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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"Nursing knowledge"”.
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Education Model for Pediatric Tracheostomy Management: Improving Nursing Knowledge and Confidence
… this quality improvement project was to increase knowledge and confidence for nurses and nurse practitioners performing pediatric tracheostomy management in the pediatric intensive care unit, utilizing targeted tracheostomy education.Background: Pediatric tracheostomy prevalence continues to …
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The Relationship between Collective Nursing Knowledge and Nurse Turnover: An Application of Nursing Intellectual Capital Theory
… expertise, intellect, and wisdom of employees. Nursing knowledge resides both within the individual nurse and the collective knowledge embedded in organizational structures and practice environments. Healthcare organizations rely on their ability to utilize this knowledge to deliver high-quality …
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The Relationship of Education, Years of Experience, and School Nursing Practice to the Importance of School Nursing Knowledge
… of the complex nature and autonomy of school nursing practice, multiple professional organizations recommend a Bachelor of Science in Nursing as the minimum level of education for entry into this specialty. Despite research demonstrating benefits to patients and nurses with this level of …
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Making Sense of Praxis Within an Evolving Clinical Context: A Grounded Theory of Nursing Student Learning Transfer
Nursing curricula are challenged to align with the growing and developing body of nursing knowledge and adequately cover various knowledge areas, including pathophysiology, pharmacotherapeutics, physical health assessment, communication, psychomotor skill development, ethics, leadership, and …
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Improving Preadmission Testing Nurses' Knowledge of Aortic Stenosis and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
… Nurse Leader (CNL) project was to reduce gaps in nursing knowledge through staff education. Guided by the CNL theme of educator and information manager, the goals were to increase PreAdmission Testing (PAT) nurses’ knowledge of severe/critical aortic stenosis (AS), transcatheter aortic valve …
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Implementation Strategies to Improve Critical Care Nurses' Knowledge of and Adherence to Evidence-Based Guidelines
… patients. Focused efforts to improve nursing knowledge of and adherence to these guidelines are warranted. The purpose of this dissertation was to determine the most effective strategies for implementing evidence-based guidelines into nursing practice. First, an integrative review of …
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Improving Early Sepsis Identification on Inpatient Units
… assessments were conducted to collect baseline nursing knowledge regarding sepsis criteria, treatment, and hospital protocol. A root cause analysis was used to identify any discrepancies in compliance with completing the sepsis screening in a timely manner, expose contributing factors in sepsis …
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The Nature of evidence to inform critical care nursing practice.
… of publications, in the area of critical care nursing, for consideration for the award of Doctor of Philosophy by Publication. The thesis is presented in three chapters: Introduction; Body of Work; and Research, Knowledge, Evidence and Practice. In the first chapter the emergence of …
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Becoming an effective practitioner through guided reflection
… future development of reflective practice within nursing curriculum, clinical supervision within practice, and the future development of nursing knowledge. The development of nursing knowledge is of particular significance in understanding the meaning and nuances of holistic nursing as a lived …
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UNDERSTANDING THE GENDERED EXPECTATIONS AND EXEMPTIONS EXPERIENCED BY MALE DOUBLE DUTY CAREGIVERS: A QUALITATIVE SECONDARY ANALYSIS
… (DDCs), are expected to use their professional knowledge and skills in the provision of family care. The purpose of this qualitative secondary analysis was to explore how gendered expectations and exemptions entered into the caregiving and health experiences of male nurses who were DDCs. The …
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CHF Education and Readmission Reduction
… by addressing CHF patient education among nursing staff.</p> <p><strong>Specific Aim: </strong>We aim to improve patient self-care and safety, and decrease the readmission rate for persons admitted with CHF at MSJMC by enhancing the process and content of current CHF patient education. …
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Organized Nursing in the Silver State: A History of the Nevada Nurses' Association
… at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Nursing Archives at Boston University. Articles in professional and lay literature also provided information. Organization theory and congruence with goals of the American Nurses' Association (ANA) were used as a framework for the study. Data …
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Generational Differences in Work Orientation of Nursing Students
… and work orientation of three generations of nursing students: Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials. The purpose of this research is to construct a nursing knowledge base on generational differences in work values and their influence on interactions in nursing education. Generational …
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Understanding nurses’ experiences of intuition, caring for people with severe and profound intellectual disabilities: an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA)
Background: Nursing intuition is acknowledged as a critical aspect of nursingvpractice. Within the intellectual disability setting, nursing intuition may be a valuable resource in situations where people with severe and profound intellectual disabilities often face communication challenges, which …
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Cultural Expressions, Meanings, Beliefs, and Practices of Mexican American Women During the Postpartum Period: An Ethnonursing Study
The purpose of this ethnonursing study was to discover, understand, describe, and explicate the emic expressions, meanings, beliefs, practices, and experiences of postpartum Mexican American women living in a Passaic, New Jersey, community and to gain an understanding of any phenomena in the …
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Advancing practice in critical care nursing.
… of publications in the area of critical care nursing, for the consideration of the award Doctor of Philosophy by publication. The publications and their dissemination herein contribute to a new and original body of knowledge within critical care nursing practice. This thesis aims to …
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Improving breastfeeding education among hospital nurses
… to improve breastfeeding outcomes. Despite knowledge and health care organization efforts, the recommendations of exclusive breastfeeding through six months of life with continued breastfeeding through one year of age are not being met. The purpose of this DNP project is to determine if a …
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Ethnographic Inquiry of Social Support throughout Women's Labor and Childbirth Experiences
… continued research. In particular, the body of nursing knowledge can be expanded through validation of these findings with convoy members' description of the temporary nature of role assumption on the part of lay supporters, and description of convoy member activities in different cultures.
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