Nursing Research

Open IRB approved studies

• Factors Affecting the Process of Clinical Decision-making in Pediatric Pain Management by Emergency Department Nurses
• Retrospective Chart Review of Traumatically Injured Patients with Co-morbid Mental Illness to Assess the Need for Outpatient Health Intervention
• The Effect of Nursing on NICU Patient Outcomes (Funded by the National institute of Nursing Research R01 NR010357-01A1)
• The Relationship between Nurses’ Stress and Nurse Staffing Patterns in a Hospital Setting
• Transpyloric feeding tubes by electromagnetic tube placement devices
• Characteristics of Patients With Acute Skin Failure in Critical Care Units
• Standardized Nursing Rounds as a Method to Improve Nurse Satisfaction, Patient Satisfaction with Nursing Care and Patient Safety

Completed Studies

• Group Care Pre Natal Project
• Work-Related Muskuloskeletal Symptoms among Flight Crew Members in the United States
• Staff Satisfaction with Nurse Practitioners
• Impact of a Lift Team on Recruitment and Retention of Experienced Nurses
• Effectiveness of Femoral Nerve Blocks with Post-operative Pain Management in Total Knee Arthroplasty
• Diabetes Outcomes in Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients
• Characteristics Associated With Unplanned Extubation in a Trauma Surgical Intensive Care Unit
• Reliability  of a High Risk Fall Assessment Tool for Use in the Acute Care Setting
• Survey Assessment of a High Risk Fall Instrument for use the acute care setting
• The APN Weighted Risk Tool for Repeat Falls
• Mandatory Domestic Violence Reporting and Barriers Nurses Face
• The Occurrence of Accelerant Related Burn Injuries During and Immediately Following the 2003 and 2004 Hurricane Seasons in Central Florida
• A Retrospective Review of Lightning Strike Injuries over the Past 10 years
• Experience of the Waiting Room