Publications by authors named "Jacque Carpenter"

Purpose: The purpose of this project was to identify common and best practices for safe nail care among nail care providers.

Design: Descriptive study using online survey.

Subjects And Setting: The study was conducted by 2 credentialed foot and wound care nurses within a large Midwest healthcare system.

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Introduction: Workplace violence is prevalent in the emergency department, putting patients and staff at risk for harm. An ED-specific standardized tool is needed to promote a consistent assessment process to strengthen documentation of escalating patient behaviors, give justification for de-escalating interventions, and reduce restraints. The purpose of this project was to design, implement, and evaluate feasibility of an ED-specific tool to help nurses proactively identify and intervene with patients' escalating behaviors, capture better documentation of aggressive/violent patient events, and reduce restraint usage.

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Background/significance: The 10-point Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) score measures childhood exposure to traumatic events. An ACEs score of 4 or higher has been associated with long-term physical and mental health problems, and increased mortality. It is unclear if the rates of undergraduate nursing students experiencing ACEs is different from the general population, and what impact ACEs has on nursing students' depression, anxiety and stress.

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Managing complex neurological patients challenges new nurses with minimal experience, which can interfere with their ability to relate empathetically to their patients. This article is the story of how 1 neuroscience unit's experience with Empathy Huddles improved the staff's ability to respond to their patients and families with empathy. The hospital collects quarterly patient satisfaction data using the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Provider and Systems.

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Article Synopsis
  • CNAs face various challenges that impact their ability to provide quality care to residents in nursing homes, which can directly affect the overall care experience.
  • The study aimed to understand CNAs' experiences, utilizing a naturalistic design and qualitative methods for data collection and analysis.
  • Four main themes were identified: transitioning between different roles, feeling a calling to the profession, fully engaging with their work, and going beyond their job requirements; the study highlights the need for strategies to support CNAs in their roles.
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Background: Bayesian inference provides a formal framework for updating knowledge by combining prior knowledge with current data. Over the past 10 years, the Bayesian paradigm has become a popular analytic tool in health research. Although the nursing literature contains examples of Bayes' theorem applications to clinical decision making, it lacks an adequate introduction to Bayesian data analysis.

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The use of metaphors in qualitative research provides an opportunity to examine phenomena from a unique and creative perspective. Metaphors can be used to provide structure to the data; to understand a familiar process in a new light; to identify situation-specific interventions; and to evoke emotion. Misuse of metaphors may detract from the intended research message.

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