Research Database Matrix National Institute of Health's Intramural Database Resources Location: http://intramural.nih.gov/index.tml Description: The stated objective of the NIH Intramural Database is to collect and disseminate data gathered from r Continue Reading...
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia reflects the most common healthcare related infection in the process of providing intensive care within the context of the hospital. The condition enhances the morbidity, mortality, length of stay, and costs increment Continue Reading...
ethnography of fictional individual who wanted to enter the medical field. The paper starts off with a 2-page assessment of a pseudo-interview that will form the structure of the entire ethnography. The interview and the analysis followed all exhibi Continue Reading...
I believe that students who are capable of 'learning to learn' are much more capable as professionals, in whatever field they aspire to, but especially nursing. It is important for these students to understand the importance of continuing to learn a Continue Reading...
e., males and females per nurse specialty). Variables & Measures Variables for the study are as follows: workload management, work environment, burnout rate, and job satisfaction. In addition to these variables, instruments gauging the level of Continue Reading...
"Transpersonal Caring acknowledges unity of life and connections that move in concentric circles of caring-from individual, to other/s, to community, to world, to Planet Earth, to the universe." (3, Watson). This theory serves as a comprehensive gu Continue Reading...
Adoption Of the EHR Technology Systems In a contemporary health environment, nurses have long been using the computer technology to achieve the health outcomes such as the laboratory tests, however, the EHR (electronic health records) has become a r Continue Reading...
tests (CRTs) and scales vs. norm-Referenced Criterion-referenced tests (CRTs) are often the preferred method of assessing the performance of many practitioners in the healthcare and 'helping' professions such as nursing. An example of a criterion-b Continue Reading...
Transformational Leadership Types of leadership and management Though there is no clear prescription of the leadership style that is to be followed by a given industry or type of organization, it is worth noting that leadership styles can be combin Continue Reading...
Both projects -- and aspects of the study (qualitative and quantitative) had their advantages and disadvantages. In the first, researchers could hit for objective method and, via use of Likert scale, guidelines in creating the survey, guidelines in Continue Reading...
Eventually, an alarming number of students erroneously conclude they are not capable of completing a thesis and drop out. The demands of thesis writing seem to introduce a significant amount of pressure, stress, and impacts on Master's students' sel Continue Reading...
Baird, J., Rehm, R., Hinds, P., Baggot, C., Davies, B. (2016). Do you know my child? Continuity of nursing care in the pediatric intensive care unit. Nursing Research, 65(2): 142-150. Barid et al. (2016) provide a grounded theory, qualitative asse Continue Reading...
Al-Sawai, A. (2013). Leadership of Healthcare Professionals: Where Do We Stand?. Oman Medical Journal, 28(4), 285-287 3p. doi:10. 5001/omj.2013.79 This study defines leadership as behavior that drives a group towards an identified goal, and it desc Continue Reading...
Translating an Evidence Into Practice Among the older adults aged 60 years and above, falls have been identified as a leading cause of fatal injuries and non-fatal injuries. In the United States, nearly 50% of hospitalized adult patients face the ri Continue Reading...
These factors were examined in the work of Tolentino-DelosReyes, et al. (2007) who report themselves having conducted a study and in the form of the administration of a test containing ten items which was developed for the purpose of scoring the nur Continue Reading...
Interdisciplinary Relationships An ER (emergency room) job is both prestigious and requires hard work; it affords individuals a chance to save fellow human beings' lives and build a fruitful career. Of all nursing jobs, the most challenging and inte Continue Reading...
PICOT In critically ill adults (p), how does the daily use of chlorohexidine (I) compared to sterile water reduce VAP (ventilator-associated pneumonia) (O) during hospitalized stay (T). Part 2 Identifying a Problem Of the infections acquired by pa Continue Reading...
(HESI). This instrument will be chosen for this study because it was developed by nurse educators and clinicians using the model for writing critical-thinking test items which requires application of clinical nursing judgment to determine correct re Continue Reading...
Based from my experience in my previous job in a similar industry, which similarly experienced the issue of lack of nurses, this type of solution is effective as it maximizes the work hours of every nurse, thus allowing a continuous flow of the del Continue Reading...
Poverty and Community Mental Health Based on the supplemental reading for this week found in the resource folder, we can agree that poverty is a solid predictor of multiple challenges found in the field of mental health. In your own words (support y Continue Reading...
Performance Management and Health Informatics The Healthy People 2020 diabetes objectives are aimed at reducing the economic burden that diabetes mellitus puts on victims. They are also designed to improve the quality of life of people suffering fro Continue Reading...
Prevention and Management of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in the Hospitals Ventilator-associated pneumonia is an infection in the airways that develops more than 48 hours after a patient is intubated. While the prevention and management of pneumo Continue Reading...
Sampling and Empirical Research Studies Quantitative scientific studies typically require sample sizes that are sufficiently large enough to produce valid interpretable data, and using a questionnaire-based survey to poll a large group of respondent Continue Reading...
(14) Tell patient to flex their hips and knees as they lower themselves to the chair; and (15) Assist the patient to a comfortable position in the chair. II. Illustrations of the Procedure The following illustrations clearly depict the process of Continue Reading...
nursing research findings into clinical practice. Nociceptive Pain at the end of life Conduct a Medline/PubMed & CINAHL search to identify 2 (two) PRIMARY SOURCE research articles that were published within the last 5 years that are not cited Continue Reading...
Comparable worth, also known as pay equity, is "a reform effort to pay different job titles the same based on their value to their employer regardless of the gender predominance of those working in such titles" ("What is Pay"). The motivation behin Continue Reading...
Plastic surgery is among the most common issues where arguments and debates between the pros and cons in society exist. There are those who oppose the practice of plastic surgery while there are those who find its benefits to outweigh the risks and n Continue Reading...
Long-Term Care Sustainability as a Major Issue Affecting Canadian Healthcare System The Canadian Health Act (CHA) provides that provincial governments should cover the entire cost of hospital and physician services. There are however two components Continue Reading...
Attitudes Towards Medical Marijuana The main purpose of the study will be to assess nurses' feelings and perceptions of patients who use medical marijuana for pain management. This will predominantly give light to the way the professionals who pres Continue Reading...
PubMed search terms used to initially identify a qualitative study were the following: nursing qualitative. A large number of citations were retrieved, but the selection was further limited by only those available as free full-text articles through Continue Reading...
Patient Turning Every Two Hours and Positioning Decreases the Development of New Pressure Ulcers The objective of this study is to determine whether turning and positioning of a patient every two hours decreases in the development of new pressure u Continue Reading...
Diabetes and Obesity: What Are the Choices? Diabetes is becoming an increasingly serious health problem across the United States, and indeed across the world. The majority of cases of diabetes, both in terms of new diagnoses and of current cases, ar Continue Reading...
Health Care Research The definition of health care research has evolved over the last one hundred years or so. Many scholars and researchers define it differently. The University of Washington (2011) opines that the most detailed definition of heal Continue Reading...
Policy, Politics and Global Trends in Health Sector The goal of this policy paper is to provide the strategy to align effort transforming the health healthcare in the United States. The policy brief is also to improve the quality of healthcare deliv Continue Reading...
feasible to measure pain because it is located in the thalamus. Is pain able to be measured objectively? Just as a blood pressure of 220/110 will give us some information about the cardiovascular system, assessing the peripheral pain pathway can hel Continue Reading...
In this way, any concerns that could come up and be problematic will be avoided and the information contained in the study can be accepted as being reliable, valid, and unique. As has been mentioned, limitations are too often overlooked in studies, Continue Reading...
Workplace violence can be prevented by creating a workplace environment and organizational culture that prevents the problem, protects employees, and pursues strategies for change. The presence of official policies or codes of ethics in the workplace Continue Reading...
