Browsing NUR Faculty Scholarship by Title
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20 things you didn't know about sex and heart disease
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Access to health care: effects of public funding on the uninsured
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2000)To determine whether a state funding policy influenced access to health care for the uninsured in one county of the American Midwest. -
Adding medications in the emergency department: effect on knowledge of medications in older adults
(Mosby, 1999-06)Older adults constitute 20% of the ED population. Of older patients discharged from the emergency department, 40% receive at least one new medication to add to their already complex medication regimen. The purpose of this ... -
Advancing nursing education: BSN completion messaging materials for associate degree program nursing faculty
(Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., 2018)AIM This project developed a comprehensive set of bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) completion messaging materials that associate degree in nursing (ADN) faculty can use to advise and encourage students to complete the ... -
An approach to defining and operationalizing critical thinking
(Slack, 1997-01)The faculty in a midwestern university confronted the imperative to define and measure critical thinking in the nursing undergraduate curriculum. Theoretical and operational definitions were developed by faculty through ... -
Assessing energy expenditure during eating in vulnerable older adults
(Oxford University Press, 2012-11)Reflecting the conference theme, Charting New Frontiers in Aging, this paper presents data on an innovative way to measure energy expenditure during eating in older adults with swallowing disorders (dysphagia). These ... -
Assessment and management of sensory loss in elderly patients
(Elsevier, 1997-02)The aging process is unique in each individual, and although the specific effects of that process cannot be predicted with accuracy, the majority of individuals will experience alterations in their se... -
Assessment tool for nursing student computer competencies
(National League for Nursing, 2009-05)Computer skills have been established as important for nursing students and for graduate nurses. No current research was found on the best method to evaluate the skills of incoming nursing students. The purpose of this ... -
Baccalaureate nursing students' application of social-cognitive sexual counseling for cardiovascular patients: A web-based educational intervention
(Elsevier, 2016-09)Background: A gap in knowledge and practice exists for sexual counseling of cardiovascular patients, and innovative approaches are needed to address patients' sexual quality of life. Aim: To evaluate a web-based ... -
Back to basics: Adherence with guidelines for glucose and temperature control in an American comprehensive stroke center sample
(Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., 2018-06-01)Background: Variance from guideline-directed care for glucose and temperature control remains unknown in the United States at a time when priorities have shifted to ensure rapid diagnosis and treatment of acute stroke ... -
Behavioral reciprocity in person-centered care: an analysis of residents and nurse aides
(Oxford University Press, 2012-11)Resident/aide relationships in long-term care are an important source of resident (Bowers et al., 2001) and aide satisfaction (Mittal et al., 2009). Recent work has focused on aides’ person-centered abilities. Innovatively, ... -
Borderline personality disorder psychological treatment: an integrative review
(Elsevier Inc., 2017-02)Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a complex and at times debilitating mental disorder, treatment of which has eluded effective pharmacotherapy (Gunderson, 2007). Although once considered untreatable, psychodynamic ... -
Breastfeeding care in multicultural populations
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2001-03)Although the number and diversity of minority women in the United States is growing, breastfeeding rates remain low. Nurses can increase breastfeeding rates in minority populations if they are aware of and appreciate ... -
Brown bag medication review: using AHRQ's brown bag medication tool
(Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2019-03-18)Background: Medication nonadherence has been linked to health literacy and poor patient outcomes. The Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit addresses both issues. Purpose: A brown bag medication review was implemented ... -
Capturing patient encounters during health care provider training using Personal Digital Assistants
(Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions, 2007)Contemporary allied health education requires students experience both a depth and breadth of clinical encounters to prepare them to provide an increasingly broadening and evolving scope of practice. The Physician Assistant ... -
Case study of hip fracture in an older person
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2003-10)To discuss proximal femoral (hip) fractures as the leading cause of hospitalization for injuries among older persons, using a case example that illustrates not only the orthopedic injury but also how an older person's ... -
A case study on expanding the concept of caring from individuals to communities
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 1999-12)Caring has been described as the essence of nursing and some theorists assert that caring occurs only on the interpersonal level. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate caring beyond the individual to communities. ... -
Certified nurse-midwives in rural Kansas hospitals: A survey of senior hospital administrators
(Elsevier, 2021-03-04)Introduction: Little is known about the nurse-midwifery workforce in rural Kansas hospitals, despite Kansas facing a shortage of primary care physicians providing maternity care rurally. This study investigated the current ... -
Change in sexual activity after a cardiac event: the role of medications, comorbidity, and psychosocial factors
(Elsevier B.V., 2015-08)Aim: The aim of this study was to examine change in sexual activity before and after cardiac diagnosis in men and women by medication class. Background: Decline in sexual activity after cardiac diagnosis frequently ... -
Changes in myocardial infarction-specific sexual counseling by cardiac nurses
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2011-11)It is largely unknown if changes in the practice of sexual counseling of myocardial infarction (MI) patients by cardiac nurses have occurred over time. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine changes in the ...