Browsing Graduate Theses, Projects, and Dissertations by Subject "Research Subject Categories::INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS::Caring sciences::Nursing"
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Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening in Primary Care
(2023-05-09)Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACES) are associated with poor mental and physical childhood outcomes. ACES are an important health topic with lack of awareness and education in the pediatric population. The ... -
Analyzing Psychosocial Distress Screenings: A Quality Improvement Project that Modifies the Frequency of Screenings
(2022-04-28)Background/Purpose: Distress is a multifactorial unpleasant experience that can interfere with the patients’ ability to cope with cancer. Research has recognized the effectiveness of interventions in the ability to reduce ... -
Aromatherapy: Reducing Anxiety and Nausea in the Perioperative Setting
(2021-05-03)The aim of this project is to educate care providers in the use of aromatherapy to reduce the symptoms of nausea and/or anxiety in the perioperative setting and introduce protocols for the documentation of aromatherapy use. -
ASCVD Screening for Adults at Risk for Stroke: Primary Care Integration
(2023-05-02)Background: Strokes impact patients both mentally and physically, yet some patients are unaware of their risk factors and severity of their medical conditions. As the number of patients who suffer from a stroke continues ... -
Assessing for Suicide Risk in Pediatrics
(2023-04)Background: Due to the increased risk of suicide related to the COVID-19 pandemic, suicide risk should be assessed routinely in the pediatric population using the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) toolkit in a primary ... -
Assessing Social Determinants of Health to Improve the Quality of Life in the Adult Day Care Health Center Participants
(2022-05-05)The purpose of this quality improvement mixed methods design is to provide facilitators at an adult urban daycare health center with a toolkit to screen clients for SDOH and QOL among the adult clients ages 18 years and ... -
Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Screening in the Primary Care Setting
(2023-04-27)Problem: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and associated atherosclerosis cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is the leading cause of death for all people residing in the United States. Early detection of CVD through formal screenings ... -
Bridging the Gap in Knowledge Deficit in Type-2 Diabetes among Hmong Americans
(2021-08)The Hmong from Laos are among the most recent groups to seek refuge in the United States, with Catawba County of North Carolina becoming home to the fourth-largest Hmong resettlement. However, in adopting the western ... -
Bringing the Clinic Home Through Technology: A Quality Improvement Project
(2021)Background: According to the Centers for Disease Control (2019), childhood obesity affects more than 13.7 million children in the United States. Childhood obesity can lead to chronic illness and early mortality. Unfortunately, ... -
Depression in Diabetes: Utilizing a Depression Management Algorithm in Primary Care
(2022-05-04)Background: Patients with diabetes are more prone to depression because of the debilitating nature of coping with a chronic disease long term (Polacsek et al., 2021). Screening for depression in this population is critical ... -
Developing a Multifaceted Fall Prevention Strategy in the Emergency Department
(2022-05-05)Abstract Despite systemwide efforts to reduce patient falls, this problem continues to be a significant patient safety concern in the emergency department. The ED is a high acuity, fast-paced, crowded and unpredictable ... -
Developing an ED Discharge Team to Incorporate the Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit in a Rural Emergency Department
(2022-05-05)Background: The 72-hour return rate represents an important quality indicator and benchmark for Emergency Department (ED) care to determine if high quality and safe care is being delivered at a particular facility. The RED ... -
Effectiveness of an Educational Program on the Reduction of Urinary Tract Infections in Long Term Care Residents
(2023-05-26)Problem: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common, costly, yet preventable problem among residents in long-term care. Unlicensed staff are the primary caregivers of residents in long-term care and can implement strategies ... -
Effectiveness of Education on the Use of a Functional Capacity Tool in Corrections
(2023-05-08)ackground: There is little to no education provided about how to use an assessment tool used in determining the functional capacity of an incarcerated person in the State Prison system of North Carolina. This assessment, ... -
Electronic Health Record Template Improves Quality and Delivery of Healthcare for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
(2021-03-22)The goal of this project was to determine if a primary care-based quality improvement project could enhance provider documentation reflecting national guidelines of care through the use of a charting template and improve ... -
Encouraging Nurse Autonomy Through Skills Validation to Increase Dysphagia Screenings in Adults
(2022-04)Globally as well as in the United States, dysphagia is a prevalent problem (Abu-Snieneh & Saleh, 2018; American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2020). Nurses primarily assess dysphagia risks and implement initial ... -
A Faith-Based Healthcare Intervention to Address Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults
(2021-03-18)The goal of this quality improvement project was to determine if a nurse practitioner could utilize virtual, faith-based spiritual resources for socially isolated older adults to reduce loneliness and improve their quality ... -
Global Initiative of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: Primary Care Integration
(2021)Problem: COPD is a public health challenge and accounts for significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Management of COPD in primary care is inconsistent and known factors are inconsistent use of COPD terminology, ... -
Goal Setting to Facilitate Provider Management of Pediatric Obesity
(2023-05-09)Increasing pediatric obesity rates suggests the need to assess barriers to effective treatment strategies. Primary care providers (PCPs) report low confidence levels to effectively deliver recommended behavior modifications ... -
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Prevention Program: An Initiative to Improve Gardasil Vaccination Rates Ages 26-45 Years
(2021-05)Recent changes to Gardasil vaccination guidelines have created a need to improve provider and patient education related to Human Papillomavirus (HPV), as well as the implementation of tools to increase HPV vaccination ...