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WAC PAPER: Annotated Bibliography - Patient Education and Service

Olubunmi Salako

Methodist College

N450: Leadership and Management in Nursing

Professor Lucia Bobby

January 2021

Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography

Salem, O. A., Aboshaiqah, A. E., Mubaraki, M. A., & Pandaan, I. N. (2018). Competency based nursing curriculum: Establishing the standards for nursing competencies in higher education. OALib, 05(11), 1-8.  https://doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1104952

Competency is one of the essential standards of all health care professionals when offering care to patients. In this article, Salem et al. (2018) observe that the practice of

good nursing starts primarily with the study of nursing programs and in the development

of a nurse with high efficiency in the nursing skills. Additionally, the researchers

examine the concept of nursing competencies and their significance in implementing

national transition programs. The paper is objective as it uses college of

nursing standards, which are already tested and proven effective in assessing

competency. The biases, however, rest in the fact that the researchers fail to examine

other essential competency dimensions, such as quality of care and patient satisfaction.

The writers are competent researchers who have served in many nursing schools as

professors and researchers and government agencies that perform health

functions. The lead author, Salem, O.A, is an Associate Prof. of Nursing Administration Department of Nursing Administration and Education, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University. The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper. The article is relevant because it highlights the importance of competency in observing standards of nursing practice.

Darwin John, B., & Jacob, S. (2019). Impact of an educational intervention on care burden among the caregivers of patients undergoing hemodialysis. International Journal of Nursing Research, 5(3), 81-85.  https://doi.org/10.31690/ijnr/86

Compliance with standards of practice is one of the most important drivers of patient education. In this article, Darwin & Jacob (2019) state that hemodialysis patients' quality of nursing care should conform to care standards. To them, this practice is regarded as a starting point for the better and excellent technique. Thus, the researchers examine the effectiveness of education and training interventions on nurses' compliance to hemodialysis patients' nursing care standards. However, one of the sources of biases is the researchers' use of non-experimental designs, which are not useful in assessing the observed patterns' causality. The writers declared no potential conflicts of interest about this article. The authors have taught and headed nursing faculties in the Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, MGM New Bombay College of Nursing, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The paper is relevant because it explores the efficacy of providing educational programs to promote nursing care standards.

Pollack Porter, K. M., Rutkow, L., & McGinty, E. E. (2018). The importance of policy change for addressing public health problems. Public Health Reports, 133(1_suppl), 9S-14S.  https://doi.org/10.1177/0033354918788880

Health policies play an integral role in addressing the health problems of a particular group. Pollack et al. (2018) state that some of the nations' leading public health successes cannot have been possible without promoting policy change. Using policies such as Ten Great Public Health Achievements and Motor vehicle safety as examples, they observe that such laws have reduced morbidities and mortality rates. However, one potential bias is that they fail to provide an accurate metric for evaluating the effectiveness of health policies on target populations' health outcomes. The researchers are qualified health professionals who hold masters and doctoral degrees in public health and nursing. Pollack Porter, Ph.D., MPH, is a Professor of Health Policy and Management and Vice Dean for Faculty. Her work uses injury epidemiology, health impact assessment (HIA), and mixed methods to advance policies that create safe, healthy, and equitable environments where people live, work, play, and travel. The article is relevant to the topic as it sheds light on the importance of policy formulation in reducing many public health problems.

Stabile, B. (2020). The persisting importance of rhetoric and equity in health policy and outcomes. World Medical & Health Policy, 12(2), 86-89.  https://doi.org/10.1002/wmh3.344

One of the purposes of health policies is to reduce disparities across different groups. In this scholarly article, Stabile (2020) examines the persisting importance of rhetoric and equity in health policy analysis, implementation, and outcomes. The author argues that applying social determinants of health and intersectional rhetorical frames can improve life and health outcomes in morbidity and mortality. One bias of the study is that it fails to explain how morbidity arising from such policies can be differentiated from regular occurrences. The author provides an authoritative source because he works for the World Medical Health Policy. The article is relevant to the topic as it examines the significance of health policies in reducing disparities.

Gamache, R., Kharrazi, H., & Weiner, J. (2018). Public and population health informatics: The bridging of big data to benefit communities. Yearbook of Medical Informatics, 27(01), 199-206.  https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1667081

Health informatics plays a vital role in improving awareness and promoting health education. Hence, Gamache et al. (2018) examine the recent public and population health informatics literature to identify the synergistic bridging of electronic data to benefit communities and other populations. The study's primary source of bias is that it uses very few studies to conduct a systematic literature review. The researchers are trained health care professionals with a doctoral level of qualification. The research is relevant in reducing barriers to the access of health care services among different groups and classes.

Rahimi, B., Nadri, H., Lotfnezhad Afshar, H., & Timpka, T. (2018). A systematic review of the technology acceptance model in health informatics. Applied Clinical Informatics, 09(03), 604-634.  https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1668091

Embracing health care innovations can help to improve the quality of care and patient outcomes. In this paper, Rahimi et al. (2018) examine the published studies on the technology acceptance model (TAM) use in health information systems development and implementation. Using a systematic literature review, they ide4ntify telemedicine, electronic health records, and mobile applications as the three major health information systems used in care. One potential bias of the study is that the researchers may fail to identify other uses other than the three. The authors are qualified health professionals with a doctoral-level qualification in research. This study is relevant in identifying ways in which information sys5tems can be employed to improve patient outcomes.

Morabia, A. (2020). Pandemics and the development of scientific methods in the history of epidemiology. Colombia Medica.  https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v51i3.4564

In this article, Morabia (2020) explores the models developed to curb pandemics in epidemiology history. Pandemics are important events that can exert urgent pressure to determine new approaches of studies to prevent them. Using the plague and malaria as cases in point, the researcher assesses the essential tools used to avoid future pandemics. One bias of the study is that it fails to examine the modern pandemic, such as COVID 19, and its informed practice. The researcher holds a doctoral degree in epidemiology and public health. He is an epidemiology professor at the Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment at Queens College, City University of New York. This study is useful in providing evidence-based interventions to reduce the spread of pandemics.

Elhami, S., Saberi, K., & Ban, M. (2017). The challenges of implementation of professional ethics standards in clinical care from the viewpoint of nursing students and nurses. World Family Medicine Journal/Middle East Journal of Family Medicine, 15(9), 149-153.  https://doi.org/10.5742/mewfm.2017.93117

In this study, Elhami et al. (2017) stress the importance of ethical practices in upholding care practice standards. To them, the process of observing professional ethics amounts to providing nursing care and are inseparable parts of the profession. They use the descriptive cross-sectional study to determine the barriers of observance of professional ethics in clinical care standards. While the study does not present any bias, descriptive design may measure correlation without causation. The researchers are senior lecturers in leading medical schools in Iran. The lead author is the head of the Student research committee, Abadan school of medical sciences, Abadan, Iran. This study is relevant to the topic as it explores the relationship between upholding ethics and embracing nursing practice standards.