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Title: Beliefs About Alcohol Among College Students in Fraternities: Effect of a Targeted Education Intervention
Author: Sheeler, Cory
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: Alcohol use is a significant problem on college campuses. Greek men in college fraternities consume alcohol in higher quantities and with increased frequency, which can result in negative health outcomes. The purpose of this project was to determi...

Title: Breaking Down Barriers to Goals of Care Discussions With Terminally Ill Cancer Patients
Author: Poillucci, Victoria
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Communication, Medical sciences, Oncology
Description: Opportunities to discuss options for care when faced with a life limiting disease is the right of all patients. Yet, healthcare provider feelings of awkwardness, fear of diminishing hope, and fear of failing to cure can result in missed opportunit...

Title: Effects of E-Cigarette Education in Adolescents and Young Adults in Primary Care
Author: Carriker, Amy
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: ABSTRACT AMY E. CARRIKER. Effects of E-Cigarette Education in Adolescents and Young Adults in Primary Care. (Under the direction of DR. TONYA ANDERSON) Approximately one in five high school student and 1 in 20 middle school students currently use ...

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: 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: Improved Screening for Binge Eating Disorder in Primary Care
Author: Giuffrida, Josette
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: Binge Eating Disorder (BED) has come into focus with its listing in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 5th edition (DSM-5). Primary care is an appropriate place to screen for BED. However, some primary care providers are not aware of the disorder ...

Title: The Effect of a Leadership Development Program on Healthcare Leaders
Author: Hipp, Felicia
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: This scholarly project evaluates the effect of a leadership development program (LDP) on healthcare leaders. The impact of leadership competence on organizational success has become an important topic. Leadership development programs equip leaders...

Title: The Effectiveness of Video Discharge Instructions for the Newly Diagnosed Pediatric Oncology Caregiver
Author: Mergenthaler, Dawn
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: DAWN MERGENTHALER. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VIDEO DISCHARGE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE NEWLY DIAGNOSED PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY CAREGIVER(Under the direction of DR. KATHLEEN JORDAN)Effective discharge teaching for caregivers of newly diagnosed pediatric oncology ...

Title: The Evaluation of an Educational Intervention on Food Label Literacy Among Parents of Children in an Outpatient Pediatric Clinic
Author: Okocha, Ifunanya
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Nursing, Health education, Nutrition
Description: Childhood obesity has been on the rise for decades and its effects have a negative impact on the health, psychology of the people with significant economic cost to the society at large. Many risk factors have been attributed to obesity such as qua...