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Best Practices in Providing Culturally Sensitive Care to the LGBTQ Population in a Hospice Setting
(2019-04-22)Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ) persons are at risk for discrimination in the healthcare setting. Lack of education for healthcare providers on use of inclusive language and terminology is seen ... -
Birth Cohort Screening for Hepatitis C Virus
(2019-07-15)Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been identified as a global, national, and local public health concern. Leading public health organizations have identified high-risk population groups and have developed screening guidelines. ... -
Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Screenings in Physical Therapy: An Interprofessional DNP Project
(2018-11-26)Physical therapists are increasing their autonomous practice, which includes direct patient referral without a provider first assessing the patient. The Guide to Physical Therapist Practice recommends that every patient ... -
Breast feeding intention and initiation among rural, low-income Native American and African American adolescent mothers in North Carolina: testing the theory of planned behavior
(East Carolina University, 2014)Abstract Infant feeding practices can greatly impact a child's life with far reaching implications based upon decisions a mother makes for her newborn. Breastfeeding is the preferred method of infant feeding because of ... -
Breast Reconstruction: Effects on Body Image Following Surgery
(2017-04-25)Women undergoing breast reconstruction are susceptible to many consequences from this process including negative implications on the female psyche related to body image. This project assessed the satisfaction women had ... -
Breastfeeding Education for Obstetric Providers in a Rural Public Health Department
(2020-05-05)Breastfeeding has many known positive benefits for both mother and baby. Prenatal breastfeeding education has been proven beneficial to expectant mothers; however, there is no known current data recommending how often and ... -
BREASTFEEDING SELF-EFFICACY IN WOMEN USING ASSISTIVE TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES TO ADDRESS MATERNAL AND INFANT FEEDING PROBLEMS
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-03)This dissertation used the theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1991, 2002) and breastfeeding self-efficacy theory (Dennis, 1999) to explore relationships among breastfeeding self-efficacy and both the source and intensity ... -
Bridging the Gap: S.T.A.B.L.E. cardiac education and nurses’ self-efficacy
(2016-12-08)Background: Congenital heart diseases (CHD) are the leading cause of birth defect-associated infant illness and death. An estimated 40,000 infants are born each year with CHDs and of those, about one fourth are labeled ... -
Changing Prescribing Patterns Through Early Identification of High Risk Patients
(2018-07-16)The prescription drug use/abuse epidemic is increasing within the United States, and has affected 12.5 million Americans and the U.S. economy with an estimated $50 billion/year in lost wages, productivity, and criminal ... -
Clinic Staff Adherence to the CDC’s STD Treatment Guidelines: A QI Initiative in a Local Health Department
(2016-07-25)The Orange County Health Department (OCHD), a medium sized health department in central North Carolina, manages many patients for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) based on the CDC’s STD Treatment Guidelines and guidance ... -
Clinical Ladder Mentoring: The Impact on Nursing Professional Development
(2019-07-17)Clinical ladder mentorship programs engage registered nurses in professional development, improve job satisfaction, and retention. The aim of this quality improvement project was to foster professional growth in early to ... -
Clinical Practice Change: Suboxone Use in Inpatient Psychiatry
(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 ... -
Co-Prescribing Naloxone Policy for Chronic Pain Patients on Opioid Therapy
(2020-07-29)Opioid misuse and overdose related deaths are an escalating problem in the nation that crosses all gender, age, sociologic, economic, and race barriers. A private practice clinic treating chronic pain with opioid medication ... -
Co-prescribing Naloxone with Opioids in the Emergency Department
(2019-04-24)Background: The United States is facing an opioid epidemic with 115 Americans dying every day from opioid overdoses and they are the leading cause of accidental death. Naloxone (Narcan) is an opioid antagonist, which ... -
COGNITIVE APPRAISAL OF STRESS AND COPING OF INTRADYALITIC EVENTS IN PERSONS ON HEMODIALYSIS
(East Carolina University, 2017-11-06)Although hemodialysis (HD) has the propensity to preserve and maintain life, the person on HD is at risk for adverse intradialytic events (IDEs) during the treatment such as cramping, loss of consciousness, and death. A ... -
COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)Chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and targeted biological therapies are cancer treatments that can increase survivorship in patients with breast cancer, yet the associated cognitive side effects of therapy can significantly ... -
Collaborative Training Strategies to Reduce COVID-19 Propagation in Long Term Care Facilities
(2021-04-22)The COVID-19 pandemic greatly impacted the health of our community. There were a disproportionate number of deaths in long-term care facilities. The purpose of this DNP project was to prepare COVID-19 Strike Team members ... -
Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Large Healthcare Organization
(2019-07-22)Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is a major health and financial burden internationally, nationally, and locally. Evidence has shown that early detection of CRC has improved the prognosis of patients diagnosed with CRC. Despite ... -
Community Accessible Resources, Education, and Screenings: Community Partnership providing Primary Care Services for Underserved Populations
(2018-04-17)The Community Accessible Resources, Education, and Screenings (CARES) Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project’s primary purpose was to provide healthcare services, support, and education that focused on health promotion, ... -
Community Health Clinic Implementation of a Medication Assisted Treatment program for Opioid Use Disorder
(2020-04-27)The opioid epidemic is affecting every aspect of communities, from the national level down to each state and city level. North Carolina reports over 50 percent of deaths being related to heroin and synthetic narcotics. ...