Smoking conventional cigarettes has been around for centuries. Electronic cigarettes and their flavored vapor were invented relatively recently to serve as an alternative for conventional nicotine smoking. Much research has been conducted to identify the harmful substances inhaled when smoking traditional cigarettes whereas there is very little research conducted to identify the harmful substances in […]
A82: Sleep and Academic Performance in Adolescents: A Literature Review
We studied the correlation of insufficient sleep and academic performance. Their question was: n adolescents, what is the effect of getting less than eight hours of sleep on academic performance compared with adolescents who get eight or more hours of sleep each night? This topic was researched because sleep is extremely important in overall health […]
C82: Effectiveness of Sexual Education
Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of varying methods of sexual education by utilizing rates of unwanted teen pregnancies and STD prevalence. Methods: 10 high level research articles were utilized to gather information on state and federal sexual education policies and individual reporting of education receipt. Results: More research on this topic would be greatly beneficial. […]
B82: The Importance of Postpartum Depression Interventions
Our project focuses on interventions that may reduce the rate of Postpartum Depression (PPD). We specifically reviewed broad and affordable options accessible to the target population. Women who experience PPD are often from a lower socioeconomic status and experience multiple situational and financial stressors. Our research outlines a variety of interventions including group therapy, psychotherapy, […]
C86: Impact of Behavioral Therapy vs Medicinal Therapy in Individuals with ADHD
Our focus of research is on the behavioral disorder ADHD. ADHD is a commonly diagnosed disorder in children that, for many years, has primarily been treated with stimulants. There have, however, been new approaches to treating this disorder. With this, our research question is ‘Are stimulant medications or is behavioral therapy more effective in treating […]
B81: 8-hour Shifts vs. 12-hour Shifts: The Impact that Shift Length can have on Nurses and Patients
Nurses are known for working their infamous 12-hour shifts. Although having 4 days off every week may sound appealing, working these extended hours can truly have an impact on one’s health. Nurses are constantly being faced with stressful situations for long periods of time. When they exceed their coping capacity, it is likely that they […]
B86: Virtual Reality Versus Pharmacological Interventions for Pain in the Post-Operative, Clinical Setting
In hopes to combat the ongoing opioid and drug addiction problem relating to pain management in the United States, we examined the effectiveness of using virtual reality as a post operative pain intervention in comparison with the standard pharmacological regimen. Through this, we examined various studies that tracked a variety of procedures where virtual reality […]
A85: Nursing Burnout Interventions
Nursing burnout is emotional and physical exhaustion due to the stress of the job. Nursing burnout is extremely important because it can lead to a lack of patient care. Finding ways to help relieve nursing burnout can increase nursing productivity, better patient care, and increase longevity of a nurse’s career (Samson 2020). Our research project […]
A84: Fall Risk Assessment Tools For Use Among Inpatients: Evident Based Project
Before conducting our research project we looked into a lot of potential topics we found to be interesting and wanted to research further. We finally narrowed down our topic to fall risk assessment and prevention. From this topic, we had to come up with the specific question we wanted to base our research upon. We […]
C88: Understanding the Role of Overdose Prevention Strategies with Emphasis on Narcan
Our group is researching the most effective methods of decreasing opioid overdoses of Americans aged 18-50. As future nurses, we are learning about the frightening trend of opioid overdoses. The numbers have consistently been increasing since the opioid epidemic began in the 1990s. Nurses work in a variety of departments and each field has patients […]
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