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Patient Experience on Canvas
(East Carolina University, 2020-05-04)
Having a better understanding of the emotions that African Americans go through on their lung cancer journey is necessary to be able to provide holistic care. Cultural sensitivity and understanding are key concepts woven ...
Affordable Care Act and Access to Care: An Examination of Over 3 Million North Carolina Birth Outcomes and Hospital Choices
(East Carolina University, 2020-05-04)
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the comprehensive health care reform law that was enacted in March 2010 under the Obama administration. In 2014, the ACA was implemented in North Carolina. The purpose ...
THE PREVALENCE OF ADVANCE CARE DIRECTIVES FOR LATINOS WITH CANCER IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
(East Carolina University, 2020-05-04)
An advance directive is a document containing a patient’s wishes for care during their end of life. These documents are important in protecting the patients autonomy when they are unable to make their own healthcare ...
A SECONDARY DATA ANALYSIS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS’ SYMPTOMS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS MEASURED BY FITBIT (STEPS/DAY)
(East Carolina University, 2020-05-04)
Survival rates for breast cancer have increased significantly in recent years. Although more patients are surviving now, these women still experience many symptom clusters years post-treatment. One such cluster includes ...
Representation and Construction of Disability in Children's Picture Books
(East Carolina University, 2020-05-04)
Picture books convey messages about society and how groups of people engage with one another and are often the first literary representations of societal functions that children see. Picture books can be used to promote ...
Representation & Construction of Disabilities in Young Adult Literature
(East Carolina University, 2020-05-04)
Young adult literature shows how different people groups interact with each other within a culture. Many young readers are exposed to injustice and prejudice for the first time in the books they read. Because of this, it ...
AN EXPLORATION PROJECT: THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A TECHNOLOGY EMBEDDED STEAM LEARNING COMMUNITY THROUGH MOBILE GROUP APPLICATIONS
(East Carolina University, 2020-05-04)
Early exposure to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has a profound effect on long-term educational and societal outcomes (Brenneman, 2011; Dejarnette, 2012; Lamb, Akmal, & Petrie, 2015). Today, we ...
How the Community Outlook Affects Pitt County Animal Services
(East Carolina University, 2020-05-04)
While there has been a considerable drop in the number of homeless animals in the United States over the past decade, the problem has not yet been fixed. Unfortunately, out of fifty states, North Carolina has the fifth-highest ...
Understanding Blackout Drinking Among Young Adults via Twitter
(East Carolina University, 2020-05-04)
This study sought to understand when, where, and with whom adolescents and young adults are engaging in excessive alcohol consumption, often referred to as “blackout drinking”. This form of risky drinking is most prevalent ...
Prescription Opioid Education Provided by Dentists to Patients following Third Molar Extractions
(East Carolina University, 2020-05-04)
Opioids are a group of chemically similar drugs that include heroin and prescription pain relievers such as hydrocodone, oxycodone, and morphine (Ahrnsbrak, 2016). In the United States, dentists prescribe 6.4% of all opioid ...