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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 ... -
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 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 ... -
A Provider Educational Program Promoting Testicular Cancer Awareness
(2017-11-15)Abstract Testicular cancer (TC) is the most common malignancy in males aged 15 to 40. It is estimated that only 3% of men perform Testicular Self-Exam (TSE) and they have little awareness of this disease and how it is ... -
Provider Perceptions of Patient Centered Care within an Urgent Care System
(2015-07-22)Patient Centered Care (PCC) is a salient factor in enhancing provider-patient communication, quality of care, the patient care experience and patient adherence. Inclusion of the psychosocial elements of care can positively ... -
Provider Prompting to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates
(2019-12-04)Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is recommended for average risk adults aged 50 to 75 years. Healthy People 2020 objectives include reducing new cancer cases and the illness, disability, and deaths secondary to cancer. ... -
A Provider’s Guide to Weight Loss through Motivational Interviewing
(2017-10-31)Abstract Obesity is an epidemic in the United States affecting millions of adults with many considered overweight or obese. An evidence-based quality improvement project was conducted in a primary care office with 33 ... -
Providing Access to Child Passenger Restraint Information: Is there a Role for Elementary Schools and Daycare Facilities?
(2015)The correct and appropriate use of a child passenger restraint system can increase the likelihood of a child surviving a motor vehicle crash and avoiding serious injury. Despite the benefits of the use of child passenger ... -
PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT TO SURGICALLY INDUCED WEIGHT LOSS: DISTINGUISHING FACTORS IN BARIATRIC PATIENTS
(East Carolina University, 2017-11-29)Bariatric surgery is an effective tool to promote weight loss and reduction of co-morbidities associated with obesity. A battery of pre-operative tests and consultations are required to certify someone as a candidate for ... -
A Public Health Approach to Communicate Risks and Benefits of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Among Patients of Women, Infants, Children (WIC): A Quality Improvement Project
(2017-04-22)Abstract Utilization of vaccinations is one of the most effective ways to prevent infectious illness. Routine childhood vaccinations have significantly decreased illnesses and rates of mortality, as they relate to ... -
Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Weight Management in Primary Care
(2017-04-17)A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Weight Management in Primary Care Obesity has become a major health problem. The disease and its associated comorbidities impact health of patients and increase healthcare ... -
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF REFERRALS TO DIABETES EDUCATION
(2019-12-12)Diabetes is a nationwide health concern and the seventh leading cause of death in the Unites States. The disease and its complications negatively impact the health of the patients and increase health care costs. As a chronic ... -
Quality of life in school-age children with obesity, the experiences of school nurses, and moral distress associated with care delivery
(East Carolina University, 2016-11-16)Childhood obesity is a multifaceted, complex problem that is associated with many other chronic health conditions. School nurses are well positioned to assess, intervene, and evaluate efforts to positively impact this ...