The Wittmann-Price Theory of Emancipated Decision-Making in Women's Health Care: An Analysis Based on McEwen.

The use of theories in nursing reflects the discipline's progression toward autonomy and delineates its scope, directly guiding practice, research, education, and administration. This paper analyzes and evaluates the theoretical model for nursing care of women involved in health care decisions-The Wittmann-Price Theory of Emancipated Decision-Making in Women's Health Care-based on McEwen's systematic theory 3-phase evaluation method. Developed through a rigorous process, this theory centers on the concept of emancipation and its associated subconcepts crucial to decision-making in women's health.

Successfully Increasing the Diversity of the Nursing Workforce in Rural South Carolina.

This innovative project was funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Nursing Workforce Diversity (NWD) grant (2017), with a resultant increase in the diversity of the nursing workforce in the rural Pee Dee Region of South Carolina. The project provided resources to at-risk students (n = 100) and compared participants with a control group (n = 92). The project provided participants mentors, financial assistance, experiential learning, advising, and professional development.

Using Simulation to Prepare Nursing Students for Professional Roles.

The current job market for nurses is variable and although there remains a projected shortage of nurses for the future, availability of entry-level positions has changed. This mixed-methods pilot study describes the successful use of simulated role-play to prepare senior nursing students (N = 66) for competitive job markets. The simulation laboratory was set up as a human resource department.

Development and revision of the Wittmann-Price Emancipated Decision-Making Scale.

Background And Purpose: The original Emancipated Decision-Making (EDM) scale was revised to test 3 subconcepts (flexible environment, personal knowledge, and awareness of social norms) of an emancipated decision-making process.

Methods: The original EDM scale was significantly related to the Satisfaction with Decision (SWD) scale in two separate studies (r = 0.79, r = 0.

Feeding tolerance in preterm infants on noninvasive respiratory support.

To evaluate differences in feeding tolerance between infants maintained on continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and those receiving high-flow (nasal) cannula (HFC) with or without CPAP. This is a retrospective, cross-sectional study. Two groups of very low-birth-weight infants (750-1500 g) were compared on the basis of respiratory support: (1) infants born between the January 2002 and December 2004 treated with CPAP; and (2) infants born between January 2005 and December 2006 treated with HFC with or without CPAP.

An 8-week externship program designed for recruitment and retention.

This collaborative project focused on improving self-efficacy and emancipated decision-making skills for nursing learners during an 8-week externship program. The learners attended educational sessions about topics identified as stressful and were paired with a preceptor. The long-term purposes of this pilot program involve nurse recruitment and retention.

Use of personal phones by senior nursing students to access health care information during clinical education: staff nurses' and students' perceptions.

Research indicates that having electronic resources readily available increases learners' ability to make clinical decisions and confidence in patient care. This mixed-method, descriptive pilot study collected data about senior prelicensure nursing students using smartphones, a type of mobile electronic device (MED), in the clinical area. The smartphones contained nursing diagnosis, pharmacology, and laboratory information; an encyclopedia; and the MEDLINE database.

The olfactory sense: a developmental and lifespan perspective.

Aim And Objective: The objective of this literature review is to discuss human olfactory development, function and assessment through the lifespan. This article will highlight the importance of accurate olfactory function assessment.

Background: Olfactory function in humans is an understudied sense and may contribute significantly to patient safety and quality of life.

Elective Cesarean births: are women making emancipated decisions?

This mixed method study investigated the extent to which women used emancipated decision making when selecting a birth method, whether they perceived they had a choice, and if they were satisfied with their decision. Findings suggest that vaginal birth is still the preferred method of delivery for these study participants.

Physical assessment: a continuing need for clarification.

Problem: Physical assessment skills are a mainstay of the nursing process and are taught to pre-licensure learners. Little research has been conducted on the skills that are actually used in practice compared to those that are taught in pre-licensure education.

Method: This article provides an integrated literature review regarding physical assessment skills and their practical application.

Objectives and outcomes: the fundamental difference.

This discussion focuses on the difference between educational objectives and outcomes. Both terms are used in nursing education, many times for the same purpose, yet they are expressions of different educational paradigms. A historical view of the development of objectives and outcomes is provided as well as a description of each.

Creating opportunities for successful international student service-learning experiences.

Healthcare and educational expeditions to developing countries are a life-altering experience for both faculty and students. The benefits gained personally and professionally from foreign travel are invaluable. Providing healthcare to people in developing countries gives a new dimension to holistic care.

Strategies to promote deep learning in clinical nursing courses.

To help promote students' long-term memory retention of nursing concepts, the authors implemented deep-learning strategies. They discuss their strategies and the learning outcomes.

Reexploring the subconcepts of the Wittmann-Price Theory Of Emancipated Decision Making in women's healthcare.

This study explored the 5 subconcepts (empowerment, flexible environment, personal knowledge, reflection, and social norms) of the Wittmann-Price Theory of Emancipated Decision Making (EDM) in women's healthcare, a theoretical model. Pain management for labor was the clinical exemplar. The correlation of EDM and satisfaction with the decision (SWD) was measured, and flexible environment was the subscale with the highest mean score.

Emergency Nurse Documentation Improvement Tool.

Nursing documentation for trauma resuscitation has improved significantly at our level I trauma center because of the introduction of our Emergency Nurse Documentation Improvement Tool (END-IT). The END-IT system was implemented as a performance improvement model and utilizes existing computer software. It provides quick computerized feedback to professional nurses when documentation of trauma cases needs further attention.

And two become one: unit integration.

Time and space must take on a new dimension for nursing care as health systems evolve into expanded networks.

Exploring the subconcepts of the Wittmann-Price theory of emancipated decision-making in women's health care.

Purpose: To explore the subconcepts of the Wittmann-Price Theory of Emancipated Decision-Making (EDM); which is proposed as a new theoretical model for the nursing care of women to increase women's satisfaction with decision-making about healthcare issues. Infant feeding method was used as the clinical exemplar.

Design And Method: A descriptive correlational design was used to test the five identified subconcepts of EDM (empowerment, flexible environment, personal knowledge, reflection, and social norms) in women's healthcare.

Get creative with performance improvement plans.

Initiate a performance improvement plan to facilitate nursing education and recruitment.

Emancipation in decision-making in women's health care.

Background: Emancipation as a nursing concept is derived from a long-standing history of social oppression and is easily addressed by both critical social theory and feminist theory. It is the apparent concept to describe a phenomenon witnessed in nursing when caring for women in the decision-making process about health care issues. Emancipation has been recognized by expert clinical observation.