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Post Operative Nausea and Vomiting: A Quality Improvement Project
(2023-11-22)
Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) management and prophylaxis is an important consideration for CRNAs. PONV is an adverse event affecting 30% of the general surgical population and up to 80% of high-risk patients. ...
Faith Community Nursing Program: Empowering the Hispanic/Latinx Population
(2023-07-20)
The Hispanic/Latinx population of the United States is anticipated to increase to approximately 111.2 million by 2060. Nonetheless, Hispanics/Latinx continue to have limited healthcare access and underutilization of ...
Increasing Oncology Advanced Practice Provider Retention
(2023-07-15)
Background: COVID-19 placed extreme stress on the healthcare system, and many left their jobs due to stress and burnout. This issue brought to light the problem of dissatisfaction among Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) ...
Reinforcing Pediatric Nutrition Recommendations Using Low-Cost Resources to Reduce Impacts of Childhood Obesity
(2023-07-21)
A statistical correlation has been made between the incidence of childhood obesity, comorbid
conditions such as hypertension and diabetes, and food insecurity (Arnold et al., 2020). These
studies conclude that increasing ...
Preoperative Video Education to Increase Comprehension and Satisfaction in General Surgery Patients
(2023-07-25)
Objective: Preoperative education has numerous benefits for patients, providers, and healthcare systems. Preoperative education is a proven intervention to improve surgical out-comes, increase patient satisfaction, reduce ...
Assessing Burnout and Resilience in Advanced Practice Clinicians
(2023-07-21)
Burnout is a work-related phenomenon consisting of emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and dissatisfaction with personal accomplishments (PA). Nurse practitioners (NP) experiencing increased burnout were at ...
Decreasing Door-to-triage Times in the Emergency Department
(2023-07-14)
In the emergency department, patients who are waiting for triage present with potentially time-sensitive and life-threatening conditions. The period of time between arrival and triage is rarely
discussed in the literature, ...
Pet Therapy and Resilience
(2023-07-21)
Nurses are consistently in high-stress working conditions and exposed to direct insults caring for the critically ill. Nurse-related stress and burnout threaten nurses’ mental well-being and contribute to turnover. Workload ...
Bridging the Gap Between Transitional Care and Home Health to Prevent Hospital Readmission
(2023-07-15)
Transitional Care (TC) aims to improve overall patient outcomes and promote continuity of treatment by coordinating healthcare for vulnerable groups. The DNP project aimed to facilitate care transitions using the Transitional ...
Facilitating Equitable Breastfeeding Among Black Women
(2023-04-16)
Exclusive human milk feeding is the preferred form of nutrition for infants from birth until six months due to the multiple nutritional and health benefits for mothers and their infants. Worldwide, breastfeeding goals fall ...