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Post-graduate Nurse Practitioner Education: Impact on Job Satisfaction
(2015-07-17)
Problem Statement: Programs to facilitate Nurse Practitioner (NP) transition to practice have been developed at public and private institutions across the US and there is no published evidence of their influence on NP job ...
Primary Care Providers' Barriers and Adherence to the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Mammography Screening Guidelines
(2015-07-16)
Earlier detection through mammography screening, increased awareness, and improved treatment modalities has resulted in a decline in breast cancer incidence. Despite the availability of the clinical guidelines by the United ...
REDUCING ABSENTEEISM AMONG CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS THROUGH SCHOOL NURSE COLLABORATION
(2015-05-01)
This senior honors project was conducted as a part of a community health course in a baccalaureate nursing program. In this course, a senior nursing student completed the senior honors project in collaboration with a ...
Hospice nurses' experience of caring for the elderly with wounds at the end-of-life.
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Background: The goal of hospice care is to maximize quality of life and provide peace, comfort, and dignity to patients with terminal illness. Older dying patients pose unique challenges to meeting this essential goal, ...
Usual Care Versus Best Practice: A Program Evaluation on Fall Risk Assessment
(2014)
In the United States, falls are a significant cause of morbidity, mortality, and loss of independence in the older adult population. One third of adults, age 65 years and older, fall each year (Centers for Disease Control ...
The Effects of School Sports Programs on Obesity in Adolescents
(2014)
In the Southeastern United States, healthcare issues related to obesity in adolescents ages 13-18 years have become a growing concern. Along with an increasing body mass index in these adolescents comes many other comorbidities ...
Health Literacy Perception and Experience among Members of the Pediatric Nephrology Interprofessional Team
(2015-06-17)
A project utilizing a twenty-six question web based electronic survey was conducted to examine a convenience sample of pediatric nephrology interprofessional team member characteristics, health literacy perception and ...
Perceptions of nursing as a career option held by men with experiences in military health care.
(East Carolina University, 2011)
Despite notable efforts to present nursing as a viable career for men, the profession remains predominately female, and the modest changes in the numbers of men has not kept pace with the increasing demand for nursing ...
Nurse practitioner perceptions regarding the impact of regulatory requirements for physician oversight on nurse practitioner practice
(East Carolina University, 2012)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of Nurse Practitioners (NPs) regarding the impact of regulatory requirements for physician oversight on NP practice regarding the impact of physician oversight ...
Prenatal yoga practice in late pregnancy and patterning of change in optimism, power, and well-being
(East Carolina University, 2011)
Abstract The purpose of this study was to explore changes in human-environmental field patterning of optimism, power, and well-being over time, in women during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy upon completion ...