Abbot Packard
University of West Georgia
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Pain Management Nursing | 2008
Cynthia D. Epps; Laurie Jowers Ware; Abbot Packard
Although many studies have documented ethnic disparities in analgesia administration, few have dealt with the wait time for analgesia in the emergency department, despite the fact that the provision of timely and appropriate analgesia should be a primary goal in caring for patients. Inadequate analgesia has been reported for patients presenting with long bone fractures, and a body of evidence exists indicating that ethnic and minority patients may be receiving inadequate pain care when presenting to the emergency department for treatment of long bone fractures. The purpose of the present research was to determine whether wait time differences in pain treatment existed for ethnic and minority adults (18 years old or older) who were admitted to the emergency department suffering from long bone fractures using a quantitative retrospective design. Purposive sampling of medical records of 234 European-American, African-American, and Hispanic patients presenting with long bone fractures from two small Georgia hospitals were analyzed. Although Hispanic, European-American, and African-American patients in this study all reported substantial pain, a significant (p = .005) overall wait time difference was found between Hispanic and European-American patients, with Hispanic patients waiting an average of 102 minutes for the first dose of analgesia, and the European-Americans waiting an average of 67 minutes. Significant (p = .011) wait time differences were also found between Hispanics and European Americans when opioids were ordered and when there was a nurse notation of pain in the record (p = .029).
Reading Psychology | 2008
Rosalind Duplechain; Ronald Reigner; Abbot Packard
This study explored the relationship between childhood traumatic exposure, such as violence and loss of a significant other, and reading achievement. With a sample of 163 urban elementary children (grades 2–5), the impact of traumatic events on 3 years of reading scores was examined. Results suggested that violence exposure had an adverse effect on reading scores and that there was a striking difference between students who experienced moderate exposure as compared to students with high exposure. However, both groups of students experienced a significant decrease in reading achievement. Discussion of these findings proposes an explanation for why reading achievement might be adversely affected by traumatic exposure and gives suggestions for teachers to utilize with those students identified as having been exposed to traumatic events.
Pain Management Nursing | 2006
Laurie Jowers Ware; Cynthia D. Epps; Keela Herr; Abbot Packard
Oncology Nursing Forum | 2012
Ann Hook; Laurie Jowers Ware; Bobbie Siler; Abbot Packard
Education 3-13 | 2010
Andy Nixon; Abbot Packard; Gus Douvanis
Pain Management Nursing | 2015
Laurie Jowers Ware; Keela Herr; Staja “Star” Booker; Kelley Dotson; Jennifer Key; Norma Poindexter; Gia Pyles; Bobbie Siler; Abbot Packard
Universal Access in The Information Society | 2014
Ravic P. Ringlaben; Marty Bray; Abbot Packard
Planning and changing | 2010
Andy Nixon; Margaret Dam; Abbot Packard
International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation | 2011
Andy Nixon; Abbot Packard; Margaret Dam
The Teacher Educator | 2013
Andy Nixon; Abbot Packard; Margaret Dam