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Showing 1 to 20 of 71 for “"Pediatric Nursing"”.
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Nurses' Knowledge of Growth and Developmental Principles in Meeting Psychosocial Needs of Hospitalized Children
… Gillis' questionnaire was mailed to all known pediatric registered nurses of Iowa in 1995. Four hundred nineteen questionnaires were returned. Study results lend support to Gillis' findings regarding a need for improvement in the knowledge and application of growth and developmental principles …
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Caring for Victims of Child Maltreatment: Pediatric Nurses’ Moral Distress and Burnout
… and intentions to leaving the profession. Pediatric nurses encounter stressful and ethically challenging situations when they care for victims of suspected child maltreatment. Data on pediatric nurses’ moral distress in this situation are lacking, as most research in this field has been …
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The Effect of Simulation with Debriefing for Meaningful Learning in Courses of Nursing Theory and Practicum on Student Knowledge and Perception of Instruction
<p>Nursing students are expected to apply knowledge from lectures and laboratories to the clinical setting. One major challenge of nursing educators is facilitating the transfer of knowledge to the clinical-practice setting. Simulation-based education provides students with an experiential-learning …
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Pediatric Nurses' Perceptions of Bedside Shift Report
Nursing bedside shift report (BSR) is a form of nursing shift report that may be used to involve pediatric patients and their families in discussions about their plan of care. According to Healthy People.gov (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2020) in the ten years between 2007 and …
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Verbal Abuse, Violence Prevention Climate, and Psychological Safety Among Pediatric Nurses
… the perception of team psychological safety by pediatric nurses; (2) relationships among select demographic characteristics, verbal abuse, violence prevention climate, and team psychological safety; and (3) the variance in team psychological safety accounted for by select demographic …
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"Code Purple": Improving Pediatric Patient Safety through Education of the Frontline Staff
… keep our children safe while admitted into the pediatric unit through education of the frontline staff with simple revision of the current policy and procedure (P&P) and protocol of the security tag system. The quality improvement project begins with a microsystem audit of the unit on the use of …
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Exploring the palliative care needs and delivery of services to young children with life-limiting neurodevelopmental disabiliies and their families: a mixed methods study
Children with life-limiting neurodevelopmental disabilities are a small but unique and important group within the paediatric population. While current policy discussions acknowledge that children with developmental disabilities are a heterogeneous group, policy prescriptions and legislation are …
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Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit Patient Transition
… and equipment to provide adequate care. The nursing staff was educated and trained to ensure competency and confidence in providing care to the new patient population. Based on data from the first three weeks post implementation, the overall patient satisfaction based on follow-up calls was …
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A Comparison of the Effectiveness of two Cooling Baths for Reducing Fever in Children
<p>The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relative effectiveness of two methods of administration of the cooling bath for reducing fever due to infection. Fifteen infants and children age six months to three years with rectal temperatures of 101 degrees Fahrenheit or over were included in …
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Nurses' Perspectives of Factors Influencing Type II Workplace Violence in a Pediatric Healthcare Setting: A Qualitative Study
… in relation to Type II workplace violence in pediatrics.</p> <p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this study was to describe nurses’ perceptions of factors influencing patient and family aggressive and violent behaviors in a pediatric healthcare setting.</p> <p><strong>Lines of …
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Pediatric Intensive Care Nurses : Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder-Like Symptoms
… on: 1) identification of PTSD-like symptoms in pediatric intensive care unit nurses, and 2) identification of enduring personality characteristics that may be related to symptoms of PTSD. The results of this study using the Impact of Events Scale indicated that 96% of the participating PICU …
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Specialized Transplant Orientation: Improving Nursing Competence Caring for the Solid Organ Transplant Patient
… education for nurses promotes both quality nursing care, nurse satisfaction, and retention. Over the preceding two years, the average daily unit census has increased from 12 patients to >20. The number of solid organ transplants has also grown annually, from 82 in 2013 to 102 in 2014, with …
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Reducing CLABSI in the NICU with IV Tubing Competency
… student joined a team consisting of the unit’s nursing manager, nursing educator, clinical nurse specialist (CNS), and CNS student. Literature review highlighted the association between the development of CLABSI and the practice of changing central line intravenous (IV) tubing. Five interviews …
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Preventing and Treating Complications of Sickle Cell Disease in Pediatric Patients
… Treating Complications of Sickle Cell Disease in Pediatric Patients Sickle cell anemia, also known as sickle cell disease, affects over 90,000 people in the United States alone with those of African descent being at greater risk (Dobson & Byrne, 2014). Worldwide, it affects over 30 million people …
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Interprofessional Team Training in the Pediatric Life Support Program: Effects on Teamwork and Quality of Resuscitations
… TeamSTEPPS Essentials® program incorporated into Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) curriculum relative to resuscitation performance, presence of specific teamwork behaviors and perceptions of teamwork when compared to control group members. Although there were no significant differences in …
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A Study of the Effectiveness of two Cooling Measures for Reducing Fever in Children
<p>The purpose of this study was to eventuate the effectiveness of two commonly used cooling measures for reducing fever due to infection. Seventeen infants and children age six months to three years with a rectal temperature of 102 degrees or over were selected.</p> <p>The experimental method was …
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Lived Experience of Survivorship After Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest From Survivor and Co-Survivor Perspectives: A Qualitative Phenomenological Research Study
… survivorship from the qualitative perspective of pediatric adolescent/young adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors and their parent co-survivors.<strong></strong></p> <p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand adolescent/ young adult …
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