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1 Fostering Professional Fulfillment in Emergency Department NursesSpeak, Alice2023POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP; Adult Gerontologyu/Acute Care, Poster
2 Fostering Professional Fulfillment in Emergency Department NursesSpeak, Alice2023Background: Professional fulfillment, defined as a culture of wellness, efficiency of practice, and personal resilience, is essential for safe practice and nurse well-being. Lack of professional fulfillment is associated with burnout, increased risk for medical errors, and even self-harm and suicide...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP; Adult Gerontologyu/Acute Care
3 Improving Training to Decrease Co-prescribing of Benzodiazepines and OpiatesManwaring, Ryan T.2018POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health, Poster
4 Understanding Patient Engagement in a Primary Care Setting: A Patient Health Portal Quality Improvement ProjectDinh, Tamiyah2018To comply with Meaningful Use (MU), Millcreek Primary Care (MCPC), a primary care clinic affiliated with St. Mark's Hospital in Utah, initiated eClinicalWorks Patient Health Portal (eCW). Stage 2 of MU mandates 5% of patients adopt the electronic health record (EHR) through engagement by secure mess...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
5 Implement a Standardized Anesthesia Order Set in the PACUSadie J. Bigman; Richard Dunn; Jennifer Layman; James Lufkin; Keisa M. Lynch2024Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care
6 Brain Code: A Standardized Response to a Neurological EmergencySzemak, Erin2017Intracranial hypertension (IH) is a neurological emergency that can lead to profound disability and death and is consequently referred to as a brain code. Intracranial hypertension is the sequelae of typical acute care diseases or injuries such as stroke, traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), and hepatic...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
7 Quality Improvement Project for Early Sepsis Iintervention and Education with Pre-Hospital EMS TeamsWoodruff, Whitney S.2019In the United States, sepsis is currently the third leading cause of death, and the number one leading cause of death of hospitalized patients (CDC, 2018; HCUP, 2016). Each year the United States pays over 27.4 billion dollars in the management and treatment of hospitalized patients with sepsis (HCU...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
8 Enhancing Knowledge of Contraception and Safe Sex among Hispanic TeensGarzón, Stanley2017The aim of this DNP project was to increase knowledge regarding safe sex practices, and contraception among Hispanic adolescents in order to improve their ability to prevent unintended pregnancies. Teen pregnancy rates are notably higher among Hispanic individuals in underserved areas with limited a...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
9 Improving Skin Cancer Prevention Education in a Primary Care SettingCooper, Elizabeth C.; Doyon, Katherine2022Background: Utah has consistently led the nation in the rate of melanoma diagnoses. Even though the melanoma mortality rate has slowed due to cancer treatment advances, the incidence rate in Utah has increased. Over the past 17 years, the rate of melanoma diagnoses has increased from 20.5 to 38.9 ca...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care, Adult / Gerontology
10 Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in a Primary Care SettingBywater, Kelsey2017Intimate partner violence (IPV) leads to serious health complications for women and has become a public health crisis across the US. The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that clinicians screen all women of childbearing age for IPV, such as domestic violence (DV), and to provide ...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
11 Social Needs Screening in the Emergency Department: Workflow Analysis and Creating EducationBadgerow, Alaina2021Healthy People 2020 emphasizes the need to develop and transform environments, both socially and physically that improve health for everyone as one of the four main goals for the upcoming decade (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2020). This focus demonstrates the need to look at th...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
12 Educating Women's Healthcare Providers on Transgender and Gender Non-Binary CareWann, Aurelia R.2019Transgender and gender non-binary (TGNB) individuals experience significantly greater disparities related to healthcare access than their cisgender-identifying with the gender to which one was assigned at birth- counterparts (James, Rankin, Keisling, Mottet, & Anafi, 2016). The minority stress model...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
13 Educating Diabetic Women on the Potential Teratogenic Effects of Hyperglycemia on Fetal Development during PregnancySeidel, Jeanette2017Millions of people in the United States have diabetes, and that number has increased exponentially in the past three decades. This has led to an increased incidence of pregnancies complicated by pregestational diabetes mellitus (PGDM). PGDM has also increased the number of infants admitted to the ne...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
14 Improving the Quality of Sleep in Patients on an Acute Medicine Unit Using a Sleep Hygiene BundleLang, Tanisha E.; Whitt, Alex; Lynch, Keisa M.2023Abstract Background: Poor sleep is common in ICU and acute ward settings due to noise and other factors, negatively impacting patients' cognitive function and quality of life. Neglecting healthy sleep practices in hospitals can have adverse implications for patient outcomes because of the restorativ...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP; Adult Gerontology/ Acute Care
15 An Initiative to Identify and Address Dementia Patient and Provider Needs in Community ClinicsMorgan, Deborah2019The majority of individuals living with dementia receive their care from Primary Care Providers. Multiple barriers such as time limitations, lack of specialist knowledge and lack of available resources have been identified in such a model, with caregivers of dementia patients reporting frustration a...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
16 Hiring and Embedding Community Health Workers into an Integrated Health System: A Needs AssessmentAmanda S. Keddington; Julie Gee2024Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, MS to DNP
17 Congenital Cytomegalovirus and Timely Newborn Hearing Screens in the NICUBoogaard, Melanie2017Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is a prevalent infection that can have devastating adverse effects, such as hearing loss, vision loss, and neurologic deficit. Identifying an infant with cCMV can be difficult, as only 10% of infants are symptomatic and not every infant is screened. The purpose of t...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
18 Implementation of Remote Monitoring of Topical Treatments in Patients with a History of Cutaneous MalignancyAndrew S. Lamb; Marianne Bowling; Cara Wolf2024Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP
19 Implementation of a Maternal Mental Health Toolkit in the Setting of Well-Child VisitsForbes, Nona; Al-Khudairi, Amanda2022Background: Postpartum depression (PPD) can occur during pregnancy up to a year after childbirth. PPD is a serious but treatable medical illness that can include feelings of extreme sadness, anxiety, indifference, and affect sleep and the ability to care for self or infant. There are severe risks to...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Women's Health / Nurse Midwifery
20 Universal Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Screening in a Primary Care Setting: A Quality Improvement ProjectMorgan Judd; Pamela Phares2024Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Women's Health / Nurse Midwifery
21 Improving Primary Care: Intimate Partner Violence Screening as a Quality InitiativeTahsha Spackman; Diane Chapman; Kelsey Bywater2024Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Women's Health / Nurse Midwifery
22 Use of Obstetric Emergency Interprofessional Simulation in a Rural Setting to Improve Knowledge, Self-efficacy, and AttitudesGarrett, Kellie R.; Phares, Pamela; Cohen, Susanna2022Background: Utah has ten counties with fewer than six primary care providers, including OB- GYN providers, and two counties with none. Evidence-based obstetric (OB) practice in rural settings can be challenging outside of an academic medical care setting without strategies to ensure the disseminatio...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Women's Health / Nurse Midwifery
23 Exclusive Human Milk Diet for Extremely Low Birth Weight InfantsBushati, Charity2020Problem: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
24 Implementation of a Toolkit for Families After Pediatric Sexual Assault: A Quality Improvement ProjectThayer, Madeline A.; Garrett, Larry2022Background: An estimated one in four to eight girls and one in ten to twelve boys are the victims of sexual assault or abuse before reaching adulthood. During an encounter for pediatric sexual assault, patients and caregivers are given extensive information about recovery, coping, and follow up care...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP
25 Metformin-induced Vitamin B12 Deficiency Screening: A Quality Improvement ProjectLesley Hemphill; Diane Chapman2024Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP
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