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Title: Enhancing the Anesthesia Providers’ Awareness of Resources, Policies, & Procedures Surrounding Patients with Language Communication Barriers
Author: Krysl, Janzen
Date Created: 2024
Subjects--Topical: Health services administration, Nursing, Medicine
Description: Background: Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) are facing significant communication challenges in peri-operative settings, spanning from understanding anesthesia-related information to obtaining informed consent. These language-based ...

Title: Evaluating the Effects of a Continuing Interprofessional Education (CIPE) Workshop on Participants' Attitudes and Collaborative Practice Behaviors.
Author: Magennis, Laura
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: Key organizations, such as the WHO, IHI, and NAH, encourage interprofessional education (IPE) in healthcare to promote collaborative care practices and improved patient outcomes (Gilbert, Yan, & Hoffman, 2010; Owen & Schmitt, 2013; Thistlethwaite,...

Title: Evaluation of Acute Care Providers' Opioid Prescribing Practices in Chronic Non-Cancer Pain
Author: Buckner, Kimberly
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: Over 760,000 people have died from an opioid overdose since 1999. In 2019, the opioid epidemic claimed more than 70,000 lives, with over 1.6 million having an opioid use disorder. Literature suggests an association between increased opioid prescri...

Title: Evaluation of an Online Educational Intervention to Increase Knowledge and Self-Efficacy in Disaster Responders and Critical Care Transporters Caring for Individuals with Developmental Disability
Author: Edinger, Zachariah
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Nursing, Public health, Educational evaluation
Description: Individuals with developmental disabilities experience more negative outcomes due to natural and manmade disasters and emergencies than do people without disabilities. Considering the large number of individuals in the United States with a disabil...

Title: Evaluation of health literacy as a predictor of the need for additional medical care
Author: Carlton, Cameron
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Nursing, Medical sciences, Public health--Study and teaching
Description: Background In the current healthcare environment, health care providers do not always have the time needed to identify patients that have challenges understanding health related information. In order to improve health outcomes, it is imperative th...

Title: Evidence- Based Critical Care Education for Oncology Nurses
Author: Leake, Jennifer
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: Introduction: Advances in the medical care for oncology patients has heightened the complexity of this patient population leading to an increased need for lifesaving, critical care. Oncology nurses provide specialized nursing care; however, when p...

Title: High-Risk Medication Use: The Dilemma in the Older Adult
Author: Freeland, Julie
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: JULIE FREELAND. High-Risk Medication Use: The Dilemma in the Older Adult Population. (Under the direction of DR. MEREDITH TROUTMAN-JORDAN) Introduction: The use of high-risk medications in the older adult population is an issue currently gaining a...

Title: How Do the Homeless Newly Diagnosed With Cancer Receive Safe and Cost-Effective HealthCare Year One Following Diagnosis?
Author: Edinger, Amy
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: ABSTRACTAMY B. EDINGER. How Do the Homeless Newly Diagnosed with Cancer Receive Safe and Cost-Effective Healthcare During Year One Following Diagnosis? (Under the direction of DR. STEPHANIE WOODS) Cancer is one of the most common causes of mortali...

Title: IMPACT OF DELIRIUM EDUCATION ON A POST-SURGICAL UNIT
Author: BYRNES, TRU
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: Background: Delirium is a common issue experienced by many geriatric patients. However, it is often under-recognized and misdiagnosed by nurses resulting in the delay of treatment. The literature indicates that staff education is vital in delirium...

Title: IMPLEMENTATION OF PRACTICE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT: WILL IT INCREASE CLINIC EFFICIENCY AND IMPROVE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION?
Author: McCune, Melody
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: Objectives: The objectives of the project were to improve patient satisfaction scores of child health patients in the local health department and to decrease visit wait time. The first expected outcome would be patient satisfaction scores would re...

Title: IMPLEMENTING INTERVENTIONS IN A HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR SAFE SLEEP PRACTICES FOR INFANTS
Author: Fisher, Stephanie
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Nursing, Health services administration
Description: Safe infant sleep is a national public health concern accounting for approximately 350 deaths from Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths (SUID) in the United States annually. SUID is a term used to describe the sudden unexpected death of an infant up to...

Title: IMPLEMENTING SBIRT IN THE ADULT TRAMA POPULATION ADMITTED BY NORTHEAST ACUTE CARE SURGERY AT CHS NORTHEAST
Author: Ragan, Mallory
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: ABSTRACTMALLORY RAGAN ROYALL: Implementing SBIRT in the Acute Care Trauma Population admitted by Northeast Acute Care Surgery at Carolinas Healthcare Center Northeast. (Under the direction of DR. ALLISON BURFIELD) Background: Abuse of alcohol and ...

Title: IMPROVING PUBLIC HEALTH CLINICIANS’ BELIEFS AND BEHAVIORS WITH LGBT INDIVIDUALS
Author: Townsend-Chambers, Colette
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Nursing, Public health, Queer studies
Description: ABSTRACTCOLETTE TOWNSEND-CHAMBERS. Improving Public Health Clinicians' Beliefs and Behaviors with LGBT Individuals (Under the direction of DR. KELLY POWERS).Identified gaps in the education of healthcare clinicians contribute to non-affirming beli...

Title: INTEGRATION OF PROPHYLAXIS PROTOCOL IN MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN
Author: Dalton, Cynthia
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Nursing, Queer studies
Description: ABSTRACTCynthia Denise Dalton. Integration of pre-exposure protocol in men who have sex with men. (Under the direction of DR. JUDY CORNELIUS).In the United States, men who have sex with men (MSM) remains the highest group infected with HIV. Truvad...

Title: INTERPROFESSIONAL BEDSIDE ROUNDS TO IMPROVE PATIENT PERCEPTION OF HEALTHCARE TEAM COMMUNICATION
Author: Austin-Connolly, Star
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: To improve patient outcomes, there is an increased emphasis on patient-centeredness and effective communication among the patient and healthcare team. Patients complete the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) ...

Title: Impact of High-Fidelity Simulation Training on Medical-Surgical Nurses' Self-Confidence and Mock Code Blue Performance: A Pilot Study
Author: Morton, Shannon
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: Nurses working on medical-surgical units are often responders to situations of acute patient deterioration and must be ready to act and implement life-saving interventions (Buckley & Gordon, 2011). Training programs that incorporate high-fidelity ...

Title: Implementation Of an Intraoperative Cognitive Aid to Guide Sugammadex Use For Pharmacologic Reversal of Neuromuscular Blockade
Author: Pleva, Michael
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: The incidence of residual neuromuscular blockade (rNMB) following general anesthesia remains as high as 60%, placing patients at an increased risk of developing postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) (Saager et al., 2019). PPCs are associate...

Title: Implementation of a Warming Protocol to Prevent Unintentional Perioperative Hypothermia in PACU
Author: Johnson, Michelle
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Nursing, Women's studies, Health education
Description: Title- Implementation of a Warming Protocol to Prevent Unintentional Perioperative Hypothermia in PACUCandidate: Michelle Johnson MSN, RNProgram: Doctor of Nursing PracticeSponsoring Chair: Dr. Katherine Shue McGuffinCommittee: Dr. Charlene Whitak...

Title: Implementation of an Intraoperative Cognitive Aid to Guide Neuromuscular Blockade Monitoring
Author: Stovall, Kevin
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: Residual neuromuscular blockade (rNMB) following general anesthesia can impair pulmonary mechanics and place patients at an increased risk to develop postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) (Saagar et al., 2019). PPCs are associated with incr...

Title: Implicit Bias on Age among Anesthesia Providers
Author: Okuta, Melvin
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: Social disparities and implicit bias are detrimental to patient care and exist among providers. Research has shown that implicit bias hinders rapport between patient and provider, leading to patients becoming resistant to medical advice and treatm...