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Preparing Nurses for Vaccine Conversations
(2020-04-24)Vaccines are the most cost-effective preventative method of infectious disease prevention. Despite the evidence of vaccine effectiveness, there are still individuals who are hesitant about or refuse vaccines. Evidence shows ... -
Preventing Falls in Older Adults: A SAFE Approach
(2021-04-26)In 2019, the Center for Disease and Prevention (CDC) reported that one in four older adults suffer from a fall every year in the United States. A literature review revealed that the majority of fall prevention takes place ... -
Preventing Surgical Fires During High Risk Surgeries: A CRNA Quality Improvement Project
(2021-12-07)Although uncommon, operating room fires may occur during surgical procedures, especially high-risk procedures above the xiphoid process, and place patients at risk for preventable injuries and death. The fire triad, also ... -
Prevention and Early Detection of ICU Delirium
(2023-04-17)Delirium in the intensive care unit is a frequent complication occurring in critical care patients. It is associated with increased mortality, prolonged length of stay, increased disability, and increased healthcare costs. ... -
Primary Care Providers Cultural Competence Education and the African American Patient: A QI Project
(2017-04-17)Cultural competence education for healthcare providers seeks to secure equal and quality healthcare for all people, specifically minority populations. This coincides with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Triple ... -
Primary Care Providers' Barriers and Adherence to the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Mammography Screening Guidelines
(2015-07-16)Earlier detection through mammography screening, increased awareness, and improved treatment modalities has resulted in a decline in breast cancer incidence. Despite the availability of the clinical guidelines by the United ... -
Primary Palliative: Advance Care Planning
(2017-11-29)The lack of advance care planning has led to patients being on care plans not chosen by them, prolonged hospitalizations, increased health care costs, and prolongation of suffering with medical futility. It is important ... -
Primary Stroke Center’s Standardized Process for Implementation of Evidence Based Patient and Family Stroke Education
(2017-04-22)Step-by-step guide for nurses to utilize when educating stroke patients -
PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FOR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FAST TRACK
(2020-08-02)A modification within triage was created to assist with the differentiation of fast track and non-fast track patients in an urban, nontrauma center emergency department. The process improvement project intended to have ... -
A Process Improvement Project to Increase Smoking Cessation Support Among Smoking Patients in an Outpatient Oncology Clinic
(2018-04-24)The standard of practice among oncology patients who are current smokers is to assess their willingness to quit and offer cessation support for those interested tobacco cessation. The purpose of this DNP project was to ... -
A Process Improvement Project to Increase the Utilization of Advance Care Directives in Primary Care
(2015-11-15)Background/Purpose: The Patient Self-Determination Act passed in 1990 brought great attention to the need of advance care directives (ACDs). In the United States, 18-36% of adults have an ACD and less than half of adults ... -
Process Improvement to Increase Use of a Falls Prevention Patient Education Video on an Inpatient Cardiac Unit
(2020-05-02)Falls in the inpatient setting are a safety concern and are associated negative patient outcomes and financial consequences for healthcare systems. The project purpose was to increase use of a patient falls prevention ... -
A Program for Nurse Managers: How to Improve Nurse Wellbeing
(2021-07-15)Burnout is a public health epidemic that threatens the wellbeing of nurses and can lead to depression and suicide. Healthcare leaders must address staff burnout as it increases nurse turnover, shortage of nurses, and poor ... -
Promoting Engagement in Unlicensed Assistive Personnel
(2023-07-26)Lack of engagement in the unlicensed staff can contribute to the disconnection between unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) and licensed coworkers, leaving the accomplishment of engagement to come from their own personal ... -
Promoting Immunization and Oral Health Literacy Among Parents
(2021-07-20)Pediatric periodontal and immunization-preventable disease are leading causes of pediatric morbidity. Evidence-based literature supports that improving parental health literacy can reduce pediatric periodontal and ... -
Promoting Web-based Education on Healthcare careers
(2023-04-17)The Doctor of Nursing Practice project was formulated after the “Nurse Like Me” project began with middle and high school students to increase their interest in nursing. No website platform at ECU displayed healthcare ... -
Promoting Wellness using Motivational Interviewing in Pediatric Obesity
(2022-07-24)The prevalence of pediatric obesity continues to rise, and pediatric primary care providers are centrally placed as initial health care contacts to address prevention and treatment of pediatric obesity. Yet, during routine ... -
Propofol Disposal in the Anesthesia Setting: Decreasing the Environmental Impact
(2023-11-27)Background: Propofol is a non-barbiturate sedative trained anesthesia providers use to induce and maintain anesthesia and sedation (Sahinovic et al., 2018). Wasting propofol in pharmaceutical disposal containers will lessen ... -
A Protocol for the Prevention of Central Line Occlusion and Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection in Home Health
(2017-04-22)Problem Statement: Central line-associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) is a significant healthcare acquired infection that is usually caused by inappropriate maintenance of central lines and leads to increased health ...