Browsing by Author "Floegel, Theresa A."
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Acceptability of Activity Monitor Use During and After Hospitalization in Older Adults with Heart Failure
Roberson, Rosa Caroline (East Carolina University, 2018-05-03)Background: Many activity monitors have been validated and accepted to track physical activity in adults, however research is limited in clinical populations such as older adults with heart failure. Health tends to decline ... -
Clinical Practice Change: Suboxone Use in Inpatient Psychiatry
Glenn, Alicia W. (2019-04-26)The opioid epidemic is public health crisis with veterans twice as likely as civilians to die from opioid overdose (National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence [NCADD], 2017). The VA prescribes Suboxone in the ... -
Early Mobility in the Hospital: Lessons Learned from the STRIDE Program
Hastings, Susan Nicole; Choate, Ashley L.; Mahanna, Elizabeth P.; Floegel, Theresa A.; Allen, Kelli D.; Houtven, Courtney H. Van; Wang, Virginia (2018-09-26)Immobility during hospitalization is widely recognized as a contributor to deconditioning, functional loss, and increased need for institutional post-acute care. Several studies have demonstrated that inpatient walking ... -
Implementation of Sacral Ulcer Prevention Protocol
Lamar, Amanda (2019-04-25)The purpose of this quality improvement project was to effect a change in nursing practice to prevent pressure ulcers in a hospital setting, by implementing an adjunctive nursing protocol aligned with current evidence-based ... -
Objective Measurement of Physical Activity Over Time in Older Adults with Heart Failure
Taylor, Catherine Lee (East Carolina University, 2019-05-03)Older adults with heart failure are at a greater risk for mortality, hospitalizations, and poorer health when their physical function and movement is limited. However, little objective data is available identifying functional ... -
Resource Tool Development and Implementation to Improve the Transition to Practice of Novice FNPs in Primary Care
Parker, Regina (2019-04-26)Many Family Nurse Practitioners (FNPs) have reported lower job satisfaction rates and feelings of discontentment regarding their roles as Advanced Practice Nurses because of poor transitions to practice. Factors that ... -
Standardized Documentation of Oral Nutrition Supplements in the Electronic Medical Record
Smith, Rebecca E. (2019-04-22)Malnutrition is a significant problem in hospitalized patients and a major cause for poor patient outcomes including: increased length of stay, readmission rates, hospital costs, and mortality. Methods to improve the ... -
STepped exercise program for patients with knee OsteoArthritis (STEP-KOA): protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Allen, Kelli D.; Bongiorni, Dennis; Caves, Kevin; Coffman, Cynthia J.; Floegel, Theresa A.; Greysen, Heather M.; Hall, Katherine S.; Heiderscheit, Bryan; Hoenig, Helen M.; Huffman, Kim M.; Morey, Miriam C.; Ramasunder, Shalini; Severson, Herbert; Smith, Battista; Van Houtven, Courtney; Woolson, Sandra (2019-05-28)Background: Physical therapy (PT) and other exercise-based interventions are core components of care for knee osteoarthritis (OA), but both are underutilized, and some patients have limited access to PT services. This ...