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Nurse leader behavior and patient safety.
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The incidence and significance of harm that occurs to patients while in the hospital setting continues to be alarming despite decades of efforts to produce safer healthcare systems. Leaders have a role in ensuring staff ...
Toward increasing leadership capacity in nurses: an exploration of the state and future perspectives of leadership education in pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing programs.
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the state and future perspectives of leadership education in pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing programs. Study objectives were to describe nurse educator and practice ...
THE IMPACT OF THE USE OF PROFICIENCY-BASED RUBRICS ON STUDENT GRADING
(East Carolina University, 2015-04-24)
The purpose of this study is to determine impact of the proficiency-based rubric on student learning, the teacher’s ability to provide consistency in student grading, and communication to parents regarding the child’s ...
PERCEPTIONS OF HOW VIRTUAL LEARNING AND SEAT TIME IMPACT STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL
(East Carolina University, 2015-04-29)
The purpose of this study is to identify an appropriate structure to successfully serve all alternative students in an effort to increase the graduation rate and academic proficiency of the students at an alternative high ...
INCREASING TEACHER AVAILABLILITY : RECONCEPTUALIZATION OF POLICY, INCENTIVES, AND MANAGEMENT TOOLS TO PRODUCE DISTRICT COST-SAVINGS
(East Carolina University, 2015-04-24)
The impact the lack of teacher availability has on school budgets and the burden imposed on school finances resulted in one small school district paying in excess of $500,000 per year for the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 school ...
Impact of simulation experiences on learning transfer in new graduate registered nurses.
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of pre-work factors (healthcare experience, type of education, type and frequency of simulation exposure) and work factors (type and frequency of simulation exposure) ...
THE IMPACT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA FUTURE READY CORE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS ON HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS COURSE ENROLLMENT PATERNS, COLLEGE MATHEMATIC READINESS, AND POST HIGH SCHOOL INTENTIONS
(East Carolina University, 2015-04-24)
The study examined high school mathematics course enrollment patterns, college mathematic readiness, and post high school intentions during the planning and implementation of the Future Ready Core high school graduation ...
Job satisfaction and intent to leave of nursing assistants in a hospital setting.
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Nursing assistants are an important part of the healthcare team in hospitals. However, there has been little research about the antecedents of job satisfaction and intent to leave of nursing assistants in hospitals. The ...
The extracellular processing of aggrecan aggregate and its effect on CD44 mediated internalization of hyaluronan.
(East Carolina University, 2015)
In many cells the hyaluronan receptor CD44 mediates the endocytosis of hyaluronan and its delivery to endosomes / lysosomes. The regulation of this process remains largely unknown. In most extracellular matrices hyaluronan ...
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, ...