Written patient education materials can help improve self-efficacy and adherence to medical treatment before and after lung transplantation. Non-adherence to treatment regimens especially after transplant often results in ...

This article reports on the development and evaluation of a nurse-led telephone follow-up call program and its impact on both emergency department patient and nurse satisfaction. During the six week implementation phase, ...

This quality improvement project was completed to determine if the introduction of Gebauer's Pain Ease® increased the number of intravenous (IV) catheterizations started with a local anesthetic. Additionally, patient ...

Objective: The objective of this project was an examination of perceptions, risks, and experiences of workplace violence committed against nurses working in two high-volume, academic emergency departments located in the ...

Problem: Heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of death in the United States and unfortunately there is no cure for the disease. A mainstay of therapy focuses on symptom management and quality of life, which involves ...

No standardized screening tool for the assessment of a patient's needs for palliative care in the intensive care unit (ICU) exists. This retrospective, descriptive, exploratory study examined the Center to Advance Palliative ...

Guidelines have been established on when to initiate enteral nutrition, but current research indicates multiple inconsistencies. This scholarly project sought to determine when health care providers were initiating enteral ...

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is considered the most common cardiac arrhythmia, and it affects more than 2.2 million persons in the United States. Two options that can be pursued for invasive management of atrial ...

Purpose: Quality indicators and mortality rates for acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, and pneumonia have been reviewed in studies, with critical access hospitals (CAHs) consistently having worse outcomes ...

It can be difficult to achieve the perfect balance of coagulation of the blood for patients on extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapy. The anticoagulation of the blood must be adequate to allow the ECMO pump ...