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Improving Self-Efficacy for Weight Loss Management in a Group Setting
(2017-04-24)Problem Statement: The growing costs of managing chronic disease in the United States is exacerbated by the obesity epidemic; obesity often contributes to increased comorbidities, or worsens the progression of existing ... -
Improving Self-Management in Patients with Uncontrolled Blood Pressure
(2023-07-17)Hypertension is one of the top contributors to the risk of death worldwide. Per the Centers for Disease Control (CDC, 2022a), every year, 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke, and it is the leading cause ... -
Improving Staff and Patient Education to Increase Chlamydia Screening Rates
(2018-11-25)Chlamydia Trachomatis is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection in the United States. Infection rates increase yearly and are highest in women ages 16-24. Untreated infections can lead to chronic pelvic ... -
Improving Staff Education and Application of Knowledge Regarding COVID-19 Transmission Prevention in Long-Term Care Facilities in North Carolina: A Collaborative Effort
(2021-07-29)Long-term care facilities (LTCF) residents and staff were disproportionately affected by the COVD-19 pandemic. This DNP project was a quality improvement undertaking that sought to increase the strike team's proficiency ... -
Improving Stress Management of a Nursing Staff in a Post-Anesthesia Care Unit
(2019-07-22)Healthcare workers, especially nurses, experience high levels of stress every day due to the high demands of their jobs. Persistently high levels of stress can negatively impact an individual’s physical, mental, and ... -
Improving Successful Intubations in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(2024-04-12)Background: Neonatal intubation is challenging due to an infant’s size, anatomy, and tolerance to the procedure. Utilizing rapid sequence intubation (RSI) improves outcomes for neonates and decreases adverse events (Johnston ... -
Improving the Resilience of Nurses in the Emergency Department
(2022-07-18)Enhancing the resiliency of nurses in the emergency department (ED) will be needed to meet communities’ challenging health care needs. Poor resilience can result in burnout syndrome and is linked to the development of ... -
Improving Transitions of Care after Critical Illness
(2020-04-26)Post intensive care syndrome (PICS) is a recently recognized condition of a group of physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional impairments affecting patients recovering from critical illness. As a new disorder, PICS is not ... -
Inclusive Training for Future Health Care Providers Regarding Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
(2022-04-21)Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities suffer from a multitude of health disparities, including but not limited to obesity, diabetes, and mental health problems. The prevalence of these morbidities ... -
Incorporation of a tool to measure fear of falling in the inpatient rehabilitation setting
(2018-07-18)One-third of older adults fall each year, resulting in costly injuries and impaired quality of life. For those who have experienced a stroke, fall incidence is even higher. Excessive fear of falling (FOF) is one factor ... -
Increase Advance Directives Knowledge among African Americans in the Faith-based Organization
(2018-07-19)Despite the passing of the Patient Self-Determination Act (PDSA) in 1990, advance directives (AD) remain underutilized. African Americans’ AD completion rates were found to be lower than rates of completion by white ... -
Increase the awareness and intent to pursue a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree in Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to improve healthcare and health equity access.
(2024-04-22)This Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project aims to increase the knowledge, awareness, and intent to pursue advanced practice nursing degrees among nurses and future nurses of all non-European people. Moreover, a secondary ... -
Increasing Advance Care Planning in Primary Care
(2023-07-10)Advance Care Planning (ACP) discusses and documents end-of-life healthcare wishes with a medical provider. Having a documented ACP has been shown to decrease Medicare spending while increasing patient quality of life and ... -
Increasing Alcohol Screening Among Women
(2020-04-24)Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is occurring at increasing rates among women in the United States. High-risk drinking, heavy alcohol use, and binge drinking are characteristics of the disorder. Screening for alcohol use can ... -
Increasing Awareness of Cardiovascular Risks that Impact Black Men through Barbershop Conversation
(2024-04-18)Black men have suffered abuse and mistreatment within our healthcare system. Past events proliferated medical mistrust and created a separation between provider and patient. As a result, many individuals within the Black ... -
Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening in Northeastern North Carolina
(2018-04-25)Colorectal cancer has the 3rd highest prevalence and the 2nd highest mortality rate of all cancer in the United States, with over 4,000 new diagnoses and 1,600 deaths reported in North Carolina yearly. Early detection ... -
INCREASING COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING REFERRALS IN A PRIMARY CARE CLINIC
(2020-04-20)Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. When diagnosed early, CRC has a 90% 5-year survival rate. Despite the ... -
Increasing Extra-genital Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Screening in the College Health Setting
(2023-07-19)Extra-genital gonorrhea and chlamydia infections affecting the throat and rectum continue to increase among young adults. People aged 24 years and younger are the most at-risk. Low rates of extra-genital screening ... -
Increasing Health Literacy in Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
(2022-07-22)Women with low health literacy may struggle to understand breast cancer patient education materials and have difficulty obtaining knowledge to advocate for treatment choice. Increasing health literacy in patients with ...