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NURSING STAFF PARTICIPATION IN END OF LIFE NUTRITION AND HYDRATION DECISION MAKING PROCESSES IN A RURAL NURSING HOME
(East Carolina University, 2017-11-29)Decreased or absent oral intake, common among nursing home residents nearing the end of life, often triggers decision making regarding the course of care. Residents, family members, and medical providers hold final ... -
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 ... -
Nutrition Consult asking 2 Food Insecurity Questions
(2020-12)The MOTHeRS’ Project was developed in 2020 with funding from the United Healthcare Foundation (UHF), ECU Physicians, and the Departments of OB-GYN, Psychiatry and Family Medicine, to utilize NC-STeP - a statewide telepsychiatry ... -
Nutrition important before, after surgery
(2023-01-03)This is a weekly Q and A newspaper column under the byline of Dr. Kathy Kolasa. Today's column is nutrition to promote healing after surgery. -
Nutritional Modifications Among Uninsured Patients with Dyslipidemia
(2016-12-01)Cardiovascular disease, the leading modifiable cause of death in the United States, is directly impacted by dyslipidemia. Fortunately, dyslipidemia can be treated and reduced with lifestyle modifications such as nutritional ... -
Obesity in a model of haploinsufficiency uncovers a causal role for lipid-derived aldehydes in human metabolic disease and cardiomyopathy
(2015-04)Lipid peroxides and their reactive aldehyde derivatives (LPPs) have been linked to obesity-related pathologies, but whether they have a causal role has remained unclear. Glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPx4) is a selenoenzyme ... -
Off-label Utilization of Antihypertensive Medications in Children
(East Carolina University, 2007-07)Objective— To examine off-label utilization and costs of antihypertensive drugs in children using a national sample of prescription claims. Design— Cross-sectional study. Setting— 2002 Medstat MarketScan Database, a national ... -
Offsetting the cost of Community Support Agriculture (CSA) for low-income families: Perceptions and experiences of CSA farmers and members
(2021-11-23)Community-supported agriculture (CSA) is an alternative food marketing model in which community members subscribe to receive regular shares of a farm's harvest. Although CSA has the potential to improve access to fresh ... -
Old Testament Skin Problems.
(2007-08-27)Laupus Library History Collections & the Department of Bioethics & Interdisciplinary Studies sponsor the History of Medicine Presentations as an educational service for the East Carolina University community. The Library ... -
Omicron less likely to affect taste, smell.
(2022-02-02)This is a weekly Q and A newspaper column under the byline of Dr. Kathy Kolasa. Today's column is concerning the Omicron COVID variant potentially being less likely to cause loss of taste and smell. -
On-Line Adaptive Radiation Therapy: Feasibility and Clinical Study
(2010)The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the feasibility and clinical dosimetric benefit of an on-line, that is, with the patient in the treatment position, Adaptive Radiation Therapy (ART) system for prostate cancer ... -
Only the Good Die Young: The 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic
(2010-01-25)Laupus Library History Collections & the Department of Bioethics & Interdisciplinary Studies sponsor the History of Medicine Presentations as an educational service for the East Carolina University community. The Library ... -
Open Education Resources: Are We Ready for Prime Time?
(2020)With the advent of the Internet, more resources can be found online that can be provided for student use. This paper will examine the use Open Education Resources or OERs to reduce the cost of attendance for medical and ...