Browsing by Author "Luna, Gaye"

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    Telephone triage and seizure management for community-based ID/DD: A research synthesis
    (Sciedu, 2017) Auberry, Kathy; Cullen, Deborah; Luna, Gaye; School of Nursing
    Nurse and physician clinicians often guide seizure care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disability (ID/DD) through telephone triage. This article evaluated the evidence for epilepsy management tools with a focus on the telephone triage tool. Studies were included in the systematic review, data was extracted, followed by meta-aggregated findings. A rigorous methodological protocol was used as described by The Cochrane Collaboration. All quantitative or descriptive studies that included epilepsy management tools or protocols for persons with ID/DD living in a community-based setting were considered. No tools specific to ID/DD seizure management via telephone triage were discovered. Study results reveal a possible gap in clinical care. Research findings did support the use of telephone triage tools and epilepsy protocols for clinicians. These findings may improve seizure management by focusing ID/DD clinicians on the advantages of using such tools. Findings may also illuminate the need for seizure management tools specific to the ID/DD population.
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    When Baby Stops Breathing: Analysis of Parents’ Interviews
    (2019) Stiffler, Deborah; Cullen, Deborah; Stephenson, Evelyn; Luna, Gaye; Hartman, Taylor
    Sudden unexplained infant death (SUID) is responsible for 14% of Indiana’s infant mortality (ISDH, 2015a). The purpose of this qualitative research study was to describe parents’ experiences when death of an infant occurred suddenly and unexpectedly. Field deputies or social workers interviewed mothers or fathers from central Indiana during the child-death team investigations. The Thematic Analysis Program (TAP) from the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) was used to analyze interview data. Seventeen de-identified interview cases were extracted, and a meta-aggregate method was conducted. The three synthesized themes were Extreme Emotional Shock, We Feel Like We're to Blame, and Working Toward Moving On. Understanding these phenomena from mothers’ experience may assist in eliminating risks associated with infant deaths and inform nursing practice and policy.