectiveness. However, current literature does not assess anesthesia providers’ perceptions of the ... -
Assessing Anesthesia Providers’ Perceptions of Adequacy of Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure Assessment Techniques: A Doctor of Nursing Practice Project
(2021-12-06)Endotracheal tube cuff pressure management is an important patient care intervention within the intraoperative setting. Current management practices include several subjective measurement methods as well as an objective ... -
Assessing Anesthesia Providers’ Preferences and Perceptions of Adequacy of Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure Assessment Techniques: A Quality Improvement Project
(2021-12-07)This Doctor of Nursing Practice project assessed CRNA preferences and perceptions of adequacy regarding subjective versus objective methods to assess endotracheal tube cuff pressure. The ideal pressure within an endotracheal ... -
ASSESSING BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO PARENTAL VISITATION AND PARENTING ACTIVITIES DURING INFANT HOSPITALIZATION IN A NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AND A SPECIAL CARE NURSERY
(East Carolina University, 2016-12-15)Health and long-term outcomes of neonates hospitalized directly after birth are affected by the work of medical professionals and by parental involvement in care (Vergara, et al., 2006). Research shows that parental ... -
Assessing Burnout and Resilience in Advanced Practice Clinicians
(2023-07-21)Burnout is a work-related phenomenon consisting of emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and dissatisfaction with personal accomplishments (PA). Nurse practitioners (NP) experiencing increased burnout were at ... -
Assessing Educational Needs of Unlicensed Assistive Personnel in Assisted Living Facilities Caring for Dementia Patients
(2015-11-20)Background: The World Health Organization predicts the number of dementia cases worldwide to grow to 65.7 million by 2030 and 115.4 million by 2050. As this occurs, an increased number of older adults are expected to seek ... -
Assessing Shock Anxiety in Patients with ICDs
(2024-04-15)Background The Electrophysiology department at the collaborating institution for this DNP Project serves approximately 3,500 patients with implantable cardiac devices such as ICDs, pacemakers, and loop recorders. The ... -
Assessing the Adequacy of a Newly Developed Corneal Abrasion Prevention Guide in High-Risk Cases (Spinal Surgeries) at A Large Academic Medical Center
(2022-11-27)Corneal abrasions can occur during and after general anesthesia. CRNAs are required to ensure protective measures are implemented, remain intact throughout the duration of surgery, and to document protection measures ... -
Assessing the Risk of IADL Tasks from the Perspective of Medically-at-risk Older Adults and their Caregivers
(East Carolina University, 2009)The purpose of this study was to was to understand the impact of chronic disease on the functional ability of older adults by determining which instrumental activities of dialing living (IADL) are most meaningful and may ... -
Assessment of the effect of sphingosine kinase inhibitors on apoptosis,unfolded protein response and autophagy of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells; indications for novel therapeutics
(2014-09)Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) is a bioactive lipid that is formed by the phosphorylation of sphingosine and catalysed by sphingosine kinase 1 (SK1) or sphingosine kinase 2 (SK2). Sphingosine kinases play a fundamental role ... -
Assessment of the quality of existing patient educational tools focused on sudden cardiac arrest: a systematic evaluation by the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Thought Leadership Alliance
(2013)Background Conveying contemporary treatment options for those at risk of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is challenging. The purpose of the present research was to evaluate the quality and usability of available patient ...