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An Evaluation of Follow-up for Postpartum Depression in Mothers with a History of Depression | Kelley, Sarah | 2014 | The purpose of this project was to evaluate provider follow-up at postpartum visits for women diagnosed with a history of depression before, during, or after a pregnancy in a large CNM/WHNP faculty practice. A chart review was completed on all women age 18 or older who gave birth at a large teaching... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Assessing Female Sexual Dysfunction: Creating a Tool for Improved Diagnosis | Beck, Molly W. | 2017 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Reducing the Potential for Adverse Drug Events in Ambulatory Care Settings | Black, Chelise | 2017 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving the Prenatal Care of Women with a History of Stillbirth or Intrauterine Fetal Demise: An Educational Module for Prenatal Care Providers | Travis, Brooklynne Olds | 2019 | The overarching goal of this project is to increase the knowledge and sensitivity of prenatal care providers toward pregnant women with a history of stillbirth or intrauterine fetal demise (IUFD) through the development and implementation of an educational training module. The vast majority of women... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Health Disparities Among Hispanic Adults in the Intensive Care Unit | Gutierrez, Sandra | 2018 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Reducing the Potential for Adverse Drug Events in Ambulatory Care Settings | Black, Chelise | 2017 | Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) are a significant clinical problem in the United States; many are preventable if a provider has full knowledge of patients' medications. The process of gathering medication information is known as medication reconciliation. There is currently an inadequate focus on medicat... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving Education: Promoting Practice-Based Prescribing Competency for New Nurse Practitioners | Lugo, Rogelio | 2017 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Simulation for Mental Health Care Providers Treating Transgender Veterans: A Practice Improvement Project | Garso, Daemon | 2019 | Background: Transgender patients, including transgender veterans, face structural and personal discrimination in every level of society. The same discrimination is well documented in healthcare settings despite policies and education in universities and employment settings that encourage cultural co... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Assessing Female Sexual Dysfunction: Creating a Tool for Improved Diagnosis | Beck, Molly W. | 2017 | Despite the high prevalence of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) in the United States, it is both under diagnosed and undertreated. This is largely attributed to the difficulty in establishing a diagnosis consistent with DSM-V criteria while simultaneously excluding the many confounding variables that... | 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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Fecal Incontinence Among Community-Dwelling Adults in the Primary Care Setting | Kitzmiller, Ellen | 2013 | The following scholarly project arose in response to recognition of a gap between currently available research on prevalence, screening, and treatment for fecal incontinence in the primary care setting, and current primary care practice. The purpose of this project is to improve health literacy on t... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Timely Endocrine Referral for Short Stature Children Born Small For Gestational Age | Mulleneaux, Sherrily Brown | 2013 | Approximately 10% of children born small for gestational age (SGA) fail to achieve catch-up growth by two years of age. These children will remain with short stature throughout life without effective medical intervention. Sound research exists demonstrating the optimal treatment initiation period to... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Prediabetes Screening in the Emergency Room | Aloia, Andrew | 2017 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Readiness Assessment for Extubation Planning for Mechanically Ventilated Patients in the Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Initiative | Johnny, Jace D. | 2019 | Problem/Background: Extubation failure (EF) is the need for reintubation within 48 hours after a planned extubation in patients meeting weaning criteria from mechanical ventilation (MV). The incidence rate varies in the literature but has a statistically significant correlation with mortality, prolo... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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A Module to Teach and Assess Medication Administration Principles Including Dosing, Procurement, Preparation, and Interaction with the Medication Administration Record (MAR) | Southam, Glade | 2014 | Background: Nurses have a long history of difficulty with math (D. L. Brown, 2006). Technology and dimensional analysis (DA) have demonstrated benefits for teaching dosing calculations (Craig & Sellers, 1995; Greenfield, Whelan, & Cohn, 2006; Kohtz & Gowda, 2010; Koohestani & Baghcheghi, 2010; Serem... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Factors Influencing Breast Cancer Rates in Utah County | Pexton, Laura | 2015 | The Federal government initiative Healthy People 2020 has set some cancer-related objectives to reduce late stage diagnosis and death rates for breast cancer. Data predicted that it would take 13 years or more for Utah County to reach these goals. To identify possible explanations for these rates, 1... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Shadow Health DCE™ Implemented in a BS-MS Online Physical Assessment Course | Cox, Kristen | 2016 | Graduate nursing students are expected to have advanced knowledge in the 3 Ps: physical assessment, pharmacology, and physiology according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) requirements. A high-fidelity virtual patient online simulation program (Shadow Health Digital Clinical... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Understanding Insomnia in the College Population | Williams, Rachel | 2013 | The purpose of my project was to increase awareness among healthcare providers and students regarding the importance of sleep assessment and management at the University of Utah Student Health Center. Despite the fact that 50-70 million Americans suffer from sleep disturbances (Institute of Medicine... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Prediabetes Screening in the Emergency Room | Aloia, Andrew | 2017 | Diabetes continues to be a leading cause of morbidity and mortality and contributes substantially to healthcare costs. Prediabetes indicates a future risk for diabetes. Consequently prediabetes screening is paramount in combating our country's diabetes problem. The Centers for Disease Control and Pr... | 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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Monitoring Adverse Cardio- Metabolic Effects of Antipsychotic Use in a Behavioral Health Unit | Rivera, Irma | 2018 | Background: Studies suggest that individuals with serious mental illness have higher rates of morbidity and premature mortality compared to the general population. Atypical antipsychotics are used to a myriad of psychiatric disorders but evidence suggests that treatm ent with these medications i... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Military Sexual Trauma | Qian, Xinyi | 2016 | The role adverse childhood experiences (ACE) play on one's physical and mental health has become more understood over the past several years. A strong and graded relationship has been identified between the level of traumatic stress in childhood and poor physical and mental health in adulthood. Mili... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Heart Score in the Emergency Department | Spencer, Abbie | 2016 | The evaluation of chest pain can be very costly. Ruling out low-suspicion chest pain early can lead to decreased costs to patients and hospitals. Currently, all patients who present to the ED with the chief complaint of chest pain receive an extensive work-up, including serial labs, electrocardiogra... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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The Importance of Patient Selection at Out-Patient Ambulatory Centers | Sanders, Greg | 2017 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Provider Perceptions of Palliative Care in an Emergency Department | Tateoka, Elizabeth Buffy | 2016 | Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is defined by Healthy People 2020, and addresses aspects of physical, mental, emotional, and social health, and how health status affects and impacts emotions and overall satisfaction with life (USDHHS, 2015). Emergency departments see high volumes of older adu... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |