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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"nursing assessment"”.
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Nursing Assessment and Management of Constipation in the Community Dwelling Elder
… of consistencies/inconsistencies among nursing professionals educational level in assessing and acting on constipation in their patient population whether or not a bowel care protocol was available and used.</p> <p><strong>Method</strong>: Home care RNs were voluntarily surveyed and …
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Neurological Nursing Assessment Education at Intermountain Medical Center: A Quality Improvement Project
Background and Aims: Nursing assessments are an integral part of the nursing process that may have significant impact on patient outcomes. Nursing assessments often identify potentially life threatening conditions such as acute neurological events. Inconsistencies of neurological assessments can …
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The Nursing assessment of readiness for instruction of breast self-examination instrument (NARIB): Instrument development
… of the two models. The sample consisted of 226 nursing students at a university located in the Northern section of Texas. The sample was composed of females ranging in ages from 20 to 35. Three research hypotheses were formulated. These hypotheses were statistically tested using t-tests. The …
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Writing patients, writing nursing : the social construction of nursing assessment of elderly patients in an acute medical unit
The study examines nursing assessment in the context of questioning how nurses' encounters with patients become occasions for nursing. The focus of the study is on those occasions which constitute nursing assessment, in recognition that these occasions cannot be detached from other aspects of …
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Determination of inhalation injury
… prognostic, or therapeutic significance in the nursing assessment of inhalation injury. These parameters were evaluated in an attempt to: (1) identify a simple pulmonary function measurement which could be used in the bedside nursing assessment of inhalation injury, (2) to determine the site of …
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The effects of relaxation touch on the recovery level of postanesthesia abdominal hysterectomy patients
… (b) back massage, and (c) no treatment. A nursing assessment was used to measure the recovery level. The relaxation response was evaluated by pre- and posttreatment measurements of blood pressure, pulse rate, and respiratory rate. The results of analysis of variance with repeated measures …
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Assessment of Falls Protocol Use on Medical-Surgical Units
… factors pertaining to falls include inadequate nursing assessment, communication failures, lack of adherence to protocols and safety practices, deficiencies in the physical environment, inadequate staff education, insufficient patient supervision, unsafe staffing ratios, and/or lack of …
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The CNL as a Systems Analyst- Standardizing Triage in Urgent Care
… of the triage process. After a microsystem assessment revealed excessive wait times for patients and variation in staff documentation in the electronic health record, utilization of smart-phrases was implemented to enhance patient safety and satisfaction. Patients and families dread …
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Fetal Heart Monitoring, Nursing Surveillance, and Cesarean Birth
… of this study was two-fold: (1) to examine nursing assessment of fetal heart rate (FHR) tracing and their interventions (nursing surveillance) in response to identification of an FHR tracing consistent with category II pattern and (2) to identify whether nursing surveillance and frequency of …
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Ultrasound measurements on the inferior vena cava by renal nursing staff for assessment and management of intravascular volume status in haemodialysis patients
… on the inferior vena cava (IVC-US) by renal nursing staff for assessment and management of intravascular volume status in haemodialysis patients. Aims: The primary aim of this thesis was to provide evidence that renal nurses could safely and efficiently perform IVC-US on haemodialysis …
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Self-assessment programme for operating room professional nursing practice in Namibia
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Improving care coordination through virtual warm handoffs in telepsychiartry
… providers and nurses. This can result in missed nursing assessments, delays in lab work or vital-sign checks, and fragmented follow-up care, especially for patients on medications like lithium, valproate, or clozapine that require specific monitoring as per guidelines. Purpose: This QI/EBP DNP …
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The Use of Intuition by Intrapartal Nurses
… of intuitive judgment was i3n implication for nursing practice. The study findings confirmed the use of intuition by intrapartal nurses as an integral part of their clinical nursing practice.
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Missing Domains Of Lung Transplant Patient Selection
… the missing domains of the interdisciplinary assessment of the lung transplant candidate, 2) to have these domains validated by an international panel of lung transplant experts, and 3) to recommend the next step for inclusion of these domains into the lung transplant candidate selection …
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Patient Falls in the Acute Care Setting: An Institutional Analysis
<p>An index of falls risk characteristics was designed and applied in a retrospective review of the medical charts of 106 patients who fell and 109 patients who did not fall during the first six months of 1989 in a large, upper midwestem hospital. The index was used to obtain information described …
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Doctor of nursing practice (DNP) quality improvement (QI) project : implementation of a nurse-driven bedside swallow screening protocol in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)
… early identification of dysphagia and improve nursing confidence in assessing swallowing function. Methods: Guided by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Model for Improvement and Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles, a pediatric-adapted screening protocol based on the Yale Swallow Protocol was …
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Predictor Variables Related To Falls In A Long-Term Care Environment
… of falling. Consequently, the current fall risk assessment tool is not adequate for assessing fall risk in this clinical setting.
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Best Practices in The Use of Vena Cava Filters oo Prevent Pulmonary Emboli in Trauma Patients
… course. As a result of the analysis, a Risk Assessment Tool was developed to recommend which patients might benefit from early placement of a vena cava filter. The tool will be used over a two-year period at a Level I Trauma Center and an analysis will be completed at that time to determine …