Lawrence, Kathryn

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Pressure Injury Prevention Education Program for Staff in a Skilled Nursing Facility 2023 53 Background: The development of PIs contributes to increase of cost, illness complications,decrease quality of life, and death worldwide. Early recognition of skin breakdown and pressure related injury can decrease patient complications, improve patie...
Respite Care: Who Cares for the Caregiver? 2024 7 Background: Respite care is a service that can assist the family member caring for a loved one requiring 24-hour care. Research has shown that this can positively affect the patient/caregiver relationship by supplying a short relief from the stressor...
Dangers of Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Use: Healthcare Provider Screening in College Students 2024 6 Purpose: This quality improvement project sought to increase intent to screen for Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS) use in college students by providing an in-person educational PowerPoint for healthcare providers regarding the dangers of EN...
A Pilot Project Exploring Possible Novel Ways of Delivering Relevant Education for Radiation Oncology Nurses During Covid-19 Social Distancing 2023 169 Background: The first needs assessment in the USA reported that RO nurses lacked standardized, structured education and certification programs for onboarding and continuing education. Survivorship care is an increasing need for all nurses. All RNs ma...
Everybody Move: An Educational Quality Improvement Project for Prevention of Pressure Ulcers in Long-Term Care 2023 474 Background: An educational quality improvement (QI) project for a Retirement Community. In 2019, the pressure ulcer (PUs) prevalence rate was above the national and state average at the facility. A QI project on pressure ulcers prevention was conduct...
Educational Intervention: Improving Long Term Care Nursing Staff Comfort with Utilizing Bladder Scanner 2023 189 Background: According to the CDC, UTIs result in 20-30% of illnesses reported by long-term care institutions (CDC, 2017). One must consider multiple factors regarding the elderly population and urinary retention vs. UTIs. Intermittent catheterization...