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1 Smith, Jessica L.Smith, Jessica L.2020POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
2 A Quality Improvement Intervention to Reduce the Use of PRN Psychotropic Medications Among Older Adults in the Long-Term Care SettingKwong, Kimmy; Morgan, Deborah2020POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health, Poster
3 Improving Inpatient Sleep Quality in the Acute Care SettingCrockett, Mindy; Lynch, Keisa2020POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Poster
4 Decreasing the Inappropriate Use of Pain and Sedation Medications in a Level III NICUSchaeffer, Lisa; Phares, Pamela2020POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Neonatal, Poster
5 Quality Improvement Project: Improving Pediatric Vitamin D Screening and Treatment in a Mental Health ClinicWilcox, Emily, Al-Khudarairi, Amanda2020POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health, Poster
6 Improving Inpatient Sleep Quality in the Acute Care SettingCrockett, Mindy2020Background: Hospitalized patients are at risk of experiencing an increase in sleep disruptions and a decrease in quality of sleep. Illness, pain, medical interventions, treatments, and the hospital environment can lead to poor sleep. Poor sleep quality can lead to many adverse effects, including ...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care
7 A Quality Improvement Intervention to Reduce the Use of PRN Psychotropic Medications Among Older Adults in the Long-Term Care SettingKwong, Kimmy2020Problem: Even with our increasing knowledge about the limited effectiveness and severe side effects of PRN psychotropic medications, the frequency of their use in the geriatric population remains high. Higher drug intake and potentially inappropriate PRN psychotropic medication administration contri...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health
8 Exploring Provider Barriers to Patient Case Submissions for an Academic-Based Behavioral Health ECHO ProgramDavis, Mikyla2020Background: Behavioral Health ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a telementoring program that connects providers in rural and underserved areas to behavioral health specialists. The program uses case-based discussions and didactic lessons to enhance the knowledge and skill of prov...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP
9 Incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Improvement in Growth Using a Standardized Cardiac Feeding GuidelineDunyon, Tyler; Rigby, Marilyn; Yost, Christian Con2020POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Neonatal, Poster
10 Assessing Oncology Inpatient Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs,and Level of Confidence in Distress ScreeningShamo, Youngbeen2020Background: Patients with cancer commonly experience distress and the need for psychosocial care is well recognized as an essential part of cancer care worldwide. However, numerous studies have reported the failure to optimally manage distress. One factor contrib...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP
11 Implementation of a Minimal Stimulation Guideline for Infants Less than 29 Weeks Gestation for the First Week of LifeOrr, Jennifer; Hamilton, Jennifer2020POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Neonatal, Poster
12 Implementation of a Minimal Stimulation Guideline for Infants Less than 29 Weeks Gestation for the First Week of LifeOrr, Jennifer2020Background:The prevalence of prematurity is significant, with 1 in 8 live births occurring before 37 weeks gestation. More infants are surviving who are born between 22-28 weeks gestation. These infants are at high risk for adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. Steps taken during the first week of li...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Neonatal
13 Implementation of Feeding Guidelines for NeonatesElwood, Christine; Kranz, Clare2020POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Neonatal, Poster
14 Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Pathways for Urologic Surgeries: The Effect on Patient Satisfaction and Patient OutcomesMcLain, Ben L.2020Problem DescriptionOn the 34 bed, surgical-oncology, acute care unit at an academic research hospital, standardized care guidelines for postoperative patients are only used with three surgeries and two different surgical specialties. This causes variations in patient care and inconsistencies between...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
15 Improving Birth Attendants' Awareness and Utilization of the Transfer Toolkit for Out-of-Hospital (OOH) BirthsKingston, Ruth2020Background: Planned (OOH) birth is on the rise. Approximately 6.6% of those OOH births result in a transfer to a hospital setting. At the time of a transfer, there is the potential for important information to get missed and not passed on from the OOH birth attendant to the hospital receiving staff....Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Women's Health / Nurse Midwifery
16 Evaluation and Optimization of an Inpatient Daily Cares FlowsheetJensen, Clayton2020Clinical documentation is one of the highest priorities of any clinician. Documentation is only second to the actual care of the patient and could be considered another dimension or extension of patient care (Andrews & St Aubyn, 2015). Ask any clinician about the importance of clinical documentation...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics
17 Improving Depression Screening and Follow-Up for AdolescentsGay, Noemi2020AbstractBackground: Adolescent depression is a major problem in the United States. The incidence of depression in 12 to 17-year-old adolescents is estimated to be 1 in 5. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends routine screening of depression for the 12 to 21-year-old population. The lack of u...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP
18 Improving Nurse-Provider Communication in the Special Care Nursery Through Implementation of RSBARSmith, Jessica L.2020Background: 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
19 Reducing Rates of Adolescent Electronic-Cigarette Use by Effective Primary Care: A Quality Improvement ProjectHorton, Matthew A.2020Background: 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
20 Implementation of Feeding Guidelines for NeonatesElwood, Christine2020Background: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
21 Identifying and Addressing Preoperative Iron Deficient Anemia in the Orthopedic Surgery Setting: A Needs Assessment ProjectClaflin, Laura H.2020Background: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
22 Implementing an Evidence-Based Blood Pressure Technique in an Oncology ClinicWixom, Lyndsay2020Background:Hypertension (HTN) continues to be a leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease, stroke, and death, with an estimated cost in the United States of 131 billion dollars annually (Kirkland et al., 2018). Accurate blood pressure (BP) measurements are essential in the prevention, detection...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP
23 Quality Improvement Project: Improving Pediatric Vitamin D Screening and Treatment in a Mental Health ClinicWilcox, Emily2020Background Adequate levels of vitamin D have shown to play a significant role in the overall physical and emotional well-being of both adults and children. However, vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent throughout the pediatric population, with nearly 60 percent having suboptimal vitamin D levels...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health
24 Decreasing the Inappropriate Use of Pain and Sedation Medications in a Level III NICUSchaeffer, Lisa2020Background: Overuse of pain and sedation medications continue to be a problem in newborn intensive care units (NICU). The use of pain and sedation medications can have harmful long term neurodevelopmental sequlae and these medications should only be used when nonpharmacological interventions are not...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Neonatal
25 Incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Improvement in Growth Using a Standardized Cardiac Feeding GuidelineDunyon, Tyler2020Background.Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a gastrointestinal infection with high morbidity and mortality in the neonatal period. Ductal dependent congenital heart disease (CHD) is considered a significant risk factor for developing NEC in both term and preterm infants. These infants are also at ...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Neonatal
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