Paul, Cory Critical-Care Nurses’ Suggestions for Decreasing End-of-Life Care Obstacles: Changes Over 17 Years Faculty Mentor: Renea, Beckstrand, BYU College of Nursing One in five patients in intensive care units (ICUs) dies (Angus et al., 2004). As such, EOLC becomes an integral responsibility of ICU nurses (Attia, AbdElaziz, & Kandeel, 2012). Critical-care nurses propose that […]
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Critical Care Nurses’ Stories of EOL Care Obstacles
Grigg,Robin Critical Care Nurses’ Stories of EOL Care Obstacles Renea, Beckstrand, College of Nursing Introduction The purpose of this project was to discover critical care nurses’ perspectives of obstacles in providing end-of-life (EOL) care to patients. Because 20% of Americans die in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) (CDC, 2011), EOL care is a vital component […]
Nursing Perceptions of End Life Care Obstacles in Critical Access Hospitals
Leavitt, Rebekah Nursing Perceptions of End of Life Care Obstacles in Critical Access Hospitals Faculty Mentor: Renea Beckstrand, PhD, RN, CCRN, CNE College of Nursing Introduction Death is an unavoidable occurrence. Nurses are on the front lines when it comes to caring for dying patients. When providing end of life (EOL) care for critically ill […]
Rural Critical Care Nurses’ Suggestions for Decreasing End-of-Life Care Obstacles
Smith, Lisa Rural Critical Care Nurses’ Suggestions for Decreasing End-of-Life Care Obstacles Faculty Mentor: Renea L. Beckstrand, PhD, RN, CCRN, CNE College of Nursing Our research focused on gathering a rural cross-sectional, survey which will help determine the direction to move to improve the End-Of-Life care given by rural critical care nurses. The first step […]
The Effect of the NSF Grant on Future Academic and Career Outcomes
Eastmond, Tanner The Effect of the NSF Grant on Future Academic and Career Outcomes Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joseph Price, Economics Introduction The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 with the stated mission “to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare.” This […]
N404 Nursing Care of the Diverse Veteran Population in Rural and Urban Settings
Ron Ulberg and Kent Blad January 19, 2016 Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met: The academic objectives of the MEG proposal were met and exceeded. Specifically, students were exposed to local and national venues in which Veterans and their history are prevalent. Examples of this include visits by the […]
Outcomes of Children Reunified from Institutional Care in Ghana
Kevin Shafer, Social Work Both attachment theories and current research suggest that institutional care (more popularly thought of as orphanages) does not meet the attachment needs of children, which has strong negative consequences over the life-course. While preventing a child’s separation from a parent or parents is ideal, reunification may be the next best option […]
Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes of Urinary Catheter Care
Braidee Adams and Katreena Merrill, College of Nursing Introduction Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs) are the most common healthcare acquired infection. One quarter of all hospitalized adults will have an indwelling catheter at some point during their stay and half of all catheterized patients test positive for bacteria in their urine within one week. […]
Critical Care Nurses’ Current Perceptions of End-of-Life Obstacles and Supportive Behaviors 2014
Jamie Cassinat and Renea Beckstrand, College of Nursing Results Identified Obstacles End of life care is an extremely sensitive time. Understanding variables, factors, and conditions that contribute to negative experiences makes it possible for interventions to be developed and implemented to ease an already stressful time. In addition to identifying obstacles, frequency of these obstacles […]
Patient-Provider Interactions in Health Care: Use of and Attitudes Towards Multilingual Communications
Kyle Baird and Laura Smith, German and Russian Introduction Previous research has examined the provider-patient relationship and the effect of different first languages and culture on such relationship (1,2,3). Most studies conducted in the United States have focused primarily on the interactions between English-speaking health care providers and Spanish-speaking patients. Such studies found a relationship […]