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Practice Guide for Anesthetic Management of the Parturient Undergoing External Cephalic Version (ECV)
(2016-11-24)
Despite the World Health Organization’s recommendation that cesarean delivery (CD) rates not exceed 15%, one in three women in the United States have a CD. This is a 50% increase since the mid 1990’s. The Term Breech ...
An Exploration of Heart Failure Readmission in Eastern North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2016-07-27)
The purpose of this study is to identify and associate the level of patient activation and presence of comorbidities with early readmission, hospital discharge disposition, length of stay, number of admissions and all-cause ...
Improving Contraception Use in the Postpartum Period
(2016-07)
In the United States (U.S.) there are 6.4 million pregnancies per year, over half of which (51%) are unintended. At the time of hospital discharge many women do not have a postpartum contraception plan which puts them at ...
Implementing Antibiotic Stewardship in an Ambulatory Urgent Care Setting
(2016-07-09)
Antibiotic prescriptions for the treatment of common viral infections such as acute uncomplicated bronchitis are discouraged because they contribute to both avoidable adverse events and the development of bacterial resistance. ...
Health Promotion for African-American Men: Improving awareness of the link between erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular disease
(2016-12-02)
Emerging literature has shown there is link between erectile dysfunction (ED) and cardiovascular (CVD) disease. It has been suggested that ED is an independent risk factor for CVD. The presence of moderate to severe ED in ...
Factors Facilitating Peer-Reviewed Publication by Clinical Nurses in Magnet Settings
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
Clinical nurses are in pivotal positions to generate best practices to influence health care reform and advance nursing science in hospital settings. It is critical that clinical nurses disseminate these best practices ...