Browsing by Author "King, Carol Ann"
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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Pregnancy: Screening, Identification and Referral
Sells, Katherine (2019-04-22)Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events that occur between birth and eighteen years of age (Radcliffe, Crouch, & Strompolis, 2018). The ACEs questionnaire consists of ten “yes” or “no” questions that ... -
An Analysis of the Process of Nurse Practitioners Moving to Full Practice Authority and Developmental Summary of Practice Implications to Assist Others in the Future
Woodley, Lisa (2017-04-27)Abstract Nurse Practitioners (NPs) have assumed a progressively important role as primary care providers for millions of Americans. Full practice authority (FPA) is the collection of state practice and licensure laws ... -
Antibiotic Stewardship
Strup, Kathryn Lee (2019-04-22)Antibiotic resistance is among the greatest public health threats today. However, antibiotics are being prescribed when not indicated at astoundingly high rates. A gap exists between understanding when to prescribe antibiotics ... -
Dare County Quality Improvement Project for the Overweight and Obese Adult Patient
King, Carol Ann; Graduate Nursing Science (2019-04-15)Obesity is a serious disease that has tripled in prevalence since the 1980s, it affects all Americans either directly or indirectly, and attributes to several serious comorbidities and premature death. While guidelines do ... -
Early Palliative Care in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Peeler, Melissa (2019-04-23)Background: There are over 300 million people living with COPD and over 2.9 million people die annually from the disease. Palliative care is an underused resource for this population as it can help establish goals of care, ... -
Elevated Hemoglobin A1C Detection and Early Referral in a Convenient Care Clinic
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Evaluation of Fire Risks to Improve Safety in the Operating Room
Rodovich, Lisa (2018-07-12)Background: Patient safety is the cornerstone of high-quality health care, and has become an increasingly important public concern. Surgical fires are a preventable, never event. As with other low incidence but high impact ... -
Evaluation of Sleep Apnea and Chronic Pain Management
Williams, Lauren (2017-04-20) -
Health Literacy Perception and Experience among Members of the Pediatric Nephrology Interprofessional Team
Harrington, Malinda (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 ... -
A HEALTH PROVIDER NUTRITION EDUCATION INITIATIVE FOR OBESE ADULTS
Shelley, Erica (2019-04-22)Current statistics and trends for obesity shed light on the overall impact obesity has. Obesity is a global epidemic. This project highlighted the importance of providing nutrition education on the Mediterranean diet to ... -
Home Visiting and Six Week Postpartum Visit
Smith, Ann (2018-07-12)Community Medicaid/self-pay obstetric clinics report that only 52% of their patients return for their 6-week postpartum visit. This process improvement project evaluated the improvement strategies of providing patient ... -
Impact of Shared Decision-Making on Contraception Continuation Rates
Cowin, Caddie (2018-07-12)Approximately fifty percent of all pregnancies in the United States are unintended each year. Reducing unintended pregnancy is a complex public health issue as identified in Healthy People 2020 with the goal of a ten percent ... -
Implementation of a Medication Adherence Program (MAP) in the Primary Care Setting for Adults Diagnosed with Hypertension
Harrell, Regina (2017-07-27)Medication adherence is a significant problem in primary care. The primary care site chosen for this project reported poor patient medication adherence was related to age, health literacy, socioeconomic status, and/or ... -
Implementation of the Best Evidence: Probiotics in the Neonatal Intensive Care Setting in an Effort to Prevent Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Preterm Infants
Rowland, Christine (2015-11-10)Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating and deadly disease that causes inflammation and tissue necrosis of the intestinal tract. Probiotics, live microbial additives that colonize the intestines, are known to ... -
Improving Cancer Screening in Clinical Practice
Lowe, Casey (2019-04-15)Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Cancer screenings show a reduction in mortality and morbidity rates by early detection and prevention procedures. The most common types of cancer in the United States ... -
Improving HPV Vaccination in Adolescents: A Quality Improvement Initiative
King, Cora (2018-11-28)Background: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) related cancers are preventable if vaccinated. Opportunities to administer the HPV vaccination to adolescents were being missed with a rural, primary care clinic due to lack of ... -
Post-Discharge Phone Call and Quality of Life for New Ostomy Patients
Orr, Debra (2017-04-24)Over 100,000 ostomy surgeries are performed yearly in the United States. Quality of life (QOL) for colostomy, ileostomy, and urostomy patients has been extensively researched. A member of the wound ostomy continence (WOC) ... -
Primary Stroke Center’s Standardized Process for Implementation of Evidence Based Patient and Family Stroke Education
Canady, Brittany (2017-04-22)Step-by-step guide for nurses to utilize when educating stroke patients -
REDUCING HOSPITAL READMISSIONS FOR CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE PATIENTS: A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN A HOME HEALTH AGENCY
Mazurek, Jennifer (2019-04-17)The cost of care for congestive heart failure (CHF) patients can be greatly reduced by utilizing home health services. However, baseline data analyzed on initial chart review of patients admitted to one local home health ... -
RISKS FOR CANCER SCREENING IN PRIMARY CARE
Russell-Ladd, Katherine (2019-04-23)Background: While numerous task force recommendations are in place, cancer still remains a major global health problem. Gaps in modern screening methods for cancer were noted among patients in primary care. Accessing ...