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Nursing students' nonverbal reactions to malodor in wound care simulation
(East Carolina University, 2012)
Background: wound care is an essential competency which nursing students are expected to acquire. To foster students' competency, nurse educators use high fidelity simulation to expose nursing students to various wound ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
A descriptive exploratory study on how nurse educators use digital stories in the classroom
(East Carolina University, 2014)
This study examines the experiences of 12 nurse educators using digital stories in undergraduate nursing courses. Two issues were explored: 1) How and for what purpose are nurse educators incorporating digital stories in ...
Negative sexual experiences and rape: understanding the relationship between adult and childhood sexual victimization and somatic complaints, psychological factors, and self-rated health in college women
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Sexual Victimization is a major issue in our society. The results of sexual victimization can persist throughout life and can be debilitating. Sexual victimization affects mental, sexual, and physical health. College women ...
Perceptions of nursing as a career option held by men with experiences in military health care.
(East Carolina University, 2011)
Despite notable efforts to present nursing as a viable career for men, the profession remains predominately female, and the modest changes in the numbers of men has not kept pace with the increasing demand for nursing ...
Nurse practitioner perceptions regarding the impact of regulatory requirements for physician oversight on nurse practitioner practice
(East Carolina University, 2012)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of Nurse Practitioners (NPs) regarding the impact of regulatory requirements for physician oversight on NP practice regarding the impact of physician oversight ...