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Technology Acceptance Model: Predicting Nurses’ Acceptance of Telemedicine Technology (eICU®)

Kowitlawakul, Yanika (2008-06-03)

The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is one of the promising models that represent an important theoretical framework to explain and predict an individual’s technology acceptance. TAM has been used extensively in the ...
Study on Cultural Competency of Japanese Nurses

Kawashima, Asako (2008-06-11)

There is an increase in the number of immigrants and foreign residents in Japan. This social demographic change requires Japanese nurses to deliver culturally appropriate and sensitive care. It is thus necessary to expand ...
Diffusion of Innovation: A Descriptive Analysis of Pediatric Preparedness in Emergency Departments

Huddleston, Kathi C. (2008-06-16)

The purpose of this study was twofold: First, to identify essential pediatric resuscitative equipment gaps in the nation’s emergency departments; second, to identify associations among and between the domains of community ...
Retaining the Wisdom: Deans’ Reflections on Extending the Academic Working Life of Aging Nurse Faculty

Falk, Nancy L. (2008-07-03)

Aging nurse faculty members are vital human resources who serve as educators, researchers, and leaders within baccalaureate nursing programs nationwide. On average, aging nurse faculty members are over 50 years of age and ...
The Relationships of Empowerment, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment among Filipino and American Registered Nurses Working in the U.S.A

Vacharakiat, Marayart (2008-12-22)

The purpose of this study was to examine and compare the relationships between empowerment, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment among Filipino and American registered nurses (RNs) working in the United States. ...
An Analysis of Variance in Nursing-Sensitive Patient Safety Indicators Related to Magnet Status, Nurse Staffing, and Other Hospital Characteristics

Solomita, Joy B. (2009-06-01)

The purpose of this research was to identify if there was a significant difference in the risk-adjusted rates for a subset of five of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators ...
The Injury Profile of the Sexually Assaulted Female

Rotolo, Suzanne L. (2009-07-01)

Rape is a serious, violent crime that is under-reported across the United States. Multiple factors affect the choice to report, as well as the legal processes that ensue when a rape is reported. Prior to the development ...
Structural and Psychological Empowerment of Community/Public Health Nurses

Royer, Linda (2010-01-27)

This descriptive, non-experimental study examines the perceptions Community/Public Health Nurses (C/PHNs) have about the work they do and about their workplace when questioned about organizational factors that potentially ...
A Comparison of BMI Percentiles and Predictor Variables for Two Head Start Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs

Goldberg, Patricia (2010-06-04)

A Head Start program enhancement, “I am Moving, I am Learning” (IMIL), is intended to 1) increase the amount of time per day that children participate in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA); 2) improve the ...
Inactive Registered Nurses Returning to Practice: Barriers and Successes

Hobbs, Deborah Leigh (2011-05-17)

This qualitative study describes the experiences of inactive registered nurses in their journey returning to nursing practice and the perceived and unexpected barriers and successes they met and overcame on their way. ...
Factors Influencing Health-Related Quality of Life Following Coronary Artery Bypass

Boyd, Janet Schoene (2011-05-26)

This non-experimental descriptive study examined the influence of preoperative health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and clinical risk factors on adults’ postoperative HRQOL at 6 and 12 months after coronary artery bypass ...
Shifting Life's Focus: African American Dialysis Patients' Experiences with Kidney Transplant Evaluation

Humphreys, Susan L. (2011-08-22)

Chronic Kidney disease is a growing health problem, in the United States, disproportionately affects African Americans. Although African Americans have a significantly higher incidence of kidney disease and end stage kidney ...
Midwives, Nurse Practitioners and Medicare: A Case Study Comparative Analysis of Medicare Reimbursement Efforts

Jessup, Debbie J. (2012)

The historic health reform law included a provision that granted 100% Medicare reimbursement to nurse-midwives, marking the culmination of a nineteen year effort by the American College of Nurse-Midwives to achieve Medicare ...
The Influence of Values and Psychosocial Job Characteristics on Intent to Leave Among Hospital Nurses

Rosenkranz, Amanda Gail (2012)

The supply of registered nurses is predicted to be insufficient to meet the healthcare needs of an aging society. It is imperative that nurses are retained to alleviate effects of this shortage on quality nursing care. ...
The Experience of African Students Studying Nursing in the United States in Relation to Their Use of Critical Thinking

Tyson, Donald Lee (2012-06-18)

This qualitative study explores the critical thinking experiences of African nursing students enrolled in several universities in the U.S. Using a semi-structured interview approach, twelve African students discussed their ...
Continuous Access to Medication and Health Outcomes in Uninsured Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

Toulouse, Cheryl Dillard (2012-06-18)

Background and Purpose: Achieving targets for HgbA1c, low density lipids (LDL), and blood pressure (BP) can improve outcomes in adults with diabetes. To meet targets, access to affordable and consistent medication is ...
Identification of Individual Factors that Predict Structurational Divergence Among Nurses: A Secondary Analysis

Conway-Morana, Patricia (2012-07-17)

Structurational Divergence (SD) occurs when an individual reaches a “nexus”, this point of being in the position of needing to satisfy two sets of equally interpenetrating, but contradictory social rules, practices, cultures, ...
Healthcare Worker Compliance with Documentation of Infection Prevention Protocols in Relation to Patient Factors of War-Wounded U.S. Service Members

English, Judith Fay Boylan (2012-10-09)

The purposes of this pilot study were to 1) examine the documented compliance to infection prevention procedures in the electronic medical record (EMR) by healthcare providers caring for war-wounded U.S. service members, ...
Knowledge, Perceptions, and Practices of MRSA Transmission Prevention among Acute Care Setting Healthcare Workers

Seibert, Dorothy June (2013)

The purpose of this research is to explore knowledge, perceptions, and practices concerning MRSA transmission prevention among acute care setting healthcare workers (HCW) and to examine the relationships among knowledge, ...
EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING DURATION IN RELATIONSHIP TO INFANT RISK FOR OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY AT THREE YEARS OF AGE.

Franklin, Patricia Deam (2013)

This non-experimental, quantitative study examined exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life as a risk reduction factor of childhood overweight and obesity up to three years of age in a population of ...

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