4 results match your criteria: "Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing[Affiliation]"
Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Am J Nurs
June 2017
Kristen Ronn Weaver is a predoctoral fellow in the Digestive Disorders Unit, National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, and a doctoral student at the New York University (NYU) Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York City. Gail D'Eramo Melkus is associate dean for research and the Florence and William Downs Professor in Nursing Research at the NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. Wendy A. Henderson is an investigator and chief of the Digestive Disorders Unit, NINR, NIH. Contact author: Kristen Ronn Weaver, The authors have received funding from the Division of Intramural Research, NINR, NIH, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (KRW, an Intramural Research Training Award, Graduate Partnership Program; WAH, No. 1ZIANR000018, 01-05). Additional support was provided to KRW by the NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, the Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, and the Columbia University Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common, chronic gastrointestinal (GI) condition characterized by disturbances in bowel habits and abdominal pain in the absence of known organic pathology. IBS reduces quality of life and is costly to treat. It is diagnosed using the symptom-based Rome criteria for functional GI disorders, which was recently updated and released as Rome IV.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDetermining the effectiveness of critical pathways for coronary artery bypass graft patients: retrospective comparison of readmission rates.
J Nurs Care Qual
December 1996
Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing, Charlotte, NC, USA.
The article describes a study performed to determine whether the use of the critical path tool made a difference in the readmission rates of patients after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery compared with CABG patients cared for without the critical path tool. The sample for this retrospective study consisted of 780 specific patient medical records from the medical record department. Examination of the data revealed no statistically significant difference in readmission for CABG patients cared for with critical paths and those cared for without critical paths.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe use of a homeless shelter as a clinical rotation for nursing students.
J Nurs Educ
November 1995
Nursing Faculty, Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing, Charlotte, North Carolina 28233-3549, USA.
Homeless persons are a population at risk in the community with health problems which nursing can impact. They are a heterogeneous group from all levels of society with a variety of acute and chronic health problems. Senior nursing students learn the theories and causative factors of becoming homeless as well as the resources available to them in this southeastern city.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlanning nursing education for the 21st century.
J Adv Nurs
April 1995
Faculty Medical/Surgical, Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing, Charlotte, North Carolina 28233, USA.
In looking towards the 21st century, the faculty at the Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing, along with the Presbyterian Health Services Corporation and Queen's College, adopted a 1-2-1 programme. The process of developing a new nursing curriculum is presented as the task force proceeded from the philosophy and goals to conceptual framework and curriculum objectives. After discussions with nurse administrators and educators, extensive literature reviews and brainstorming sessions, concepts and subconcepts were chosen to form a philosophy.
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