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Antibiotic Stewardship: Implementing the Use of Centor Scoring for Pharyngitis
(2022-07-18)
Antibiotics are prescribed at an alarmingly high rate and can lead to antibiotic resistance. Pharyngitis is one of the more common complaints seen in outpatient clinics and too often patients are sent home with antibiotics ...
Decreasing Inappropriate Speech Consults in a Neurologic Intensive Care Unit
(2022-07-18)
Stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP) is a common post-stroke complication associated with an increased risk of hospital mortality, prolonged hospital stay, and associated healthcare costs. Nurses use bedside swallow screenings ...
Developing Substance Misuse Educational Outreach for North Carolina’s Agricultural Population
(2022-07-25)
This paper reviews the creation, implementation, and analysis of a substance misuse educational outreach program directed toward North Carolina’s agricultural population. The North Carolina Agromedicine Institute (NCAI) ...
Root Cause Analysis of Missed Appointments
(2022-07-22)
Objective: Missed appointments are a global issue, particularly in mental health. Missed appointments cause reduced client outcomes and increased stress on providers. This project is to reduce missed client appointments ...
Evaluating the Effectiveness of QR Code in Expansion of Reach Out and Read Carolinas' Initiative to Increase Health Literacy on Oral Health and Vaccinations
(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 ...
Implicit Bias Education For Healthcare Employees
(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 Cancer Patient Outcomes by Redesigning Chemotherapy Education
(2022-07-25)
Advances in medicine and patient care coordination, has transitioned oncology care outside of the hospital and into ambulatory cancer centers. Despite initiatives to provide high-quality patient-centered coordinated-care, ...
Screening for Risk Stratification of Cardiovascular Disease in Type 2 Diabetes
(2022-07-25)
An estimated 34 million Americans aged 18 and older have diabetes, with Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM) being the majority diagnosis and at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease. Less than 20% of diabetic patients meet or are ...
Caritas Certification Program Impact on Human Services Leadership
(2022-07-25)
Health care organizations have a hidden treasure within their acute care settings that can expand the ability to improve the experiences of care by achieving improved team engagement of the second-largest workforce. On ...