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Online Reading list for the course.

Note about Accessing Articles in the Online Reading List

Image of a blue and green earth with a computer mouse and cord over it.The articles in this online reading list are coming from the CSS Library databases. When using the Library databases and accessing   the articles from any of the Online Reading Lists, be sure to use one of these internet browsers - Mozilla, Chrome, or Safari (Macs).  Do not use Internet Explorer. The databases do not work well in Internet Explorer. The vendors of the databases have been notified about this problem but they have not created a fix for this as of yet.

If you continue to have trouble accessing any of the articles, please contact Julie Rustad. Her contact information is located below.

Accessing Online Articles

To access the articles in the reading list:

  • Click on the linked title of the article,
  • Next, login to the system with your CSS login (the same username and password as my.CSS, Brightspace, and CSS email),
  • You will then be brought into the database, where you will find the record of the article.
  • Look for the PDF of the article - for Ebsco databases, look in the upper left corner; for the ScienceDirect database, look above the article title near the left corner; and for the ProQuest databases, look on the right side of the page in the small box next to the bold title of the article.

Unit 1 Reading List

To access these articles, click on the linked title. You will be prompted for your CSS login. This is the same username and password you use to access my.CSS, Brightspace, and your CSS email. If you encounter problems, please contact Julie Rustad.


Adirim, T., Meade, K. & Mistry, K. (2017). A new era in quality measurement: The development and application of quality measures. Pediatrics, 139(1), 66-76. https://doi.org/:10.1542/peds.2016-3442

Donabedian, A. (1997). The quality of care: How can it be assessed? Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 121(11), 1145-1150.

Sharafkhani, N. Khorsandi, M., Shamsi, M., & Ranjbaran, M. (2016). The effect of an educational intervention program on the adoption of low back pain preventive behaviors in nurses: An application of the health belief model. Global Spine Journal, 6(1), 29-34. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0035-1555658

Stanik-Hutt, J., Newhouse, R. P., White, K. M., Johantgen, M., Bass, E. B., Zangaro, G., Wilson, R., Fountain, L., Steinwachs, D. M., Heindel, L., & Weiner, J. P. (2013). The quality and effectiveness of care provided by nurse practitioners. Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 9(8), 492-500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2013.07.004

Unit 2 Reading List

To access these articles, click on the linked title. You will be prompted for your CSS login. This is the same username and password you use to access my.CSS, Brightspace, and your CSS email. If you encounter problems, please contact Julie Rustad.


Dozois, D. J. A., Dobson, K. S., & Ahnberg, J. L. (1998). A psychometric evaluation of the Beck Depression Inventory-II. Psychological Assessment, 10(2), 83-89. https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.10.2.83 

Friedmann, E., Son, H., Thomas, S. A., Chapa, D. W. & Lee, H. J. (2014). Poor social support is associated with increases in depression but not anxiety over 2 years in heart failure outpatients. The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 29(1), 20-28. doi:10.1097/JCN.0b01e318276fa07

Ross, T., Ross, L., Rahman, A., & Cataldo, S. (2011). The bicycle helmet attitudes scale: Using the health belief model to predict helmet use among undergraduates. Journal of American College Health, 59(1), 29-36. doi:10.1080/07448481.2010.483702

Unit 3 Reading List

To access these articles, click on the linked title. You will be prompted for your CSS login. This is the same username and password you use to access my.CSS, Brightspace, and your CSS email. If you encounter problems, please contact Julie Rustad.


Atintade, B. F., Chapa, Friedmann, E., & Thomas, S. A. (2015). The influence of depression and anxiety symptoms on health-related quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter. The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 30(1), 66-73. https://doi.org/10.1097/JCN.0000000000000107

Chasens, E. R., Sereika, S. M., Burke, L. E., Strollo, P. J., & Korytkowski, M. (2014). Sleep, health-related quality of life, and functional outcomes in adults with diabetes. Applied Nursing Research, 27(4), 237-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2014.02.006

Rogers, E. S., Maru, M., Kash-MacDonald, M. Archer-Williams, M., Hashemi, L., & Boardman, J. (2016). A randomized clinical trial investigating the effect of a healthcare access model for individuals with severe psychiatric disabilities. Community Mental Health Journal, 52(6), 667-674. https://doi.org/10.1007.s10597-016-0009-3

Unit 4 Reading List

To access these articles, click on the linked title. You will be prompted for your CSS login. This is the same username and password you use to access my.CSS, Brightspace, and your CSS email. If you encounter problems, please contact Julie Rustad.


Montoya, V., Sole, M. L., & Norris, A. E. (2016). Improving the care of patients with chronic kidney disease using group visits: A pilot study to reflect an emphasis on the patients rather than the disease. Nephrology Nursing Journal, 43(3), 207-222. 

Unit 5 Reading List

To access these articles, click on the linked title. You will be prompted for your CSS login. This is the same username and password you use to access my.CSS, Brightspace, and your CSS email. If you encounter problems, please contact Julie Rustad.


Enguidanos, S., Gibbs, N., & Jamison, P. (2012). From hospital to home: A brief nurse practitioner intervention for vulnerable older adults. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 38(3), 40-50. https://doi.org/10.3928/00989134-20120116-01

Evangelista, J. K., Connor, J., Pintz, C., Saia, T., O'Connell, C., Fulton, D. R., & Hickey, P. (2012). Paediatric nurse practitioner managed cardiology clinics: Patient satisfaction and appointment access. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 68(10), 2165-2174. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05901.x

Kinder, F. D. (2016). Parents' perception of satisfaction with pediatric nurse practitioners' care and parental intent to adhere to recommended health care regimen. Pediatric Nursing, 42(3), 138-144. 

Unit 6 Reading List

To access these articles, click on the linked title. You will be prompted for your CSS login. This is the same username and password you use to access my.CSS, Brightspace, and your CSS email. If you encounter problems, please contact Julie Rustad.


Anderson, L., Gustat, J., & Becker, A. (2017). The relationship between the social environmental and lifestyle-related physical activity in a low-income African American inner-city southern neighborhood. Journal of Community Health, 40(5), 967-974. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-015-0019-z

Caley, L. M. (2012). Risk and protective factors associated with stress in mothers whose children are enrolled in early intervention services. Journal of Pediatric Healthcare, 26(5), 346-355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2011.01.001

Geiger, J. R., Wilks, S. E., & Livermore, M. M. (2014). Predicting SNAP participation in older adults: Do age categories matter? Educational Gerontology, 40(12), 932-946. https://doi.org/10.1080/ 03601277.2014.912837

 

Unit 7 Reading List

To access these articles, click on the linked title. You will be prompted for your CSS login. This is the same username and password you use to access my.CSS, Brightspace, and your CSS email. If you encounter problems, please contact Julie Rustad.


Allen, J. K., Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R., Szanton, S. L., & Frick, K. D. (2014). Cost-effectiveness of nurse practitioner/community health worker care to reduce cardiovascular health disparities. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 29(4), 308-314. https://doi.org/10.1097/JCN.0b013e3182945243

Blackmore, C. C., Edwards, J. W., Searles, C., Wechter, D., Mecklenburg, R., & Kaplan, G. S. (2013). Nurse practitioner-staffed clinic at Virginia Mason improves care and lowers costs for women with benign breast conditions. Health Affairs, 32(1), 20-26. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0006

Ornstein, K., Smith, K. L., Foer, D., Lopez-Cantor, M., & Soriano, T. (2011). To the hospital and back home again: A nurse practitioner-based transitional care program for hospitalized homebound people. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 59(3), 544-551. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03308.x

 

COVID Articles

To access these articles, click on the linked title. You will be prompted for your CSS login. This is the same username and password you use to access my.CSS, Brightspace, and your CSS email. If you encounter problems, please contact Julie Rustad.


COVID & Healthcare Disparities

Appold, K.(2020, June). Deadly and revealing: The toll that COVID-19 has taken on the African American community: Health and healthcare inequities are the most likely explanation for the disproportionate effect. Managed Healthcare Executive, 30(6), 5-7.

Fortuna, L. R., Tolou-Shams, M., Robles-Ramamurthy, B., & Porche, M. V. (2020). Inequity and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color in the United States: The need for a trauma-informed social justice response. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice & Policy, 12(5), 443-445. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000889

Hsu, H. E., Ashe, E. M., Silverstein, M., Hofman, M., Lange, S. J., Razzaghi, H., Mishuris, R. G., Davidoff, R., Parker, E. M., Penman-Aguilar, A., Clarke, K. E. N., Goldman, A., James, T. L., Jacobson, K., Lasser, K. E., Ziming, X., Peacock, G., Dowling, N. F., Goodman, A. B., & Xuan, Z. (2020, July 10). Race/ethnicity, underlying medical conditions, homelessness, and hospitalization status of adult patients with COVID-19 at an urban safety-net medical center - Boston, Massachusetts, 2020. MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 69(27), 864-869. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6927a3 

Nickitas, D. M. (2020). COVID-19, the realities of the depth of human suffering, health disparities, and despair: It's time to build a 21st Century public health system. Nursing Economic$, 38(3), 109-151. 

Rollston, R., & Galea, S. (2020). COVID-19 and the social determinants of health. American Journal of Health Promotion, 34(6), 687-689.

 

COVID & Primary Care Providers

Duckett, S. (2020). What should primary care look like after the COVID-19 pandemic? Australian Journal of Primary Health, 26(3), 207-211. https://doi.org/10.1071/py20095 

Kear, M. (2020, May). COVID story: Primary care. Florida Nurse, 65(3), 11.

Krist, A. H., DeVoe, J. E., Cheng, A., Ehrlich, T., & Jones, S. M. (2020). Redesigning primary care to address the COVID-19 pandemic in the midst of the pandemic. Annals of Family Medicine, 18(4), 349-354. https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2557

Wolfson, J. A. , & Leung, C. W. (2020). An opportunity to emphasize equity, social determinants, and prevention in primary care. Annals of Family Medicine, 18(40, 290-291. https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2559

 

COVID & Allocation of Scarce Resources

Farrell, T. W., Francis, L., Brown, T., Ferrante, L. E., Widera, E., Rhodes, R., Rosen, T., Hwang, U., Witt, L. J., Thothala, N., Liu, S. W., Vitale, C. A., Braun, U. K., Stephens, C., & Saliba, D. (2020). Rationing limited healthcare resources in the COVID-19 era and beyond: Ethical considerations regarding older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68(6), 1143-1149.  https://doi-org.akin.css.edu/10.1111/jgs.16539

Hodge, J. G., Wolf, S. M., Clayton, E. W., & Lawrenz, F. (2020). Revisiting legal foundations of crisis standards of care. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 48(1), 221-224. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3501693 

Joebges, S. (2020). Ethics guidelines on COVID-19 triage: An emerging international consensus. Critical Care, 24(2020), Article 201. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-02927-1

White, F. J., III. (2020). The prioritization of life-saving resources in a pandemic surge crisis. Issues in Law & Medicine, 35(1/2), 99-116.

 

COVID & Telemedicine

Annolino, H. (2020, July/August). Telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic: Increased demand means increased risk. Today's Geriatric Medicine, 13(4), 8-9.

Faget, K. Y. (2020). Telehealth in the wake of COVID-19. Journal of Health Care Compliance, 22(3), 5-10, 66.

Joint Commission. (2020, July). Telehealth services offer greater access to care during COVID-19. The Source, 18(7), 2-5.

Ladika, S. (2020, May). Opportunity calling. Will COVID-19 bring telehealth into the mainstream of American healthcare? Managed Healthcare Executive, 30(5), 19-21.

 

 

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