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Evaluation of Fire Risks to Improve Safety in the Operating Room
(2018-07-12)
Background: Patient safety is the cornerstone of high-quality health care, and has become an increasingly important public concern. Surgical fires are a preventable, never event. As with other low incidence but high impact ...
Effects of Family Influences on the Patient Planning to Undergo Bariatric Surgery
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-03)
Background: Obesity is a health issue with more than one-third of adults in the United States being considered obese (Odgen, Carroll, Fryar, & Flegal, 2015). Obesity can cause serious health problems such as diabetes but ...
Examining the Outcomes of a Community-Academic Partnership
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-03)
In the fall of 2013, a community-academic partnership was established between the ECU College of Nursing and Wells Elementary School in Wilson, North Carolina. Community-academic partnerships have been shown to provide ...
Acceptability of Activity Monitor Use During and After Hospitalization in Older Adults with Heart Failure
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-03)
Background: Many activity monitors have been validated and accepted to track physical activity in adults, however research is limited in clinical populations such as older adults with heart failure. Health tends to decline ...
Exploring the Use of Integrative Therapies during Pregnancy
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-03)
Background: About 60% of women experience back pain while pregnant (Jayson, 2016). “Morning sickness” affects about 80-90% of pregnant women (Viljoen, Visser, Koen, & Musekiwa, 2014). Stress and anxiety during pregnancy ...
Improving Mammogram Referrals in Hmong Women Utilizing Culturally-aware Patient Education Materials
(2018-07-19)
Background: Screening mammograms are an important aspect of early detection of breast cancer. The American Cancer Society (2017) recommends that women with average risk of breast cancer start yearly screening mammograms ...
Implementation of a Emergency Preparedness Shelter Manual in Public Health
(2018-07-12)
Nurse Administrators have founded that Public Health Nurses (PHN) are not adequately equipped with the knowledge needed to effectively provide nursing care during a disastrous event. Hence, the significance of effectively ...
The HPV Vaccination Project: HPV Vaccination Following Pediatric Sexual Abuse
(2018-07-17)
The nonavalent human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination prophylactically contributes to the prevention of nine types of HPV associated with vaginal, anal, oropharyngeal, labial, cervical and penile cancers. Rates of HPV ...
Incorporation of a tool to measure fear of falling in the inpatient rehabilitation setting
(2018-07-18)
One-third of older adults fall each year, resulting in costly injuries and impaired quality of life. For those who have experienced a stroke, fall incidence is even higher. Excessive fear of falling (FOF) is one factor ...
Increase Advance Directives Knowledge among African Americans in the Faith-based Organization
(2018-07-19)
Despite the passing of the Patient Self-Determination Act (PDSA) in 1990, advance directives (AD) remain underutilized. African Americans’ AD completion rates were found to be lower than rates of completion by white ...