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Creation of a Support Group for Ruptured Brain Aneurysm, Arteriovenous Malformation, and Hemorrhagic Stroke
(2021-04-23)
Hemorrhagic strokes, which also consist of ruptured brain aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations, carry a higher risk of physical and cognitive disabilities than ischemic strokes. Survivors will most likely suffer ...
Reducing Health Insurance Enrollment Barriers for Individuals Who are Homeless
(2021-04-21)
Health insurance enrollment continues to be a problem for homeless adults in North Carolina (NC) compared to adults with stable housing. Factors acting as barriers to health insurance enrollment were identified as internal ...
Implementing a Kidney Screening Process for Diabetic Patients in a Primary Care Office
(2021-04-21)
Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney disease worldwide. Screening diabetic patients with microalbuminuria is an easy and inexpensive way to detect kidney disease in the early stages. A quality improvement project was ...
An Electronic Health Record Intervention for Advance Care Planning in an Emergency Department
(2021-04-23)
Advance directives help preserve patient autonomy and decision-making in situations where they cannot use their voice. Unfortunately, many individuals do not have an advance directive (AD), raising the concern for a poor ...
Collaborative Training Strategies to Reduce COVID-19 Propagation in Long Term Care Facilities
(2021-04-22)
The COVID-19 pandemic greatly impacted the health of our community. There were a disproportionate number of deaths in long-term care facilities. The purpose of this DNP project was to prepare COVID-19 Strike Team members ...
Improving Healthcare for Spanish-Speaking Special Olympics Athletes in Chatham County, North Carolina
(2021-04-23)
Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Special Olympics Health was created in 1997 to focus more on the health of the athletes, who ...
Reducing COVID-19 Infection Rates in Long-Term Care Facilities Through Education
(2021-04-20)
The COVID-19 pandemic caused high rates of illness and death among patients and staff in long-term care facilities (LTCF). The DNP project aimed to reduce the impact through education of the Strike Team, a group of skilled ...
Academic Preparation of a Nurse Practitioner: Doctor of Nursing Practice versus Master of Science in Nursing
(2021-04-22)
The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree was declared by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing to be the most qualified degree for advanced practice registered nurses (APRN) to enter clinical practice. Despite ...
Increasing LGBTQ Cultural Competence in Primary Care Providers
(2021-04-26)
The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) community experiences healthcare disparities disproportionate to their cisgender and heterosexual counterparts. The etiology of these inequalities is ...
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 ...