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PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT TO SURGICALLY INDUCED WEIGHT LOSS: DISTINGUISHING FACTORS IN BARIATRIC PATIENTS
(East Carolina University, 2017-11-29)Bariatric surgery is an effective tool to promote weight loss and reduction of co-morbidities associated with obesity. A battery of pre-operative tests and consultations are required to certify someone as a candidate for ... -
A Public Health Approach to Communicate Risks and Benefits of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Among Patients of Women, Infants, Children (WIC): A Quality Improvement Project
(2017-04-22)Abstract Utilization of vaccinations is one of the most effective ways to prevent infectious illness. Routine childhood vaccinations have significantly decreased illnesses and rates of mortality, as they relate to ... -
Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Weight Management in Primary Care
(2017-04-17)A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Weight Management in Primary Care Obesity has become a major health problem. The disease and its associated comorbidities impact health of patients and increase healthcare ... -
Quality of life in school-age children with obesity, the experiences of school nurses, and moral distress associated with care delivery
(East Carolina University, 2016-11-16)Childhood obesity is a multifaceted, complex problem that is associated with many other chronic health conditions. School nurses are well positioned to assess, intervene, and evaluate efforts to positively impact this ... -
Recognition and Reporting of Medication Errors in the Emergency Department
(2017-11-15)Despite advances in technology, medication errors continue to take a toll on patients, families, and practitioners. Many medication errors go unreported by nurses due to reasons including inability to recognize unsafe ... -
REDUCING ABSENTEEISM AMONG CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS THROUGH SCHOOL NURSE COLLABORATION
(2015-05-01)This senior honors project was conducted as a part of a community health course in a baccalaureate nursing program. In this course, a senior nursing student completed the senior honors project in collaboration with a ... -
Reducing Delays in Enrollment to Pregnancy Care Management (OBCM) through Workflow Improvements in a Rural Health Department
(2017-07-26)A rural local health department in southeastern North Carolina, last completed a community health assessment (CHA) in 2015, this CHA identified a health disparity rate of 1.46 between white and minority population rates ... -
Reframing disorder: gender, class, and the history of the resurfacing debate in nursing
(East Carolina University, 2011)The nursing profession has sustained a state of disorder. The debate within the disorder historically exists in relationship to multiple educational pathways for entry into RN practice. Diploma, BSN, and ADN pathways still ... -
The relationship between patient satisfaction and patient-and family-centered care
(East Carolina University, 2010)Evidence of quality care is an important outcome in healthcare. Patient satisfaction, an outcome of care, is considered by many experts to be a measure of quality. Patient- and family-centered care (PFCC) is a healthcare ... -
The relationship between religiosity and quality of life in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators
(East Carolina University, 2010)The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is often used in treatment and prevention of lethal cardiac arrhythmias in at-risk patients. Despite its established effectiveness, ICD therapy is associated with ongoing ... -
Role Conception in New Graduate Nurses: A Secondary Analysis
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)Background: The new graduate transition to practice process affects retention, competency development, healthcare costs, quality, and assimilation into the profession. During the transition, new graduate nurses compare the ... -
Self-efficacy in freshman and sophomore nursing students
(East Carolina University, 2012)Healthcare disparities and inequities have been at the forefront of the health agenda, thus supporting that minority healthcare is of poorer quality than that experienced by the majority population. Compounding this issue ... -
Staff Education and Mothers' Postpartum Feeding Choices in a North Carolina Health Department
(2017-04-19)Maternal and pediatric benefits of breastfeeding are extensive, yet national benchmarks for postpartum breastfeeding initiation consistently go unmet nationwide. Evidence suggests that educating healthcare professionals ... -
Standardized Parenteral Nutrition in the Very Low Birth Weight Infant: A Systematic Literature Review
(2015-11-11)Nutrition of the premature infant has been gaining importance as evidence emerges that early support in the critical period plays an important role in the long-term health and neurodevelopment of very low birth weight ... -
Student retention in associate degree nursing programs in north carolina
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Survey of Nurse Practitioner Provider Knowledge, Barriers, and Current Practice in Referring High Risk Patients for Colorectal Cancer Screenings
(2014-12-09)Problem: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third leading cause of cancer and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States (National Cancer Institute, 2014). Evidence supports preventive CRC screening, ... -
A Systematic Review of Weight Loss Programs in the Jail Setting: Recommendations for Practice
(2017-07-21)Background: Jails are designed for short-term residence. As the length of stay has increased, detainee health has suffered. The caloric needs of the population are likely to be less than those of the general population ... -
Teaching & Mentoring Motivational Interviewing with Clinical Staff Working within a Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinic
(2017-04-23)Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) continue to be alarming issues in the United States, costing billions of dollars to treat. The current model of STI treatment begins when a patient presents for STI screening. If ... -
Teaching Prediabetes Management to African American Females in Primary Care
(2017-11-15)Prediabetes, a precursor to Type II Diabetes, continues to be a growing national concern, including rural communities within the “Bible Belt” area of southeastern United States. With the combination of higher prevalence ... -
Telepsychiatry Providers’ Perceptions of Empathy: An Explorative, Descriptive, Correlational Analysis
(2015-10)There is substantial growth in the use of telepsychiatry using real time videoconferencing to see patients for initial and routine psychiatric consults. Less is known regarding the relationship between patient and provider ...