Browsing College of Nursing and Health Innovation: Department of Nursing by Title
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Improving Adherence to Atypical Antipsychotic Agent Screening Guidelines in Pediatric Patients: A Quality Improvement Project Within an Integrated Community Mental Health Setting
(College of Nursing and Health Innovation, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2016-11-30)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Background: Approximately 14% - 20% of children and adolescents have a mental health problem (Harrison, Cluxton-Keller, and Gross, 2012). Atypical Antipsychotic ... -
Improving Adherence to Hepatitis C Screening: A Pilot Project
(College of Nursing and Health Innovation, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2017-03-28)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Purpose: The purpose of this project was to determine whether implementing a clinical prompt reminder in the electronic medical record (EMR) would improve provider's ... -
Improving Compliance with Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines for Bipolar I Depression Treatment by Mental Health Clinicians
(College of Nursing and Health Innovation, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2017-04-23)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Background: A large body of literature describes poor compliance among mental health providers with evidence-based practice (EBP) guidelines for Bipolar Disorder ... -
Improving Medication Adherence Among Adult Patients with Coronary Heart Disease: A Pilot Study
(College of Nursing and Health Innovation, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2016-11-22)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Background: Medication adherence reduces morbidity, premature mortality, and healthcare costs related to CHD treatment. Therefore, a patient-centered intervention ... -
Improving Provider Adherence with Completion of a Written Asthma Action Plan according to Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines
(College of Nursing and Health Innovation, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2014-12-03)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Asthma is a serious chronic inflammatory health condition of the airways that causes many Americans to experience distress {Agency for Health Care Research and ... -
Increasing Awareness and Consideration of Bariatric Surgery Treatment Option in Obese Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients
(College of Nursing and Health Innovation, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2016-11-30)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Background: Current research indicates the efficacy of bariatric surgery (BS) in the treatment of obese Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) patients, but only a few ... -
Increasing Drug Screens and Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Assessments for Patients Enrolled in Opioid Replacement Therapy
(College of Nursing and Health Innovation, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2015-12-02)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Opioid use disorder is an epidemic that has a devastating impact on public health, morbidity and mortality, and the escalating economic burden of healthcare ... -
Increasing provider efficacy on metabolic monitoring
(College of Nursing and Health Innovation, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2016-11-24)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Background: Second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs), the mainstay of treatment for persons with serious mental illnesses (SMI), have been linked to obesity and ... -
The Influence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Post-Anesthesia Duration of Monitoring: Informing Policy Recommendations for Best Practice in a Veteran Population
(College of Nursing and Health Innovation, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2016-10-19)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common problem affecting millions of Americans annually. In fact, between nine and fourteen percent of the entire population is ... -
Integrating Primary Care into Behavioral Health: Evaluating an Evidence-based Referral process in a Community Mental Health Facility
(College of Nursing and Health Innovation, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2013-12-04)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: A collaboration to serve individuals with mental disorders and co-morbid physical health issues is vital to improving health care outcomes for the individual as a ... -
Interventions in the Primary Care Setting Aimed at Improving the Rate of Completion of Advance Directives
(College of Nursing and Health Innovation, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2016-11-30)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The majority of people never discuss their choice of treatment in end-of-life issues and do not have an advance directive (AD). The cause may be due to the lack ... -
A Legacy of Legendary Leadership
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Lessons from the trenches: Meeting evaluation challenges in school health education
(American School Health Association, 2012-01)BACKGROUND: Those involved in school health education programs generally believe that health-education programs can play an important role in helping young people make positive health decisions. Thus, it is to document ... -
The Meaning Of Adherence Among Veterans Receiving Pegylated Interferon And Ribavirin Antiviral Treatment For Chronic Hepatitis C
(Nursing, 2012-04-11)The purpose of this study was to describe the meaning of adherence and adherence experiences in hepatitis C (HCV) infected Veterans receiving pegylated interferon and ribavirin antiviral treatment. In addition, how these ... -
The Meaning Of Homelessness To Homeless Women Veterans
(Nursing, 2012-07-25)Homelessness in America continues to be a pervasive problem, with veterans being disproportionately represented in this population. As the Iraq/Afghanistan war soldiers return to civilian life, worries about this population ... -
Measuring The Direct Nurses' And Nurse Leaders' Perceptions Of A Healthy Work Environment Within Acute Care Settings
Healthy work environments (HWEs) have been described as policies, procedures, and processes designed to empower nurses to meet the organizational objectives and achieve personal satisfaction in the work environment (American ... -
Media-Smart Youth After-School Pilot Program for Parkway Elementary
(College of Nursing and Health Innovation, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2011-08-10)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** -
Mediating Effect of Cognitive Function on Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease in the United States
(2021-09-02)Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are related to disorders of the heart and blood vessels. They may become serious problems, especially in older adults. They could also negatively affect the health-related quality of life ... -
MEDICATION SAFETY IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS
(2023-04-26)This article-based thesis comprises two manuscripts on medication safety strategies in community-dwelling older adults. A phenomenological method was used to conduct semi-structured interviews with 28 community-dwelling ...