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Education, Nursing, Graduate; Telemedicine in Critical Care: Provider Acceptance of a Tele-ICU Program | Bostwick, Meg | 2015 | Current intensive care unit trends show an increase in the number and severity of patients. Consequently, the need for providers specializing in critical care medicine is also increasing. Medical management by an intensivist has been shown to improve ICU patient outcomes, yet there are not enough in... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving Care Delivery to Patients Through Multiple-Patient Simulation Experience | Prince, Wende | 2015 | Simulation-based learning is part of the standard curriculum in many nursing programs across the nation. However, most simulation experiences focus on single-patient scenarios. This focus does not reflect the reality of professional clinical settings, in which nurses take care of multiple patients s... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Education, Nursing, Graduate; Developing the Care Model for Comprehensive Outpatient Pediatric Palliative Care | Berg, Angela | 2015 | Children continue to lose their lives to life threatening and life limiting illnesses. Less than ten percent of them receive palliative or hospice support. This project addresses design and development of an outpatient model to provide comprehensive pediatric palliative care. Outpatient access to th... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving Communication Between Night-Shift Nurses and Critical-Care Physicians in the Thoracic Intensive Care Unit | Sweet, Jenna | 2015 | The Thoracic Intensive Care Unit (TICU) at Intermountain Medical Center cares for critically ill patients who are suffering from a variety of cardiac, pulmonary, and vascular ailments. These individuals have multiple comorbidities, which potentiates the need for complex care and attention delivered ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving Adherence to Evidence-Based Metabolic Monitoring for Patients Taking Second Generation Antipsychotics (SGAs) in Primary Care | Askerlund, Robert N. | 2015 | This project was designed to improve fidelity to ADA/APA metabolic monitoring guidelines for patients taking SGAs. Second Generation Antipsychotics demonstrate a high affinity for serotonin 2c/1a, histamine and muscarinic receptors which frequently lead to dyslipidemia, diabetes, and obesity. As a r... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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A Feasibility Trial of a Metabolic Syndrome Intervention in Hospitalized Cardiac Patients | Allred, Anna | 2015 | Brief description: The incidence of metabolic syndrome is increasing dramatically in the U.S. as obesity rates rise. Metabolic syndrome increases diabetes incidence by 5 times and doubles a person's risk of MI, stroke and death. Little is being done in tertiary care to educate patients about metabol... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Educating Rural Nurses Regarding Therapeutic Care Following Fetal Demise | Waters, Kira | 2015 | Currently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report the neonatal death rate at 4.5 per 1,000 births. This is a significant decrease from the rate of 20.5 per 1,000 reported in the 1950's. While this is an impressive decrease, fetal demise, defined as any fetal or neonatal death after 20... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Integrating U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Recommendations on Childhood Obesity into Practice | Gardiner, Jane | 2015 | Childhood obesity is a significant problem in the United States, with one in three children overweight or obese. The physical and emotional consequences of childhood obesity often continue into adulthood. The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that clinicians screen chi... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Venous Thromboembolism Chemoprophylaxis in Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage | Whipple, Allison | 2015 | Venous thromboembolism (VTE) includes deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. It is a common complication of neurosurgical patients with an incidence in traumatic brain injury as high as 54%. Understanding that this is a preventable complication, one can recognize this statistic as alarming. An... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Pain, Agitation and Delirium Management in an Adult Intensive Care Unit | Fawcett, Tina M. | 2015 | The Centers of Disease Control reports an estimated 300,000 patients receive mechanical ventilation each year. Patients receiving mechanical ventilation therapy have a high risk for complications and poor outcomes. Current clinical practice guidelines recommend managing pain, agitation and delirium ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Motivational Interviewing for Health Care Change: Implementing Clinical Guidelines in the Treatment of Obesity | Dodd-Cardon, Catherine | 2015 | As the obesity epidemic continues to escalate in this country and with it the increased risk of chronic conditions and the ever-increasing expense those conditions impose upon our healthcare system, evidence-based interventions delivered by providers becomes increasingly imperative. Research shows u... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Nurses' Use of the TBM for Heart Failure Patients' Self-Care Management after Hospital Discharge | Dalling, Jo Ann | 2015 | Heart failure (HF) currently affects 6.5 million adults in the United States and its prevalence is projected to increase by 25% by 2030. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has mandated reporting of hospital-level 30-day readmission rates and possible penalties for HF in an effort to improv... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Adolescent Depression Screening in Primary Care | Stapley, Nicole | 2015 | The purpose of the project was to identify the most reliable and valid adolescent depression screening tool(s) to be used in primary care and develop a manuscript discussing the significance of adolescent depression, the importance of screening in primary care, and the most effective screening tools... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Maternal Placenta Consumption: A Novel Therapy Used by Postpartum Women | Hayes, Emily Hart | 2015 | This Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) scholarly project was designed to inform obstetric health care providers about maternal postpartum placenta consumption, which is a novel therapy that is growing in popularity among postpartum women. The objectives of this project were to: (1) synthesize existin... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Implementing a Revised Controlled Medication Protocol | Hoffman, Sarah A. | 2015 | Prescription drug abuse (PDA) in Utah continues to be at an epidemic level, which has many widespread ramifications, including a huge financial burden placed on the United States economy, and the healthcare system as a whole (Trust for America's Health, 2013). Healthcare providers play an important ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Development of a Provider Treatment Toolkit for Postpartum Depression | Johnson, Erika | 2015 | The purpose of this project was to focus provider efforts on the diagnosis, treatment and referral for postpartum depression (PPD) in the clinical setting through the use of a PPD treatment toolkit. The objectives of this project were to develop a PPD treatment toolkit that provided assessment tools... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Addressing Access to Diabetes Education in a Rural Hispanic Population | Webster, Scott | 2015 | Diabetes education continues to demonstrate improved outcomes in the increasing population of patients with diabetes. Despite research clearly supporting diabetes education, many adults in Utah do not access diabetes self-management education. Additionally, Hispanic adults have significant barriers ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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American College of Nurse Midwives Position Statement on Environmental Health | Leonhardt, Analiesa | 2015 | Robust evidence demonstrates that toxins in the water, air, food, and living environments in the US are linked with health consequences ranging from birth defects, to altered development, to reproductive cancers. Pregnant women, developing fetuses, and babies are disproportionately vulnerable to env... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Empowering Tween Girls at a Rural Middle School | Petersen, Kierstin | 2015 | This DNP project consisted of implementing the empowerment program "Owning Up" to a group of 10 to14 year-old tween girls in a rural middle school in 1 hour sessions given weekly for 8 weeks. "Owning Up" aims at helping participants gain the necessary social, emotional and behavioral skills they nee... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Developing the Care Model for Comprehensive Outpatient Pediatric Palliative Care | Berg, Angela | 2015 | Children continue to lose their lives to life threatening and life limiting illnesses. Less than ten percent of them receive palliative or hospice support. This project addresses design and development of an outpatient model to provide comprehensive pediatric palliative care. Outpatient access to th... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Educating Intra-partum Nurses on Quality Maternity Care | Fullmer, Che'Lyn Crapo | 2015 | For the past several decades the use of routine birth interventions, such as continuous electronic fetal monitoring (cEFM) has been on the rise. Despite the increasing use of this interventions as a bio-medical model of care, 1 in 3 women gave birth via cesarean in 2011, and nearly ¼ of those opera... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Pilot Implementation of the Flu-FIT Program | Bowers, Pamela | 2015 | Introduction The primary goal of this project is to determine if the Flu-FIT program could serve as an effective way to increase compliance with colorectal cancer screening guidelines among low-income and uninsured residents of Utah County. Problem Statement The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Screening for Toxic Stress In The 4 Year Old Child | White, Alexandria | 2015 | Introduction: The purpose of this project was to assist an urban clinic in implementing a quality improvement (QI) project to screen 4-year-old children at well child visits for symptoms of toxic stress, and to assist with the development and implementation of a sustainability plan. Problem Statemen... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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APRN Diagnosis and Management of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in the College Population | Huber, Janis | 2015 | Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) treat students at the Student Health Service Center on the University of Utah Campus. The Nurse Scope of Practice includes ability of APRNs to diagnose ADHD. However, research reflects a wide diversity in reported comfort level in diagnosis and treatment o... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Assessing Learning Needs Regarding Barriers to and the Use of N2O for the Management of Labor Pain | Loveridge, Danica | 2015 | This project was designed to assess the learning needs and barriers of various obstetric (OB) staff prior to implementing the use of nitrous oxide (N2O) on a labor and delivery unit at a tertiary care center in Salt Lake City, Utah. The purpose of the project was to provide information for the nurse... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |