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Showing 1 to 20 of 72 for “"Surgical nursing"”.
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idenification of nursing activities at medical and surgical nursing units in Vietnam
The purpose of this research is: to explore nursing activities performed by Vietnamese nurses; to identify time of each nursing activity that is performed by medical and surgical nurses and proportion of direct and indirect nursing time; to identify the job independence level of each nursing …
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An examination of the impact of medical-surgical nursing unit configuration on nurses’ communication using space syntax theory.
… study focuses on the influence of medical-surgical nursing unit design on nurses’ communication. Space syntax theory was used as this study’s theoretical framework and explored for its applicability to the study of medicalsurgical nursing unit design. This study was conducted in three …
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Variables Predicting Success in an Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing Course and the NCLEX-RN for Pre-Licensure Baccalaureate Nursing Students
… factors with success in a final Advanced Medical-Surgical nursing course and the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses, as well as their predictive abilities. Data were obtained from the academic records of 209 full-time and part-time nursing program graduates who completed …
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Evaluation of Reported Level of Clinical Confidence in Student Nurses Using Deliberate Practice
… being developed during pre-licensure education. Nursing faculty in higher education are tasked with the challenge to increase the level of practice undergraduate nursing students experience during their program. The question guiding this project was what effect does the use of deliberate practice …
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Active learning strategies in classroom teaching: practices of associate degree nurse educators in a southern state
… is recognized as an essential component of nursing practice by the National League for Nursing (NLN). Nursing graduates must be prepared to practice as competent healthcare professionals in a highly complex, diverse, and ever-changing environment. Critical thinking is crucial to providing …
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Nurses' Perception of Diabetes: A Comparative Analysis
… care unit (ICU), a non-trauma ICU, a medical nursing unit, and a surgical nursing unit at a large hospital in the Northern Nevada area. Critical care and medical/surgical nurse responses were compared to explore the impact of unit type on nurses' perceptions of diabetes. Nurses' value of …
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The Perceived Gameful Experience of Undergraduate Nursing Students Engaged in a Virtual Interactive Puzzle Escape Room Focusing on a Complex Clinical Intervention
… The purpose of this study is to investigate nursing students’ experience using gamification Virtual Interactive Puzzle Escape Room (VIPER), which incorporates tasks of medication calculations and safe blood transfusion procedures. Using a quasi-experimental explanatory post-test design, the …
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Improving Staff Responsiveness to Patient-Initiated Call Lights
… Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) project involves the nursing staff and patients of a 23-bed post-surgical medical-surgical nursing unit at a Bay Area community hospital. The goal of this project was to improve patient care, patient satisfaction and staff workflow. Assessment of the microsytem revealed …
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Association Between Nurse Staffing Indicators, Patient Falls, and Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers in the Acute Care Setting
… United States. Unit level data for 11 medical-surgical nursing units from the hospital's National Database for Nursing Quality Indicators survey conducted in October 2011 were obtained.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> A statistically significant relationship was found between TNHPPD and …
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Impacting Patient Care Experiences: Hourly Rounding
… and staff responsiveness within a busy, nursing unit in an urban setting within a San Francisco hospital; thereby improving the patient’s perception of staff responsiveness by reducing call lights and patient falls by 25% within three months. The patient population consists of …
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Postoperative pain : nursing management and organisational commitment
… Yorkshire region (n=35) and the second explored nursing care of 120 patients admitted to four English hospitals (two with an acute pain service) through nonparticipant observation, patient interviews and examination of nursing documentation. The questionnaire results highlighted increases in …
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A Study of a Selected Patient with Myocardial Infarction to Find Out Whether a Given List of Basic Concepts of Physiology Could be Demonstrated in the Aspects of Nursing Care Administered
… in a given list could be demonstrated in the nursing care of a selected patient with a diagnosis of myocardial infarction.</p> <p>The review of literature aided in the following: choice of a given list of basic concepts of physiology important in the care of the patient with an uncomplicated …
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Differences of weekend versus weekdays, nurse-to-patient staffing ratios, patient diagnoses, and direct nursing care time
… differences in time spent providing direct nursing care time on weekends versus weekdays, nurse-to-patient ratios, medical-surgical nursing units, and weekend versus weekday patient diagnoses. Specific aims were (a) determine differences in nurse-to-patient staffing ratios and direct care …
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The Impact of Structured Debriefing, Following Simulation, on BSN Student Development of Clinical Reasoning and Clinical Judgment Skills
… processes used to prepare practitioners, nursing educators have embraced the use of simulation technology as an innovative approach to enhance student learning. Simulation has been recognized as a vehicle to support student development of knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to …
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Clinical decision making by beginning nurses: a naturalistic study
… clinical decisions and implement appropriate nursing interventions is an essential component of nursing practice. Clinical decision making is the process nurses use to gather information about patients, evaluate it and make judgments that result in the provision of nursing care. However, …
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Three-dimensional analysis of shoulder movement patterns in shoulders with anterior instability: A comparison of kinematics with normal shoulders and the influence of stabilization surgery.
… with anterior instability and influence of surgical stabilization on kinematics. Materials and Methods: Kinematic data and clinical scores were obtained from nine asymptomatic individuals who served as the control group. Data was also obtained from five patients with recurrent anterior …
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The expectations of the role of the nurse in the medical-surgical hospital setting
Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University
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Relationships between Personality Factors and Job Satisfaction and Importance for Operating Room and Surgical Unit Staff Nurses
… nurses employed in the operating room and on surgical units. The forty-six subjects were female, registered nurses who were employed full-time either in the operating room or on the surgical units of a 516-bed medical center.</p> <p>The conceptual basis for the study was found in the …
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The effect of nursing intervention on anxiety during the surgical experience
Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University
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Navy Nurses' Experiences during Operation Unified Assistance Aboard the USNS MERCY: A Grounded Theory Study
… to steaming west, to engaging in humanitarian nursing. The participants' mindsets, knowledge, skill sets, and coping mechanisms contributed to their readiness. This readiness was significant in helping the participants overcome challenges and difficulties they faced during the phases of the …
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