The Graduate Nursing Project collection includes Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Scholarly Projects and Master's students' non-thesis projects submitted as part of program requirements.
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- Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics19
- Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP7
- Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics, Poster6
- Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP, Poster5
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| Title | Creator | Date | Description | Relation Is Part Of | ||
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 | Improving Healthcare System Policy Library Efficiency: Policy Redundancy Analysis Using K-means Clustering | Wendorf, Michael D. | 2024 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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 | Implementation of Point of Care Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Project | Edman, Nicholas B.; Drury, Zachary; Lynch, Keisa M. | 2024 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care |
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 | Enhancing Pain Management to Meet Accreditation Standards in a Large Healthcare System | Sanders, Kelsey M. | 2024 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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 | Improving Compliance and Documentation of Violent Restraint Use: A Strategic Initiative at a Large Health System for Enhanced Safety and Standards Adherence | Rainey, Katherine L. | 2024 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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 | Alleviating Error During the Blood Administration Process in the Clinical Setting | Kichi, Nicollette | 2024 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics, Poster |
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 | Alleviating Error During the Blood Administration Process in the Clinical Setting | Kichi, Nicollette | 2024 | The ability to safely administer blood products to patients, relies on the knowledge of the clinical staff and the accuracy of the electronic medical administration record (EMAR) (Lotterman & Sharma, 2023). EMARs streamline real time clinical documentation, deploy safety checks, and allow health car... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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 | Improving Compliance and Documentation of Violent Restraint Use: A Strategic Initiative at a Large Health System for Enhanced Safety and Standards Adherence | Rainey, Katherine L. | 2024 | A health system in the West conducted a project to improve violent restraint use documentation, necessitating a strategic initiative to align practices with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Det Norske Veritas (DNV) National Integrated Accreditation for Healthcare Organizations (NIA... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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 | Enhancing Pain Management to Meet Accreditation Standards in a Large Healthcare System | Sanders, Kelsey M. | 2024 | A large academic healthcare system within the Mountain West identified opportunities to improve pain management practices. To address these issues a multimodal pain relief approach emphasizing non-opioid alternatives was implemented. This paper outlines the methods, results, and conclusions of a pai... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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 | Improving Healthcare System Policy Library Efficiency: Policy Redundancy Analysis Using K-means Clustering | Wendorf, Michael D. | 2024 | This capstone project addresses the challenge of policy library redundancy within healthcare settings, highlighting the need for more research and solutions in policy library management. With the increasing volume of policies at healthcare institutions, managing and eliminating redundant policies is... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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 | Implementation of Point of Care Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Project | Edman, Nicholas B.; Drury, Zachary; Lynch, Keisa M. | 2024 | Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is the use of portable ultrasound technology by bedside clinicians for rapid patient assessment. POCUS has been found to decrease the time to accurate diagnosis and improve patient outcomes in the ICU (Yoshida et al., 2023). However, POCUS is underutilized within the... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care |
| 11 |
 | Increasing Advance Care Planning and Outpatient Palliative Care Referral Rates in Primary Care | Garcia, Hana M.; Christensen Scott S. | 2023 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP, Poster |
| 12 |
 | Improving Skin Assessments in Darkly Pigmented Skin and Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis in the Acute Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Project | Ly, Tracey; Bytendorp, Kylie; Doyon, Katherine | 2023 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Procject, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP; Adult Gerontology/ Acute Care, Poster |
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 | Design of a Cardiovascular Discharge Tool: An Optimization Project | Gomez, Jessica A. | 2023 | Background: National public reporting by hospitals and healthcare systems provides transparency and accountability to the public regarding cardiovascular surgical outcomes. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) have data registries in which hospitals can... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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 | Workflow and Documentation Improvement Utilizing Existing Software Technologies: A Journey to Cancer Hospital Accreditation | Anderson, Joseph | 2023 | The Huntsman Cancer Hospital aims to achieve "cancer hospital" accreditation through the American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer (CoC). The CoC requires nurses providing direct patient care to have oncology certification or complete 36 oncology-related continuing education unit (CEU) hour... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS |
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 | Increasing Advance Care Planning and Outpatient Palliative Care Referral Rates in Primary Care | Garcia, Hana M; Christensen, Scott S. | 2023 | Background: Worldwide, approximately 14% of individuals who need palliative care (PC) services are currently receiving PC and only 30% of Americans have an Advance Care Plan (ACP). Local Problem: There is a decreased awareness among policy-makers, healthcare providers, and the public about PC servic... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP |
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 | Design of a Cardiovascular Discharge Tool: An Optimization Project | Gomez, Jessica A. | 2023 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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 | Workflow and Documentation Improvement Utilizing Existing Software Technologies: A Journey to Cancer Hospital Accreditation | Andersen, Joseph | 2023 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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 | The Development of a Gender-Diversity Toolkit for Use in Primary Care | Maruyama, Christina L.; Gay, Noemi; Clifton, Jennifer | 2023 | Gender-diverse (GD) individuals (i.e. those identifying as transgender, nonbinary, gender-fluid, genderqueer, or two-spirit) face frequent discrimination, harassment, exclusion, and violence. Negative experiences in healthcare settings discourage them from seeking vital preventive and emergency care... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primaruy Care / FNP |
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 | The Development of a Gender-Diversity Toolkit for Use in Primary Care | Maruyama, Christina L.; Gay, Noemi; Clifton, Jennifer | 2023 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primaruy Care / FNP, Poster |
| 20 |
 | Improving Skin Assessments in Darkly Pigmented Skin and Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis in the Acute Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Project | Ly, Tracey; Bytendorp; Kylie; Doyon, Katherine | 2023 | Detecting erythema and compromised skin integrity is challenging in darkly pigmented skin. Current literature states skin assessment and treatment education are tailored toward white patients. It is vital nurses are trained to identify breakdown and treat compromised skin integrity in all skin tones... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP; Adult Gerontology/ Acute Care |
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 | Creating a MyChart Tool Kit to Improve Online Patient-Portal Use among Heart Failure Patients | Farrenkopf, Katie; Ugolini, Sharon; Garcia, Kimberly | 2022 | Background: Heart Failure (HF) is a chronic, debilitating disease that affects more than 26 million individuals worldwide. Self-care regimens, such as weight tracking, dietary restrictions, and prescription medication can be very complex for HF patients. The use of patient portals can improve access... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP |
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 | Improving Peripheral Venous Catheter Insertion and Maintenance in the Emergency Department Using a Quality Improvement Bundle | Jones, Alexis L.; Garcia, Kimberly | 2022 | Background: Peripheral venous catheter insertion and maintenance is a common procedure undertaken by various healthcare workers using variable techniques. Much research has been published on peripheral venous catheter insertion, maintenance, and strategies to limit complications and disparities. Des... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP |
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 | Tool Kit to Increase Heart Failure Patient Use of MyChart | Farrenkopf, Katie; Ugolini, Sharon; Garcia, Kimberly | 2022 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP, Poster |
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 | Improving PVC Insertion & Maintenance in ED Using QI Bundle | Jones, Alexis L.; Garcia, Kimberly | 2022 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP, Poster |
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 | Improving Accuracy And Documentation of Home Blood Pressures | Walsh, Jeffery; Clifton, Jennifer | 2022 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP, Poster |