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Making Intimate Partner Violence Vital
(2023-07-20)Intimate Partner Violence, or IPV, is a physically and mentally violent phenomenon prevalent in today’s society. In order to follow guidelines by governing bodies of health care, a four-year university in the southeast ... -
Making the MOST of Advance Care Planning
(2024-04-01)Background and local problem: This project sought to improve patient confidence and satisfaction in Advance Care Planning (ACP) as applied to completing Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment (MOST) forms in a geriatric ... -
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 ... -
Medical Like Me Mentorship Program
(2022-04-24)North Carolina faces a healthcare workforce shortage which the recent pandemic has exacerbated. Health care entities are experiencing a mass exodus of nurses, providers, and interdisciplinary professionals. In Orange County, ... -
Medication Cost Savings in Hospice and Palliative Care Through Implementation of a Quick-Reference Medication Guide
(2022-04-21)Symptom management is an integral component of end-of-life care provided by hospice services. This project employed a list of alternative low-cost medication options for symptom management to decrease medication costs to ... -
Medication Deprescribing at End of Life in the Long-Term Care Population
(2020-07-26)Polypharmacy, generally defined as taking five or more medications, is the leading cause of adverse drug events for older patients and affects as many as 95% of patients residing in long-term care. Nearly half of all ... -
METHODS OF IDENTIFYING NEUROLOGICAL DELIRIUM (MIND) STUDY
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)Delirium is a major concern for critically ill older patients because it is associated with significant risk to quality of life and mortality. The United States spends approximately $164 billion in Medicare funding annually ... -
Mother’s Own Milk Expression: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase the Provision of Maternal Milk in Very Low Birth Weight Infants
(2023-04-20)Breastmilk or maternal milk is widely recognized as the recommended primary source of nutrition for very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants. Many of these infants are unable to feed at the breast, leaving mothers with the ... -
Musculoskeletal Disorders in Perioperative Personnel and Related Factors
(East Carolina University, 2021-11-29)Background: The nursing profession is physically demanding with increased rates of occupational injuries. Operating room nurses (ORNs) experience rates of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) between 66.1% to 92.5%. Surgical ... -
Naloxone Nasal Spray Co-Prescription for the Prevention of Opioid Overdose Complications
(2021-05-27)Background: Opioid overdose is becoming a global epidemic. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 67,367 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States (US) in 2018. The US Food and Drug ... -
Negative sexual experiences and rape: understanding the relationship between adult and childhood sexual victimization and somatic complaints, psychological factors, and self-rated health in college women
(East Carolina University, 2014)Sexual Victimization is a major issue in our society. The results of sexual victimization can persist throughout life and can be debilitating. Sexual victimization affects mental, sexual, and physical health. College women ... -
Neurodevelopmentally Based Care Training for International Healthcare Volunteers
(2022-07-30)International medical volunteerism is a global force that has posed complex issues for hosting organizations and volunteers. Nonprofit medical organizations that rely on international volunteers for donations, volunteer ... -
Neuromuscular Blockade Monitoring: Assessing Nurse Anesthetists’ Perceptions of the Usefulness of and Preference for Qualitative versus Quantitative Measurements: A Quality Improvement Project
(2022-11-23)Anesthesia providers are responsible for administering neuromuscular blocking agents, monitoring the level of blockade, and ensuring adequate reversal of these medications prior to extubation of surgical patients. Despite ...