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The Top Three Adverse Health Effects of Climate Change in Minneapolis Minnesota The Global Change... more The Top Three Adverse Health Effects of Climate Change in Minneapolis Minnesota The Global Change Research Program (GCRP) identifies seven categories of health effects of climate change: extreme heat, outdoor air quality, flooding, vector borne infections, water related infections, food related infections, and mental health (2016). In my community, the land of the Dakota People, outdoor air quality, vector borne infections, and mental health problems are the immediately noticeable effects of climate change. Asthma sufferers have
Improving an Aromatherapy Program with an Evidence Based Clinical Guideline
Teaching and learning with nurses in home care to improve an aromatherapy program.
An aromatherapy program for home care nurses was underutilized. A quality improvement project wa... more An aromatherapy program for home care nurses was underutilized. A quality improvement project was undertaken to improve rate of documentation of use of aromatherapy. An evidence-based clinical practice guideline was implemented and the education for using it was tailored to the existing level of knowledge of the nurses as recommended by the Empowered Holistic Nursing Education Theory. The Plan, Do , Study, Act stages of quality improvement work well with the components of Empowered Holistic Nursing Education. Nurse education theory is useful to nurse leaders in practices and for quality improvement.
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Dev Sanskriti Interdisciplinary International Journal, 2016
The purpose of this study was to describe the perception of Yoga spirituality in Minnesota. In t... more The purpose of this study was to describe the perception of Yoga spirituality in Minnesota. In this phenomenological study, in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with eleven Yoga instructors about the traditional spirituality of Yoga. Although they all perceived that Yoga is traditionally spiritual, many said the spiritual aspect was not well presented in most classes, if at all. Most perceived that spiritual opening occurs with asana practice, and that many benefits were experienced when traditional spiritual Yoga was practiced. Barriers to teaching and learning the traditional spirituality of Yoga were: the fear of being exploited by a guru, the fear of non-Christian spirituality, prohibitions against spiritual talk in public institutions, lack of understanding because of insufficient training, and cultural colonization of Yoga. The implications of these findings are that, although non-spiritual yoga can be a bridge to yoga’s benefits, more training for instructors ...
A home care agency provided a program for nurse delivered essential oil aromatherapy. Little docu... more A home care agency provided a program for nurse delivered essential oil aromatherapy. Little documentation of the utilization of essential oils in client care was found two years after initial implementation. The aromatherapy program lacked clear guidance on how to apply the six stages of the home care nursing process. The Project Lead wrote an Evidence-Based Clinical Guideline for the home care agency Aromatherapy Program, including all six stages of the nursing process. Empowered Holistic Nurse Education theory guided the creation of nurse education materials to teach nurses to use the clinical guideline. Components of the nurse education theory were paired with the stages of rapid cycle quality improvement, Plan, Do, Study, Act. Improvement in the rate of documentation of the program indicated the project was successful with all participating homes achieving better than zero times of documentation per week and improved nurse scores on a Preand PostTest of aromatherapy knowledge. ...
The Top Three Adverse Health Effects of Climate Change in Minneapolis Minnesota The Global Change... more The Top Three Adverse Health Effects of Climate Change in Minneapolis Minnesota The Global Change Research Program (GCRP) identifies seven categories of health effects of climate change: extreme heat, outdoor air quality, flooding, vector borne infections, water related infections, food related infections, and mental health (2016). In my community, the land of the Dakota People, outdoor air quality, vector borne infections, and mental health problems are the immediately noticeable effects of climate change. Asthma sufferers have
Improving an Aromatherapy Program with an Evidence Based Clinical Guideline
Teaching and learning with nurses in home care to improve an aromatherapy program.
An aromatherapy program for home care nurses was underutilized. A quality improvement project wa... more An aromatherapy program for home care nurses was underutilized. A quality improvement project was undertaken to improve rate of documentation of use of aromatherapy. An evidence-based clinical practice guideline was implemented and the education for using it was tailored to the existing level of knowledge of the nurses as recommended by the Empowered Holistic Nursing Education Theory. The Plan, Do , Study, Act stages of quality improvement work well with the components of Empowered Holistic Nursing Education. Nurse education theory is useful to nurse leaders in practices and for quality improvement.
Dev Sanskriti Interdisciplinary International Journal, 2016
The purpose of this study was to describe the perception of Yoga spirituality in Minnesota. In t... more The purpose of this study was to describe the perception of Yoga spirituality in Minnesota. In this phenomenological study, in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with eleven Yoga instructors about the traditional spirituality of Yoga. Although they all perceived that Yoga is traditionally spiritual, many said the spiritual aspect was not well presented in most classes, if at all. Most perceived that spiritual opening occurs with asana practice, and that many benefits were experienced when traditional spiritual Yoga was practiced. Barriers to teaching and learning the traditional spirituality of Yoga were: the fear of being exploited by a guru, the fear of non-Christian spirituality, prohibitions against spiritual talk in public institutions, lack of understanding because of insufficient training, and cultural colonization of Yoga. The implications of these findings are that, although non-spiritual yoga can be a bridge to yoga’s benefits, more training for instructors ...
A home care agency provided a program for nurse delivered essential oil aromatherapy. Little docu... more A home care agency provided a program for nurse delivered essential oil aromatherapy. Little documentation of the utilization of essential oils in client care was found two years after initial implementation. The aromatherapy program lacked clear guidance on how to apply the six stages of the home care nursing process. The Project Lead wrote an Evidence-Based Clinical Guideline for the home care agency Aromatherapy Program, including all six stages of the nursing process. Empowered Holistic Nurse Education theory guided the creation of nurse education materials to teach nurses to use the clinical guideline. Components of the nurse education theory were paired with the stages of rapid cycle quality improvement, Plan, Do, Study, Act. Improvement in the rate of documentation of the program indicated the project was successful with all participating homes achieving better than zero times of documentation per week and improved nurse scores on a Preand PostTest of aromatherapy knowledge. ...