Browsing College of Nursing by Author "Long, Lee Ann"
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Assessing and Improving Nurses' Cultural Competence
Ngo, Anita (2024-05-04)Introduction: Cultural competence is an important component of patient care and needs to be implemented more by nurses. Addressing cultural competence will assist in improving patients’ health, decreasing healthcare ... -
Binge-Eating Support Group for African American Women
DuRant, Tieshia (2022-07-22)Background: The growing epidemic of obesity continues to surge among African American women. African American accounts for the highest rates of obesity across all demographics in the United States of America. Obesity is ... -
Dementia with Dignity: Methods to Reduce Incidence and Severity of Challenging Encounters
Isbell, Patrice (2024-04-18)Psychological and behavioral challenges are frequently exhibited by individuals living with dementia. Often the interaction between a caregiver and the individual is the precipitant for those behaviors. The leadership of ... -
Evaluating the Effectiveness of QR Code in Expansion of Reach Out and Read Carolinas' Initiative to Increase Health Literacy on Oral Health and Vaccinations
Brown, Cierra (2022-07-22)Poor health literacy, or HL, is crucial in predicting less optimal health outcomes. Low HL can negatively affect informed decision-making in important healthcare decisions. Therefore, parental health literacy is of ... -
Implementation of a Group Lifestyle Intervention Program for Staff and Hispanic Patients
Baccus, Jesse (2024-04-17)Two-thirds of the adults in the United States (US) are overweight or obese, which can lead to diabetes and cardiovascular disease (Jarvis, 2019). More than one in ten adults currently has diabetes, almost 50% of the US ... -
Implicit Bias Education For Healthcare Employees
Warner, Elise (2022-07-25)Implicit bias affects all aspects of healthcare. The need for diversity, equity, and inclusion in healthcare has surfaced as a critical issue. Socioeconomic and racial disparities persist. The impact of implicit bias ... -
Improving Contraception Counseling among Adolescents
Patten, Mary (2022-07-27)Unintended pregnancy remains an issue here in the United States (U.S.). Unintended pregnancy increases negative health effects for the mother and child. Long-term, this Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Quality Improvement ... -
Increase the awareness and intent to pursue a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree in Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to improve healthcare and health equity access.
Keelen, Mengesha (2024-04-22)This Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project aims to increase the knowledge, awareness, and intent to pursue advanced practice nursing degrees among nurses and future nurses of all non-European people. Moreover, a secondary ... -
Neurodevelopmentally Based Care Training for International Healthcare Volunteers
Roberts, Rachel (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 ... -
Reach out and Read: Expanding Child Immunization and Oral Health Literacy Using Quick Response Codes in Pediatric Clinics in North Carolina.
Akuoko, Tabitha (2022-07-18)Health literacy is essential for positive patient health outcomes. Low literacy among parents, guardians, and patients negatively affects health choices that impact overall health. Reach out and Read (ROR) partners with ... -
Reducing Medication Use in Hospice Patients Residing in Long-Term Care
Long, Lee Ann (2020-07-24)Polypharmacy has been identified as a significant issue in the elderly that leads to an increased risk of adverse drug events resulting in increased emergency room visits and falls, leading to rising costs to the healthcare ... -
A Vascular Access Pathway to Decrease Computed Tomography Contrast Extravasations in Emergency Department Patients
Jones, Kelly (2024-04-22)Aim: This evidence-based project aimed to create a pathway tool for emergency department staff to utilize during peripheral intravenous (PIV) placement to decrease patient harm secondary to iodinated contrast media ...