Original Research
The Effectiveness of Utilizing Graded Exercise Tests in Cardiac Rehabilitation
Rachel Cozzi, DHSc, MSCEP, LAT, ATC, NASM-SFS and Tracy Matthews, PhD.
South Asian Low-sodium sTudy (SALT): A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Salima Hemani, RN, MSN, PhD and Monica Parry, NP, PhD.
Self-Maintenance Strategies for High Blood Pressure Improvement and Compliancy: 50 patient CVD and DM Analysis
Anne Swearingen, RN, BSN.
Lifestyle Education for Patient's Risk Factor Control - Cardiology Nurses' Knowledge, Attitude and Practise per ESC 2021 CVD Prevention Guidelines: A cross-sectional survey
Mary Karisma Joy, MS.
Efficacy of Using a Mobile Application in Support of Postdischarge Compliance Among Heart Failure Patients.
Emelia Asamoah, PhD, MSN, RN.
Qualitative study of post-discharge distress and care needs of post-operative cardiac surgery patients
Akiko Makino, RN, MSN, CS and Toshiko Yoshida, RN, PHN, PhD.
Genderized Roles Influencing Preventive Physical Activity in Women with Limited Resources.
MaryBeth Vieira Sosa, PhD, RN, CNE, Elizabeth Chin, PhD, RN, and Kristen Sethares, PhD, RN, CNE, FAHA, FHFSA.
Physical Activity Self-efficacy and Text Message Intervention Among Northeast Louisiana Women with Cardiovascular Disease
Sherrie Roberson, DNS, RN.
Effectiveness and barriers of nutrition education programs in Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) to improve diet quality
Mary Frances Donnelly, RD, LD.
A Survey of the self-management support for cancer patients with cardiovascular disease in Japan
Toshiko Yoshida, RN, PHN, PhD, Mika Obuse, RN, MSN, and Akiko Makino, RN, MSN, CNS.
Efficacy and safety of evinacumab in pediatric patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
Albert Wiegman, Susanne Greber-Platzer, Shazia Ali, Divya Singh, M. Doortje Reijman, Eliot A Brinton, Min-Ji Charng, Shubha Srinivasan, Carissa Baker-Smith, Seth Baum, Julie Brothers, Jacob Hartz, Patrick M. Moriarty, Poulabi Banerjee, Richard T George, Robert Pordy
Evaluation of Cardiac Risk Factors using the PE-CRPS among Patients with Cardiovascular Disease
Kathy Prue-Owens, PhD, RN; Lori Smith MBA HC, BSN, RRT, CCRP; Janell Sinclair, BSN, RN, CCRP; Garvita Thareja, PhD, MS, MHA, PT, CHES
Disparities in Hypertension, Hyperglycemia, and Hypercholesterolemia Screening Among Hispanic, African, and Asian Immigrants: Evidence from the 2011-2018 National Health Interview Survey
Chitchanok Benjasirisan, MS, RN; Sabrina Elias, PhDc, MSN, RN; Arum Lim, MSN, RN; Suratsawadee Kruahong, MS, RN; Samuel Byiringiro, PhDc, MS, RN; Yuling Chen, PhD; Ruth Alma Turkson Ocran, PhD, MPH, RN, FNP BC; Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN; Yvonne Commodore Mensah, PhD, MHS, RN, FPCNA, FAAN, FAH A; Binu Koirala, PhD, MGS, RN.
Healthcare Access & Utilization among Middle Eastern Immigrants with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors
Kathy Prue-Owens, PhD, RN; Lori Smith MBA HC, BSN, RRT, CCRP; Janell Sinclair, BSN, RN, CCRP; Garvita Thareja, PhD, MS, MHA, PT, CHES
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Perception of Providers’ Cultural Competency among Adults with Hypertension in 2017 National Health Interview Survey
Faith E. Metlock, BSN, RN; Oluwabunmi Ogungbe, PhD, MPH, RN; Thomas Hinneh, MScIH, BSN, RN; Abeer Alharthi, MSN,RN; Sabrina Elias, PhDc, MSN, RN; Suratsawadee Kruahong, RN; Binu Koirala, PhD, MGS, RN; Diana Baptiste, DNP, RN, CNE; Cheryl Himmelfarb, PhD, RN; Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, PhD, MHS, RN.
Patient characteristics and suboptimal blood pressure control in Primary Health Care settings in Bono Region, Ghana; A multicentre cardiovascular disease and diabetes project.
Thomas Hinneh MScIH, BSN, RN, Ursula Neideck, Abraham Dzidonu, Irene Markert, Kwabena Kumi MD, Pascaline Akaab, Oluwabunmi Ogungbe, PhD, MPH, RN, Faith E. Metlock, BSN, RN, Yvonne Commodore Mensah, PhD, MHS, RN.
Heart Failure Subtypes Influence on 31 to 60-day Heart Failure Rehospitalization
Carolyn Sue-Ling, PhD, RN, MPA
How Effective are Vagal Maneuvers at Terminating Supraventricular Tachycardia Episodes?
Kathryn A. Wood, Bruce S. Stambler, Benoit Coutu, Anita Holz, Silvia Shardonofsky, David B. Bharucha, James E. Ip.
Associations between Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Fitness Amongst Young-Adults
Elizabeth Moxley, PhD, RN, BS, FPCNA, Marc Conrad, MS, Desale Habtzghi, PhD, Peter Chomentowski, PhD, Rachel Kowal, M.S.Ed., and Troy Loser, BS.
Associations Between Literacy, Health Literacy, eHealth Literacy, and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease in China: A Prospective Cohort Study
Yuling Chen, PhD, RN; Fang Li, BSN, RN; Zhiying Li, BSN, MSN, RN; Patricia M. Davidson, PhD, RN; Binu Koirala, PhD, RN; Sabrina Elias, MSN, PhDc, RN; Sarah Slone, APRN, DNP, PhDc; Faith Elise Metlock, PhDc; Turkson-Ocran Ruth-Alma, APRN, PhD; Hailey Miller, PhD; Samuel Byiringiro, MS, PhDc, RN; Bunmi Ogungbe, PhD, MPH, RN; Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, PhD, RN; Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, PhD, RN.
Assessing Life’s Essential 8 in Grandparents Primary Caregiver-Grandchild dyads
MinKyoung Song, PhD, RN, FNP, FAHA, Hannah C. Bessette, BSN, RN, Carol M. Musil, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, Karen S. Lyons, PhD, FGSA, Kerri M. Winters-Stone, PhD, FACSM, Laura L. Hayman, PhD, MSN, FAAN, FAHA, FPCNA.
Heterogeneity in Prevalence of Cardiovascular Health Behaviors among US-Born and Foreign-Born Latino Subgroups: Evidence from National Health Interview Survey
Sabrina Elias, PhDc, MSN, RN; Binu Koirala, PhD, MGS, RN; Abeer Alharthi, MSN, RN; Oluwabunmi Ogungbe, PhD, MPH, RN; Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, PhD, MPH, RN, FNP-BC; Yuling Chen, PhD; Samuel Byiringiro, MS, RN; Faith E. Metlock, BSN, RN; Diana Baptiste, DNP, RN, CNE; Hailey N. Miller, PhD, RN; Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN; Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, PhD, MHS, RN, FPCNA, FAAN, FAHA.
Associations between sociodemographic characteristics and receipt of behavioral counseling among adults at risk for cardiovascular disease
Hailey N. Miller, PhD, RN; Oluwabunmi Ogungbe, PhD, MPH, RN; Christina M. Hopkins, PhD; Erin M. Spaulding, PhD, RN; Ruth Alma Turkson Ocran, PhD, MPH, APRN, CNE; Yuling Chen, PhD, RN; Samuel Byiringiro, RN; Binu Koirala, PhD, RN; Diana Baptiste, DNP, RN, CNE, FAAN, Yvonne Commodore Mensah, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN; Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN.
Nurse-led Inpatient Heart Failure Program in a Community Hospital Improves Initiation of Guideline Directed Medication Therapy and Reduces Readmission Rates
Anita O. Rich, DNP, RN, CHFN, CDCES.
Heterogeneity in the Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors by Ethnicity and Birthplace among Asian Subgroups: Evidence from the 2010-2018 National Health Interview Survey
Arum Lim, MSN, RN; Sabrina Elias, PhDc, MSN, RN; Chitchanok Benjasirisan, MS, RN; Samuel Byiringiro, PhDc, MS, RN; Yuling Chen, PhD; Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, PhD, MPH, RN, FNP-BC; Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN; Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, PhD, MHS, RN, FPCNA, FAAN, FAHA; Binu Koirala, PhD, MGS, RN
The impact of acculturation on self-care behaviors among Chinese immigrants living with cardiovascular disease: a qualitative descriptive study
Ling Zeng, BN, MN, PhD, RN, Lin Perry, MSc, PhD, RN, Xiaoyue, Xu BN, MSc, MPH, PhD.
Steps of the Nursing Process to the Patient in Post-Operative Heart Surgery: Construction and Validation of a Scenario for Clinical Simulation
Salete M.F. Silqueira; Renato F. de Jesus; Raissa S. Souza
Innovative Projects
Reducing Heart Failure (HF) Readmissions in the Acute Care Setting
Jessica Bumgarner, BSN-RN, CHFN.
Improving Heart Failure Education: Evaluating Knowledge and Confidence in the Use of Teach Back in Cardiac Rehabilitation
Angela Summer, MPA, MSN, RN, CVRN-BC, Kimberly Whiteman, DNP, RN
Love Your Heart Passport
Evelyn Kelley, DNP, FNP-BC.
Standardization of Inpatient Telemetry Monitoring on Medical/Surgical Units
Krista Montgomery, BSN, RN and Laura Mack, MSN, RN, CNL
Graduate Capstone
Discharge Planning to Implement Guideline Medical Therapy to Readmission Rates in Adults with Heart Failure
Kathryn Norton, MSN, DNP, ACNS-C and Faith Works-Fleming, MSN, DNP, FNP-C.
Enhancing Cardiac Rehabilitation Enrollment Using Life After a Heart Attack Predischarge Intervention
Darreis Lucien, D.N.P., M.N., R.N., PHN, Rachel Labiak, M.S.N., R.N., and Javier E. Lopez, M.D.
Nasal Bridling for the Improved Delivery of Enteral Nutrition in the Medical CVICU
Mary Ellen Rose Hannan, BSN, RN, Tracey Wilson, DNP, ACNP
Effects of a Non-Pharmacological Sleep Promotion Bundle in Reducing Delirium
Samantha Balajthy RN, BSN, CCRN, Kristen Rawlett PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP, Sarah Craft RN, BSN, CCRN
Improving Cardiac Functional Status Through Self-Care Assessment and Education
Sarah Gilpatrick, RN, BSN; Rosemarie DiMauro Satyshur, Ph.D., RN