Publications by authors named "Patricia Burant"

Background: Nearly two-thirds of family caregivers of persons living with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias (AD/ADRD) provide complex care, including medical care. Family caregivers typically receive little to no training on how to provide this care. Furthermore, family caregivers simultaneously grapple with the presence of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), diminished communication abilities, and comorbidities such as diabetes.

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Background: Nearly two-thirds of family caregivers of persons living with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias (AD/ADRD) provide complex care, including medical care. Family caregivers typically receive little to no training on how to provide this care. Furthermore, family caregivers simultaneously grapple with the presence of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), diminished communication abilities, and comorbidities such as diabetes.

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Background: Low numbers of new graduate nurses entering careers in primary care settings are insufficient to meet the demand of the current nursing shortage. The Enhancing Nurse Roles in Community Health (ENRICH) Fellowship is aimed at increasing undergraduate nursing students' exposure to population health concepts by providing opportunities to practice in primary care settings.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to implement and evaluate an undergraduate nursing fellowship program to enhance competency development in the primary care setting.

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Background: Because of the rapidly emerging need for more RNs in primary care, schools of nursing are challenged with preparing students for these roles.

Purpose: The purpose of the project was to use the Faculty Primary Care Assessment Tool to evaluate the extent of primary care content in the prelicensure curriculum and identify strategies for primary care content integration.

Methods: A quality improvement approach was used for this evaluation.

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Perceptions of others' use of verbally aggressive messages during conflicts were examined in family and organizational as well as in interactions among strangers. Additionally, trait verbal aggressiveness and its correlation with the perception of others' use of aggressive messages were examined. 266 participants answered a brief telephone survey completing the Trait Verbal Aggressiveness Scale and rating how often they observed others using verbally aggresive messages.

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