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Expanding the Care of Hospice Patients Across a Mobile Integrated Health System
(2023-11-29)Transport demands for hospice patients are increasing, but mobile integrated health (MIH) providers report feeling ill-equipped to meet such demands due to the limited clinical guidance in their treatment protocols. This ... -
Perioperative Care for Patients with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices: A DNP Project
(2023-12-07)The current process used by anesthesia providers delivering perioperative care for patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices lacks standardization and creates the potential for unexecuted safety measures that ... -
Quality Improvement Project: Perioperative Care for Patients with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices
(2023-12-07)With the number of patients requiring implantable cardiac devices continuing to rise each year, the demand for anesthesia providers to be knowledgeable on proper management during the perioperative period has become ... -
ECG lead placement in the perioperative period: A quality improvement project
(2023-12-07)Continuous monitoring of heart rate and rhythm via ECG is a staple of perioperative care. It allows timely response to changes that require intervention and allows the anesthesia provider to make proper decisions about ... -
Implementation of a Standardized Handout for Perioperative Care of Patients with Pacemakers and Automatic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: A Doctor of Nursing Practice Project
(2023-12-07)Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) are implanted in patients to treat life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias and other heart rhythm abnormalities. The current process for anesthesia providers delivering perioperative ... -
CRNA DNP Project: ECG Lead Placement in the Perioperative Setting: A Quality Improvement Project
(2023-12-06)Proper electrocardiogram (ECG) placement is an important aspect of reliable cardiac monitoring during the perioperative period. Inaccurate and/or inconsistent ECG lead placement has the potential to lead to incorrect, ... -
ECG Lead Placement: A DNP Project
(2023-11-22)An electrocardiogram (ECG) is a recording of the magnitude and direction of the electrical current generated during depolarization and repolarization of the heart, gathered by external electrodes placed in specific positions ... -
Perioperative Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: A Quality Improvement Project
(2023-12-06)Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is an adverse event affecting 30% of the general surgical population and up to 80% of high risk patients. In addition to being distressing to patients, PONV is also associated with ... -
Perioperative Care of Patients with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices: A DNP Project
(2023-12-07)The current process for delivering perioperative care for patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices lacks standardization and creates the potential for unexecuted safety measures. The purpose of this quality ... -
Propofol Disposal in the Anesthesia Setting: Decreasing the Environmental Impact
(2023-11-27)Background: Propofol is a non-barbiturate sedative trained anesthesia providers use to induce and maintain anesthesia and sedation (Sahinovic et al., 2018). Wasting propofol in pharmaceutical disposal containers will lessen ... -
Use of Digital Badges to Recognize Nurse Practitioner Students’ Clinical Skills: A Pilot Project
(2023-11-28)Students in nurse practitioner programs are required to learn many clinical skills and procedures. Digital badges were chosen as ways to recognize clinical skills and provide students with means to represent their clinical ... -
Nurse Anesthetists’ Perceptions of an Educational Intervention Regarding Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: A Quality Improvement Project
(2023-11-22)Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a preventable adverse event often occurring among surgical patients during the postoperative period that is associated with negative patient outcomes and increased healthcare ... -
Perioperative ECG Lead Placement
(2023-11-22)Patients in the perioperative setting are susceptible to incorrect ECG lead placement due to a variety of obstacles such as chest tubes and bandages, as well as surgical sites and positions. Inaccurate and/or inconsistent ... -
Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: A Quality Improvement Project
(2023-12-07)Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a complex side effect of general anesthesia affecting 30% of the general surgical population and up to 80% of high-risk patients. Prevention and management of PONV are crucial ... -
Quality-of-life impact of interstitial cystitis and other pelvic pain syndromes
(2023-05-25)Objective: To compare health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and pelvic pain levels over time in patients with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) and those with other pelvic pain conditions (OPPC) including ... -
The Use of Teledentistry in Clinical Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Practice: An Institutional Experience
(2023-07-20)Background: Although there has been a slight increase in dental professionals since 2011, 98 of North Carolina's 100 counties are designated as Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas by the Heath Resources and Service ... -
Subtle alterations of vestibulomotor functioning in conductive hearing loss
(2023-08-29)Introduction: Conductive hearing loss (CHL) attenuates the ability to transmit air conducted sounds to the ear. In humans, severe hearing loss is often accompanied by alterations to other neural systems, such as the ... -
m6A Regulates Breast Cancer Proliferation and Migration through Stage-dependent Changes in Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition Gene Expression
(2023-11-07)While many factors have been implicated in breast cancer progression, effective treatments are still lacking. In recent years, it has become clear that posttranscriptional regulation plays a key role in the aberrant gene ... -
A SEER Database Retrospective Cohort of 547 Patients with Penile Non-Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Demographics, Clinical Characteristics, and Outcomes
(2023-10-31)Introduction: Little research has investigated the prevalence and distribution of the diverse pathologies of non-squamous cell carcinoma (non-SCC) of the penis. Although rare in clinical practice, these cancers have become ...