Pediatric Nurses' Perceptions, Attitudes, and Knowledge of Childhood Obesity at an Academic Medical Center

Background: Nurses are confronted daily with ethical issues while providing patient care. Hospital ethical climates can affect nurses’ job satisfaction, organizational commitment, retention, and physician collaboration. Purpose: At a metropolitan academic medical center, we examined nurses’ perceptions of the ethical climate and relationships among ethical climate factors and nurse characteristics. Design/participants: We used a descriptive correlational design and nurses ( N = 475) completed Olson’s Hospital Ethical Climate Survey. Data were analyzed using STATA. Ethical considerations: Approvals by the Nursing Research Council and Institutional Review Board were obtained; participants’ rights were protected. Results: Nurses reported an ethical climate total mean score of 3.22 ± 0.65 that varied across factors; significant differences were found for ethical climate scores by nurses’ age, race, and specialty area. Conclusion: These findings contribute to what is known about ethical climate and nurses’ characteristics and provides the foundation to develop strategies to improve the ethical climate in work settings.

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Nurse Perceptions of Electronic Handoff

10.28971/532016va53 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Ashlee Viveiros

Keyword(s):

Medical Center ◽

Academic Medical Center ◽

Successful Implementation ◽

Improvement Project ◽

Spheres Of Influence ◽

Academic Medical ◽

Survey Results ◽

Pertinent Information ◽

Nurses Perceptions ◽

Nursing Handoff

<p>Nursing handoff is the important exchange of pertinent information between nurses that is critical to patient safety. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to explore progressive care nurses' perceptions of usefulness of a new electronic SBAR handoff tool on an inpatient adult acute care setting at an academic medical center. A 10 question survey including eight Likert response and two open-ended response questions was created from content areas of a survey designed to measure nurses' perceptions of usefulness of a computerized tool for shift handover report writing. The anonymous survey was completed by 16 of 24 eligible participants. Descriptive statistics were performed on the study variables and responses from open-ended questions were analyzed for themes. Survey results revealed that nurses perceive the new handoff summary tool to save time and improve consistency of information exchanged. Nurses stated that communication between departments was not improved and that the summary screen does not accurately represent the patient at the time of report. Open-ended question responses revealed that user error may be contributing to some of the dissatisfaction with the tool. Responses indicated that many nurses still prefer a narrative type of handoff and read physician and nursing assessments for this type of description. Further exploration is needed. Implications for practice include the APRN's important contribution to a successful implementation of electronic handoff. The APRN is essential to the success of such changes as they are uniquely prepared to plan, implement, and evaluate this change across the three spheres of influence.</p>

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The Center for Healthy Weight: an academic medical center response to childhood obesity

International Journal of Obesity Supplements ◽

10.1038/ijosup.2012.9 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2 (S1) ◽

pp. S33-S38

Author(s):

T N Robinson ◽

K M Kemby

Keyword(s):

Childhood Obesity ◽

Medical Center ◽

Academic Medical Center ◽

Healthy Weight ◽

Academic Medical

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Nurses’ Perceptions of Telemedicine Adoption in the Intensive Care Unit

American Journal of Critical Care ◽

10.4037/ajcc2021205 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 122-127

Author(s):

Roberta Kaplow ◽

Mary Zellinger

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care ◽

Medical Center ◽

Academic Medical Center ◽

University Hospital ◽

Years Of Experience ◽

Correlational Design ◽

Academic Medical ◽

Telemedicine Technology ◽

Emory University ◽

Nurses Perceptions

Background With telemedicine technology, off-site expert clinicians can consult in real time with bedside nurses and providers. The success of telemedicine may depend on its acceptance by bedside nurses and providers. Objectives To compare nurses’ perceptions of telemedicine in 2 intensive care units (ICUs) at Emory University Hospital, an academic medical center, and to determine the relation between nurses’ years of ICU experience and their perceptions of telemedicine in the hospital’s ICUs (Emory e-ICU Center). Methods This study used a descriptive correlational design. Nurses in the 2 units completed a demographic form and a questionnaire about their perceptions of the Emory e-ICU Center. Results A total of 60 participants completed the study (30 nurses from each unit). Among the entire sample, the perception scores ranged from 2.4 to 5.0, with a mean score of 3.8 (SD, 0.6). Perception scores were significantly higher for nurses in the acute respiratory ICU than for those in the cardiovascular ICU; nurses in the acute respiratory ICU had spent less time working in an ICU. No statistically significant correlation was found between nurses’ years of experience in an ICU and their perception scores. This correlation was also not significant within each unit. Nurses’ experience with telemedicine in the ICU also did not correlate significantly with perception scores. Conclusions Despite differences in nurses’ years of experience, the perceptions of the Emory e-ICU Center did not differ significantly among nurses.

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Nurses' perceptions of depression in patients with cancer

Palliative & Supportive Care ◽

10.1017/s1478951514000741 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 849-858

Author(s):

Wadih Rhondali ◽

Tanguy Leprince ◽

Anne Chirac ◽

Jean-Louis Terra ◽

Marilène Filbet

Keyword(s):

Cancer Patients ◽

Medical Center ◽

Academic Medical Center ◽

Daily Practice ◽

Systematic Screening ◽

Patients With Cancer ◽

Academic Medical ◽

Nurses Perceptions ◽

Knowledge Of Depression ◽

Video Education

AbstractObjective:Our study aimed at examining nurses' perceptions of depression in cancer patients and their role in its management.Method:We employed questionnaire-based semi-directed interviews. Participants were asked to classify 22 symptoms (related and specific to depression in cancer patients, related but not specific, and unrelated) as “very important,” “important,” “less important,” or “not important” for the diagnosis of depression in cancer patients at two different timepoints (baseline and after a video education program). They were also asked to complete a questionnaire exploring their perceptions about depression and of their role in its systematic screening. We recruited nurses caring for cancer patients from four different departments (palliative care unit, hematology, medical oncology, and thoracic oncology) at an academic medical center.Results:We interviewed 18 nurses and found that they had a good general knowledge of depression in cancer patients, with the majority of them being able to distinguish specific and important symptoms from nonspecific symptoms. Some nurses considered depression as a second-line symptom, and most did not employ a screening tool in their daily practice. All considered that they had a role to play in the management of depression, even as they acknowledged lacking specific training for that task.Significance of results:Our results suggest that limited resources—especially lack of training—affects nurses' ability to correctly manage depression in their cancer patients.

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