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Improving the Resilience of Nurses in the Emergency Department
(2022-07-18)
Enhancing the resiliency of nurses in the emergency department (ED) will be needed to meet communities’ challenging health care needs. Poor resilience can result in burnout syndrome and is linked to the development of ...
Breastfeeding Support Group
(2022-07-15)
Breastfeeding provides numerous health benefits to women and their infants. Even with knowledge of the protective benefits of breast milk, there continues to be early breastfeeding discontinuation. The state and national ...
Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Using a Vaccine Decision Aid Tool
(2022-07-21)
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted health disparities among minority racial groups causing higher COVID-19 morbidity and mortality rates. Once the COVID-19 vaccine became available, Black/African American people had low ...
Improving Hepatitis A and B Vaccinations and Screenings in an Outpatient GI Setting
(2022-07-19)
Hepatitis A (HAV) and B (HBV) are highly transmittable, vaccine-preventable infections that can cause chronic infection, increased risk for hepatocellular carcinoma, and cirrhosis. Individuals with chronic liver disease ...
Decreasing Employee Burnout Through Improved Resilience
(2022-07-25)
Burnout rates for healthcare staff are continuing to rise at an alarming rate. Burnout can affect individual well-being, patient safety and satisfaction, quality of care delivered, and organizational costs. Improving staff ...
Evaluating Difficult Intravenous Access: A Program to Decrease Harm in Outpatient Oncology
(2022-07-25)
Nurse’s play a critical role in the safe administration of intravenous (IV) anti-cancer therapy but are not always part of the interprofessional team in choosing the appropriate type of IV access. Venous evaluation and ...
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) ...
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, ...