Stepping Up: Enhancing Postoperative Ambulation Practices and Documentation in Surgical Care
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Non-adherence to immunosuppresant therapy in minority renal transplant patients.
Ajay K. Israni, Francis L. Weng, Ye-Ying Cen, Marshall Joffe, Malek Kamoun, Harold I. Feldman Electronically-measured adherence to immunosuppressive medications and kidney function after deceased donor kidney transplantation Clin Transplant. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2013 Feb 7.
Coelho Gonçalves, P. R., Ferreira Reveles, A., Fernandes Martins, H. I., Rodrigues, I. L., & Miranda Rodrigues, S. M. (2016). Adherence to Immunosuppressive Therapy in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Integrative Literature Review. Revista de Enfermagem Referência, 4(8), 121–130
Francis L Weng, Sheenu Chandwani, Karen M Kurtyka, Christopher Zacker, Marie A Chisholm-Burns, Kitaw Demissie Prevalence and correlates of medication non-adherence among kidney transplant recipients more than 6 months post-transplant: a cross-sectional study BMC Nephrol. 2013; 14: 261.
Extending medicare immunosuppressive medication coverage. (2012). Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved., 23(1), 20.
Wilkins, L., Nyame, Y., Gan, V., Lin, S., Greene, D., Flechner, S., & Modlin, C. (2018). A Contemporary Analysis of Outcomes and Modifiable Risk Factors of Ethnic Disparities in Kidney Transplantation. Journal of the National Medical Association., Journal of the National Medical Association. , 2018.
Yadav, K., Vock, D., Matas, A., Robiner, W., & Nevins, T. (n.d.). Medication adherence is associated with an increased risk of cancer in kidney transplant recipients: A cohort study. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation., 34(2), 364-370.
De Castro Rodrigues Ferreira, F., Cristelli, M., Paula, M., Proença, H., Felipe, C., Tedesco-Silva, H., & Medina-Pestana, J. (n.d.). Infectious complications as the leading cause of death after kidney transplantation: Analysis of more than 10,000 transplants from a single center. J Nephrol, 30(4), 601-606.
Reese, P., Bloom, R., Trofe-Clark, J., Mussell, A., Leidy, D., Levsky, S., . . . Volpp, K. (n.d.). Automated Reminders and Physician Notification to Promote Immunosuppression Adherence Among Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Randomized Trial. American Journal of Kidney Diseases : AJKD : The Official Journal of the National Kidney Foundation., 69(3), 400-409.
Gaynor, J., Ciancio, G., Guerra, G., Sageshima, J., Hanson, L., Roth, D., . . . Burke, G. (n.d.). Graft failure due to noncompliance among 628 kidney transplant recipients with long-term follow-up: A single-center observational study. Transplantation., 97(9), 925-933.
Malat, G., Culkin, C., Palya, A., Ranganna, K., & Kumar, M. (2009). African American kidney transplantation survival: The ability of immunosuppression to balance the inherent pre- and post-transplant risk factors. Drugs., 69(15), 2045-2062.
Brown, K., El-Amm, J., Doshi, M., Singh, A., Cincotta, E., Morawski, K., . . . Gruber, S. (n.d.). Outcome predictors in African-American deceased-donor renal allograft recipients. Clinical Transplantation., 23(4), 454-461.
Improvement in falls rate and prevention of falls on the surgical floor
Here is how to access 22 references on improvement in falls rate and prevention of falls on the surgical floor.
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Improving nursing communication with patients on the surgical floor
For the PubMed search, search terms were the following:
hospital staff nurses AND communication AND patients AND (surgical floor OR intensive care units).
Here a few references from this search that provide links to the full text. Below these references is a link to a PubMed collection of 33 references.
Norouzinia R, Aghabarari M, Shiri M, Karimi M, Samami E. Communication
barriers perceived by nurses and patients. Glob J Health Sci. 2015 Sep
28;8(6):65-74. doi: 10.5539/gjhs.v8n6p65. PubMed PMID: 26755475; PubMed Central
PMCID: PMC4954910.
Garon M. Speaking up, being heard: registered nurses’ perceptions of workplace
communication. J Nurs Manag. 2012 Apr;20(3):361-71. doi:
10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01296.x. Epub 2011 Oct 13. PubMed PMID: 22519614.
Slade. J. (2016) Team Concepts. Building a safe unit culture with CUSP. Nursing Managment. 47 (12_) 8-12. doi.10.1097/01.NUMA.0000508266.49722.7d
Here is how to access PubMed collection of 33 references.
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Prevention of postoperative sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery
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The list of references will appear in PubMed.
By using these instructions, you will be able to click on a reference and see the Find it at Emory button which will lead to full text if available.
Here is the search technique that was used: postoperative period AND (thoracic surgery OR cardiac surgical procedures) AND infection AND (sternum OR sternal) AND prevention and control
Effectiveness of music therapy as an adjunct to pharmacological pain relief in post-operative patients
Relevant articles will be found in PubMed using the search strategy listed below. To execute the search:
1. Go to www.health.library.emory.edu and then click on the PubMed link on right side of page.
2. When PubMed opens, copy/paste this search strategy in the search box (articles):
(“perioperative care”[Mesh] OR “perioperative care” [all fields] OR postoperative) AND (“music therapy”[Mesh] OR “music therapy”[all fields]) AND pain
Effective pain management for post-operative or hospitalized patients.
Eid T; Bucknall T Documenting and implementing evidence-based post-operative pain management in older patients with hip fractures. Journal of Orthopaedic Nursing, 2008 May; 12 (2): 90-8.
Does music reduce postoperative pain? A review. Health Science Journal 2012 vol:6 iss:3 pg:365
“Factors influencing the control of post-operative pain in older people.” Reviews in clinical gerontology 15.2 (2005):149.
Mansouri, Parisa;Implementation of a protocol for integrated management of pain, agitation, and delirium can improve clinical outcomes in the intensive care unit: A randomized clinical trial.Journal of Critical Care (J CRIT CARE), 2013; 28 (6): 918-22.
“Pain assessment and management in older hospitalised patients: observation shows common themes relating to nurse-patient communication, pain management strategies, organisational aspects of care and the complex nature of pain.” Evidence-based nursing 16.4 (2013):123.
Pain assessment and management in surgical nursing: a literature review. British journal of nursing 2009 vol:18 iss:3 pg:153
SESSION 11: PROTOCOLS AND STANDARDS: Evidenced based nurse driven pain management protocol for the post operative patient. Connect 2011 vol:8 iss:2 pg:48
Carlson CL. Use of three evidence-based postoperative pain assessment practices by registered nurses. Pain Management Nursing (PAIN MANAGE NURS), 2009 Dec; 10 (4): 174-87.
Postoperative Pain Management (Children): Children’s Experiences. Gomersall, Judith Streak 2017
Efficacy of music listening as a postoperative pain management intervention in adult patients: a systematic review. Kusi-Amponsah, Abigail, et al. 2017
Crowe, Linda. Systematic review of the effectiveness of nursing interventions in reducing or relieving post-operative pain. The JBI Library of Systematic Reviews. 6(4):165-224, 2008.
Searched: CINAHL, Joanna Briggs Keywords: pain management, postoperative, post operative, hospitalized
Updated links to entries in Joanna Briggs, 10/16/2017 ldt
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