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Infusing Geropsychiatric Nursing Content into Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Curricula: Challenges and Solutions
(2016-05)
Nurse Practitioner core competencies and the population focused competencies for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. The outcome was a schematic crosswalk demonstrating the alignment and synthesis of three sets of competencies into one final...
Visualizing Opportunities and Inspiring Choices that Embody Success (V.O.I.C.E.S.)
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
African-American girls experience disparate rates of pregnancy and acquisition of
sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV),
when compared to their non-Hispanic, white ...
Reasons Why Low-Income Women in Northwest Missouri Do Not Access No-Cost Mammography Services
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2010)
Mammography is one of the best screening methods to detect early breast cancer, identify the cancer at a more treatable stage, expand treatment options, and reduce mortality. Despite access to no-cost mammography services, ...
Long-term outcomes and parental decision-making about treatment for deformational plagiocephaly
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2013)
Deformational plagiocephaly is a misshapen head in an infant that arises at birth,
or shortly thereafter, due to an asymmetry of the skull. There are two treatment methods
available for plagiocephaly: helmeting and ...
The Effect of Motivational Interviewing on Stroke Risk in Adults
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States, and there are physical, economic,
and emotional consequences for patients and their families. Finding effective ways to reduce risk
factors and prevent ...
A Narrative Analysis of Spiritual Coping in Individuals with Terminal Heart Failure
(2021)
to tell me about their spiritual journey. Follow-up prompts focused on describing experiences and strategies that participants associated with spiritual wellbeing. Interviews were read for thematic and structural patterns. The findings were synthesized...
What is the BSN Student's Perception of Why a Nursing Course was Failed?
(2015-05-28)
Nursing student success is important to students, faculty, institutions of higher education, and the healthcare needs in Texas. Despite recent research showing that cognitive indicators can predict student success, the use ...
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 ...
Exploring the Impact of Structural Empowerment in Long-Term Care
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
Nurses employed in long-term care settings have the highest rate to leave their positions within a
year compared to other healthcare workers. Ensuring workforce stability in long-term care is a
growing challenge for ...
“Now there's a good woman”: how rural life course events shape the response to cognitive decline in older women
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-22)
: An ethnographic design utilized in-depth life history interviews with four key informants across one year, focus groups with cross-generational cohorts (n=20), participant observation, and review of cultural artifacts. Interviews were transcribed verbatim...
Evaluating the Outcomes of a Concept-Based Curriculum in an Associate Degree Nursing Program
(2016)
A complete overhaul of nursing education has been commanded due to concerns
regarding the proficiency of novice nurses and the clinical care they provide in today’s
increasingly complex health care environment. Novice ...
Health Literacy Provider Training and Patient Satisfaction
(2017)
Ninety million Americans lack the health literacy skills required to adequately manage their
health while healthcare professionals lack the formal training to appropriately address the needs
of low health literate ...
Retention of new graduates to their first professional role: perceptions of those that have stayed
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2016)
There is an inability to retain new graduate nurses in their initial positions.
Patricia Benner (1984) developed the From Novice to Expert Theory of nurse
development outlining the nurses’ transition through the developmental ...
Decreasing Stress Through Education for Caregivers of Community-Dwelling Individuals with Dementia
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
People with dementia experience a decline in mental ability that interferes with daily life. The
behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia affect the majority of individuals suffering
from dementia and cause ...
Impact of SystemCHANGE™ Intervention on Medication Adherence in Older Adults with Heart Failure: A Mixed Methods Feasibility Study
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
Background: Nearly 50% of people with heart failure do not adhere to their
medication regimens, leading to increased health care costs and poor patient outcomes. The
purpose of this study was to examine the feasibility ...
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 ...
Social Support and Smoking among Midwest LGBT Adults
(2014-09-30)
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations have smoking rates twice that of their heterosexual counterparts. To design effective outreach, prevention, and treatments for these individuals, a comprehensive ...
The Nursing Workaround: Development of a Pyschometric Instrument
(2021)
The development of nursing workarounds is a significant concern for healthcare organizations with the potential to have longstanding consequences to patient safety. Although numerous studies have been published about ...
The persistence scale for online education: development of a psychometric tool
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-04-25)
Despite the popularity of online education, lack of persistence and attrition are problems faced by many colleges. Although multiple studies have been published about the best teaching methods for the online education ...
Effect of an APRN Fellowship Program on Job Satisfaction and Retention
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)
Transition from the role of registered nurse to APRN can be stressful and frustrating as the
novice navigates the first year of being a provider. Role confusion, uncertainty, lack of support,
and self-doubt are a few ...