Browsing by Thesis Department "Nursing (UMKC)"
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A Descriptive Correlational Study of Rate and Determinants of Parental mHealth Adherence to Symptom Home Monitoring for Infants with Congenital Heart Disease during the Single Ventricle Interstage Period: The DOMAIN Study
(2020)Single ventricle heart disease care in the ambulatory setting affects approximately 4,000 infants in the United States annually. Treatment typically involves a three-staged surgical strategy over the first three years of ... -
A descriptive, cross-sectional, correlational exploration of perceived stress, quality of life, and family functioning in parents of a child with congenital heart disease: The PinCHeD Study
(2020)Background: As survival rates for infants born with severe forms of cardiac disease improve, attention is directed to evaluating factors that affect the child’s short- and long-term outcomes, including parental stress, ... -
A Narrative Analysis of Spiritual Coping in Individuals with Terminal Heart Failure
(2021)Approximately 6 million Americans have heart failure with treatment costs estimated at $30.7 billion annually. Those in late stages of the disease experience profound physical, emotional, and spiritual suffering. Spiritual ... -
A randomized feasibility and acceptability study comparing modes of parenting education delivery for young fathers
(2020)Limited research and reliance on maternal reports of father involvement in caregiving provides an inadequate understanding of adolescent fatherhood. Despite improved outcomes for infants and adolescent mothers when adolescent ... -
A retrospective study of the clinical capstone experience on perceptions of practice readiness in associate degree student nurses and perceptors
(2019)Purpose of the Student Transitional Experience into Practice (STEP) study was to explore differences in perceptions of practice readiness between associate degree student nurses and their preceptors after a clinical capstone ... -
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Pediatric Primary Care
(2017)Many pediatric primary care clinics fall short in providing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services to adolescent patients resulting in missed opportunities for pregnancy prevention, delays in sexually ... -
Adolescent Suicide Risk Screening in the Pediatric Primary Care Setting
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2022)Adolescent suicide is a major health concern in the United States, with numbers continuing to rise each year. The literature suggests that there may be a lack of screening, detection, and recognition of adolescent suicide ... -
Advance Practice Nurses Receiving Preceptor Training Have Increased Self-Confidence and Decreased Burnout
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2022)Advanced practice registered nurses are an essential component of the healthcare team. As providers, they care for the patients and coordinate care using a nurse’s compassion. Preceptors are instrumental in onboarding a ... -
Assessing the need of military resources in a rural civilian pediatric clinic
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)Military specific mental health services exist that military members qualify for but civilian providers may be unaware of these free programs. To improve access to military resources for military families in civilian clinics ... -
Atrial Fibrillation Patient Education: An Evidence-Based Project
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia in the healthcare setting. As of 2010, there were 33.5 million Americans living with atrial fibrillation in the United States. It is a chronic condition that requires ... -
Barriers to and Facilitators of Infertility Medication Adherence: A Mixed Methods Study
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)Background. Infertility treatment protocols require women to engage in self management of their prescribed medication regimens, yet adherence to infertility medication schedules have been suboptimal. No prior research ... -
Be Resilient: Examining the Relationship Between Staff Nurse Incivility and Undergraduate Nursing Students' Sense of Belonging to the Nursing Profession
(2021)Background: Sense of belonging is essential for nursing students to develop and grow within the nursing profession. Unfortunately, incivility threatens the sense of belonging in nursing students. Purpose: The purpose of ... -
BMI and Waist Circumference for Increased Overweight and Obesity Diagnosis
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)Overweight and obesity rates in the United States are reaching epidemic proportions and is a greater reality to rural communities. The purpose of this quasi-experimental, quality improvement project was to increase ... -
Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in African American Women After Multiple Interventions
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)African American women are consistently diagnosed at later stages of breast and cervical cancer than Caucasian women, leading to increased morbidity and mortality rates. Although the mammogram and Papanikolaou (Pap) ... -
Breastfeeding Education and Support to Improve Breastfeeding Retention
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2022)Breastmilk is recognized as the best form of nutrition for infants, aged birth to six months, by the World Health Organization, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the American Academy of ... -
Breastfeeding Support Through Social Media Groups
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2022)Breastfeeding is the most influential behavior to reduce infant and maternal morbidity and mortality rates. Despite the health benefits, only a quarter of infants in the United States are exclusively breastfeed to six ... -
Cerebrovascular Accident Behavioral Modification Education for High-Risk Women
(2017)Cerebrovascular accidents (CVAs) continue to be one of the leading causes of disability and death throughout the United States (U.S.). While both men and women are at risk for CVAs, more women have CVAs each year than ... -
CHamorus' Narratives and Perceptions of Historical Trauma and Contemporary Health in Guam
(2021)Historical trauma refers to the generationally transferred human consequences of cultural oppression in a population associated with colonization, slavery, and genocide. Historical trauma theory suggests that such trauma ... -
Clinical Pathway for the Fontan Patient to Standardize Care
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)The Fontan repair is the final stage of surgical palliation for the pediatric patient with a single ventricle heart. The post-operative medical management of this patient population can be variable and hospital length ... -
Community Factors in Differential Responses of Child Protective Services
(2015-06-19)Child maltreatment results in over 3 million referrals annually to U. S. child protective services agencies and an estimated 695,000 children who are determined to be child maltreatment victims. There are ongoing concerns ...