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Impact of Shared Decision-Making on Contraception Continuation Rates
(2018-07-12)
Approximately fifty percent of all pregnancies in the United States are unintended each year. Reducing unintended pregnancy is a complex public health issue as identified in Healthy People 2020 with the goal of a ten percent ...
The Heart of the Matter: Bringing the R Back to SBAR
(2018-07-14)
This paper focuses on a quality improvement (QI) project implemented in a home health setting among a population of patients with heart failure (HF). It was discovered there was a lack of nurse-led recommendations and ...
Evaluation of Fire Risks to Improve Safety in the Operating Room
(2018-07-12)
Background: Patient safety is the cornerstone of high-quality health care, and has become an increasingly important public concern. Surgical fires are a preventable, never event. As with other low incidence but high impact ...
Implementation of a Emergency Preparedness Shelter Manual in Public Health
(2018-07-12)
Nurse Administrators have founded that Public Health Nurses (PHN) are not adequately equipped with the knowledge needed to effectively provide nursing care during a disastrous event. Hence, the significance of effectively ...
Changing Prescribing Patterns Through Early Identification of High Risk Patients
(2018-07-16)
The prescription drug use/abuse epidemic is increasing within the United States, and has affected 12.5 million Americans and the U.S. economy with an estimated $50 billion/year in lost wages, productivity, and criminal ...
STUDENT ATTITUDES REGARDING GLOBAL HEALTH POLICY DURING AN INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL IMMERSION PROGRAM IN GUATEMALA
(East Carolina University, 2018-12-06)
As the world population explodes the need for health professionals who have positive attitudes toward cultural diversity and a willingness to learn about other cultures is essential to providing optimal care to these ...
Improving Depression Screening in the Adult Rural Primary Care Setting
(2018-11-27)
An estimated 16 million adults are diagnosed each year with depression with primary care providers most commonly making the diagnosis. Depression screening guidelines from the United States Preventive Services Task Force ...
Implementation of a Sensory Modulation Room on an Acute Care Psychiatric Unit
(2018-11-26)
The application of sensory modulation approaches in psychiatric mental health hospital settings
is growing in recognition and implementation internationally. This treatment modality offers
alternatives to use of more ...
Improving HPV Vaccination in Adolescents: A Quality Improvement Initiative
(2018-11-28)
Background: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) related cancers are preventable if vaccinated. Opportunities to administer the HPV vaccination to adolescents were being missed with a rural, primary care clinic due to lack of ...
Enhancing Provider Education to Increase HPV Vaccination Rates in Adolescents
(2018-11-29)
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world and in the United States. Despite ACIP recommendations and Healthy People 2020 goals, HPV vaccination completion rates in North ...