Cardinal Stritch University Digital Repository

- What are the Essential Components of Nurse Residency Programs that Contribute to Positive Outcomes for Newly Licensed Registered Nurses in their Transition into Professional Practice During their First Year of Practice?
- Residents (Medicine); Nurses; School-to-work transition;
- Master of Science in Nursing
- Nurse residency programs are evidenced based structures and processes that support newly licensed nurses’ successful transition from student to professional nurse during the first year of practice. Nurse residency programs are endorsed by the...
- Nurses’ Learning Needs: Advance Directives Integrative Literature Review
- Nursing -- Education; Advance directives (Medical care)
- Master of Science in Nursing
- This integrative literature review investigated the educational needs of nurses necessary to initiate the conversation with their adult patients, families, and significant others regarding completing and maintaining an advance directive. The...
- Public school health services delivery: the option of paid aides
- School children--Health and hygiene; School nursing
- Theses 1962-2001
- Student Centered Outcomes Achieved Through Service Learning An Integrative Literature Review
- Nursing -- Education; Service learning; Nursing; Student-centered learning
- Master of Science in Nursing
- Service learning is a pedagogy in which the educator guides the student through reflection and links course content, as the student provides a community service to a group or an individual in a reciprocal relationship. There is limited research in...
- Educational approaches targeted at African American women at risk for cardiovascular disease and stroke: an integrative review
- African American women; Cardiovascular system -- Diseases; Cardiovascular system--Diseases--Patients; Stroke; Patient education
- Master of Science in Nursing
- Although there has been considerable improvement in the health of African American women through educational interventions, it has yet to be determined which modifying factors and constructs inform nursing educational interventions targeted at...
- Educational Interventions for Postpartum Depression: an Integrative Review
- Postpartum depression; Patient education; nursing;
- Master of Science in Nursing
- Postpartum depression can have devastating consequences for the new mother, her infant and family. Consequences range from cognitive impairments and behavioral issues in the child to death or harm to the infant and mother. Reports of postpartum...
- The Effect of Restraint Reduction, in the Geriatric Population, on Significant Injury and Quality of Life
- Nursing home patients--Restraint; Older people;
- Theses 1962-2001
- Development of infants and toddlers exposed to cocaine
- Infants—Effect of drugs on; Reproduction—Effect of drugs on;
- Theses 1962-2001
- Ageist attitudes' effect on quality of care for older persons
- Ageism -- United States; Gerontology; Nursing home care -- United States
- Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology
- Interprofessional Education as a Component of Nursing Education: an Integrative Literature Review
- Nursing -- Education; Nursing; Interprofessional education; Nursing audit; Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives; Education, Higher -- Curricula
- Master of Science in Nursing
- The Institute of Medicine‘s (IOM) Future of Nursing (2010) report identifies the need for nurses to be educated alongside other healthcare professionals as a means to address unresolved issues around quality and safety in the health care system....
- Development of a pediatric inpatient rehabilitation unit; a proposed joint venture between Curative Rehabilitation Center and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
- Hospitals--Rehabilitation services; Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; Curative Rehabilitation Center--Wisconsin;
- Theses 1962-2001
- Evidence-Based interventions to improve adolescent immunosuppression adherence post-solid organ transplant: a literature review
- Evidence-based nursing; Immunosuppression; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.; Adolescent medicine; Patient education; Patient Compliance--in adolescence
- Master of Science in Nursing
- Non-adherence to immunosuppressant regimens after solid organ transplant is a leading cause of morbidity in adolescents. However, little research exists related to the types of interventions that promote adherence in this vulnerable population....
- Pedagogic Strategies that Positively Effect Quality and Safety Learning Outcomes in Undergraduate Nursing Education: an Integrative Literature Review
- Nursing -- Education; Nursing; Education, Higher -- Curricula; Competency-based education
- Master of Science in Nursing
- Concerns surrounding quality and safety in the United States healthcare system continue to be raised and remain a major focus of organizations since the first in a series of Institute of Medicine (IOM) reports was published in 1999. In response to...
- Survey of the reading habits of the professional hospital personnel in a religious community
- Religious health facilities; Nuns--Education; Reading--Adult education
- Theses 1962-2001
- Impact of offering a financial incentive to mothers opting for an early discharge
- Medical care--Cost control; Maternal health services--Finance
- Theses 1962-2001
- An Integrative Review: Educating Healthcare Professionals Using Serious Games and Virtual Simulation
- Virtual reality; Nurses--Education; Virtual reality in higher education; Simulation games in education;
- Master of Science in Nursing
- Serious games, those used for educational purposes, provide a suitable alternative to customary methods of teaching and learning (Hainey, 2010) and have been identified as appropriate for preparing healthcare professionals to successfully practice...
- Survey of residential centers for emotionally disturbed adolescents
- Children with social disabilities--Care; Children with social disabilities--Services for; Children with mental disabilities--Rehabilitation;
- Theses 1962-2001
- Methods of treating hyperactivity
- Hyperactive children; Hyperactive children--Education; Hyperactive children--Medical care;
- Theses 1962-2001
- Diet and Psychological Health: An Issue not to be Overlooked in Psychological Treatment
- Nutrition; Nutrition and health; Mental Health
- Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology
- Adverse effects of medicating hyperactive children
- Hyperactive children; Hyperactive children--Medical care;
- Theses 1962-2001