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• Patient responses to COPD symptoms: The relationship of dyspnea and fatigue to activities of daily living, inhaler use, and self-care capability
  Background. Chronic obstructive pulmonary (COPD) disease is the fourth leading cause of death in the US. COPD care is concentrated in the outpatient setting and requires the complex management of activities of daily living (ADL's), inhaled medications, and self-care capability. Previous studies have not determined how daily dyspnea and fatigue affect care or alter activities […]
  Cantley, Mary G.
• Needs assessment and mentor program development for Sinclair School of Nursing
  An estimated 1.13 million new registered nurses are needed to fill new jobs and replace retiring nurses from 2012-2022. However, the nurse faculty shortage is a primary barrier to expanding the nursing workforce over the next decade. Nurses moving from the clinical setting to the academic setting need preparation, professional growth, and the development of […]
  Thompson, Mindy
• Biomarker, treatment, and socio-demographic factors affecting opioid use disorder treatment retention
  Increasing mortality from opioid overdose and low treatment engagement are significant public health concerns. Along with increasing health care and criminal justice enforcement costs, there is an urgent need to study the factors associated with treatment retention in opioid use disorder. The study investigated the relative impact of the biomarker cholesterol on treatment retention in […]
  De Los Reyes, Fernand A.
• Factors associated with new hospital nurses' self-efficacy in providing palliative end-of-life care
  Introduction: Self-efficacy is defined as confidence in one’s competence; the ability to successfully accomplish tasks and achieve favorable outcomes (Bandura, 1997). Many nurses today say they feel their undergraduate education was inadequate for them to feel competent to provide palliative and EOL patient care. (Chiplaskey, 2016; Scherlin & Quinn, 2016; Zheng et al., 2018).). Inadequate […]
  Briese, Penny M.
• Trick or treat? The systemic effect of diabetes cause by oral disease
  The goal of this presentation is to educate nurses and nursing professionals on the significance of preventive oral healthcare behaviors that contribute to reducing the incidence of oral disease as the causal factor of systemic infections, inflammatory injury, and end-organ damage. Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify good verses bad oral health 2. Define preventive oral healthcare […]
  Miller, Audrey P.