Biomedical subjects

S B Henry

Publications and source records attributed to S B Henry.

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Evaluation of community-based nurse case management activities for symptomatic HIV/AIDS clients.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate case management activities performed by nurse case managers in the California Pilot Care and Waiver Projects for HIV/AIDS patients. Nurse case managers, social workers, and site directors completed a 62-item survey. Significant differences appeared in ratings among the groups on five items. The nurse case managers responding to the survey indicated that a wide variety of nursing skills are used to provide case management services to persons living with AIDS and AIDS-related complex. This survey validates the interdisciplinary case management model in a community-based HIV population.

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The relationship between performance on computer-based clinical simulations and two written methods of evaluation: cognitive examination and self-evaluation of expertise.

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between computer-based clinical simulation performance and two commonly used methods of evaluation: cognitive examination and self-evaluation of expertise. The convenience sample of 68 critical care nurses completed the Basic Knowledge Assessment Tool for Critical Care (BKAT), a cardiovascular self-assessment tool (CST), and two computer-based clinical simulations requiring the management of myocardial infarction patients with tachydysrhythmias (atrial flutter and ventricular tachycardia). Simulation performance was measured by proficiency score and patient outcome (live/die). Proficiency on the atrial simulation was significantly correlated with knowledge as measured by the BKAT (r = 0.46, p 0.001) and with self-evaluation of clinical expertise (r = 0.32, p = 0.008). Atrial patient outcome was also significantly correlated with the BKAT (r = 0.28, p = 0.006) and the CST score (r = 0.22, p = 0.036). However, in the ventricular simulation only proficiency score and self-evaluation of expertise were significantly correlated (r = 0.24, p = 0.049). The modest relationships found in this study may indicate that, while clinical simulation performance is related to knowledge and self-evaluation of expertise, the constructs measured are not synonymous. This evidence provides support for the use of clinical simulations as an adjunct to other methods of evaluation.

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The usefulness of the Georgetown Home Health Care Classification system for coding patient problems and nursing interventions in psychiatric home care.

Although several coding systems for standardizing the clinical language of nursing practice have been developed and tested, no studies have been found that examine the usefulness of such a system for psychiatric home care, a rapidly emerging area of nursing practice. This study examined the usefulness of the Georgetown Home Health Care Classification system for the coding of patient problems and nursing interventions in the psychiatric home care setting. Although most problems and interventions could be classified with codes from the Georgetown system, some new codes were needed to prevent loss of potentially significant psychiatric data.

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