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Background: Pain, a subjective experience, poses unique challenges in its assessment, particularly among nonverbal children with intellectual disabilities who express pain in a variety of individualized ways. Traditional pain assessment tools that r…

Background: Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) and Glucagon-like-peptide 1 agonists (GLP1a) represent two novel medications with perioperative complications, including euglycemic ketoacidosis and delayed gastric emptying. Electronic …

Introduction: Effective communication between patients and anesthesia providers in the preoperative period is crucial for building trust and ensuring quality care. In multicultural healthcare settings, anesthesia providers assessing adult patients u…

The purpose of this quantitative study is to understand the relationship between a OneStop Shop unit and student retention rates at Texas public and private higher education institutions. This study entitled “Exploring the Relationship between a One…

Introduction/Background: Postoperative pain and complications such as nausea and vomiting are critical concerns following hip surgeries, often resulting in extended recovery times and increased opioid use. The pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block, …

This quantitative study examined the relationship between adult learners’ perceptions of instructional clarity and feedback usefulness and overall faculty evaluation scores in higher education. Based on Knowles’ theory of andragogy, the study invest…

The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine whether differences existed in EMS providers’ self-reported confidence in clinical decision-making following simulation-based continuing education (SBCE). Situational awareness theory guided the …

The dissertation study will address how academic background or professional experience has an impact on startups. Currently, there is limited information that can be gleaned to accurately point to specific characteristics that drive successful start…

Alzheimer’s Disease affects millions of older people in the United States and sleep disturbances have been linked to mental decline in patients with AD. This research sought to determine whether bright light therapy could serve as an effective non-p…

Background: Opioid drug abuse is among the most pressing public-health crises in the developed world. The timely administration of naloxone can emergently reverse an otherwise fatal suppression of the respiratory drive brought on by an opioid overdo…

Background: Sepsis has one of the highest mortality rates of hospitalized patients, yet there is not a “gold standard” diagnostic medical decision making tool outside of the intensive care unit. SIRS criteria have been used for the past three decade…