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Perceived Health Status of Mothers in Homelessness with Implementation of Healthy Behavior Classes
(2017-07-27)Background: Family and child homelessness in the United States has been increasing over the last three decades and continues to rise. People who have experienced homelessness often have poorer health than those who have ... -
Perceptions of nursing as a career option held by men with experiences in military health care.
(East Carolina University, 2011)Despite notable efforts to present nursing as a viable career for men, the profession remains predominately female, and the modest changes in the numbers of men has not kept pace with the increasing demand for nursing ... -
A Pilot Study: The Effect of Healing Touch on Anxiety, Stress, Pain, Pain Medication Usage, and Physiological Measures in Hospitalized Sickle Cell Disease Adults Experiencing a Vaso-occlusive Pain Episode.
(East Carolina University, 2010)Sickle cell disease (SCD), a common genetic blood disorder affecting primarily African-Americans (Edwards, Scales, Loughlin, Bennett, Harris-Peterson, et al., 2005) causes a vaso-occlusive pain episode (VOPE) affecting ... -
Point of Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) by the Family Nurse Practitioner in the Primary Care Setting
(2017-04-19)Abstract Ultrasound (US) is currently found predominantly in specialty practices and is not generally utilized within the primary care environment at the point of care. While several medical schools have included US ... -
Polypharmacy Among Older Adults in Long Term Care Facilities
(2020-04-29)Polypharmacy among older adults in long-term care facilities is a relevant issue, which leads to an increase in health care costs and adverse drug reactions. The implementation of comprehension medication reviews or ... -
Polypharmacy among Older Adults in Primary Care
(2018-11-19)Polypharmacy among community-dwelling older adults was identified as a significant problem facing primary care providers. Medication reconciliation was identified as a necessary process to aptly identify polypharmacy. ... -
Post-Discharge Phone Call and Quality of Life for New Ostomy Patients
(2017-04-24)Over 100,000 ostomy surgeries are performed yearly in the United States. Quality of life (QOL) for colostomy, ileostomy, and urostomy patients has been extensively researched. A member of the wound ostomy continence (WOC) ... -
Post-graduate Nurse Practitioner Education: Impact on Job Satisfaction
(2015-07-17)Problem Statement: Programs to facilitate Nurse Practitioner (NP) transition to practice have been developed at public and private institutions across the US and there is no published evidence of their influence on NP job ... -
POST-OPERATIVE VENTILATION PATTERNS AND THE EFFECTS OF NON-INVASIVE POSITIVE PRESSURE THERAPY ON VENTILATORY CHANGES AS MEASURED BY A NON-INVASIVE IMPEDANCE DEVICE IN PATIENTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-26)Patients undergoing general anesthesia who have or are suspected of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may be at increased risk for ventilatory complications, including respiratory depression, airway obstructions, and apnea ... -
Practice Guide for Anesthetic Management of the Parturient Undergoing External Cephalic Version (ECV)
(2016-11-24)Despite the World Health Organization’s recommendation that cesarean delivery (CD) rates not exceed 15%, one in three women in the United States have a CD. This is a 50% increase since the mid 1990’s. The Term Breech ... -
Pre-licensure Baccalaureate nursing students' career choice goal for a future faculty role and graduate education: adaptation and testing of social cognitive career theory.
(East Carolina University, 2011)The purpose of this study was to adapt and test the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) to (1) determine the intent of pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing students for a future faculty role and graduate education, and ... -
Pre-Visit Planning for Three-Month Diabetes Follow-Up Visits
(2018-04-23)A primary care practice site in western North Carolina manages approximately 200 patients with diabetes per month. There were no pre-planned, tools in place to appropriately monitor, educate, and manage the Diabetes ... -
Preferred Distribution Methods of Health Information for Hispanics
(2015)Emerging Hispanic communities in the U.S. have experienced barriers in health care access and health literacy. A program evaluation was conducted at a health department in eastern North Carolina to assess the preferred ... -
Prenatal yoga practice in late pregnancy and patterning of change in optimism, power, and well-being
(East Carolina University, 2011)Abstract The purpose of this study was to explore changes in human-environmental field patterning of optimism, power, and well-being over time, in women during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy upon completion ... -
Preparing Nurses for Vaccine Conversations
(2020-04-24)Vaccines are the most cost-effective preventative method of infectious disease prevention. Despite the evidence of vaccine effectiveness, there are still individuals who are hesitant about or refuse vaccines. Evidence shows ... -
Primary Care Providers Cultural Competence Education and the African American Patient: A QI Project
(2017-04-17)Cultural competence education for healthcare providers seeks to secure equal and quality healthcare for all people, specifically minority populations. This coincides with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Triple ... -
Primary Care Providers' Barriers and Adherence to the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Mammography Screening Guidelines
(2015-07-16)Earlier detection through mammography screening, increased awareness, and improved treatment modalities has resulted in a decline in breast cancer incidence. Despite the availability of the clinical guidelines by the United ... -
Primary Palliative: Advance Care Planning
(2017-11-29)The lack of advance care planning has led to patients being on care plans not chosen by them, prolonged hospitalizations, increased health care costs, and prolongation of suffering with medical futility. It is important ... -
Primary Stroke Center’s Standardized Process for Implementation of Evidence Based Patient and Family Stroke Education
(2017-04-22)Step-by-step guide for nurses to utilize when educating stroke patients -
PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FOR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FAST TRACK
(2020-08-02)A modification within triage was created to assist with the differentiation of fast track and non-fast track patients in an urban, nontrauma center emergency department. The process improvement project intended to have ...