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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Provider Perceptions of the Tele Critical Care Patient Transfer Process | ZoBell, David | 2020 | Background: Research has demonstrated how interfacility transfer of critically ill patients can be associated with adverse outcomes. A tele critical care (TCC) driven patient transfer process has been instituted by a large hospital system based in the intermountain west, but at this time it has not ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care |
| 652 |
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Assessing Refugee Utilization of Healthcare Systems | Kueneman, Erica | 2020 | Background: The state of Utah does not systematically evaluate refugee healthcare programs and utilization. Two organizations in the Greater Salt Lake City Valley, Utah provide critical healthcare education and healthcare access to refugees. These two institutions do not have the means to assess the... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Cultural Diversity |
| 653 |
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Exclusive Human Milk Diet for Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants | Bushati, Charity | 2020 | Problem:Despite advances in nutrition, extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants remain at high risk for extrauterine growth restriction that is correlated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. To provide adequate calories and essential nutrients, fortification of human milk (HM) is necessary. T... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Neonatal |
| 654 |
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A Quality Improvement Initiative: Reducing the Number of Frequent Revisits in the Emergency Department | Alm, Melissa; Morgan, Deborah; Hopkins, Christy | 2020 | Background:Inappropriate use of the emergency department (ED) is a persistent and costly problem in the United States (US) healthcare system. More than 136 million ED visits were recorded in the US in 2014 and studies show 50-65% of this patient population have mental health problems. The introducti... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health |
| 655 |
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Resources for Identifying and Treating Women with Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Richfield, Utah | Mohamed, Niama | 2020 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Women's Health / Nurse Midwifery, Poster |
| 656 |
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Training Midwives on Rotation of the Persistent Posterior Fetus in the Second Stage of Labor Utilizing Simulation | Felker, Lindsay; Cole, Erin; Elmore, Christina | 2020 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Women's Health / Nurse Midwifery, Poster |
| 657 |
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Improving Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Male Survivors: A Gender-Cultural Competence Approach | Walker, Andrew M., Yael, Jocelyn S. | 2020 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health, Cultural Diversity, Poster |
| 658 |
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Running Head: HPV Vaccine Recommendation Practices in a Suburban Family Practice Clinic | Wiley, Nathan H., Clayton, Margaret F., Kepka, Deanna L., Eden, Lacey | 2020 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP, Poster |
| 659 |
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Implementing Routine Screening for Postpartum Posttraumatic Stress Disorder | Webb, Sara | 2020 | Background: Postpartum posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can develop following traumatic childbirth and can cause lower overall quality of life, impaired maternal-infant bonding, maternal isolation, negative impact on future pregnancies, and increased risk of suicide. Despite these impacts, postp... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, MS to DNP |
| 660 |
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Training Midwives on Rotation of the Persistent Posterior Fetus in the Second Stage of Labor Utilizing Simulation | Felker, Lindsay | 2020 | Manual/digital rotation of the persistent occiput posterior (POP) fetus has established as a valid intervention that decreases operative vaginal deliveries (OVD) and cesarean deliveries due to fetal malposition. Few certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) receive formal training in this skill, though this i... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Women's Health / Nurse Midwifery |
| 661 |
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Improving Nurse-Provider Communication in the Special Care Nursery Through Implementation of RSBAR | Smith, Jessica L. | 2020 | Background: Ineffective interprofessional communication directly contributes to medical errors, adverse patient events and the deterioration of operational relationships. A Joint Commission root cause analysis found that over 70% of all U.S. hospital sentinel events were directly related to failures... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Neonatal |
| 662 |
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Improving Transitions of Care Between Inpatient and Outpatient Settings for Children and Adolescents in Foster Care: A Quality Improvement Project | Neilson, Jonathan | 2020 | Background: Transitions of care between inpatient and outpatient psychiatric settings for children and adolescents in foster care are often inadequate to ensure proper follow-up care. Gaps in communication regarding changes to medication and treatment plans have the potential to lead to patient har... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP |
| 663 |
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Sexual and Reproductive Health Education for Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis | Taylor, Courtney S. | 2020 | Background: A cystic fibrosis (CF) center in the Intermountain West identified a gap in care with no standard sexual and reproductive health (SRH) guideline for CF providers and no data specific to their patients' SRH needs. Parents, adolescents, and providers consistently report the importance of a... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP |
| 664 |
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Reducing Rates of Adolescent Electronic-Cigarette Use by Effective Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Project | Horton, Matthew A. | 2020 | Background: Primary care providers have the ability to combat false perceptions about electronic cigarettes' safety. Research shows screening and education are needed in primary care. Despite the increased use of electronic cigarettes (EC) among adolescent youth (AY) populations ages 11-18 years-old... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP |
| 665 |
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Increasing Engagement & Understanding of Patient Reported Outcomes | Roberts, Janine | 2020 | With the rise of clinical informatics, questionnaires (also called instruments) have been used to collect data straight from the source - from patients themselves (Porter, Larsson, & Lee, 2016). These measures are called Patient Reported Outcome Measures, or PROMs. PROMs are defined as any informati... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education |
| 666 |
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Preceptor and Staff Empowerment: A Quality Improvement Project | Barno, Miriam | 2020 | There is an ever-growing need for youth mental health services in the state of Utah. The problem begins with the disparity that 40% of Utah's youth suffering from depression did not receive treatment (Summers, Meppen, & Ball, 2019). Subsequently, the overall national, non-population specific utili... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education |
| 667 |
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Assessment of Merit-based Incentive Payment System Improvement Activities | Zusi, Michael | 2020 | Pressure to improve quality of patient care and control costs is desired over the traditional volume driven fee-for-service reimbursement health care models (Squitieri, Bozic, & Pusic, 2017). Laws have been enacted to reward high performance Medicare clinicians and decrease payments to clinicians wh... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
| 668 |
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A Post-Operative Pain Management Guideline for Opioid Exposed Neonates | Pabst, Erin | 2020 | Background:Neonates are commonly prescribed opioids in the NICU for pain management. Prolonged opiate exposure can lead to increased drug tolerance and/or dependence, and result in higher total opiate exposure and suboptimal pain control. Evidence suggests that the use of a standardized pain managem... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Neonatal |
| 669 |
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Patient Safety Team: Near-Miss Medication Errors and Predicting Serious Safety Events | Gashler, Alexis | 2020 | Medical errors remain a leading cause of death and poor patient outcomes during hospitalization in the United States (Oyebode, 2013; Rodziewicz & Hipskind, 2019). The Institute of Medicine reported that medical errors result in at least 7,000 deaths and cost 17-29 billion dollars annually (Oyebode,... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education |
| 670 |
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Chlorhexidine Gluconate Bathing | Xiong, Mai See | 2020 | Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are the leading cause of life-threateningcomplications in the United States (Reagan et al., 2019). HAIs includes central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABI), catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), select surgical site infections (SSI), hosp... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education |
| 671 |
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Better Outcomes Start with Better Education | Ihler, Nikole | 2020 | Patients who are engaged with their health care, experience better health outcomes (Miller, 2016). " Better outcomes start with better education" (Customized Communications Inc, n.d., para 1). Prenatal education comes in a variety of forms. Multiple studies have shown that pregnant women are turnin... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education |
| 672 |
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Implementation of Feeding Guidelines for Neonates | Elwood, Christine | 2020 | Background:Preterm neonates in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) require specialized care when it comes to their nutrition. Poor nutrition will further worsen an already complicated clinical course as well as increase morbidity, mortality, and poor neurodevelopmental outcomes. A thorough revie... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Neonatal |
| 673 |
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Identifying and Addressing Health-Related Social Needs in Perinatal Women with Substance Use Disorder | Jones, Kaitlyn M. | 2020 | Background: Pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorder have an increased need for social work services. Existing recommendations include universal screening for health-related social needs and access to social workers to address identified needs. This paper details a quality improveme... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Women's Health / Nurse Midwifery |
| 674 |
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Identifying and Addressing Preoperative Iron Deficient Anemia in the Orthopedic Surgery Setting: A Needs Assessment Project | Claflin, Laura H. | 2020 | Background:Despite national standards regarding the recommendations for treating anemia preoperatively in the elective surgery population, in many institutions these guidelines are not followed. The purpose of this assessment was to determine the needs and improvement opportunities of preoperative a... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP |
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Implementing an Acts of Kindness Intervention for Emergency Department Staff | Anderson, Kristi | 2020 | Background:Professional nursing is inherently stressful. This stress negatively impacts nurses, hospitals, and patients in significant ways. Stress levels are disproportionately higher in emergency department (ED) nurses, with 30-55% of them suffering from moderate to high levels of burnout. These h... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP |