Publications by authors named "K Soeken"
Background: A valid and reliable instrument is needed to assess acute pain in critically ill patients unable to self-report and who may be transitioning between critical care and other settings.
Aim: To examine the reliability, validity, and clinical utility of the Multidimensional Objective Pain Assessment Tool (MOPAT) when used over time by critical care nurses to assess acute pain in non-communicative critically ill patients.
Methods: Twenty-seven patients had pain assessed at two time points (T1 and T2) surrounding a painful event for up to 3 days.
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of problem-solving education on self-efficacy and distress in informal caregivers of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients. Patient/caregiver teams attended three 1-hour problem-solving education sessions to help cope with problems during hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Primary measures included the Cancer Self-Efficacy Scale-transplant and Brief Symptom Inventory-18.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To describe the neonatal health risks (hypothermia, hypoglycemia, hyperbilirubinemia, respiratory distress, the need for a septic workup, and feeding difficulties) experienced by late preterm infants (LPIs) from a large multisite study and determine how these risks were affected by gestational age at birth.
Design: Descriptive analysis of prospective data obtained as part of the AWHONN Late Preterm Infant Research-Based Practice Project.
Setting: Fourteen hospitals located through the United States and Canada.
Purpose: This repeated measures, prospective study was designed to explore and describe symptom dimensions, depressive symptoms, and uncertainty in newly diagnosed oropharyngeal and laryngeal cancer patients during and 1 month following treatment.
Materials And Methods: A non-probability sample of 21 oropharyngeal and laryngeal cancer patients receiving definitive radiation completed the Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, and Mishel's Uncertainty in Illness Scale at treatment initiation, and at 5, 9, and 12 weeks.
Results: A common pattern of 11 symptoms, which changed as treatment progressed, was problematic for patients.
Background: No standard oral assessment tools are available for determining frequency of oral care in critical care patients, and the method of providing oral care is controversial.
Objectives: To examine the effects of a systematic program of oral care on oral assessment scores in critically ill intubated and nonintubated, patients.
Methods: Clinical data were collected 3 times during critical care admissions before and after institution of a systematic program of oral care in 3 different medical centers.