Nancy Munn Short

Journal Article Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing · May 2020 Based upon an awareness of the need to increase its policy footprint, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing's (AACN) Board of Directors convened a think tank of nurse experts in the field of policy curriculum to advise the Board. The goal of the ... Full text Cite

Access to opportunity: The duke-east Carolina partnerships for training program

Journal Article Online Learning Journal · January 1, 2019 Duke University and East Carolina University through their Schools of Nursing and Physician Assistant Programs are in the third year of the Partnerships for Training Program (PFT). The goal of PFT is to prepare primary care providers to increase access to ... Full text Cite

Using the ARCC Model to Implement the 2015 ANCC COA Criteria: A North Carolina Public Health Nursing Project.

Journal Article Journal of continuing education in nursing · November 2017 In July 2015, the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation released updated criteria for continuing nursing education, including updates to the Education Design Process. The primary nurse planner in the Public Health Nursing Appro ... Full text Cite

Ripple effect: Shared governance and nurse engagement.

Journal Article Nursing management · October 2017 Full text Cite

Evaluation of specialist referrals at a rural health care clinic.

Journal Article Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners · July 2017 PurposeTransition to a value-based care system involves reducing costs improving population health and enhancing the patient experience. Many rural hospitals must rely on specialist referrals because of a lack of an internal system of specialists ... Full text Cite

A Systems Approach to Improving Care for All Bereaved Families.

Journal Article Dimensions of critical care nursing : DCCN · November 2016 Bereavement services for families are an established part of hospice and palliative care. However, patients also die in the acute care and long-term care environments. Often, hospice is not involved, creating a potential gap in care. This article recounts ... Full text Cite

Promoting Patient Safety: Results of a TeamSTEPPS® Initiative.

Journal Article The Journal of nursing administration · April 2016 Teamwork is an essential component of communication in a safety-oriented culture. The Joint Commission has identified poor communication as one of the leading causes of patient sentinel events. The aim of this quality improvement project was to design, imp ... Full text Cite

Clinical Decision Support for Nurses: A Fall Risk and Prevention Example.

Journal Article Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN · December 2015 Clinical decision support tools in electronic health records have demonstrated improvement with process measures and clinician performance, predominantly for providers. Clinical decision support tools could improve patient fall risk identification and prev ... Full text Cite

A Plan for Academic Biobank Solvency-Leveraging Resources and Applying Business Processes to Improve Sustainability.

Journal Article Clin Transl Sci · October 2015 Researcher-initiated biobanks based at academic institutions contribute valuable biomarker and translational research advances to medicine. With many legacy banks once supported by federal funding, reductions in fiscal support threaten the future of existi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Improving Congestive Heart Failure Care with a Clinical Decision Unit.

Journal Article Nursing economic$ · September 2015 Evidence supporting the development of Clinical Decision Units (CDUs) to impact congestive heart failure readmission rates comes from several categories of the literature. In this study, a pre-post design with comparison group was used to evaluate the impa ... Cite

Meeting The Future of Nursing Report Recommendations: A Successful Practice-Academic Partnership.

Journal Article Nursing economic$ · May 2015 In collaboration with the University of Texas at El Paso, nurse leadership at Del Sol Medical Center implemented an internship program for nursing students in the final semester of a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) program. The medical center experien ... Cite

An evidence-based quality improvement perspective for a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease case-finding program

Journal Article Chronic Respiratory Disease · January 1, 2014 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a persistent progressive respiratory disease that is increasing in prevalence and cost in the United States health care system. Delays in recognition, diagnosis, and treatment are associated with poorer clini ... Full text Cite

Improving the adoption of evidence-based practice among nurses in Army outpatient medical treatment facilities.

Journal Article Military medicine · September 2013 This quality improvement project implemented and evaluated an evidence-based practice (EBP) program at two Army outpatient health care facilities. The EBP program consisted of five implementation strategies that aimed to inculcate EBP into organizational c ... Full text Cite

The Final frontier.

Journal Article Nursing economic$ · May 2012 Cite

Physician assistants and nurse practitioners: a missing component in state workforce assessments.

Journal Article J Interprof Care · July 2011 Due to current or predicted health workforce shortages, policy makers worldwide are addressing issues of task allocation, skill mix, and role substitution. This article presents an example of this process in the United States (US). Health workforce analyst ... Full text Link to item Cite

Regulation of LPN scope of practice in long-term care.

Journal Article Journal of Nursing Regulation · July 2011 With changing staffing structures and persistent quality concerns in nursing homes, registered nurses are challenged to ensure that appropriate care is delivered. We describe differences in the nurse practice acts (NPAs) and related administrative code for ... Cite

Regulation of LPN scope of practice in long-term care.

Influencing health policy: strategies for nursing education to partner with nursing practice.

Journal Article Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing · September 2008 Cost, access, and quality have dominated health policy for more than 30 years. During that time, the number of health policy analysts and health services researchers has grown exponentially; however, health care policy remains a mysterious topic for most r ... Full text Cite

A rubric for improving the quality of online courses.

Journal Article International journal of nursing education scholarship · January 2008 All of the graduate students in the School of Nursing take some of their Master of Science courses online. A group of six School of Nursing faculty members and a graduate student received funding to determine best practices in online courses. The group dev ... Full text Cite

The roles and supply of nurse-midwives, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants in North Carolina.

Journal Article N C Med J · 2007 Link to item Cite

From classroom to Congress. My year on the legislative staff of the U.S. Senate.

Journal Article Tar heel nurse · July 2006 Cite

From classroom to Congress. My year on the legislative staff of the U.S. Senate.

Journal Article The American journal of nursing · February 2006 Full text Cite

Exploring assumptions about teams.

Journal Article Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety · February 2006 Full text Cite

The nursing leadership program. The Cyprus experience--a tale of two cultures.

Journal Article Nursing leadership forum · January 2004 Implementing a leadership program in a distant and culturally unique country poses numerous challenges and a terrific opportunity to develop cultural awareness and competence. The political history of Cyprus provides a context for understanding the delicat ... Cite

Access to opportunity: The Duke-east Carolina partnerships for training program

Journal Article Journal of Asynchronous Learning Network · August 1, 2002 Duke University and East Carolina University through their Schools of Nursing and Physician Assistant Programs are in the third year of the Partnerships for Training Program (PFT). The goal of PFT is to prepare primary care providers to increase access to ... Cite

Online learning: ready, set, click.

Journal Article RN · November 2000 Implementing a leadership program in a distant and culturally unique country poses numerous challenges and a terrific opportunity to develop cultural awareness and competence. The political history of Cyprus provides a context for understanding the delicat ... Cite

Five steps to prevent online problems before they start.

Journal Article T.H.E. Journal (Technological Horizons in Education) · 2000 Cite

Standards of care: practicing what we preach.

Journal Article Nursing management · June 1990 Cite

Standards of care

Journal Article Nursing Management · January 1, 1990 Full text Cite

When the bile duct is blocked.

Journal Article RN · January 1989 Cite

Quick guide to abdominal trauma.

Journal Article Nursing · 1989 Cite

Gastrointestinal intubations: nursing considerations.

Journal Article Gastroenterology nursing : the official journal of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates · January 1989 Featured Publication This article describes 10 special therapeutic tubes utilized in gastroenterology. The discussion includes a description of each tube; categories are developed by anatomical site as well as the number of lumens in each tube. Several tubes are not discussed ... Full text Cite

Interdependence between the GI unit and inpatient nurses.

Journal Article Gastroenterology nursing : the official journal of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates · January 1989 Featured Publication Developing and nurturing professional relationships with support departments enhance the function of any nursing area. Building mutual goals and sharing common knowledge of patient cases can create improved patient care in the endoscopy suite and the inpat ... Full text Cite

Diagnosis: acute abdomen [CEU feature].

Journal Article Nursing · September 1988 Cite