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1 Improving Self-Efficacy and Teamwork in Moderate Acuity Clinical SituationsMiller, Devon M,; Jarvis, Matthew W.2022Background: Practice tools and training are essential to building staff confidence, competency, teamwork, perceived self-efficacy, and by extension, they improve clinical outcomes. For new providers in many hospital settings, there is an emphasis on training in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) a...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Adult / Gerontology
2 Improving Patency of Feeding Tubes by Implementing a New Clinical Practice Guideline: A Quality Improvement ProjectBates, Brittany E.; Lynch, Keisa2022Background: Patients with feeding tubes are at risk of experiencing internal obstructions caused by clotting of intact protein formulas, crushed medications, refluxed gastric contents, and viscous products that enter the tube. A variety of anecdotal methods for attempting to unclog feeding tubes inc...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Adult / Gerontology
3 Improving the Ability of Novice Advanced Practice Clinicians and Students to Recognize Clinical Deterioration and a Need for Transferring CareVarner, Sarah; Christensen, Scott2022Background: Early identification of clinical deterioration and quickly transferring to a higher level of care are essential for decreasing in-hospital mortality and improving patient outcomes. Although there are support tools and guidelines to help recognize clinical deterioration, a gap remains as ...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Adult / Gerontology
4 Implementing an Intubation Guideline in the Intensive Care UnitPatterson, Scott W.; Jarvis, Matthew W.2022Background: Intubation, even when done properly, can have negative consequences. Roughly 6% of patients intubated in the emergency department acquire hypoxia as a result intubation, or while intubated (Brown, 2021). "Endotracheal intubation in the intensive care unit (ICU) carries with it a higher m...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Adult / Gerontology
5 Development and Implementation of an Early Mobility Guideline for Traumatic Brain Injury Patients in a Shock Trauma Intensive Care UnitPark, Marleen D.; Majercik, Sarah D.; Christensen, Scott S.2022Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients often remain bedbound for prolonged periods in intensive care units (ICU) due to a lack of resources and collaboration between interdisciplinary teams, in addition to poorly specified guidelines for patient mobilization. Early mobility programs have ...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Adult / Gerontology
6 Increasing Remote Patient Monitoring Usage Among Heart Failure Patients via a New Clinic Protocol: A Quality Improvement ProjectTonks, Trevor K.; Ugolini, Sharon; Gee, Julie P.2022Background: Heart failure effects six million adults in the United States and the prevalence is expected to increase 46% from 2012 to 2030. The advancement of technology has provided significant improvements to our disease management of heart failure, specifically, the use of remote patient monitori...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Adult / Gerontology
7 Patient Teaching about Naloxone in the Emergency Department: The Creation and Implementation of a Clinical Practice GuidelineBarney, Heather Ann; Christensen, Scott S.2022Background: Opioid overdose is the leading cause of preventable death in the Utah, and nationally. Utah ranks seventh in the nation for opioid overdose deaths with eight deaths weekly. Fatalities have continued to rise dramatically for over thirty years. Intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cen...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Adult / Gerontology
8 Assessment of Early, Standardized Palliative Care Referrals in Patients with Metastatic Gastrointestinal Cancer: A Quality Improvement InitiativeBayer, Valkyria R.; Gee, Julia P.2022Background: Patients with advanced cancer often present with high symptom burden and decreased quality of life. Metastatic gastrointestinal cancers can be especially debilitating with 5-year relative survival rates ranging from 2%-15%. Early involvement of palliative care has shown to improve sympto...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Adult / Gerontology
9 Improving Diagnosis and Management of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in the Primary Care SettingCosentino, Jenifer A.; Lynch, Keisa2022Background: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the United States continues to increase with the rise in obesity and type 2 diabetes. The prevalence of NAFLD in 2015 was 83.1 million. The prevalence of this disease is expected to increase to 100.9 million by 2030. Provider knowledge gaps re...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Adult / Gerontology
10 Enacting Evidence-Based Incontinence Care in the Inpatient Rehabilitation SettingVan Meter, Kasindra M.; Alderden, Jenny G.; Brady, Lexi M.2022Background: The majority of patients with incontinence after suffering a stroke or brain injury are not optimally managed in the inpatient setting. An incontinence order set with a Timed Toileting option is in use in the Stroke and Brain Injury unit. However, given the average patient's robust rehab...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Adult / Gerontology
11 Implementing A Postoperative Extubation ProtocolSteinfels, Brittany; Alderden, Jenny2022Background: Timely extubation is vital for Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) patients who undergo coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery because longer durations of time spent intubated are associated with risk for mortality, delirium, and longer length of stay in the ICU. The Society ...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Adult / Gerontology
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