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Improving Skin Assessments in Darkly Pigmented Skin and Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis in the Acute Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Project | Ly, Tracey; Bytendorp; Kylie; Doyon, Katherine | 2023 | Background: Detecting erythema and compromised skin integrity is challenging in darkly pigmented skin. Current literature states skin assessment and treatment education are tailored toward white patients. It is vital nurses are trained to identify breakdown and treat compromised skin integrity in al... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP; Adult Gerontology/ Acute Care |
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Impacting Antibiotic Stewardship through Correct Antibiotic Allergy Documentation | Moffitt, Lauren | 2019 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving Warfarin Patient Compliance | Mauss, Mackenzie E. | 2019 | All patients taking warfarin (Coumadin) require regular blood checks for clotting time (International Normalized Ratio or INR), but many patients are not compliant due to various reasons including lack of medication education or barriers prohibiting the return for lab testing. The purpose of this qu... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Implementing After Visit Summaries for Low Socioeconomic Patients at a Free Clinic | Rolfe, Brandilyn | 2019 | Background: Patient recall and understanding of healthcare information received from a provider at an appointment is less than satisfactory. Factors that increase these barriers include, poor health literacy, low socioeconomic status, language barriers, complicated medical jargon and the sheer volum... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving Nurse Managed Wound Care in Urgent Care | Grange, Angela | 2019 | Frequent follow-up visits for wound care due to substandard nurse-managed wound care in urgent care settings has been attributed to a lack of education and standardization of care. The purpose of this project was to improve knowledge and increase confidence in nurses who provide wound care in the ta... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Validation for Newly Implemented Electronic Medical Record Chemotherapy Power Plans | Eckersley, Amanda | 2019 | Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) were made with the intention of increasing patient safety and improving the quality of care one receives. Unfortunately, this has not been the case with Electronic Medical Records. The EMR actually increases the risk of medical errors in the first two years after im... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Patterns of Health Care Utilization by Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome | Newton, Anjeanette | 2019 | Objective. The opioid crisis in the United States has led to an increase in infants diagnosed with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). There is a lack of information regarding the use of pediatric follow-up care by infants diagnosed with NAS. The purpose of this project was to analyze healthcare uti... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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A QI Initiative to Improve Mental Health Outcomes of Juvenile Offenders in Utah | Butler, Tonya M. | 2019 | Problem: The juvenile justice system was established to increase the rehabilitative potential of the court system and prepare youth offenders for re-entry into the community. Legislative changes in recent decades have resulted in increasing numbers of youth being committed to adult prisons. A review... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Standardizing the Content of Nursing Shift-To-Shift Report to Improve the Quality of Communication Among Healthcare Providers on an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit | Fitzwilliam, Julie | 2019 | Introduction: Nurse-to-nurse shift handoffs are highly vulnerable to communication failures that can threaten patient safety and continuity of care. Nurses working in various settings recognize this gap and report low satisfaction with shift handoff communication, but evidence to guide quality impro... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Palliative Care Utilization and Advance Care Planning in End-Stage Liver Disease: A Quality Improvement Project | Freudenberg, Anna | 2019 | Problem: Patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) have high mortality, symptom burden, and healthcare utilization. Palliative care and advance care planning support patients' healthcare goals, improve quality of life, and decrease healthcare costs; however, utilization of these services are ofte... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Using Leadership Principles and Theory to Implement an Automated PHQ-9 into an EMR | Scheese, Carolyn | 2019 | Universal screening of patients with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) depression screening tool can help identify those who may be at risk for suicide. This quality improvement (QI) project assesses the effectiveness of implementing and automating the PHQ-9 into an Electronic Medical Record ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Protocol Development for an Emergency Department at an Urban Utah Hospital | Hansen, Erik S. | 2019 | Pediatric head trauma protocols have been shown to decrease unnecessary imaging for patients being evaluated for a head trauma in the emergency department. The purpose of this project was to assess the current imaging and treatment practices of the providers at an urban medical center and to develop... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Impacting Antibiotic Stewardship Through Correct Antibiotic Allergy Documentation | Moffitt, Lauren | 2019 | Problem: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2017), 20-50% of all antibiotics prescribed in United States acute care hospitals are unnecessary or inappropriate. A simple way to prevent the misuse of antibiotics, is accurate documentation and review of patients' antibiotic al... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Implementing Educational Training of the PHQ-2&9 in Primary Care Clinic | Nicol, Hanna | 2018 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Adverse Maternal Event Screening Tool | Rose, Camilla | 2018 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Engaging Remote Providers in Evidence Based Practice Using a Social learning Platform | Stock, Jennifer Speyer | 2018 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Effective Identification of Sepsis in the Emergency Department | Singer, Jessica | 2018 | Background: Severe sepsis is the leading cause of death at the University of Utah Hospital (UUH). In the University of Utah's emergency department (ED), sepsis capture and treatment remained at only 25%. We created an educational module and a sepsis checklist tool for the ED nursing staff which resu... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Recognize and Treat Intracranial Hypertension to Improve the Quality of Patient Outcomes Who are Treated in the Neuro Critical Care Unit | Bentley, Kristy | 2018 | Background Treating intracranial hypertension (IH) and brain herniation quickly and effectively is imperative in reducing morbidity and mortality. Local Problem The Neuro Critical Care Unit (NCCU) at Intermountain Medical Center (IMC) is considered the leader within Intermountain Health Care (IHC) i... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Implementing Screening for Venous Thromboembolism in an Urgent Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Pilot Project | Turgoose, William | 2018 | Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE), which includes both deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, may have serious health consequences for patients. However, over-referral of patients with these suspected symptoms may also result in burden to emergency departments and health care systems. E... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Bone Marrow Transplant Survivorship Care Plan: Bridging the Knowledge and Care Access Gap: A Pilot Study | Lee, Wenny | 2018 | In 2006, the Institute of Medicine (IOM), now known as National Academy of Medicine (NAM), recognized that there is a lack of continuation of cancer survivor care in the United States. The IOM recommended that all comprehensive cancer centers address the need of survivor care by using survivorship c... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Cervical Collar Removal Times at a Level 1 Trauma Center: A Needs Assessment | Teas, Amelia H. | 2018 | Trauma patients remain in cervical collar neck braces for up to 12 hours awaiting final radiology readings. These final readings are necessary before the collar can be removed. The extended wearing of cervical collars potentially leads to worsening fractures, ligamentous injury, increased spinal mov... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Understanding Patient Engagement in a Primary Care Setting: A Patient Health Portal Quality Improvement Project | Dinh, Tamiyah | 2018 | To 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 |
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Nurse Case Management Model for Office-Based Opioid Treatment | Haggerty, Erin | 2018 | The United States is currently experiencing an opioid epidemic. For healthcare providers, providing access and delivering evidence-based treatments, including Medication Assisted Treatment with buprenorphine can be challenging. This is due to the chronic nature of the disease of addiction, lack of p... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Implementing Training Modules to Facilitate the Patient Health Questionnaire-2&9 (PHQ-2&9) Screening Administration for Improving Depression Screening in a Local Free Clinic | Nicol, Hanna | 2018 | Background: Major depressive disorder affects approximately 9 percent of the adult population annually and has a 17 percent lifetime prevalence in the United States (Maurer, 2012; Meyer & Grob, 2014; NIMH, 2015). Adult depression occurs more frequently in low income and uninsured populations in the ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Trial of a Guideline for Adverse Maternal Events | Rose, Camilla | 2018 | Many factors may play a role in a woman's psychological well-being during the childbearing years, and some factors can influence a woman's ability to care for herself and her baby. Birth trauma is one event that may contribute to maternal mental illness. Birth trauma is defined as occurrence of any ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |