Browsing by Subject "Hospitals"
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Bringing the Hospital to the Patient: A Tangled History of Prehospital Medicine
(2010-02-22)Laupus Library History Collections & the Department of Bioethics & Interdisciplinary Studies sponsor the History of Medicine Presentations as an educational service for the East Carolina University community. The Library ... -
EARLY LIFE STRESS AND PHARMACEUTICAL POLLUTANTS: DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY OF EMERGING AQUATIC CONTAMINANTS IN A MODEL TERRESTRIAL SPECIES
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-18)Trace amounts of pharmaceutical and personal care products are plaguing water sources around the globe, and with no current regulations, these emerging contaminants pose a threat to environmental and human health. While ... -
EXPLORING RISK FACTORS OF READMISSION FOR PATIENTS TRANSITIONING FROM HOSPITALS TO SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES
(East Carolina University, 2018-11-30)The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of patient level factors including personal characteristics such as age, sex, and race, health indicators such as admission diagnosis, comorbidity, risk scores, and ... -
Factors Facilitating Peer-Reviewed Publication by Clinical Nurses in Magnet Settings
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)Clinical nurses are in pivotal positions to generate best practices to influence health care reform and advance nursing science in hospital settings. It is critical that clinical nurses disseminate these best practices ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Work System's Influence on Care Processes and Ambulation Outcomes
(East Carolina University, 2022-07-15)Ambulation is one of the most frequently reported missed nursing care activities for hospitalized patients. The COVID-19 pandemic forced hospitals to make systems changes to minimize transmission of the disease and compromised ... -
The View from 30,000 Feet: Regional Needs Assessment for Eastern North Carolina Hospitals
(2010-10-14)More needs to be done to promote the AHEC Digital Library (AHEC ADL)—hospitals with no library budget can solve their library resource needs by active promotion and use of the AHEC ADL. Some hospitals are well funded and ...