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Allen Cadavero

Assistant Clinical Professor in the School of Nursing
School of Nursing
Box 102046, Durham, NC 27710
307 Trent Drive, DUMC 3322, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications


Perceptions of New Graduate Nurses’ Transition to Practice Post-Pandemic

Journal Article Nurse Leader · June 1, 2024 Registered nurse turnover is a challenge facing nurse leaders across the country with almost one-third of nursing turnover occurring in the first year of practice. Therefore, support during transition to practice is critical for new graduate nurses. The CO ... Full text Cite

Impact of Nursing Clinical Elective Courses on New Graduate Nurses' Clinical Practice: A Mixed-Methods Descriptive Study.

Journal Article Nurse educator · May 2024 BackgroundClinical elective courses provide additional specialty knowledge for prelicensure nursing students; however, it is unknown how these courses impact nurses' clinical practice after graduation.PurposeTo describe how clinical nursi ... Full text Open Access Cite

Implementation of an Evidence-Based Onboarding Program to Optimize Efficiency and Care Delivery in an Intensive Care Unit.

Journal Article Journal for nurses in professional development · November 2023 Nationally, nurse turnover is 18.7%, and 24.1% of nurses leave their organization within a year of hire. Onboarding is a key component of a nurse's intent to stay and job satisfaction. This article describes the implementation and results of an onboarding ... Full text Open Access Cite

Addressing Compassion Fatigue in Family Caregivers using a Mindfulness-based Smartphone Application

Journal Article Home Healthcare Now · November 1, 2022 The number of Americans receiving some level of healthcare at home is rapidly increasing, often leaving family members responsible for providing care for their loved ones. The impact on these unpaid caregivers, who must also balance the stressors of work a ... Full text Cite

Professional Case Management in Outpatient Settings for Patients With Myeloproliferative Neoplasms.

Journal Article Professional case management · November 2022 Purpose and objectivesThe purpose of this discussion is to review the management and symptomatic burden of patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). Patients with MPNs are at increased risk for thromboembolic events; thus, cardiovascular ... Full text Cite

Nursing Students From China and the United States: Learning Together Through Virtual Simulation.

Journal Article Nursing education perspectives · May 2022 AimThe purpose of this project was to connect nursing students from schools of nursing in China and the United States for colearning using virtual simulations.BackgroundWith technology and international partnerships, nursing programs can ... Full text Cite

Subsequent Pressure Injury Development in Mechanically Ventilated Critical Care Patients with Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Journal Article Advances in skin & wound care · August 2021 ObjectiveTo identify factors associated with subsequent hospital-acquired pressure injury (HAPrI) formation among patients in surgical and cardiovascular surgical ICUs with an initial HAPrI.MethodsPatients admitted to a level 1 trauma cen ... Full text Cite

Nursing Students’ Perceptions about Effective Pedagogy: Netnographic Analysis

Journal Article JMIR Medical Education · June 22, 2021 Background: Effective pedagogy that encourages high standards of excellence and commitment to lifelong learning is essential in health professions education to prepare students for real-life challenges such as health disparities and global health issues. C ... Full text Cite

Reducing Intubation Time in Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients With a Fast-track Extubation Protocol.

Journal Article Crit Care Nurse · June 1, 2021 BACKGROUND: Prolonged intubation after cardiac surgery increases the risk of morbidity and mortality and lengthens hospital stays. Factors that influence the ability to extubate patients with speed and efficiency include the operation, the patient's baseli ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Nursing Students’ Perceptions about Effective Pedagogy: Netnographic Analysis (Preprint)

Journal Article · February 5, 2021 BACKGROUNDEffective pedagogy that encourages high standards of excellence and commitment to lifelong learning is essential in health professions education to prepare students for real-lif ... Full text Cite

Teaching clinical judgment through cases

Other Wolters Kluwer Expert Insights · October 27, 2020 Link to item Cite

COVID-19: Mobilizing Quickly for a Rapid Response.

Journal Article AACN advanced critical care · September 2020 Full text Cite

Nurse Graduates' Perceived Educational Needs After the Death of a Patient: A Descriptive Qualitative Research Study.

Journal Article Journal of continuing education in nursing · June 2020 BackgroundNurse graduates (NGs) are ill prepared when faced with patient death and dying, despite receiving educational preparation on end-of-life (EOL) care in their prelicensure nursing programs.MethodThis qualitative descriptive study ... Full text Cite

Nurse Graduates' Perceived Educational Needs after Experiencing the Death of a Patient

Thesis Dissertation · 2018 Advance technologies prolong the inevitable death of patients witnessed firsthand by nurses at the bedside. The routine exposure of patient suffering during the dying process is a precursor to moral distress and job dissatisfaction. Nurse Graduates (NGs) t ... Link to item Cite