5 results match your criteria: "College of Nursing at the University of Kentucky[Affiliation]"
Education on Patient-Ventilator Synchrony, Clinicians' Knowledge Level, and Duration of Mechanical Ventilation.
Am J Crit Care
November 2016
Donna Lynch-Smith is an assistant professor and concentration coordinator of the AG-ACNP program, and Jim Y. Wan is a professor in the College of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee. Carol Lynn Thompson is a professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Kentucky, Lexington. Rexann G. Pickering is an administrator, Human Protection, Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals and University of Tennessee Methodist Physicians, Memphis, Tennessee.
Background: Improved recognition of patient-ventilator asynchrony may reduce duration of mechanical ventilation.
Objective: To evaluate the effects of education about patient-ventilator synchrony on clinicians' level of knowledge and patients' mean duration of mechanical ventilation.
Methods: A quasi-experimental 1-group pretest-posttest study was performed in a 16-bed intensive care unit.
Postpartum smoking abstinence and smoke-free environments.
Health Promot Pract
January 2011
College of Nursing at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
The purpose of this exploratory study was to describe factors that contribute to successful postpartum smoking abstinence among women who quit smoking during pregnancy. Research questions addressed the primary motivators and lifestyle characteristics of women who do not return to postpartum smoking. Participants were recruited from a feasibility study (N = 16) based on their ability to remain smoke free for at least 6 months following delivery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Evaluate the effects of peak flow monitoring (PFM) on health outcomes of school-age children with asthma.
Method And Sample: Seventy-seven children who previously relied on symptom monitoring were taught PFM. Adherence to PFM during the 16-week study was assessed by a computerized monitor.
Purpose/objectives: To examine a comprehensive view of quality of life (QOL) post-bone marrow transplant (post-BMT) and to evaluate the psychometric properties of an instrument designed to measure QOL in this population.
Design: Cross-sectional, descriptive, mailed survey.
Setting: A large, major BMT referral center for central, eastern, and southern Kentucky.