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Implementation of a Standardized Handout for Perioperative Care of Patients with Pacemakers and Automatic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: A Doctor of Nursing Practice Project
(2023-12-07)Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) are implanted in patients to treat life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias and other heart rhythm abnormalities. The current process for anesthesia providers delivering perioperative ... -
Implementation of a Structured Evidenced-Based Clinical Faculty Orientation
(2023-07-21)Nursing programs must facilitate curricula in adherence to accreditation body standards to ensure student learning and success. Several factors impact the achievement of program compliance with accreditation standards. ... -
Implementation of a Syphilis Screening Tool in a Primary Care Clinic
(2020-04-19)Health screenings are important for health promotion and the prevention of disease. Screening for STIs can be conducted in diverse healthcare settings, yet it has been found that patients often seek screening from sexually ... -
Implementation of a Wound Care Algorithm at Local Syringe Services Program
(2022-07-22)Skin and soft tissue infections disproportionately affect people who inject drugs (PWID). Wounds and infections that occur secondary to injection drug use have physical, emotional, and social effects. PWID place a significant ... -
Implementation of Advance Directive Screening Education in the Hospital Setting
(2020-05-04)The Patient Self Determination Act of 1991 mandates that Registered Nurses (RNs) must screen patients for advance directives (ADs) during hospital admissions. When ADs are not completed, there is a possibility that unwarranted ... -
Implementation of an Advance Directive Protocol among Hospitalized Patients
(2018-04-17)Background. Medical advancements have progressed considerably in recent decades, highlighting the necessity of advance care planning (ACP). Advance directives (ADs) help honor and promote patient preference, quality of ... -
Implementation of an Advanced Directive Protocol among Hospitalized Patients
(2018-04-24)Abstract An initiative was implemented to increase advance directives (ADs) for employees of a community hospital in Southeastern North Carolina. Due to the Patient Self Determination Act (PSDA) of 1991, Registered Nurses ... -
Implementation of an Influenza Immunization Program in an Urban Veteran Affairs Emergency Department
(2018-04-25)Background: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend an annual influenza immunization for all people ages 6 months or older. According to the Veteran Health Administration (VHA) the influenza virus ... -
Implementation of an Opioid Overdose Prevention Program in a Health Department
(2018-11-25)Opioid overdose is pandemic in the United States. North Carolinians are not exempt from hazardous health behavior. Opioid overdose prevention programs are one method of providing naloxone to laypersons in the community. ... -
Implementation of Computer-Based Educational Modules: Improving Nurse Self-Efficacy and Nurse Knowledge
(2022-07-17)Nurses' clinical knowledge and self-efficacy impact the quality of nursing care delivered, patients' healthcare experiences, and organizational outcomes. Educational opportunities that augment nurses' current knowledge ... -
Implementation of Dialogue-Based Interventions to Address Parental Influenza Vaccine Hesitancy
(2018-04-16)Influenza is described as a seasonal virus that presents as an infection ranging from mild illness to severe conditions requiring hospitalization. Approximately 12,000 deaths in 2016 were attributed to this virus. The flu ... -
Implementation of Evidence-Based Blood Pressure Management Guideline to Improve Blood Pressure in Control
(2018-07-20)One in every three adults in the United States are diagnosed with hypertension and only half of this population has their blood pressure in control. The rate of uncontrolled hypertension in North Carolina is 35% and at ... -
Implementation of Geriatric Depression Screening in a Primary Care Setting
(2022-04-21)Depression is characterized by persistently low mood or loss of interest in activities. Depression can cause patients to be unmotivated and have significant functional impairment in their daily lives. According to the World ... -
Implementation of Non-Opioid Protocol to Reduce Opioid Use in an Adult Outpatient Clinic
(2022-07-27)The United States is in an opioid epidemic due to increased abuse of prescription opioids and increased access to illicit opioids. Non-pharmacological and adjuvant therapies in managing chronic lower back pain will help ... -
Implementation of Sacral Ulcer Prevention Protocol
(2019-04-25)The purpose of this quality improvement project was to effect a change in nursing practice to prevent pressure ulcers in a hospital setting, by implementing an adjunctive nursing protocol aligned with current evidence-based ... -
Implementation of the Best Evidence: Probiotics in the Neonatal Intensive Care Setting in an Effort to Prevent Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Preterm Infants
(2015-11-10)Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating and deadly disease that causes inflammation and tissue necrosis of the intestinal tract. Probiotics, live microbial additives that colonize the intestines, are known to ... -
Implementation of the FISH! Philosophy in Primary Care: A change in the culture of healthcare delivery
(2016-12-06)Background: Public Health Departments often serve a disenfranchised patient population. While practitioners are committed to providing exceptional care to vulnerable populations, lack of resources and governmental bureaucracy ... -
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RAPID CARE MODEL IN A NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC HEALTH SETTING
(2019-07-25)North Carolina (NC) has a prevalence of approximately 36,700 people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). In 2016, there was an incidence rate of approximately 1,399 ... -
Implementation of the Target: Type 2 Diabetes - Heart Failure Initiative
(2022-07-27)Heart failure is a serious, incurable medical condition affecting millions of adults in America. The risk for heart failure is increased by unhealthy behaviors such as smoking and a diet high in fat, salt, and cholesterol. ...