Healthcare is increasingly shifting from acute care, inpatient settings to home and community settings. At the same time, nursing schools are seeking to increase enrollment to meet the demands for nurses in all settings of healthcare. The limited availability of home health clinical experiences and preceptors creates a challenge for educators seeking to prepare students for providing nursing care in the home environment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Nurs Educ
February 2020
Background: Health care is increasingly shifting from inpatient to home settings. The limited availability of home health clinical experiences creates challenges for educators seeking to prepare students for providing nursing care in the home environment. The purpose of this project was to evaluate the implementation of a simulation to increase nursing students' experience in home health care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Clinical instructors play an important role in the education of nursing students. Nursing faculty must provide orientation and support for clinical instructors to ensure quality clinical experiences for students. Simulation can be used as a teaching strategy to prepare clinical instructors for clinical teaching.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTechnology can be used to supplement healthcare provider diabetes care by providing both educational and motivational support. Education can be provided using technology allowing patients to learn new practices and routines related to diabetes management. Technology can support daily diabetes self-management activities including blood glucose monitoring, exercising, healthy eating, taking medication, monitoring for complications, and problem-solving.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTechnology may assist people living with type 2 diabetes with self-management. A pilot study that used Apple iPad technology to support diabetes self-management is described.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe prevalence of Type 2 diabetes mellitus has increased dramatically with a higher rate in rural populations. Diabetes self-management behaviors such as medication administration, blood glucose testing, and appropriate diet and exercise regimens must be implemented daily to increase chances of achieving therapeutic patient outcomes. Home healthcare clinicians are pivotal in assisting these individuals to be more self-confident and independent in managing their diabetes, achieving therapeutic goals, and addressing diabetes-related complications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClinical associates are necessary and valued contributors to nursing education. All those involved in student instruction need to have clearly defined expectations that are aligned with the conceptual framework and program outcomes. Additionally, they must have the necessary resources to facilitate their ability to effectively instruct and evaluate nursing students in the clinical setting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSelf-management behaviors are important for control of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Therefore, determining factors that promote effective self-management behaviors may be significant for improving the well-being of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. This study examined relationships among self-efficacy, social support, social problem solving, and diabetes self-management behaviors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLay liaisons can improve health care outcomes, especially in underserved communities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis pilot study was conducted to evaluate relationships among self-efficacy, social support, social problem solving, and diabetes self-management in people living with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Self-efficacy, social support, and social problem solving were significantly correlated with diabetes self-management. These relationships indicate the importance of including interventions to promote self-efficacy, social support, and social problem solving in diabetes self-management programs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Community Health
October 2011
The purpose of this paper was to report findings from an integrative literature review conducted to identify the theoretical basis of interventions for studies using community health advisors; populations and settings served by community health advisors; characteristics, training, and roles and activities of community health advisors; and the effectiveness of interventions by community health advisors for improving self-management of patients living with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Community health advisors' theoretical interventions were based on providing culturally appropriate care and resolution of health disparities within minority populations. Typically community health advisors were patients themselves living with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImmune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), once known as idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, is an autoimmune disorder. ITP can occur acutely or chronically, and ranges in severity from mild to life-threatening. The signs and symptoms, treatment, and nursing care for patients with this disorder are discussed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPeer mentoring is a relationship in which a more experienced person assists a less experienced person to achieve desired outcomes. Mentoring relationships provide benefits for both the mentor and the mentee. The authors describe a peer-mentoring strategy implemented in a skills laboratory to improve skills knowledge, decrease anxiety associated with skills demonstrations, and provide positive socialization and its outcomes.
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