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Increasing Access To Healthcare For Black, Indigenous, People Of Color (Bipoc) And Impoverished Populations In A Rural County Of North Carolina, Shawn Perry
Doctor of Education Dissertations
Rural healthcare has often lagged when compared to those in suburban areas and inner cities. Rural healthcare has often been less effective, lower in quality, and not as accessible. Access to healthcare has been a key factor in life quality and quantity for all. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, qualitative and quantitative data was collected and analyzed which included the community health needs assessment (CHNA) data from the rural county (RC) and a double-blind survey distributed to organizational members by the partnering organization, the rural hospital (RH). The data identified that access to healthcare is a critical need for RC. Additionally, …
How Essential Oils Help Prevent Against Healthcare Workers’ Burnout, Lauren Casey
How Essential Oils Help Prevent Against Healthcare Workers’ Burnout, Lauren Casey
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
This project set out to see if stress and anxiety (leading to burnout) could be combatted with the use of essential oils (EOs). Burnout is a common concern amongst the medical community and healthcare providers are leaving their jobs and field at unprecedented rates. While EOs have been used for patients, they are rarely used for the healthcare providers’ benefit. Because of that, this project wanted to focus on the employee for a change, which in turn would benefit the patient by having a mentally-present provider and the company by having less turnover. The project consisted of a pre-survey prior …