Finalized as a pilot tool in the summer of 2023 as doctoral dissertation research, the Integrative Review Methodology Appraisal Tool (IRMAT, “ear-mat”) is designed to appraise whether recommended methodological elements are present in published integrative reviews in the nursing literature. The IRMAT demonstrates evidence of construct validity, internal consistency reliability, and inter-rater reliability. The IRMAT has implications for educating doctoral nursing students and nurses in clinical practice on appraising integrative reviews in the nursing literature. The IRMAT may also be used by editors and peer reviewers to appraise submitted nursing integrative reviews prior to publication. The IRMAT User Guide includes all 18 items, with general instructions and descriptions of each item alongside a rubric to assist with scoring each item, and is available in PDF and Word formats.
Fifteen participants from one worksite setting, an academic medical research university, were engaged in a nutrition intervention beginning in March, 2019, lasting 12 weeks. They were measured for height, weight, circumferences (chest, iliac waist, mid-point waist, hips) blood pressure, and dietary intake X 3 at the start and after 3 months.
There was a lack of standardization of care for patients on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) at Kettering Medical Center. This project discusses the creation and implementation of a standardized VA ECMO physician order set, VA ECMO anticoagulation embedded physician order set, nursing policy and guideline, and standardized electronic health record (EHR) documentation within an ECMO-specific Epic flowsheet.
