The Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System’s (SCVHHS) Babies Reaching Improved Development and Growth in their Environment (BRIDGE) program was developed in 2011 to optimize high risk infants' care transition from Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ( . . .

Background: Pediatric bipolar disorder is a significant mental illness, characterized by changes in mood that can be abrupt, unpredictable, and extreme. The rate of diagnosis of this disorder has been increasing in recent decades. Purpose: A thorough . . .

The numbers of vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) in the United States has declined with the development, administration, and effectiveness of vaccines during the 1970s and 1980s. As the eminent threat of VPDs to the public began to wane, parents sta . . .

Schizophrenic patients of Mexican background have several barriers to communication resulting from schizophrenia itself and from differences in culture and language. Since nurses spend much more time with the patients than do either psychiatrists or p . . .

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two different pedagogical approaches to error communication training. Background: The literature advocates full, transparent communication following a medical error. However, many . . .

Graduate programs in psychiatric nursing are directed toward preparing clinical specialists, teachers, researchers, administrators, supervisors, consultants, and doctoral students for meeting today's mental health needs. Advanced degree recipients wil . . .

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify factors that correlate with medication non-adherence in teens diagnosed with juvenile arthritis. Background: The impact of medication non-adherence often begins in childhood where children depend and . . .

In the United States, nearly 50% of the sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) reported each year occur in adolescents and young adults ages 15-24. An IRB approved, exploratory mix method research study was conducted in a California Community College to . . .

Alcoholism is one of the largest health problems in the United States. Approximately one out of twelve are now alcoholics. This problem clearly indicates a need for new treatment interventions. Research on new treatment methods may suggest new ways of . . .

College gun violence has been one of our nation’s most forefront issues in recent years. The present meta-analysis reviewed studies reporting college students’ perceptions about school/college gun violence in order to summarize the total effect and di . . .

The purpose of this pilot study was: 1) To assess by measurement the change in self-concept of primigravida women, during and following pregnancy .2) To determine whether primigravida women have a change in -self-concept which would form a basis for e . . .

Objective: To identify common reproductive challenges among Asian Indian (AI) women living in Silicon Valley as perceived by healthcare providers (HCP). Design: A 71-item investigator-developed survey Setting: The survey was available on-line to all H . . .

The purpose of this research was to attempt to determine the clinical effectiveness of a sensory stimulation technique on the prevention of pulmonary complications in postoperative patients. The sensory stimulation technique was evaluated in terras of . . .

Medication reconciliation is an important process in the acute care setting that has implications for patient safety and outcomes. The medication reconciliation process occurs at transitions in care and involves disciplines including; nurses, pharmaci . . .

The purpose of this project was to create an educational module to assist emergency department (ED) nurses (RNs) with the rapid recognition and treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Early intervention is critical since patient care delays ar . . .

Poor and inadequate handoff, or transfer of care of the surgical patient care from the primary to the relief operating room registered nurse circulators, can result in irreversible patient harm, or sentinel events, such as retained foreign items. In t . . .

The purpose of the following study is to show that constant light (a major synchronizer of biological rhythms) desynchronizes an individual's circadian rhythms.

Purpose: The purpose of this research study is to identify frontline nurse leaders' perception of their role, to have them assess their skills in relationship to that role and to identify knowledge needs and gaps that they face in fulfilling their rol . . .

Scott, in her master's thesis on Negro role models in nursing, has suggested that recruitment of black students into nursing has been difficult because of the attitudes of the black students and the attitudes of white teachers, guidance counselors, an . . .

The purpose of this study is to measure the attitudes of baccalaureate nursing students toward mental illness and the change in. these attitudes as a result of an experience in psychiatric nursing. To determine if the attitudes of the baccalaureate st . . .

Thanks to advances in technology, the survival rate of infants and children with critical illnesses has improved. One consequence has been an increase in the acuity levels of hospitalized pediatric patients, which may heighten the risk of in-hospital . . .

Since the early 1980s, continuous passive motion has been used as adjunct therapy in patients’ rehabilitation following total knee arthroplasty. Although existing literature challenged the benefits of continuous passive motion claiming it had no added . . .

The study was needed for two reasons. Firstly, the return rate of former alcoholic patients in the psychiatric unit at Fresno Veterans Hospital was high. The high return rate is a common problem shared by many psychiatric facilities which treat alcoho . . .

Problem: The pupillometer is an assessment tool that provides an accurate assessment of pupil reactivity. It is appropriate for patients who are neurologically impaired due to injury or illness. This tool, available and in use at a local community hos . . .

The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions and attitudes of nurses toward therapeutic abortion patients as compared to maternity patients, Basic questions proposed by this study were the following; 1. Are attitudes and perceptions of nur . . .

This qualitative study explored the perceptions that affect medication adherence among hypertensive Nigerian immigrants in Sacramento, California. The research questions focused on factors that influenced the adherence to hypertension medication; spec . . .

Safety net FQHCs are typically challenged with initiating and sustaining standardized measurement of patient satisfaction. Baseline survey data establishing how patients rate their satisfaction at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) Urgent Care Cent . . .

Sensitivity techniques will be explored to determine if behavior change does occur as a result of their use. Some attempt will be made to describe the quantitative relationship of the predefined qualitatively changed behavior and the role of the nurse . . .

Suicide remains to be a global and a national problem, and it continues to be one of the leading causes of death in the United States (U.S.) The Emergency Department (ED), being the gateway to the hospital can provide a great opportunity to assess eac . . .

He must gradually achieve independence from his family, adjust to his sexual maturation, establish cooperative relationships with his peers without being dominated by them, and decide on and prepare for a meaningful vocation. In the process, he must d . . .

Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by social impairments, communication difficulties, and restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped patterns of behavior. The nurse (RN) in the emergency department (ED) plays an important role . . .

The purpose of this study is to determine if a care-transition focused education program can improve a patient?s perception of preparation to participate in self-care activities following elective total joint surgery. Comprehensive caretransition educ . . .

Multiple complex variables influence nurse turnover. This meta-analysis examines the strength of the relationships between factors that affect turnover intent among staff registered nurses employed in the acute hospital setting in the United States. T . . .

Problem: Human trafficking or commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) is a global problem effecting every country including the United States. The impact of human trafficking while it is devastating to individuals, the impact goes well beyond individual . . .

Nurses are professionally and morally obliged to monitor and evaluate nursing practice via active participation in review mechanisms that are designed to promote patient safety and care delivery, thereby improving patient care quality (American Nurses . . .

The landmark 2015 report from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) posited that too many women of reproductive age received prescribed opioids. This is significant because fetal exposure to a known teratogen can have catastrophic outcomes. Furthermore . . .

Mental health patients often suffer from chronic medical conditions and psychiatric comorbidities requiring frequent emergency, primary care, and acute care visits (Douzenis et al., 2012). Caring for psychiatric patients in acute care hospitals has be . . .

Nurse educators at Fresno State College are generally considered to be experts in the various fields in nursing because they possess master's degree. They are in a position to offer a consultation service to the hospitals in the Fresno area. Yet, no o . . .

"Today's solution to the problem of mass needs is mass production, mass organization, and mass adjustment." Society is dependent upon these mass approaches in order to meet mass demands. Many settings rely upon such mass-oriented techniques in order t . . .

The hypothesis presented in this study constitutes only a small segment of nursing care. However, it is a well-established fact that constipation is a common, sometimes serious, and time-consuming nursing and patient problem. The purpose of this study . . .

The use of medications for hospitalized patients is universal, and unfortunately medication-related adverse outcomes are common. The accurate assessment of medication-related harm in hospitalized patients is foundational to the development of an effec . . .

Problem: Hospitalization of a child is stressful. The parental role is altered and parents have a primary need to receive timely information. Family centered rounds (FCR) provide a mechanism to exchange information and facilitates shared decision maki . . .

Studies of the mentally ill in relation to homicide and other violent, aggressive behaviors, tend to be of limited scope, often consisting of individual case studies. Findings frequently are inconclusive or contradictory. Prediction of the dangerousne . . .

The project was an oral feeding practice change from traditional, gestational-age/volume-driven feeding progression to developmentally-based, infant-driven feeding progression. The infant-driven (cue-based) feeding protocol was implemented with goals . . .

If 75-85% of the 6,000,000 mentally retarded in the United States could, with adequate training and education, live in the community, relate to other persons, and be at least partially independent financially, then, in terms of economics alone, even w . . .

The CDC reported that there were over 20 million cases in the United States and half affected young adults, 15 to 25-year olds. Strategies STD prevention have been developed by the CDC but does not include avoiding alcohol or other similar agents in t . . .

Diabetes mellitus type 2 is an ever increasing threat to the health of people living in the United States, especially those of Hispanic ethnicity. This ethnic group is disproportionately afflicted with the chronic condition and is also more likely tha . . .

Intraspinal drug delivery (IDD) is a safe and efficacious method used to deliver medications for the treatment of chronic neurologic disease that requires periodic reservoir refills that can place patients at risk for a rare, accidental but potentiall . . .

The purpose of this study is to identify the attitudes and perceptions about canine-assisted therapy (CAT) from United States (US) veterans who have a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder and who are currently utilizing a therapy dog as part of . . .

Rapid Response Team Intervention (RRTI) is a widely used intervention in acute care hospitals in the United States. Demonstrated effectiveness in preventing transfer to higher level of care or in decreasing in-hospital mortality has not been establish . . .