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Increasing Health Literacy of Parents of Children Age 0 to 5 Regarding Oral Health and Immunizations
(2021-07-15)Health literacy is “the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information needed to make appropriate health decisions” (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ... -
Increasing Health Literacy of Parents of Children Age 0 to 5 Regarding Oral Health and Immunizations
(2021-07-15)Health literacy is critical for people to make appropriate decisions regarding their health and their families. Low health literacy in parents creates a lack of understanding and knowledge about immunization and oral health ... -
Increasing Hepatitis C Screening in Primary Care
(2022-04-26)Infection with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is a grave health concern it is also a major cause of liver related morbidity and mortality in the United States (US) and globally. The incidence of HCV infection is increasing ... -
Increasing HPV Vaccination Rates Through Provider Intervention
(2018-04-25)Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most commonly sexually transmitted infection in the US. A vaccination is available that protects against the most common strands of the virus, however, uptake is low. A ... -
Increasing Identification of Stroke Risk in Atrial Fibrillation Patients
(2020-04-27)Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is known to be a significant risk factor for ischemic stroke, as well as other thromboembolic events. Patients with (AF) are at increased risk of arterial thromboembolism. The DNP Quality Improvement ... -
INCREASING INTRINSIC MOTIVATION FOR BLACK RURAL, FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS THROUGH A SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM AT A HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY
(East Carolina University, 2021-11-08)Rural students have been attending institutions of higher education in growing numbers over the last 10 years. Yet, little research has been conducted to examine the initial motivational factors amongst rural, first-generation ... -
Increasing LGBTQ Cultural Competence in Primary Care Providers
(2021-04-26)The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) community experiences healthcare disparities disproportionate to their cisgender and heterosexual counterparts. The etiology of these inequalities is ... -
Increasing Medication Adherence in a Primary Care Practice
(2021-07-22)The focus of this Doctor of Nursing Practice project was to target medication adherence in a private, rural primary care office, designated as a Rural Health Clinic, in a Tier 1 county in central North Carolina. The project ... -
Increasing minority enrollment in advanced classes in a rural North Carolina high school
(East Carolina University, 2021-04-28)Does allowing all students equal access to advanced classes have a direct impact on student achievement? The answer is one that can only be provided by engaging in the appropriate research that will allow the scholarly ... -
Increasing Oncology Advanced Practice Provider Retention
(2023-07-15)Background: COVID-19 placed extreme stress on the healthcare system, and many left their jobs due to stress and burnout. This issue brought to light the problem of dissatisfaction among Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) ... -
Increasing Ophthalmology Referrals for Early Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy
(2019-04-25)Diabetes mellitus currently afflicts 1 out of every 10 residents of North Carolina (North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, 2016). Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a distinct vascular complication of diabetes ... -
Increasing Palliative Medicine Presence in Heart Failure Admissions
(2022-07-25)The Palliative Medicine team at a 182-bed hospital in a suburban area desired to grow its presence in the heart failure population by increasing consultation rates. A DNP project created at the site included the Palliative ... -
Increasing Provider Education to Improve HPV Vaccination Rates in Female Veterans
(2022-07-18)Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted disease that affects more than 75% of people. It has been identified for being responsible for over 10,000 cases of cervical cancers annually, in addition to other ... -
Increasing Service Utilization of An Outpatient Breastfeeding Clinic
(2023-07-10)Breastfeeding is highly recommended by the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control, and the American Association of Pediatrics (CDC, 2020; WHO, 2014; Meek & Noble, 2022). One goal of Healthy People 2030 is ... -
Increasing Skilled Nursing Facility Authorization Requests on Weekends
(2023-07-21)The goal of the evidence-based project was to increase skilled nursing facility (SNF) authorization requests on the weekends. Saturday and Sunday authorization requests were increased during the project period from 1.3% ... -
Increasing Skin Cancer Awareness in Southeastern North Carolinian Farmers
(2020-04-14)Farmers are at increased risk of occupational disease of skin cancer related to sun exposure and hesitancy to use protective methods. The purpose of this project was to increase skin cancer awareness among the farmers of ... -
INCREASING TEACHER ATTENDANCE IN A SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL DISTRICT TO GENERATE FISCAL SAVINGS
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-23)In many school districts, a lack of funding has become one of the greatest issues to overcome and the high rate of teacher absenteeism rate adds to the financial burdens. In this problem of practice study, data collected ... -
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 ... -
Increasing The Awareness of Implicit Biases
(2022-07-26)Diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace can have an impact on staff engagement, communication and patient outcomes. These are driven by multiple variations of biases, including implicit biases. Implicit biases can ... -
Increasing the Compliance of Using the CAUTI Maintenance Bundle
(2021-04-19)Healthcare-associated infections have been seen as a patient safety issue that can be prevented. Catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are known to be the fourth most common healthcare-associated infection ...