Karen H. Frith

ORCID: 0000-0003-0747-1297
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Research Areas
  • Health Sciences Research and Education
  • Nursing education and management
  • Patient Safety and Medication Errors
  • Electronic Health Records Systems
  • Online and Blended Learning
  • Quality and Safety in Healthcare
  • Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
  • Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
  • Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
  • Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Engineering Education and Curriculum Development
  • Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
  • COVID-19 diagnosis using AI
  • Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
  • Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
  • Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research
  • Health Education and Validation
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Child Development and Digital Technology

University of Alabama in Huntsville
2014-2023

Vanderbilt University
2011-2023

Mayo Clinic in Florida
2023

Fairfield University
2022

Prince George's Community College
2019

E Ink (South Korea)
2014-2019

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
2017

Weatherford College
2008-2014

Mercy Regional Medical Center
2010

Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center
2010

ChatGPT is the acronym for Chat Generative Pretrained Transformer, created by OpenAI and released in November 2022. It an advanced chatbot that uses artificial intelligence (AI) natural language processing to respond questions. also responds requests create text or images using models trained on information from Internet, books, articles, other sources (ChatGPT, 2022). Concern academic scientific communities about valid growing. Intelligent.com surveyed college students determine prevalence...

10.1097/01.nep.0000000000001129 article EN Nursing Education Perspectives 2023-04-24

ABSTRACT This study compared the effectiveness of different instructional communication methods in a Web-based course on students' cognitive learning, satisfaction, and motivation to complete course. A total 174 undergraduate nursing students were selected randomly assigned experimental or control groupe. Instruments included demographic data form, two examinations material, satisfaction scale, calculation completion rates. All received identical didactic materials. However, type varied...

10.3928/0148-4834-20030801-06 article EN Journal of Nursing Education 2003-08-01

Success for first-time takers of the NCLEX-RN has implications students, faculty, and nursing programs. As passing standard risen, some programs have experienced a corresponding decrease in their graduates' pass rates. This article describes one baccalaureate program's journey from low rates 2001 to greater student program success using data-based, analytical approach. Although an exit exam was requirement 20 years, change computerized testing more in-depth test preparation enhanced...

10.1097/00024665-200511000-00008 article EN CIN Computers Informatics Nursing 2005-11-01

The purpose of the project was to provide students with experiences develop their technology competency and examine student perceptions about an academic electronic medical record (EMR) as a learning tool. Nurse educators need integrate EMRs into curricula give practice in use documentation retrieval clinical information. findings this study indicated that students' at least 5 times resulted development positive EMR experience.

10.1097/nne.0000000000000072 article EN Nurse Educator 2014-07-26

The purposes of this study were to identify the physical, behavioral, and psychosocial consequences Internet use in undergraduate college students; evaluate whether time, social norms, adopter category predict use. Rogers' model for studying innovation was adapted study. A descriptive, correlational design used. Convenience sampling yielded 293 students who answered online survey. Consequences assessed with researcher-developed instrument, Scale (ICONS). Mean scores on behavioral subscales...

10.1097/00024665-200405000-00010 article EN CIN Computers Informatics Nursing 2004-05-01

Background Error-free care is the goal of health professionals, consumers, and public policy makers. Because nurses can be last barrier between a patient an error, there need to examine this pressing nursing issue—nurse staffing. Purpose This research examined predictive relationships nurse staffing outcomes in hospitals. Method A quantitative, cross-sectional design was used data on nearly 35 000 patients from 11 medical-surgical units 4 Data were extracted administrative databases over...

10.1097/qmh.0b013e3181dafe3f article EN Quality Management in Health Care 2010-04-01

It is hard to keep up with technological advances and the social structures that emerge from Internet its network of connected devices. During my nursing education career, I used text-based 1990s, thankful for dial-up connection library. was thrilled emergence interactive 2.0, rich audio video teaching engagement. Now, we have a new advancement, Metaverse, an immersive virtual environment where individuals can enter learn. In this column, describe augmented reality (AR), (VR) their...

10.1097/01.nep.0000000000001057 article EN Nursing Education Perspectives 2022-10-28

Nurse leaders are held accountable for staffing decisions and quality outcomes, sometimes without proper decision support tools. A nursing services dashboard can provide information to guide positive outcomes. The authors examine the sources, attributes, uses of administrative data assist nurse make informed in selecting inclusion their dashboard.

10.1097/nna.0b013e3181c47d45 article EN JONA The Journal of Nursing Administration 2009-12-15

The perceptions, knowledge, and commitment of clinical staff to shared governance were explored in a nonexperimental, survey research design, wherein preimplementation responses compared postimplementation responses. Using nonprobability sampling method, all members had the opportunity respond Shared Governance Survey at 1-year period. Thirty-eight areas, including inpatient outpatient included study. Both surveys contained short demographic section adapted from Minors et al. Results showed...

10.1097/00006216-200607000-00012 article EN Nursing Administration Quarterly 2006-07-01

Prolonged exposure to stress has been associated with chronic diseases, depression, and immune disorders. Stress perception is highly subjective. Assessment of occupational requires personalized physiological monitoring timely collection individual characterization sources stress. We implemented a wearable system for nurses - UAHealth. Personal monitors are on iPhone smartphones Ant+ wireless interface. Interbeat intervals collected from chest belt, step count cadence foot pod sensor. All...

10.1109/iembs.2011.6090612 article EN Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 2011-08-01

The project was a nurse-led implementation of software application, designed to combine clinical and demographic records for diabetes education program, which would result in secure, long-term record storage.Clinical information systems may be prohibitively expensive small practices require extensive training implementation. A review the literature suggests that use simple, practice-based registries offer an economical method monitoring outcomes diabetic patients.The database using common...

10.1097/nur.0b013e31820aefd6 article EN Clinical Nurse Specialist 2011-02-10

Medication errors in intensive care units put patients at risk for injury or death every day. Safety requires an organized and systematic approach to improving the tasks, technology, environment, organizational culture associated with medication systems. The Systems Engineering Initiative Patient model can help leaders health providers understand complicated high-risk work critical care. Using this model, author combines a human factors well-known structure-process-outcome of quality...

10.4037/nci.0b013e3182a8b516 article EN AACN Advanced Critical Care 2013-10-01

In one of Dr. Diane Skiba's last columns, she described the "invisible health care provider" as a way to illustrate made possible by transforming big data collected from personal and medical devices into actionable information using artificial intelligence (AI; Skiba, 2018). This column presents basic about AI identifies opportunities with associated risks. is science computers mimic human abilities (Nevala, 2017): speech, sensory abilities, movement, so much more. Machine learning subset...

10.1097/01.nep.0000000000000543 article EN Nursing Education Perspectives 2019-06-22

Ng, Yeow Chye PhD, CRNP, CPC, AAHIVE; Alexander, Susan DNP, ADM-BC; Frith, Karen H. RN, NEA-BC, CNEEditor(s): ANP-BC, ADM-BC Author Information

10.1097/cin.0000000000000445 article EN CIN Computers Informatics Nursing 2018-05-01

The Internet has become a tool for everyday use in the lives of many people; however, little is known about consequences using on well-being individuals. This article describes development Consequences Scale (ICONS), to measure physical, behavioral, economic, and psychosocial use. Content validity was established panel experts communications, construct confirmatory factor analysis. Reliability ICONS statistically Cronbach's alpha. result 44-item containing four subscales

10.1097/00024665-200509000-00013 article EN CIN Computers Informatics Nursing 2005-09-01

Success for first-time takers of the NCLEX-RN has implications students, faculty, and nursing programs. As passing standard risen, some programs have experienced a corresponding decrease in their graduates' pass rates. This article describes one baccalaureate program's journey from low rates 2001 to greater student program success using data-based, analytical approach. Although an exit exam was requirement 20 years, change computerized testing more in-depth test preparation enhanced...

10.1097/01.ncn.0000336443.39789.55 article EN Nurse Educator 2008-09-01

Long-term exposure to stress has been associated with chronic diseases, depression, and immune disorders. The precise detection assessment of depends on personalized physiological monitoring influence personal workplace factors We monitored nursing students during training a high fidelity simulator in the Real-time Physiological Monitoring Lab at University Alabama Huntsville. In this paper we present preliminary results pilot study. A total 14 participants were recorded: 12 female 2 male...

10.1109/embc.2012.6346788 article EN Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 2012-08-01

Providers treating low back pain must be confident and knowledgeable in evidence-based practice (EBP) to provide the best outcomes. An online education course was created an effort increase knowledge confidence EBP clinical guidelines specific occupational setting. There were 80 participants who completed pre-test post-test. The results showed a statistically significant improvement scores after completion of course. shown cost-effective, accessible tool for different health care providers.

10.1177/2165079915589034 article EN Workplace Health & Safety 2015-08-19

Abstract Nursing faculty who desire to expand their research portfolios will benefit from collaboration with researchers complimentary interests different universities across the world. International can enhance productivity of seek conduct studies similar populations in environments, and a larger impact based on findings studies. collaborative teams have potential make important discoveries that affect health Communication is critical step defining roles professional relationships involved...

10.1111/nhs.12312 article EN Nursing and Health Sciences 2016-10-26
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