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Implementation of a Preconception Education Campaign in Primary Care | Moffitt, Austen | 2019 | Problem: In the United States, 50% of pregnancies are unplanned and maternal death rates are increasing. Preconception education informs women before pregnancy about healthy lifestyle behaviors to promote healthy pregnancies and avoid complications. Delivery of preconception health education to pati... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Implementation of a Depression Screening Tool in a Primary Care Clinic for Better Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in Veterans | Heaps, Austin | 2019 | Depression is one of the most common mental health disorders seen by primary care providers in the United States and affects approximately 8% of the U.S. population (CDC, 2012). Depression is often seen more in low-income and low-social support populations, and it is often underdiagnosed and undertr... | 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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Improving Asthma Control and Quality of Life in Adolescents Through Access to a Mobile App | Melonakos, Quincey | 2019 | Asthma is the most common chronic pediatric condition and affects 8.3% of children in the United States. The episodic nature of this chronic disease requires careful self-management in order to monitor symptoms, take medications correctly, and avoid triggers. Adolescent patients may lack the organiz... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Intermittent Catheterization Education Toolkit and Competency Checklist | Lynch, Nicole | 2019 | Background: Patients with neurogenic bladder have dysfunction to the bladder wall and urethral sphincter causing the loss of bladder function and the need for some form of bladder management. Intermittent catheterization is the gold standard of treatment but has poor compliance. Purpose: This schola... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Motivational Interviewing for Adolescent Substance Use | Leavitt, Jessica | 2018 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving Providers' Recommendation of Therapeutic Exercise as Part of Substance Abuse Treatment | Terry, Briana | 2018 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Evaluation of a Telehealth Intervention for Postpartum Depression | Wharton, Hollie J. | 2018 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Motivational Interviewing for Substance Use Counseling in the Juvenile Justice Setting: A Nursing Staff Quality Improvement Project | Leavitt, Jessica L. | 2018 | The majority of youth in juvenile justice facilities have substance use disorders. Motivational interviewing (MI) has been found to be an effective counseling style for substance use among adolescents. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief MI training for nurses and ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Piloting a Weight Management Program at a College Health Center | Price, Jared | 2018 | Background: Approximately 37% of US college students report being either overweight or obese. A college health center at a large Western US university routinely screens students for overweight and obesity, but offers limited weight management counseling. The purpose of this quality improvement proje... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Evaluation of a Telehealth Intervention for Postpartum Depression | Wharton, Hollie J. | 2018 | Purpose. This project investigated the effectiveness of using a computer-based telehealth platform in order to facilitate early recognition and initiation of interventions for postpartum depression (PPD). The purpose of this project was to increase awareness and prevention of postnatal depression th... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving Provider Recommendation of Therapeutic Exercise in Substance Abuse Treatment | Terry, Briana | 2018 | 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... | 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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A Pilot Study to Promote Abstinence from Nicotine: The Effects of the End Nicotine Dependence Program | Bowles, Dallas | 2018 | Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. Cigarette smoking primarily starts in adolescence. Among detained juvenile offenders, 82.1% had smoked cigarettes prior to their incarceration. None of the six juvenile justice services (JJS) facilities located in Utah offer a s... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Preventing HIV in Primary Care: Preexposure Prophylaxis | Howland, Philip M. | 2017 | Description: The purpose of this project was to create a continuing online education module to improve primary care provider knowledge in prescribing the preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication emtricitabine-tenofovir (FTC-TDF) in high-risk men who have sex with men. Problem Statement: In 2012, th... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Awareness Among Adults 50 and Older | Preston, Morgan Broadway | 2016 | Sexual risk taking behavior is not limited to the younger populations. With the various improvements made in heath care, people are living longer and healthier lives, and sexual expression has become an integral portion of an older adult's livelihood. However, due to a variety of factors, sexually t... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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The Prescription of Non-Pharmacological Interventions to Mitigate Second Generation Antipsychotic Induced Weight Gain | Serra, Nicky | 2016 | According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 5.9% of all adults in Utah had a serious mental illness (SMI) during 2008-2012, which is greater than the national rate. As of 2012, approximately 9.6 million adults live with a SMI in the United States SMI is the result of s... | 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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Pediatric Obesity Treatment and Reimbursement in Primary Care | Homer, Sarah Babcock | 2014 | Primary care providers have struggled to find a cost-effective clinically-based pathway to treat pediatric obesity and cardiovascular risk. Providers cite lack of reimbursement for obesity-related services as one reason that precludes their ability to effectively treat obesity. With the implementati... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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A Motivational Interviewing Toolkit for Providers to Address Weight Among Pregnant Women | Cole, Erin Johnson | 2014 | The obesity epidemic poses a substantial public health challenge in the United States and worldwide. More than one-half of all pregnant women in the United States are overweight or obese. Overweight and obesity during pregnancy carry significant short and long-term maternal and fetal risks. However,... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Lactation Services in the Pediatric Clinic: A Business Plan for Breastfeeding Support | Dunn, Stephanie L. | 2014 | Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2013) indicates that nearly 40% of infants who are initially breastfed are no longer exclusively breastfed at three months. Discontinuation of breastfeeding during the first week of life is primarily attributed to feeding difficulties and at ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving Integration of HEEADSSS Screening in Adolescent Preventative Care Visits - A Practice Improvement Project | Jorgensen, Jennifer | 2014 | Despite general consensus that adolescents should receive annual preventative care during which psychosocial screening and provision of pertinent anticipatory guidance is provided, studies have demonstrated that few receive this standard of care. This problem is clinically significant when you consi... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Implementation of the Ask Me 3 Program in a Pediatric Clinic | Harvey, Anne G. | 2014 | Failures in health literacy and communication result when patients do not understand their health problems, what they can do to manage their disease and why it is important for them to do so. In addition, navigation of the healthcare system can be complicated, confusing and intimidating; particularl... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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EPA SunWise© Curriculum: Washington County School District Educators' Perspectives for Inclusion in School Health Curriculum | Christensen, Jordan | 2013 | The purpose of this project is to raise awareness of sun protection practices in reducing incidence of skin cancer. Melanoma skin cancer rates have dramatically risen due to the lack of sun protective behaviors demonstrated by adolescents and young adults. Utah has the 4th highest incidence of melan... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Physical Activity in the Aging Adult | Morgan, Lauri | 2013 | Physical inactivity in older adults is the 4th leading cause of chronic disease and disability in the U.S. Older adults should avoid inactivity. At least some activity is better than none and older adults who participate in some kind of physical activity gain some health benefit. The Center for Dise... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |