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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Improving Cannabidiol Education for Mental Health Providers | Brown, Kristen | POSTER |
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Improving Cannabidiol Education for Mental Health Providers | Brown, Kristen | Decreased life expectancy in the US is associated with rising prevalence rates of opioid and benzodiazepine abuse in this country (Dowell, Arias, & Kochanek, 2017). The increase of overdose deaths associated with rising rates of opiate and benzodiazepine abuse necessitates alternative and complement... |
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Improving Care for Older Adults: Assessing the Need for a Managed Care Model in a Rural Area | Green, Patricia | POSTER |
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Improving Care for Older Adults: Assessing the Need for a Managed Care Model in a Rural Area | Green, Patricia | Introduction: Older adults with complex medical needs are difficult to manage within various care settings, particularly in rural areas. The purpose of this project was to assess if Sweetwater County WY would benefit from an intervention aimed at improving care coordination in the form of a managed ... |
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Improving Competency for Non-Licensed On-line Staff Working in Behavioral Health Acute Residential Programs | Bullock, Randy | The ability to provide competent care within mental health treatment systems is of increasing importance due to rising demands to deliver high quality services with decreasing resources to do so. This ability to provide proficient care to people with a serious mental illness (SMI) can be influenced ... |
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Improving Midwifery Prenatal Care for Women with Obesity | Lee, Kathryn | Background. This project involved creation of a manuscript entitled Prenatal Care of Women with Obesity: An Effective Approach to Key Moments in Patient Counseling. The manuscript was created to enhance understanding of the communication needs of women with obesity during the prenatal period. Obese ... |
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Improving Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Screening in Primary Care | Hill, Alycia | POSTER |
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Improving Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Screening in Primary Care | Hill, Alycia | Background: Dysfunction means that something is not working appropriately. The pelvic floor is composed of a network of muscles, ligaments, and tissues that act like a hammock to support the organs of the pelvis: the uterus, vagina, bladder, urethra, and rectum. If the muscles of these organs become... |
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Improving Provider Recommendation of Therapeutic Exercise in Substance Abuse Treatment | Terry, Briana | An epidemic of substance abuse in the United States is wrecking havoc on millions of people and their families. Relapse rates remain high with more than 70% of patients relapsing within the first year after initiating substance abuse treatment (Smith & Lynch, 2012). Inpatient and outpatient substanc... |
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Improving Providers' Recommendation of Therapeutic Exercise as Part of Substance Abuse Treatment | Terry, Briana | POSTER |
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Improving Safety in the Emergency Department Through De-escalation Training | Porter, Stanton | Violence toward emergency care providers is common, with both patients and staff sustaining injuries (Hamdan & Hamra, 2015). Significant financial and personnel costs follow a violent incident, including damage to the facility and injuries resulting in medical care and lost time on the job for recov... |
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Improving Safety in the Emergency Department Through De-escalation Training | Porter, Stanton | POSTER |
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Improving the Quality of Provider Education on High Screen Time Use Given to Parents of Infant's & Young Children within a Primary Care Clinical Setting | Owens, Shalise H. | INTRODUCTION: Research has shown that too much screen time can be harmful to young children. Primary care and pediatric providers see children a total of 21 times for Well Child Checks (WCC) before their fifth birthday, allowing for plenty of time for providers to discuss the importance of screen ti... |
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Improving the Quality of Provider Education to Parents on Pediatric Screen Time Limitation | Owens, Shalise H. | POSTER |
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Improving the Rural Provider's Ability to Manage Complex Diseases: Implementing and Facilitating the Use of Project ECHO | Willardson, Deven | Purpose: To discover the challenges and potential solution(s) for the rural primary care providers using project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) to better manage common complex diseases. Rationale/Background: Research has demonstrated that those living in rural areas have higher m... |
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Improving Training to Decrease Co-prescribing of Benzodiazepines and Opiates | Manwaring, Ryan T. | POSTER |
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Improving Training to Reduce Co-Prescribing of Benzodiazepines and Opiates | Manwaring, Ryan T. | Concomitant use of prescription benzodiazepines and opiates is a current public health crisis, especially among veterans (Jones & McAninch, 2015). Approximately 27% of veterans who have an opiate prescription are also taking a benzodiazepine (Park et al, 2015). The combination of these medications i... |
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Incorporating Principles of Motivational Interviewing For Improved Management of Pediatric Obesity in Primary Care | Wagstaff, Sarah | The purpose of this scholarly project was to increase provider knowledge, confidence, and use of motivational interviewing (MI) techniques when initiating discussions with obese pediatric patients and their parents regarding healthy weight. Although current literature addresses the effectiveness of ... |
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Increasing Awareness of Perinatal Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Education Module for Women's Health Providers | Williams, Erin | Objective: The purpose of this project was to develop and evaluate an educational intervention to improve women's healthcare providers' knowledge of perinatal posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Background: Approximately 16% of women meet diagnostic criteria for PTSD in the perinatal period. Pregn... |
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Increasing Driving Safety Conversations Between Primary Care Providers and Older Adults | Barrus, C. Leilani | POSTER |
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Increasing Driving Safety Conversations Between Primary Care Providers and Older Adults | Barrus, C. Leilani | The older adult population (65 years and older) is increasing rapidly and age-related changes in vision, sensation, motor function, and cognition in addition to medications and medical conditions can have a deleterious effect on driving ability (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1999).... |
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Increasing Emotional Intelligence in Healthcare Providers | Taylor, Noelle | Emotional intelligence (EI) has long been overlooked in medical education and recent studies show medical providers miss opportunities to show EI to patients and staff. Emotional intelligence can enhance patient-provider communication and patient trust, thus affecting overall patient care and safety... |
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Increasing Emotional Intelligence in Providers | Taylor, Noelle | POSTER |
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Increasing Identification of Perinatal Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Education Module for Women's Health Providers | Williams, Erin | POSTER |
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Increasing Motivational Interviewing Use Among Primary Care Providers Counseling on Weight Loss | Gunnell, Emilie | POSTER |