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Breastfeeding Education for Obstetric Providers in a Rural Public Health Department
(2020-05-05)
Breastfeeding has many known positive benefits for both mother and baby. Prenatal breastfeeding education has been proven beneficial to expectant mothers; however, there is no known current data recommending how often and ...
Impact of Pharmacogenomics on Prescriptive Practices in Rural Health
(2020-04-19)
Abstract
Background: Variations in one’s genetic structure impact the response to medications. Literature supports the benefits of using pharmacogenetic testing to guide the prescriptive management of patient treatment ...
Implementation of Advance Directive Screening Education in the Hospital Setting
(2020-05-04)
The Patient Self Determination Act of 1991 mandates that Registered Nurses (RNs) must screen patients for advance directives (ADs) during hospital admissions. When ADs are not completed, there is a possibility that unwarranted ...
Early Check Study Uptake and Educating the Educator
(2020-04-30)
The purpose of this project was to increase awareness of the Early Check study through the dissemination of information. Health educators were identified as a group that has the ability to further educate pre- and post-natal ...
Identifying Barrett's Esophagus Risk in a Primary Care Setting
(2020-04-24)
Barrett’s esophagus incidence has been on the rise for the past four decades. Early identification of Barrett’s esophagus is essential to preventing the morbidity and mortality associated with esophageal adenocarcinoma, a ...
Implementing GOLD Strategy for Patients with COPD in Primary Care
(2020-04-19)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a chronic, progressive illness frequently encountered by primary care clinicians. The Global Initiative for Chronic Lung Disease (GOLD) strategy offers the most robust ...
Implementation of a Skilled Nursing Facility Readmissions Reduction Bundle
(2020-07-27)
Readmissions from Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) comprised 20% of all readmissions to the project facility. The Revised Iowa Model for Evidence-based Practice, along with rapid-cycle Plan, Do, Study, Act methodology ...
Implementing a Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Program to Prevent Staff Injury
(2020-07-29)
Safe Patient Handling and Mobility (SPHM) programs are proven to protect healthcare workers such as registered nurses (RNs), licensed practice nurses (LPNs) and nursing assistants (NAs) from work-related injury secondary ...
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 ...