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Pre-Visit Planning for Three-Month Diabetes Follow-Up Visits
(2018-04-23)
A primary care practice site in western North Carolina manages approximately 200 patients with diabetes per month. There were no pre-planned, tools in place to appropriately monitor, educate, and manage the Diabetes ...
Trauma Informed Care: Improving Appointment Adherence in an Outpatient Behavioral Health Setting
(2018-04-23)
Exposure to a traumatic life event can lead to lifestyle practices that adversely affect one's health. Nearly three-fourths of Americans have experienced a traumatic life event. The purpose of this quality improvement ...
Implementing Substance Use Screening and Referral in Primary Care
(2018-04-23)
Primary care is the first step to screening and prevention, including the identification of substance use disorder (SUD). The number of patients with SUD has increased significantly in the past 10 years. It is estimated ...
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 ...
Smithfield CARES
(2018-04-24)
In general, the homeless population suffers from high rates of both physical and mental illnesses. The objective of this portion of the project was to develop a health promotion and education program that will positively ...
Integration of the 2017 ADA Depression Screening Guidelines in the Primary Care Setting
(2018-04-24)
Diabetics have a doubled risk of comorbid depression that can lead to worsening healthcare outcomes and increased mortality. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) released new depression screening guidelines in the 2017 ...
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 ...
Smithfield CARES (Community Accessing Resources, Education, and Screenings) Primary Care Clinic
(2018-04-24)
The Smithfield CARES Primary Care Clinic DNP Project was a quality improvement project to develop a primary care clinic at the Smithfield Rescue Mission, a homeless shelter, in Johnston County. Research indicates that ...
Smoking Cessation Counseling in Pregnancy: A Multidisciplinary Approach
(2018-04-21)
This quality improvement project’s aim focused on increasing nurses’ knowledge with the required 5A’s counseling method for smoking cessation in pregnancy and integrated effective communication styles to assist with ...
An Examination of Nursing's Contribution to Global Health
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-01)
Nurses provide the vast majority of front-line global healthcare, but little is known about the contribution that nursing has made to global population health. Study abroad programs have become a popular venue for engaging ...