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Nurse leader behavior and patient safety.
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The incidence and significance of harm that occurs to patients while in the hospital setting continues to be alarming despite decades of efforts to produce safer healthcare systems. Leaders have a role in ensuring staff ...
Toward increasing leadership capacity in nurses: an exploration of the state and future perspectives of leadership education in pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing programs.
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the state and future perspectives of leadership education in pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing programs. Study objectives were to describe nurse educator and practice ...
Providing Access to Child Passenger Restraint Information: Is there a Role for Elementary Schools and Daycare Facilities?
(2015)
The correct and appropriate use of a child passenger restraint system can increase the likelihood of a child surviving a motor vehicle crash and avoiding serious injury. Despite the benefits of the use of child passenger ...
Initiating Practice Guidelines for Postpartum Depression Screening at Well-Child Visits
(2014-11-21)
Purpose: This project examined the process of initiating postpartum depression (PPD) screening via a PPD protocol at 2 month well-child visit in four pediatric/family practice offices in a rural North Carolina county. The ...
Impact of simulation experiences on learning transfer in new graduate registered nurses.
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of pre-work factors (healthcare experience, type of education, type and frequency of simulation exposure) and work factors (type and frequency of simulation exposure) ...
Job satisfaction and intent to leave of nursing assistants in a hospital setting.
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Nursing assistants are an important part of the healthcare team in hospitals. However, there has been little research about the antecedents of job satisfaction and intent to leave of nursing assistants in hospitals. The ...
Pediatric Palliative Care: A Quality Improvement Recommendation
(2015-06)
In the United States, there are greater than 500,000 infants and children living with a life-threatening or life-limiting condition. Advances in healthcare allow children with life threatening or life limiting conditions ...
Are the Health Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs Met Through School Services?
(2014)
The Maternal and Child Health Bureau recognizes children with special health care needs (CSHCN) as "those with chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional conditions that require health and related services ...
Evaluating Depression Management for Elderly Clients in Home Health Care
(2015)
Depression affects 350 million people worldwide and is considered the primary cause of disability internationally (World Health Organization, 2012). Depression often goes underdiagnosed and undertreated in all ages, but ...
Preferred Distribution Methods of Health Information for Hispanics
(2015)
Emerging Hispanic communities in the U.S. have experienced barriers in health care access and health literacy. A program evaluation was conducted at a health department in eastern North Carolina to assess the preferred ...