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Assembly Required
(East Carolina University, 2023-04-27)Assembly Required is a narrative-driven project using found objects to explore themes of imagination, community, impermanence, and reinvention. The artworks encapsulated within this research are fabricated almost entirely ... -
Assessing and Improving Nurses' Cultural Competence
(2024-05-04)Introduction: Cultural competence is an important component of patient care and needs to be implemented more by nurses. Addressing cultural competence will assist in improving patients’ health, decreasing healthcare ... -
Assessing Anesthesia and Post Anesthesia Care Unit Perceptions of Adequacy of a Patient Care Handoff Tool: A Doctor of Nursing Practice Project
(2021-12-07)This DNP Project aimed to assess the perceptions of CRNAs and PACU RNs regarding a standardized handoff checklist utilized during transfer of care from the operating room to the PACU in a level one trauma center in the ... -
Assessing anesthesia providers’ perceptions of adequacy of endotracheal tube cuff occlusion assessment techniques: A DNP project
(2021-12-07)Current literature describes subjective and objective endotracheal tube cuff pressure measurement techniques and their effectiveness. However, current literature does not assess anesthesia providers’ perceptions of the ... -
Assessing Anesthesia Providers’ Perceptions of Adequacy of Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure Assessment Techniques: A Doctor of Nursing Practice Project
(2021-12-06)Endotracheal tube cuff pressure management is an important patient care intervention within the intraoperative setting. Current management practices include several subjective measurement methods as well as an objective ... -
Assessing Anesthesia Providers’ Preferences and Perceptions of Adequacy of Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure Assessment Techniques: A Quality Improvement Project
(2021-12-07)This Doctor of Nursing Practice project assessed CRNA preferences and perceptions of adequacy regarding subjective versus objective methods to assess endotracheal tube cuff pressure. The ideal pressure within an endotracheal ... -
ASSESSING BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO PARENTAL VISITATION AND PARENTING ACTIVITIES DURING INFANT HOSPITALIZATION IN A NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AND A SPECIAL CARE NURSERY
(East Carolina University, 2016-12-15)Health and long-term outcomes of neonates hospitalized directly after birth are affected by the work of medical professionals and by parental involvement in care (Vergara, et al., 2006). Research shows that parental ... -
Assessing Burnout and Resilience in Advanced Practice Clinicians
(2023-07-21)Burnout is a work-related phenomenon consisting of emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and dissatisfaction with personal accomplishments (PA). Nurse practitioners (NP) experiencing increased burnout were at ... -
Assessing cellular and genomic damage from environmental nickel using a GFP containing strain of Caenorhabditis elegans
(East Carolina University, 2013)Nickel is a naturally found mineral that has become widely used for many electronic devices. As use and subsequent discarding of nickel containing products continues exposure to nickel increases. Nickel can cause external ... -
Assessing Children's Physical Activity in Their Homes: The Observational System for Recording Physical Activity in Children-Home
(East Carolina University, 2009)The present study describes the development and pilot testing of the Observation System for Recording Physical Activity in Children-Home version. This system was developed to document physical activity and related physical ... -
Assessing Educational Needs of Unlicensed Assistive Personnel in Assisted Living Facilities Caring for Dementia Patients
(2015-11-20)Background: The World Health Organization predicts the number of dementia cases worldwide to grow to 65.7 million by 2030 and 115.4 million by 2050. As this occurs, an increased number of older adults are expected to seek ... -
Assessing floor slipperiness in campus dining halls using objective and subjective measures
(East Carolina University, 2017-12-13)Floor slipperiness is a critical issue in slip and fall incidents which are a major source of occupational injuries. The objectives of this study were to investigate if the protocols used in a field study conducted in ... -
Assessing Future Water Resources : The Influence of Climate Change, Population Growth and Land Use Change in the Lower Cape Fear Basin, North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2011)With the possibility of future fresh water shortages increasing, a methodology for predicting future water availability conditions is needed. This research outlines a methodology to estimate these conditions based on the ... -
Assessing Methodological Contamination in Organic Residue Analysis using FT-IR Spectroscopy
(East Carolina University, 2012)Organic residue analysis (ORA) has become a mainstay in modern archaeological and conservation research. Organic residues recovered from archaeological and conservation contexts represent an accumulation of materials by ... -
Assessing Morphological Variability in Silversides along the Mid-Atlantic Bight
(2015)Inland silversides (Menidia beryllina) and Atlantic silversides (Menidia menidia) are ubiquitous fishes in the estuaries on the east coast of the United States. These species are very similar in appearance and may share ...