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The Use of Electronic Maternal Early Warning Criteria to Improve Treatment of Hypertension in Hospitalized Obstetric Patients
(2017-07-21)
Background: It is difficult to recognize that an obstetric patient’s condition is deteriorating because normal physiological changes in pregnancy generate significant shifts in maternal vital signs. Elevated blood pressures ...
Text Messaging to Improve Uncontrolled A1c
(2017-07-25)
Abstract
A diabetes clinic at a rural health department in western North Carolina, as at many clinics, has a large number of patients with an uncontrolled Hemoglobin A1c result. Hemoglobin A1c results that are consistently ...
Conformity Through Communication: A Quality Improvement Project Implementing a Standardized Handoff Checklist from Anesthesia to the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit
(2017-07-21)
Background: The transfer of care from anesthesia providers to PACU nurses has been recognized as a high-risk handoff vulnerable to information degradation.
Objectives: Introduction of a Targeted Solutions Tool (TST) a ...
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 ...
Implementing Interdisciplinary Communication to Decrease Falls in a Post-Acute Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Initiative
(2017-11-29)
Falls are the leading cause of accidental deaths in older adults, and are a growing public health concern. People aged 65 and older are at increased risk for falls and account for 20-30% of mild to severe injuries and more ...
Factors Contributing to Clinical Judgment Development in Nursing Students During Simulation Using the Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-19)
It is imperative that nurse educators find inventive ways to advance nursing practice by developing a dynamic and divergent nursing workforce. Health care environments can be unpredictable and unsettling due to high acuity ...
COGNITIVE APPRAISAL OF STRESS AND COPING OF INTRADYALITIC EVENTS IN PERSONS ON HEMODIALYSIS
(East Carolina University, 2017-11-06)
Although hemodialysis (HD) has the propensity to preserve and maintain life, the person on HD is at risk for adverse intradialytic events (IDEs) during the treatment such as cramping, loss of consciousness, and death. A ...
Improving APRN Utilization of Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives in a Family Planning Clinic
(2017-12-07)
Current contraceptive clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) recommend the use of long acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs), the most effective contraceptives, to prevent unplanned pregnancy in women seeking contraceptive ...
The Use of Social Media in Diabetes Education
(2017-11-30)
Abstract
Millions of people in America have diabetes and this disease is a growing concern nationally. Education can be used as a tool to decrease the instance of diabetes and increase diabetes self-management. The ...
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 ...