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Reducing COVID-19 Infection Rates in Long-Term Care Facilities Through Education
(2021-04-20)The COVID-19 pandemic caused high rates of illness and death among patients and staff in long-term care facilities (LTCF). The DNP project aimed to reduce the impact through education of the Strike Team, a group of skilled ... -
Reducing Delays in Enrollment to Pregnancy Care Management (OBCM) through Workflow Improvements in a Rural Health Department
(2017-07-26)A rural local health department in southeastern North Carolina, last completed a community health assessment (CHA) in 2015, this CHA identified a health disparity rate of 1.46 between white and minority population rates ... -
Reducing Emergency Department Bounce-Back Through Nurse-Driven Discharge Education
(2024-04-23)A bounce-back is an emergency department (ED) visit by a patient previously treated and discharged who has subsequently checked back in within 48 hours for treatment (Montoy et al., 2019). Bounce-backs constitute a significant ... -
Reducing Falls Within the Geriatric Psychiatry Unit
(2022-04-21)Falls are the leading cause of injury among older adults. Older adults with cognitive impairment and mental illness are at a higher risk of falls. Consequences of falls in the hospital setting increase length of stay, which ... -
Reducing Health Insurance Enrollment Barriers for Individuals Who are Homeless
(2021-04-21)Health insurance enrollment continues to be a problem for homeless adults in North Carolina (NC) compared to adults with stable housing. Factors acting as barriers to health insurance enrollment were identified as internal ... -
Reducing Heart Failure Readmissions Through Patient Education Program
(2019-07-22)The use of patient education as a tool to facilitate improved patient outcomes has been widely used by clinicians in healthcare. The aim of this quality improvement (QI) project was implementation of an outpatient heart ... -
REDUCING HOSPITAL READMISSIONS FOR CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE PATIENTS: A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN A HOME HEALTH AGENCY
(2019-04-17)The cost of care for congestive heart failure (CHF) patients can be greatly reduced by utilizing home health services. However, baseline data analyzed on initial chart review of patients admitted to one local home health ... -
Reducing Length of Stay for Heart Failure Patients
(2022-07-19)Using laminated cards on a cardiac intermediate floor has potential benefits such as improved intake and output documentation. This quality improvement study focused on patient-centered care and empowering the patients. ... -
Reducing Medication Use in Hospice Patients Residing in Long-Term Care
(2020-07-24)Polypharmacy has been identified as a significant issue in the elderly that leads to an increased risk of adverse drug events resulting in increased emergency room visits and falls, leading to rising costs to the healthcare ... -
Reducing Neurocognitive Impairment In Treating Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer with Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
(2023-07-31)Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) represents 15% of lung cancer and is characterized by rapid growth with metastasis resulting in poor survival rates.1 SCLC with a limited stage defined as disease limited to the hemithorax ... -
Reducing Restraint Use in an Intensive Care Unit Through Staff Education
(2022-04-25)Physical restraints are often used in intensive care units (ICUs) to prevent interference with medical devices. However, physical restraints are associated with adverse outcomes, such as delirium, stress, and injury. An ... -
Reduction of Intradialytic Complications Using Interactive Fluid Volume Technology
(2022-07-25)The Reduction of Intradialytic Complications Using Interactive Fluid Volume Technology is a quality improvement (QI) project that used Crit-line technology to manage intradialytic fluid volume during hemodialysis at the ... -
Refining Practice Standards Targeting Mental Health Disorders in Agricultural Settings
(2022-07-22)Agriculture, including farming, fishing, and logging, is one of North Carolina's major industries. Workers in North Carolina's agriculture setting are facing increasing stressors that can contribute to a mental health ... -
Reframing disorder: gender, class, and the history of the resurfacing debate in nursing
(East Carolina University, 2011)The nursing profession has sustained a state of disorder. The debate within the disorder historically exists in relationship to multiple educational pathways for entry into RN practice. Diploma, BSN, and ADN pathways still ... -
Regulation of KSHV replication by glycoprotein B: chronicles of a virus and its host
(East Carolina University, 2011)Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), the causative agent of three cancers: Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), primary effusion lymphoma (PEL), and the plasmablastic form of multicentric Castleman disease (MCD), shares many ... -
The regulation of anthranilate synthesis for the production of pqs in pseudomonas aeruginosa
(East Carolina University, 2013)The ubiquitous bacterium P. aeruginosa is an important human pathogen that causes devastating infections in immunocompromised patients and chronic infections in cystic fibrosis patients. The ability of P. aeruginosa to ... -
Regulation of Bacteriodes fragilis katB mRNA by oxidative stress and carbon limitation.
(East Carolina University, 1997-11)Regulation of the katB catalase gene in the anaerobic bacterium Bacteroides fragilis was studied. Northern blot hybridization analyses revealed that katB was transcribed as an approximately 1.6-kb monocistronic mRNA. The ... -
Regulation of lipoprotein lipase mRNA content in 3T3-L1 cells by tumour necrosis factor.
(East Carolina University, 1988-02-01)Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) was previously shown to suppress lipoprotein lipase (LPL) synthesis and activity in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. The present study examined the effect ofTNF on amounts ofmRNA for LPL in 3T3-Ll cells. ... -
Regulation of Pseudomonas Quinolone Signal Synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(East Carolina University, 2005-07)Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that causes chronic lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients and is a major source of nosocomial infections. This bacterium controls many virulence factors by using ...