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Evaluation of Doctor of Nursing Practice Program Assignment Scheduling on Student Well-being
(2024-04)Background: Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) student well-being is essential for workload manageability. There is limited literature that reviews DNP students' well-being and the implications for improving student well-being ... -
Evaluation of Fire Risks to Improve Safety in the Operating Room
(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 ... -
An Evaluation of Referral and Follow-Up Care for Postpartum Home Visitation Recipients
(2015)A collaborative partnership was developed with a local Health Department, specifically the Postpartum Home Visitation (PPHV) program in the county and a senior nursing student at East Carolina University College of Nursing. ... -
Evaluation of Sleep Apnea and Chronic Pain Management
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Evaluation of the Sexual Health Education of Teenage Males in a Middle School in Rural North Carolina
(2015)Teenage pregnancy has serious consequences for the young couple including limited education, inadequate employment opportunities, and adverse health outcomes (Alford & Houser, 2011). North Carolina is consistently among ... -
Evidence Based Mindfulness Resource for Undergraduate Nursing Students
(2023-04-17)Nursing is a stressful educational major and attrition rates in nursing programs are high. Nursing students also have higher than normal anxiety, and often experience depression and burnout. Mindfulness interventions ... -
Examination of Culture, Place and Environmental Heat Stress on Fluid Intake and Hydration Status Among Latino Farmworkers
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-03)Agriculture is one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States, including a disproportion risk of death from heat-related illnesses (HRIs). Proper hydration mitigates HRI, yet farmworkers report not drinking ... -
Examining Factors Associated with Physical Activity During Cardiac Rehabilitation
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-03)Recurrent myocardial infarctions (MIs) account for a third of the incident rate for all MIs. Physical activity (PA) is an important health behavior to prevent a recurrent MI. Fatigue, sleepiness, anxiety, and depression ... -
EXAMINING THE CONVERGENT CONSTRUCT VALIDITY OF THE BRADEN SCALE’S MOBILITY AND ACTIVITY SUBSCALES IN NURSING HOMES USING TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETRY
(East Carolina University, 2022-07-15)Pressure injuries (PrIs) are areas of skin, muscle, and tissue believed to be damaged by external pressure usually due to lack of movement/mobility and remaining in one position. Most injuries (PrIs) are areas of skin, ... -
EXAMINING THE CONVERGENT CONSTRUCT VALIDITY OF THE BRADEN SCALE’S MOBILITY AND ACTIVITY SUBSCALES IN NURSING HOMES USING TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETRY
(East Carolina University, 2022-07-15)EXAMINING THE CONVERGENT CONSTRUCT VALIDITY OF THE BRADEN SCALE’S MOBILITY AND ACTIVITY SUBSCALES IN NURSING HOMES USING TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETRY By Christine Barnes July 2022 Director of Dissertation: Susan M. Kennerly, ... -
Examining the Outcomes of a Community-Academic Partnership
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-03)In the fall of 2013, a community-academic partnership was established between the ECU College of Nursing and Wells Elementary School in Wilson, North Carolina. Community-academic partnerships have been shown to provide ... -
Examining the Relationships between Parental Mental Health, Feeding Styles and Weight in Formula-Fed Infants
(East Carolina University, 2022-04-28)Formula-fed infants are at greater risk for obesity compared to breastfed infants; however, some families are not able to or choose not to breastfeed. Parental feeding styles have been associated with infant weight, and ... -
Expanding Access to Health Care for Agricultural Workers
(2024-04-02)Purpose: This quality improvement project offered free hypertension screenings to agricultural workers in a single farm in rural North Carolina to gain insight into whether the participants felt that onsite screenings ... -
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 ... -
Expedited Partner Therapy: A Harm Reduction Tool for Local Health Departments
(2024-04-24)Background: Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT) is essential for combating sexually transmitted infections (STIs), yet its adoption is limited in local health departments (LHDs). Purpose: This quality improvement project ... -
EXPLORATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF REGISTERED NURSE AND NURSING ASSISTANT RELATIONAL QUALITY ON PATIENT SAFETY CULTURE
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)This study used a framework derived from the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety to provide insight into how Registered Nurses (RNs) and Nursing Assistants (NAs) perceive relational quality in acute care ... -
EXPLORING ADOLESCENT RESILIENCY DURING RECENT PARENTAL DEPLOYMENT
(East Carolina University, 2017-11-06)Background: Military adolescents experience more behavioral risk factors, such as depression and suicidal ideation than civilian adolescents and often have difficulty adjusting to the many changes inherent in the lives of ... -
EXPLORING INDIVIDUAL PERSPECTIVES WITH AN INSERTABLE CARDIAC MONITOR
(East Carolina University, 2017-12-06)Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States. Individuals with syncope, cardiac arrhythmias and cryptogenic stroke are at risk for CVD because of a suspected arrhythmia. ...