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Post-graduate Nurse Practitioner Education: Impact on Job Satisfaction
(2015-07-17)
Problem Statement: Programs to facilitate Nurse Practitioner (NP) transition to practice have been developed at public and private institutions across the US and there is no published evidence of their influence on NP job ...
Primary Care Providers' Barriers and Adherence to the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Mammography Screening Guidelines
(2015-07-16)
Earlier detection through mammography screening, increased awareness, and improved treatment modalities has resulted in a decline in breast cancer incidence. Despite the availability of the clinical guidelines by the United ...
REDUCING ABSENTEEISM AMONG CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS THROUGH SCHOOL NURSE COLLABORATION
(2015-05-01)
This senior honors project was conducted as a part of a community health course in a baccalaureate nursing program. In this course, a senior nursing student completed the senior honors project in collaboration with a ...
Hospice nurses' experience of caring for the elderly with wounds at the end-of-life.
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Background: The goal of hospice care is to maximize quality of life and provide peace, comfort, and dignity to patients with terminal illness. Older dying patients pose unique challenges to meeting this essential goal, ...
Usual Care Versus Best Practice: A Program Evaluation on Fall Risk Assessment
(2014)
In the United States, falls are a significant cause of morbidity, mortality, and loss of independence in the older adult population. One third of adults, age 65 years and older, fall each year (Centers for Disease Control ...
The Effects of School Sports Programs on Obesity in Adolescents
(2014)
In the Southeastern United States, healthcare issues related to obesity in adolescents ages 13-18 years have become a growing concern. Along with an increasing body mass index in these adolescents comes many other comorbidities ...
Health Literacy Perception and Experience among Members of the Pediatric Nephrology Interprofessional Team
(2015-06-17)
A project utilizing a twenty-six question web based electronic survey was conducted to examine a convenience sample of pediatric nephrology interprofessional team member characteristics, health literacy perception and ...
IMPROVING SCREENING FOR BREASTFEEDING DIFFICULTY AND ASSESSMENT OF LABIAL AND LINGUAL FRENULUM-TIES IN BREASTFEEDING INFANTS DURING THE PEDIATRIC VISIT
(2019-05-03)
The correlation between breastfeeding difficulty and labial (lip) and lingual (tongue)-tie has recently been a controversial topic with focus on treatment concerns. The focus should be redirected to standardized identification ...
Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Primary Care
(2019-04-13)
Despite efforts to improve health and reduce morbidity and mortality rates, health screenings for significant conditions such as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are often missed. It is estimated that 80% of OSA cases remain ...
Early Palliative Care in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
(2019-04-23)
Background: There are over 300 million people living with COPD and over 2.9 million people
die annually from the disease. Palliative care is an underused resource for this population as it can help establish goals of care, ...