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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. ...
A Process Improvement Project to Increase the Utilization of Advance Care Directives in Primary Care
(2015-11-15)
Background/Purpose: The Patient Self-Determination Act passed in 1990 brought great attention to the need of advance care directives (ACDs). In the United States, 18-36% of adults have an ACD and less than half of adults ...
Assessing Educational Needs of Unlicensed Assistive Personnel in Assisted Living Facilities Caring for Dementia Patients
(2015-11-20)
Background: The World Health Organization predicts the number of dementia cases worldwide to grow to 65.7 million by 2030 and 115.4 million by 2050. As this occurs, an increased number of older adults are expected to seek ...
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 ...
Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: New Technologies and Social Media
(2015-12-02)
Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DMT2) often visit with primary care providers for quarterly checkups, as suggested by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) standards of care. Following these visits, which usually ...
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 ...
Heart Failure 30-Day Readmissions: Causes, Prediction, Prevention in a Rural Hospital
(2015-10-27)
Readmissions of heart failure (HF) patients are a costly and potentially avoidable expenditure for our healthcare systems. In 2015, acute care facilities who exceed pre-determined benchmarks for 30-day HF readmission rates ...
Inpatient Management of Acute Hypertension
(2015-12-01)
Abstract
One of every 4 patients admitted to U.S hospitals has hypertension. Few hypertension guidelines address the management of inpatient hypertension. The body of evidence suggests that management of hypertension ...
An Advanced Practice Provider Advisory Group: Design and Structure
(2015-11-08)
Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) are critical to the functioning of healthcare systems. The 2011 Institute of Medicine report describes an optimal environment for APPs to provide quality, safe, cost effective patient ...
Impact of the North Carolina Board of Nursing Regulation Change on Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice
(2015-11-18)
Entry level preparation for the clinical nurse specialist (CNS) role is completion of a graduate degree or post-master’s certificate in nursing, with clinical specialization and preparation for expanded role functioning. ...