Camber Cooper and Dr. Erin Maughan, College of Nursing Introduction Tucumán is the poorest province in the country of Argentina, made worse by recent economic turmoil. Maternal nutrition is not only important for her own health, but it is also crucial to her developing fetus, both before and during pregnancy, as all nutrients the infant […]
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY
Jennifer K. Taylor and Professor Russ Wilshaw RN, MS, CEN, Nursing Emergency Departments provide health care to individuals twenty-four hours a day. To better meet the needs of consumers it is necessary to understand the main population groups utilizing emergency departments. This can be accomplished through demographic studies of various emergency departments. The research project […]
Assessing Hand Washing Techniques Among Nurses in Ecuador
Cora Yoose and Dr. Ana Birkhead, Nursing Healthcare-associated infection (HAI) is described as infection acquired in a hospital or healthcare setting. HAI is a problem in the health care setting that can be drastically curtailed by the implementation of proper hand hygiene practice. Increased cost of care for patients and the increased incidence of death […]
Perceptions of Childbirth among Women in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Stephen Wilkinson and Dr. Lynn Callister, Department of Nursing The topic of my research evolved out of a desire to do a field study in Ghana through Brigham Young University’s Kennedy Center for International Studies. As I researched health care issues in the Ashanti Region, I discovered that many of the medical challenges that people […]
Perceptions of Childbirth among the Women of Geelong, Australia
Thacker Shelley and Dr. Lynn Callister, College of Nursing Previous research on labor and birth in Australia has focused on mortality rates in hospitals and birthing centers. Gathering qualitative research is important to improve nurses’ culturally based care towards childbearing women. I knew of Dr. Callister’s similar research in various countries. I was in the […]
Retention of Emergency Care Knowledge among Nursing Students
Alanna R. Rowley and Dr. Sheri P. Palmer, College of Nursing Much focus has been placed on studying cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) retention among nurses, but little has been done to understand the retention of emergency care/first-aid knowledge among undergraduate nursing students. Even though nursing students are educated in basic emergency care and first-aid throughout school, […]
Support of Laboring Mothers in Argentina
Melissa Pickett and Dr. Lynn C. Callister, College of Nursing Introduction and Literature Review The College of Nursing expects students to provide care for patients globally in other cultures as well as patients in our own country. Learning how to meet the mothers’ needs from Argentina will inform health care professionals how to provide the […]
Developing an Instrument to Measure Vaccine Hesitancy
Neil Peterson and Dr. Beth Luthy, College of Nursing The purpose of this project was to develop an instrument to accurately measure vaccine hesitancy in parents of school-aged children. Utah consistently ranks below the national immunization rate average in numerous vaccine categories1. Immunization exemptions in Utah more than doubled between 1997 and 20042. To address […]
What Critical Resources do Hispanic Women of Childbearing Age in Utah need to Promote Adequate Health Care Practices?
Teresa Paredes and Dr. Ana Birkhead, College of Nursing The health care practices of Hispanic childbearing age women in Utah affect the overall health care system in Utah. We believe immigrant Hispanic women lack resources (i.e. education, cultural, transportation) to take care of their health and their families. My mentor and I believe the lack […]
Developmental Therapies for Preterm Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Argentina
Kathryn Millar and Professor Catherine Coverston, College of Nursing The development of immature physiologic systems in preterm infants is compromised as they experience the environment of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Without interventions to recreate an intrauterine environment, the infant experiences delayed development and morbidities including hearing loss, retinopathy, decreased neurodevelopment, and impaired motor function. […]
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