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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing"”.
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Clostridium Difficile: An Investigation on a Medical Surgical Unit
… relevance, (3) examine current unit practices and adherence to established policies, and (4) provide recommendations for enhancing existing prevention strategies. The population examined included male adults between 56-83 years old being treated for other medical conditions. The methods used to …
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Educating Nurses on the Use of Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool (BMAT) through E-learning/Online Education Module
… workplace comparing to other industries. Nursing assistants and orderlies have the high risk of work-related injury. The study found that the top reason that causes the injuries was due to over-exertion or bodily reaction.</p> <p><strong><em>Aim</em></strong><em> </em>State of California …
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Chronic Pain, Sleep Disruption, and Work Performance in the Military
… <p><strong>Background and Significance: </strong>Managing pain is a challenge for many organizations, including the U.S. military. The added complication of managing sleep disruption compounds the issue. Examining pain and sleep disruption in the context of work …
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Does an individualized back education programme change nurses' knowledge and practice about back injury prevention
… which has affected a large cross-section of nursing staff involved with direct patient care. While back injury prevention has been instituted in hospitals for sometime, the percentage of nurses with back injury remains high. Within a major teaching hospital, a ward in which nurses suffered a …
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Incidence of Staphylococcus Aureus on Fomentation Covers
… of the <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> organism and from studies of hospital-acquired staphylococcal infection it appeared that: (1) researches had used various techniques for making cultures from fabrics, (2) the <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> cultures may react in varying ways to the laboratory …
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Patient Perception of Fall Risk and High Fall Risk Screening Scores
… between patient</p> <p>perception of fall risk and high fall risk screening scores.</p> <p><strong>Background: </strong>Despite mandated government regulations and multiple hospital</p> <p>interventions, falls are the most prevalent adverse event among hospitalized patients and</p> <p>are the …
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Reducing Annual Emergency Department Visits Through Improved Asthma Discharge Teaching
… common pediatric condition in the United States, and a child's home environment plays an impactful role in the triggering of asthma exacerbations (Harper et al., 2015). Current emergency department (ED) ideology focuses on symptoms management, with little time spent on education, and virtually no …
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An All-Terrain Vehicle Safety Educational Program: Is It Effective in Improving Attitudes, Safety Knowledge, and Behaviors in Adolescents Ages 12 to 18?
… engage in risky behaviors resulting in injuries and fatalities. The Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) has devoted resources to provide ATV safety programs to educate adolescents statewide. However, there are no known studies evaluating the effectiveness of this KDA intervention. Therefore, …
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The Impact of a Digital Intervention on Perceived Stress, Resiliency, Social Support, and Intention to Leave Among Newly Licensed Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Trial
<p>The nursing shortage has been deemed a public health crisis with the turnover rate of newly licensed nurses (NLNs) growing (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2014). One out of five NLNs are leaving the profession due to work dissatisfaction and feelings of inadequacy (National Academy of Medicine, …
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Evidence-Based Verbal De-escalation Techniques for the Family Nurse Practitioner: Education and Simulation
<p><strong>Background</strong>: Healthcare workers are 4 times more likely to be exposed to workplace violence than workers employed in private industry, with assault rates as high as 7.8 per 10,000 workers. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health defines workplace violence as …
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LOST IN INTERPRETATION: THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF NURSE INTERPRETERS IN THE CLINICAL SETTING
<p>The use of language interpreters in the health care setting constitutes a vital part of provider-patient communication but remains a relatively unexplored phenomenon. Registered nurses (RNs) are often called upon to serve as interpreters when linguistically diverse patients constitute a large …
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Clearing the Pathway to Chemotherapy Certification for Inpatient Nurses
… unit in a community-based hospital, to evaluate and improve upon the decreasing number of chemotherapy certified nurses. A Likert survey of the nurses provided a self-assessment of competency in handling chemotherapy patients, and perceived barriers to achieving chemotherapy certification. The …
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Increasing Compliance of Personal Protective Equipment S election and Use for Isolation Precautions Among RNs & NAs on a Med-Surg Unit
… potential of transferring infectious diseases and/or organisms among patients, themselves, and the community, healthcare workers (HCWs) must be knowledgeable and confident in selecting the appropriate type of personal protective equipment (PPE), and the use in technique when putting on …
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Measuring Physiological Responses to Sensation in Typical Adults
… occupations such as ADLs, access to work, school and leisure environments, and social interactions (Dunn, 2001). The evidence documenting sensory processing issues in adults is sparse. Physiological information can be used as objective evidence to support the claim that those with …
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I’m a Big Kid Now: Enhancing Transition RN Residents’ Confidence During Pediatric Patient Care
… nurse leader’s role is to act as an educator and a facilitator throughout this project. In examining the clinical nurse leader competencies, competencies “use performance measures to assess and improve the delivery of evidence-based practices and promote outcomes that demonstrate delivery of …
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Oral Wellness: Using Occupational Therapy to Enhance Oral Hygiene Delivery in Long-Term Care
<p>Based on current literature, oral health in long-term care (LTC) facilities is frequently of low priority and does not follow evidence-based best practices. Poor oral health reduces the quality of life of older adult residents and patients and can lead to systemic diseases, such as …