Barbara King
University of Wisconsin-Madison
12 Papers
10 Citations
Barbara King is an academic researcher from University of Wisconsin-Madison. The author has contributed to research in topics: Psychological intervention & Intensive care. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 12 publications.
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Papers
Impact of Fall Prevention on Nurses and Care of Fall Risk Patients
TL;DR: Intense messaging from hospital administration to achieve zero falls resulted in nurses developing a fear of falls, protecting self and unit, and restricting fall risk patients as a way to stop messages and meet the hospital goal.
Measurement of function in older adults transitioning from hospital to home: an integrative review.
TL;DR: An integrative review of forty research studies that assessed functional status in older adults transitioning from hospital to home reveals important gaps in the functional status instruments' psychometric testing, including limited testing to support their validity and reliability when administered by self‐report and limited evidence supporting their ability to detect change over time.
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Nurse–Family Communication During and After Family Meetings in the Intensive Care Unit
Kristen E. Pecanac,Barbara King +1 more
TL;DR: Empowering nurses to share their expertise is one solution for nurses to contribute during family meetings to improve the understanding of the nurse's role in the surrogate decision-making process.
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Factors Nurses in the Intensive Care Unit Consider When Making Decisions About Patient Mobility
TL;DR: Deciding to mobilize patients in the intensive care unit is a multifaceted, individualized decision made by nurses, and numerous patient-, nurse-, and unit-related factors influence that decision.
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Older adults experiences with ambulation during a hospital stay: A qualitative study
TL;DR: This study provides a detailed understanding of older adults' experiences and perceptions of a hospital stay and can serve as a foundation for future interventions to improve older adult patient ambulation during hospitalization.
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