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HPNA Practice Drivers
   
HPNA Practice Drivers help keep you up-to-date on evidence-based practice. They are summaries of research articles on a variety of clinical topics. Each article is succinctly condensed to give you just the information you need to practice. After the article summaries is a list of Practice Points which recaps the “take to practice” points from the articles. A collection of three topics are selected each quarter and placed on a flash drive. Each topic is prepared as a PDF file which can be printed and shared with colleagues.
 
Collection Article Summaries Price
Spring 2010  Diverse Groups III $20 - HPNA Members
$25 - non-Members

The Spring 2010 Practice Driver is the third in a series of Practice Drivers on Diverse Groups. The Spring 2010 Practice Driver focuses on groups of people that a cultural connection that is not based on ethnicity including Incarcerated, Intellectual Disabilities, Pediatrics, Rural, Sexual Minorities, Veterans, and Women Religious. Each article includes information on who provides healthcare, how medical decisions are made, communication issues, customs, or rituals followed when someone dies, and other topics specific to each culture. This Practice Driver also includes HPNA Patient/Family Teaching Sheets and TIPs Sheets.


 
Fall 2009  Diverse Groups II $20 - HPNA Members
$25 - non-Members
The Fall 2009 Practice Driver is the second in a series of Practice Drivers on Diverse Groups. The Fall 2009 Practice Driver focuses on cultures of people who live in or are from Asia, Europe, and the Middle East : Chinese Americans, Filipino, Irish/Celtic, Islamic Community, Italian, Japanese, Persian Nationality, Polish, and Thai & Laotian. Each article includes information on who provides healthcare, how medical decisions are made, communication issues, customs, or rituals followed when someone dies, and other topics specific to each culture. This Practice Driver also includes HPNA Patient/Family Teaching Sheets and TIPs Sheets.

Summer 2009  Factors Influencing Medical Decision-Making And Treatment Preferences $20 - HPNA Members
$25 - non-Members
Advance Directives were born out of the desire to help healthcare providers and caregivers understand and honor the preferences of incapacitated patients. The Summer 2009 Practice Driver discusses role of Differences in Race, Health Literacy, and accuracy of Surrogate Decision Making; End-of-Life Decision Making, Influence on Patients and Caregivers; and Spirituality and Religion: Influence on Treatment Preferences and Quality of Life when making decisions at the end of life.

Winter 2009  Diverse Groups $20 - HPNA Members
$25 - non-Members
The Winter 2009 Practice Driver is the first in a series of Practice Drivers on Diverse Groups. The Winter 2009 Practice Driver focuses on cultures of people who live in North America: African Americans and People of African Descent, Hispanic Cultures, Mexican-American Elders, Native American ( Pueblo ), and Old Order Amish. Each articles includes information on who provides healthcare, how medical decisions are made, communication issues, customs or rituals followed when someone dies, and other topics specific to each culture. This Practice Driver also includes HPNA Patient/Family Teaching Sheets and TIPs Sheets in Spanish.

 
Spring 2008  Cancer-Related topics $20 - HPNA Members
$25 - non-Members
The Spring 2008 Practice Driver contains summaries of:

  • Cancer-Related Fatigue
  • Cancer-Related Depression
  • Cancer-Related Constipation

 
Winter 2008  Enteral Feeding in Patients with Neurogenic Dysphagia
Management of Terminal Secretions
The Use of Opioids and Sedation at End of Life
$20 - HPNA Members
$25 - non-Members
The Winter 2008 Practice Driver contains summaries of:

  • Enteral Feeding in Patients with Neurogenic Dysphagia
  • Management of Terminal Secretions
  • The Use of Opioids and Sedation at End of Life