Browsing College of Nursing 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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...