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Journal of Nursing Education
MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing
Extrauterine growth restriction (EGR) is an identifiable marker of severe nutritional deficit dur... more Extrauterine growth restriction (EGR) is an identifiable marker of severe nutritional deficit during the first weeks of life. Infants with EGR have growth values at or below the 10th percentile of intrauterine growth expectation based on estimated gestational age. Although all preterm sick infants are at risk for EGR, risk is greatest for those infants <1500 g at birth. As estimated gestational age and birthweight decrease, the incidence of extrauterine growth restriction increases. The duration of initial weight loss also increases as birthweight decreases, compounding the difficulty of attaining appropriate growth. To decrease the incidence and consequences of nutritional deficit, NICU caregivers should learn more about EGR, implement assessment protocols to identify EGR, seek opportunities to decrease energy needs of at-risk infants, and work toward enhancing nutritional status of VLBW infants through innovative nutritional management.
Journal of Nursing Education
Care management journals : Journal of case management ; The journal of long term home health care, 2004
Nursing care management has become a popular method to integrate health care systems with goals o... more Nursing care management has become a popular method to integrate health care systems with goals of decreasing costs and improving quality. As high-risk pregnancies and newborn intensive care unit (NBICU) costs generate some of the highest costs in health care, care management has been a strategy introduced in perinatal medicine to accomplish the same goals. Consistent with other areas of nursing, perinatal care management currently has no agreed upon model of practice or method of evaluating how and whether the goals have been achieved. The purpose of this project was to evaluate various perinatal care management programs found in the literature. Electronic and manual searches of current data were performed locating 31 relevant articles. From these articles, nine met the inclusion criteria and were reviewed. While some care management programs were able to decrease costs and improve outcomes, other programs did not. There are possibly two reasons for the varied results in the litera...
Nursing education perspectives
An understanding of global health and the development of cultural competence are important outcom... more An understanding of global health and the development of cultural competence are important outcomes of today's baccalaureate nursing programs. Thoughtfully designed international experiences can provide excellent opportunities to achieve those outcomes. Based on 16 years of providing international experiences within a baccalaureate curriculum, components are identified that contribute to the development of a sustainable international program. Areas addressed in the article are evaluating the fit with university and college mission, establishing the program within the university operational structure, selecting faculty and students, developing sites, designing a course, and program evaluation.
The Nurse Practitioner, 2008
Overcoming barriers to clinical preventive services.
The Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing, 2000
We are living in an era, sometimes referred to as "postmodern," exemplified by ... more We are living in an era, sometimes referred to as "postmodern," exemplified by complex change related to vast increases in information and technology and exposure to diverse people and ideas. Society as a whole is experiencing dissonance in solving ethical dilemmas, and nurses' ethical dilemmas are never far removed from the social context in which nurses practice. This article explores aspects of postmodernism that complicate ethical decision making. It is hoped that this discussion may aid nurses in understanding how world values, especially those of postmodernism, complicate ethical decision making in health care. Suggestions melding aspects of the postmodern with traditional approaches to ethical decision making are presented.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2013
Many victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) do not access services. Education and severity of... more Many victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) do not access services. Education and severity of physical violence have previously been shown to predict resource utilization, but whether these hold true specifically among women of African descent is unknown. This article furthers our understanding of the relationship between IPV and resource use, considering sociodemographics and aspects of IPV by presenting results from a study conducted with African American and African Caribbean women in Baltimore, Maryland, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Of the 545 women included in this analysis, 95 (18%) reported emotional abuse only, 274 (50%) reported experiencing physical abuse only, Article
Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 2006
PURPOSE. To summarize results of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating growth, cognitive... more PURPOSE. To summarize results of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating growth, cognitive, neurological, and visual development of term infants supplemented with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (ARA). DESIGN AND METHODS. The Boyack and Lookinland Methodological Quality Index (MQI) was used to evaluate data from RCTs identified from multiple data bases. RESULTS. Six of ten studies found the addition of DHA and ARA to have no significant effect on infant development. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS. More expensive formula with endogenous DHA and ARA is not necessary.
International Nursing Review, 2004
Background: Student nurses from the United States of America (USA) spent 5 weeks working with Gua... more Background: Student nurses from the United States of America (USA) spent 5 weeks working with Guatemalan nurses in an acute care setting in Guatemala. This experience led to a heightened awareness of the global scope of nurses' discontent and a desire to better understand the driving factors and drawbacks to practising nursing in both the USA and Guatemala. Aim: The purpose of this research was to identify those factors that discourage nurses and those that motivate nurses to continue in their practice despite the drawbacks. Method: Qualitative interviews using field notes were conducted with five Guatemalan and five USA nurses. Themes were derived through qualitative content analysis. Findings: Nurses in both the USA and Guatemala had similar reasons for choosing and staying in nursing. The different health care systems presented different problems resulting in different discontents. Conclusion: The two groups of nurses had much in common, especially in their reasons for staying in nursing. The Guatemalan nurses were most discontent with the lack of resources to treat patients, while the USA nurses focused on work environment drawbacks. Implications for practice: Strategies to support nurses and nursing in developing countries need to be developed and implemented. As nurses reach out to their colleagues in other nations, understanding our commonalities and differences will help us to support each other in improving health throughout the world.
Health Care for Women International, 2004
When we were studying in Argentina, we became aware that many of the women did not participate in... more When we were studying in Argentina, we became aware that many of the women did not participate in routine prenatal care. We completed descriptive qualitative interviews with 17 hospitalized women about their perceptions regarding prenatal care. Several themes arose related to the women&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;s use of prenatal care: prenatal care utilization and outcomes, getting there, getting by, waiting, turning red, and knowing. Future research should concentrate on identifying components of prenatal care to build a best practice model of prenatal care that is culturally sensitive and personally relevant to provide safe passage for the women of Tucumán.
Social Work in Health Care, 2013
Background-This study examined exposure to violence and risk for lethality in intimate partner re... more Background-This study examined exposure to violence and risk for lethality in intimate partner relationships as factors related to co-occurring MH problems and use of mental health (MH) resources among women of African descent.
Family Adaptation to Disability by Catherine Coverston
Authors of this qualitative descriptive study interviewed 21 adolescent siblings of children with... more Authors of this qualitative descriptive study interviewed 21 adolescent siblings of children with Down syndrome (DS) who also had additional health problems rated as requiring extensive care by parents. Analysis revealed positive/negative aspects of the experience; however, participants emphasized the positive rather than negative experiences and focused more on the fact that the child had DS rather than health problems requiring additional care. Most said they would not change anything about their experience and did not believe the child with DS would ever live independently. They did, however, acknowledge their family was affected by the caregiving needs of the child which often required extra vigilance or specific care depending on the health problem. Information gained can help improve understanding of adolescent sibling perceptions about living with a child with DS who also requires additional care because of ongoing health problems so more appropriate and individualized nursing interventions can be provided.
Journal of Nursing Education
MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing
Extrauterine growth restriction (EGR) is an identifiable marker of severe nutritional deficit dur... more Extrauterine growth restriction (EGR) is an identifiable marker of severe nutritional deficit during the first weeks of life. Infants with EGR have growth values at or below the 10th percentile of intrauterine growth expectation based on estimated gestational age. Although all preterm sick infants are at risk for EGR, risk is greatest for those infants <1500 g at birth. As estimated gestational age and birthweight decrease, the incidence of extrauterine growth restriction increases. The duration of initial weight loss also increases as birthweight decreases, compounding the difficulty of attaining appropriate growth. To decrease the incidence and consequences of nutritional deficit, NICU caregivers should learn more about EGR, implement assessment protocols to identify EGR, seek opportunities to decrease energy needs of at-risk infants, and work toward enhancing nutritional status of VLBW infants through innovative nutritional management.
Journal of Nursing Education
Care management journals : Journal of case management ; The journal of long term home health care, 2004
Nursing care management has become a popular method to integrate health care systems with goals o... more Nursing care management has become a popular method to integrate health care systems with goals of decreasing costs and improving quality. As high-risk pregnancies and newborn intensive care unit (NBICU) costs generate some of the highest costs in health care, care management has been a strategy introduced in perinatal medicine to accomplish the same goals. Consistent with other areas of nursing, perinatal care management currently has no agreed upon model of practice or method of evaluating how and whether the goals have been achieved. The purpose of this project was to evaluate various perinatal care management programs found in the literature. Electronic and manual searches of current data were performed locating 31 relevant articles. From these articles, nine met the inclusion criteria and were reviewed. While some care management programs were able to decrease costs and improve outcomes, other programs did not. There are possibly two reasons for the varied results in the litera...
Nursing education perspectives
An understanding of global health and the development of cultural competence are important outcom... more An understanding of global health and the development of cultural competence are important outcomes of today's baccalaureate nursing programs. Thoughtfully designed international experiences can provide excellent opportunities to achieve those outcomes. Based on 16 years of providing international experiences within a baccalaureate curriculum, components are identified that contribute to the development of a sustainable international program. Areas addressed in the article are evaluating the fit with university and college mission, establishing the program within the university operational structure, selecting faculty and students, developing sites, designing a course, and program evaluation.
The Nurse Practitioner, 2008
Overcoming barriers to clinical preventive services.
The Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing, 2000
We are living in an era, sometimes referred to as "postmodern," exemplified by ... more We are living in an era, sometimes referred to as "postmodern," exemplified by complex change related to vast increases in information and technology and exposure to diverse people and ideas. Society as a whole is experiencing dissonance in solving ethical dilemmas, and nurses' ethical dilemmas are never far removed from the social context in which nurses practice. This article explores aspects of postmodernism that complicate ethical decision making. It is hoped that this discussion may aid nurses in understanding how world values, especially those of postmodernism, complicate ethical decision making in health care. Suggestions melding aspects of the postmodern with traditional approaches to ethical decision making are presented.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2013
Many victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) do not access services. Education and severity of... more Many victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) do not access services. Education and severity of physical violence have previously been shown to predict resource utilization, but whether these hold true specifically among women of African descent is unknown. This article furthers our understanding of the relationship between IPV and resource use, considering sociodemographics and aspects of IPV by presenting results from a study conducted with African American and African Caribbean women in Baltimore, Maryland, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Of the 545 women included in this analysis, 95 (18%) reported emotional abuse only, 274 (50%) reported experiencing physical abuse only, Article
Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 2006
PURPOSE. To summarize results of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating growth, cognitive... more PURPOSE. To summarize results of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating growth, cognitive, neurological, and visual development of term infants supplemented with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (ARA). DESIGN AND METHODS. The Boyack and Lookinland Methodological Quality Index (MQI) was used to evaluate data from RCTs identified from multiple data bases. RESULTS. Six of ten studies found the addition of DHA and ARA to have no significant effect on infant development. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS. More expensive formula with endogenous DHA and ARA is not necessary.
International Nursing Review, 2004
Background: Student nurses from the United States of America (USA) spent 5 weeks working with Gua... more Background: Student nurses from the United States of America (USA) spent 5 weeks working with Guatemalan nurses in an acute care setting in Guatemala. This experience led to a heightened awareness of the global scope of nurses' discontent and a desire to better understand the driving factors and drawbacks to practising nursing in both the USA and Guatemala. Aim: The purpose of this research was to identify those factors that discourage nurses and those that motivate nurses to continue in their practice despite the drawbacks. Method: Qualitative interviews using field notes were conducted with five Guatemalan and five USA nurses. Themes were derived through qualitative content analysis. Findings: Nurses in both the USA and Guatemala had similar reasons for choosing and staying in nursing. The different health care systems presented different problems resulting in different discontents. Conclusion: The two groups of nurses had much in common, especially in their reasons for staying in nursing. The Guatemalan nurses were most discontent with the lack of resources to treat patients, while the USA nurses focused on work environment drawbacks. Implications for practice: Strategies to support nurses and nursing in developing countries need to be developed and implemented. As nurses reach out to their colleagues in other nations, understanding our commonalities and differences will help us to support each other in improving health throughout the world.
Health Care for Women International, 2004
When we were studying in Argentina, we became aware that many of the women did not participate in... more When we were studying in Argentina, we became aware that many of the women did not participate in routine prenatal care. We completed descriptive qualitative interviews with 17 hospitalized women about their perceptions regarding prenatal care. Several themes arose related to the women&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;s use of prenatal care: prenatal care utilization and outcomes, getting there, getting by, waiting, turning red, and knowing. Future research should concentrate on identifying components of prenatal care to build a best practice model of prenatal care that is culturally sensitive and personally relevant to provide safe passage for the women of Tucumán.
Social Work in Health Care, 2013
Background-This study examined exposure to violence and risk for lethality in intimate partner re... more Background-This study examined exposure to violence and risk for lethality in intimate partner relationships as factors related to co-occurring MH problems and use of mental health (MH) resources among women of African descent.
Authors of this qualitative descriptive study interviewed 21 adolescent siblings of children with... more Authors of this qualitative descriptive study interviewed 21 adolescent siblings of children with Down syndrome (DS) who also had additional health problems rated as requiring extensive care by parents. Analysis revealed positive/negative aspects of the experience; however, participants emphasized the positive rather than negative experiences and focused more on the fact that the child had DS rather than health problems requiring additional care. Most said they would not change anything about their experience and did not believe the child with DS would ever live independently. They did, however, acknowledge their family was affected by the caregiving needs of the child which often required extra vigilance or specific care depending on the health problem. Information gained can help improve understanding of adolescent sibling perceptions about living with a child with DS who also requires additional care because of ongoing health problems so more appropriate and individualized nursing interventions can be provided.