Marcia Williams
Biographic Data
| ID | 6516005 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marcia Williams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marcia |
| FAMILY NAME | Williams |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9532-3245 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Retrospective review of medicine utilization for noncommunicable diseases in three public sector pharmacies in Jamaica
Objective. The rational use of medicines offers a cost-saving strategy to maximize therapeutic outcomes for developing and developed countries. The aim of this study was to evaluate the rational use of medicines for selected noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) at three pharmacies at public hospitals in Jamaica using the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) prescribing indicators. Methods. In this retrospective cross-sectional study, prescriptions for …
A group telehealth intervention for rural perinatal depression and anxiety
More than one in five rural childbearing women experience perinatal depression (PD). Major barriers to mental health services in rural areas include lack of mental health resources. Telehealth is an approach to improving access to services but has not been well studied in rural childbearing populations. We explored the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary assessment of effectiveness of a group telehealth intervention for PD in rural women.…
Developing the Resilience Framework for Nursing and Healthcare
Despite four decades of resilience research, resilience remains a poor fit for practice as a scientific construct. Using the literature, we explored the concepts attributed to the development of resilience, identifying those that mitigate symptoms of distress caused by adversity and facilitate coping in seven classes of illness: transplants, cancer, mental illness, episodic illness, chronic and painful illness, unexpected events, and illness with…
Developing strategies to assist sudden-death families
In 1983, emergency department RNs from a 600-bed acute care hospital in the Midwest initiated a holistic nursing intervention that, focused on meeting the needs of the grieving survivor at the time of death notification, and for a period of 2 months after the death. The purpose of the intervention was to provide a supportive link with the survivor in which listening, crisis intervention, grief symptom normalization, and community referral were pr…
Developing strategies to assist sudden-death families
In 1983, emergency department RNs from a 600-bed acute care hospital in the Midwest initiated a holistic nursing intervention that, focused on meeting the needs of the grieving survivor at the time of death notification, and for a period of 2 months after the death. The purpose of the intervention was to provide a supportive link with the survivor in which listening, crisis intervention, grief symptom normalization, and community referral were pr…
Developing strategies to assist sudden-death families
In 1983, emergency department RNs from a 600-bed acute care hospital in the Midwest initiated a holistic nursing intervention that, focused on meeting the needs of the grieving survivor at the time of death notification, and for a period of 2 months after the death. The purpose of the intervention was to provide a supportive link with the survivor in which listening, crisis intervention, grief symptom normalization, and community referral were pr…
Developing the Resilience Framework for Nursing and Healthcare
Despite four decades of resilience research, resilience remains a poor fit for practice as a scientific construct. Using the literature, we explored the concepts attributed to the development of resilience, identifying those that mitigate symptoms of distress caused by adversity and facilitate coping in seven classes of illness: transplants, cancer, mental illness, episodic illness, chronic and painful illness, unexpected events, and illness with…
A group telehealth intervention for rural perinatal depression and anxiety
More than one in five rural childbearing women experience perinatal depression (PD). Major barriers to mental health services in rural areas include lack of mental health resources. Telehealth is an approach to improving access to services but has not been well studied in rural childbearing populations. We explored the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary assessment of effectiveness of a group telehealth intervention for PD in rural women.…
Retrospective review of medicine utilization for noncommunicable diseases in three public sector pharmacies in Jamaica
Objective. The rational use of medicines offers a cost-saving strategy to maximize therapeutic outcomes for developing and developed countries. The aim of this study was to evaluate the rational use of medicines for selected noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) at three pharmacies at public hospitals in Jamaica using the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) prescribing indicators. Methods. In this retrospective cross-sectional study, prescriptions for …
Medicine (4 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Medical emergency (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Psychotherapist (2 works) · Active listening (1 work)