Copyright (c) 2011 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/vfolse Recent documents in Victoria N. Folse en-us Fri, 11 Feb 2011 07:16:22 PST 3600 http://works.bepress.com/vfolse/8 http://works.bepress.com/vfolse/8 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:30:50 PDT Describes the use of clinical journaling as an integrated teaching methodology throughout the practicum component of a baccalaureate nursing program at Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois. Nursing students complete a weekly log for each clinical rotation; Students identify learning goals, analyze events and relate them to nursing practice, use critical thinking to connect theory and practice, and reflect on the experience. Jacklyn Ruthman http://works.bepress.com/vfolse/7 http://works.bepress.com/vfolse/7 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:39:37 PDT In press. Visit http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/Nursing to check availability. Victoria N. Folse http://works.bepress.com/vfolse/6 http://works.bepress.com/vfolse/6 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:35:06 PDT In press. Visit http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/Nursing to check availability. Victoria N. Folse http://works.bepress.com/vfolse/5 http://works.bepress.com/vfolse/5 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:32:53 PDT In press. Visit http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/Nursing to check availability. Victoria N. Folse http://works.bepress.com/vfolse/4 http://works.bepress.com/vfolse/4 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:25:49 PDT This new edition addresses the increased focus on evidence-based practice and new guidelines for safe patient handling. Plus, a new, cutting-edge chapter on Surviving Cancer helps prepare you to address the unique health care needs of patients who have survived cancer, but still face the physical and emotional after-effects of the illness and its therapy.Order information at http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/specialty.jsp?lid=4&sid=415 Victoria N. Folse http://works.bepress.com/vfolse/3 http://works.bepress.com/vfolse/3 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:12:46 PDT A study was conducted to detect suicide risk in adolescents and adults seeking treatment in an emergency department (ED) in the Midwest as well as to continue testing reliability and validity of the 4-item Risk of Suicide Questionnaire (RSQ) developed by Horowitz et al. This study included ED staff nurses in a Level II Trauma Center who administered the RSQ to adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients, regardless of chief complaint or psychiatric history. Participants consisted of a convenience sample of 202 patients composed of 59 adolescents and 143 adults, including 36 geriatric patients. Psychometric analysis demonstrated a lower-than-expected degree of reliability and an adequate level of criterion-related validity for the RSQ in this sample. Interrater reliability was established. Approximately 42% of all patients who participated screened positive for suicide risk using the RSQ. Results support screening by nurses as part of the admission assessment to determine suicide risk in patients who present to the ED.DOI: 10.1177/1054773809335296 Victoria N. Folse http://works.bepress.com/vfolse/2 http://works.bepress.com/vfolse/2 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:00:50 PDT The investigators conducted a pilot study to detect suicide risk in adolescents and adults seeking treatment in an emergency department, as well as to test the reliability and validity of the 4-item Risk of Suicide Questionnaire (RSQ). This study expanded the implementation of the RSQ beyond its initial use with children and adolescents with psychiatric symptoms who were seeking treatment in a pediatric emergency department to include adolescent and adult patients in a Level I trauma center. An advanced practice psychiatric nurse verbally administered the RSQ to a convenience sample of 104 emergency department patients ages 12 to 82. Psychometric analysis demonstrated an adequate degree of reliability and criterion-related validity for the RSQ. Approximately 30% of all patients who participated screened positive for suicide risk. The results support the continued use of the 4-item RSQ with all adolescents and use of a reduced 2-item form of the RSQ with adults exhibiting psychiatric chief complaints to determine imminent risk of suicide in patients who seek treatment in the emergency department. Nurses in all health care settings need to initiate suicide screening and implement nursing interventions directed toward suicide prevention. Victoria N. Folse http://works.bepress.com/vfolse/1 http://works.bepress.com/vfolse/1 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:47:12 PDT The role of the family in the development and maintenance of eating disorders is frequently cited in the literature; however, common methodological issues, including the use of diverse family assessment instruments with inadequate psychometric properties, exist. Further, variables specific to families with eating disorder are not being captured in available instruments. The modeling and role-modeling theory (Erickson, H., Kinney, C. (Eds). 1990. Modeling and role-modeling: Theory, practice, and research. Austin, TX: Society for Advancement of Modeling and Role-Modeling; Erickson, H. Tomlin, E., Swain, M. A.1983. Modeling and role-modeling: A theory and paradigm for nursing. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.) was employed to structure the Family Experience with Eating Disorders Scale (FEEDS), a 53-item instrument that measures variables specific to families with eating disorder. An adequate degree of reliability and validity of the FEEDS was demonstrated with a multisite sample composed of three groups:146 parents of individuals with eating disorders, 35 parents of adolescents with psychiatric disorders, and 100 parents of college students with no known psychiatric illness. Structural equation modeling supported the construct validity of a reduced 30-item instrument and confirmed three higher order measurement models. A provisional degree of known group validity was established. Tests of internal consistency and testretest at 2 weeks demonstrated adequate reliability. The FEEDS could be a useful adjunct to clinical assessment and could be instrumental in designing nursing interventions and measuring treatment outcomes for families with eating disorder. Victoria N. Folse