Laura Liggett defends the dissertation "Identifying adverse outcomes from insufficient sleep in the hospitalized non-critical older adult population." (Voice over Power Point)., Copyright is retained by the author. Contact Laura Liggett for further use of this material.
On average, humans spend one-third of their lives fulfilling basic sleep needs (Cirelli, 2019). Theories suggest that sleep improves immune responses, reduces energy, allows for the recuperation of cognitive functions, and removal of waste; however, the exact function is unknown (Zielinski, McKenna & McCarley, 2016). Research has revealed when sleep is chronically disrupted the individual experiences a reduction in their quality of life, an increased risk for mortality as well as cerebrovascular and cardiovascular events (Chattu, Sakhamuri, Kumar, Spence BaHammam & Pandi-Perumal, 2018). Ever changing variables that affect sleep in the hospital setting have created a need to ask the question, what happens when such disruptions occur in an environment like the hospital? Therefore, the primary purpose of this study was to identify adverse outcomes associated with insufficient sleep experienced by hospitalized non-critical older adults in literature., Copyright is retained by the author. Please contact Laura Liggett for future use of this material.
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Sleep deprivation Older people Hospital care Side effects
Jennifer Sheaffer provides a defense presentation for the dissertation "Improving Parental Monitoring of Social Media Behaviors to Reduce Negative Health Outcomes.", Copyrights for this presentation are retained by the presenter. Please contact Jennifer Sheaffer for further use of this material.
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Nursing Health sciences Adolescence Parental monitoring Social media Cyberbullying
Social media plays a significant part in the lives of many teens. Inappropriate use of social media can cause negative consequences. Studies show that cyber-bullying, lack of family interaction, lower self-esteem and depression are among these consequences. Unfortunately, studies also show that many parents lack the knowledge to monitor their children’s social media use., Copyrights are retained by the author. Please contact Jennifer Sheaffer for further use of this material.
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Nursing Health sciences Adolescence Parental monitoring Social media Cyberbullying
Richard Scepura's defense of the dissertation, "Intending to Stay- Retention, Structural Empowerment, and Dialysis Nursing: Integrating Kanter's Theory and the Refined Nurse Worklife Model."
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Retention structural empowerment burnout dialysis Kanter's Theory
School nurses are favorably positioned to play an essential role in both primary and secondary prevention and can be among the first to identify students at risk for substance use. However, for school nurses to succeed in this role, a determination must be made regarding their current level of knowledge of the identification of students who are using substances. Based on a review of the literature, there is a nationwide epidemic related to substance use in the United States which does not discriminate regarding the vulnerable adolescent population. Studies have shown the use of trained behavioral health counselors in schools that support the use of school-based Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) programs; however, there has been no determination of the feasibility of utilizing school nurses as gatekeepers to screening students in rural Pennsylvania (PA) school settings. Currently, the literature suggests that there have been no studies to date on the lived experience of school nurses’ perceptions of barriers and facilitators in the identification of students at risk for substance use. A qualitative research design was used to acquire a greater understanding of the barriers and facilitators among school nurses in rural areas. Discoveries from this research may increase attention to the resources needed in rural areas to assist nurses in this public health epidemic and suggest avenues to improve the identification of students who are using, thus decreasing the adolescent substance use rates., Copyrights are retained by the authors. Please contact Christine Varner and Jill Rodgers for further use of this material.
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School Nursing Rural schools Youth Teenagers Knowledge-to-Action Framework
