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Assessing Anesthesia Providers’ Preferences and Perceptions of Adequacy of Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure Assessment Techniques: A Quality Improvement Project
(2021-12-07)This Doctor of Nursing Practice project assessed CRNA preferences and perceptions of adequacy regarding subjective versus objective methods to assess endotracheal tube cuff pressure. The ideal pressure within an endotracheal ... -
Assessing Burnout and Resilience in Advanced Practice Clinicians
(2023-07-21)Burnout is a work-related phenomenon consisting of emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and dissatisfaction with personal accomplishments (PA). Nurse practitioners (NP) experiencing increased burnout were at ... -
Assessing Educational Needs of Unlicensed Assistive Personnel in Assisted Living Facilities Caring for Dementia Patients
(2015-11-20)Background: The World Health Organization predicts the number of dementia cases worldwide to grow to 65.7 million by 2030 and 115.4 million by 2050. As this occurs, an increased number of older adults are expected to seek ... -
Assessing Shock Anxiety in Patients with ICDs
(2024-04-15)Background The Electrophysiology department at the collaborating institution for this DNP Project serves approximately 3,500 patients with implantable cardiac devices such as ICDs, pacemakers, and loop recorders. The ... -
Assessing the Adequacy of a Newly Developed Corneal Abrasion Prevention Guide in High-Risk Cases (Spinal Surgeries) at A Large Academic Medical Center
(2022-11-27)Corneal abrasions can occur during and after general anesthesia. CRNAs are required to ensure protective measures are implemented, remain intact throughout the duration of surgery, and to document protection measures ... -
Behavioral Health Nurse Champion Project
(2024-04-15)Background: Literature supports providing nurses with more than educational interventions to empower staff. The organization already uses a behavioral health response team (BERT) to support staff, but no current peer-led ... -
Best Practices in Providing Culturally Sensitive Care to the LGBTQ Population in a Hospice Setting
(2019-04-22)Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ) persons are at risk for discrimination in the healthcare setting. Lack of education for healthcare providers on use of inclusive language and terminology is seen ... -
Binge-Eating Support Group for African American Women
(2022-07-22)Background: The growing epidemic of obesity continues to surge among African American women. African American accounts for the highest rates of obesity across all demographics in the United States of America. Obesity is ... -
Birth Cohort Screening for Hepatitis C Virus
(2019-07-15)Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been identified as a global, national, and local public health concern. Leading public health organizations have identified high-risk population groups and have developed screening guidelines. ... -
Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Screenings in Physical Therapy: An Interprofessional DNP Project
(2018-11-26)Physical therapists are increasing their autonomous practice, which includes direct patient referral without a provider first assessing the patient. The Guide to Physical Therapist Practice recommends that every patient ... -
Bonding Through Books: Enhancing Neurodevelopment and Parental Bonding for Infants in Neonatal Intensive Care
(2023-07-11)Reach Out and Read (ROR) is a national 501(c)3 nonprofit started in 1989. In recent years, it has expanded its program to Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) to provide families with the knowledge and resources they need ... -
Breast Reconstruction: Effects on Body Image Following Surgery
(2017-04-25)Women undergoing breast reconstruction are susceptible to many consequences from this process including negative implications on the female psyche related to body image. This project assessed the satisfaction women had ... -
Breastfeeding Education for Obstetric Providers in a Rural Public Health Department
(2020-05-05)Breastfeeding has many known positive benefits for both mother and baby. Prenatal breastfeeding education has been proven beneficial to expectant mothers; however, there is no known current data recommending how often and ... -
Breastfeeding Support Group
(2022-07-15)Breastfeeding provides numerous health benefits to women and their infants. Even with knowledge of the protective benefits of breast milk, there continues to be early breastfeeding discontinuation. The state and national ... -
Bridging the Gap Between Transitional Care and Home Health to Prevent Hospital Readmission
(2023-07-15)Transitional Care (TC) aims to improve overall patient outcomes and promote continuity of treatment by coordinating healthcare for vulnerable groups. The DNP project aimed to facilitate care transitions using the Transitional ... -
Bridging the Gap: Achieving Excellence in Oncology Transitional Care
(2021-07-18)Transitional care (TC) is the provision of care coordination for at-risk populations aimed at improving continuity and overall patient outcomes. The purpose of the DNP project was to utilize the evidence-based Transitional ... -
Bridging the Gap: S.T.A.B.L.E. cardiac education and nurses’ self-efficacy
(2016-12-08)Background: Congenital heart diseases (CHD) are the leading cause of birth defect-associated infant illness and death. An estimated 40,000 infants are born each year with CHDs and of those, about one fourth are labeled ... -
Building a Staff Development Program for Nursing Assistants in Long-Term Care
(2022-07-27)Nursing assistant (NA) turnover was 88.9% for four long-term care facilities combined within the project organization. A staff development program was designed for NAs across all four facilities within the organization ... -
Caritas Certification Program Impact on Human Services Leadership
(2022-07-25)Health care organizations have a hidden treasure within their acute care settings that can expand the ability to improve the experiences of care by achieving improved team engagement of the second-largest workforce. On ... -
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 ...