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Quality Improvement Project for Early Sepsis Iintervention and Education with Pre-Hospital EMS Teams | Woodruff, Whitney S. | 2019 | In 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 |
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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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Using a Modified Early Warning System (mEWS) to Improve Time to Antibiotic Administration in Cancer Patients with a Sepsis Diagnosis | Peters, Charli | 2016 | Sepsis is the leading cause of death in the hospital setting. According to the Surviving Sepsis Campaign, early identification of sepsis and intervention with early goal-directed therapy protocols that include administration of antibiotics improve patient outcomes. Often, there are delays in the rec... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Critical Three Hours of Sepsis in the Emergency Department | Gonzales, RaNae | 2016 | In the Emergency room (ER), diagnosis of sepsis is often delayed and treatment is prolonged. Through education of signs, symptoms and treatment there is hope to decrease mortality rates in a local hospital. This will be accomplished by staff education, implementation of an algorithm and standardizin... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Development of a Education Guide: "Sepsis: A Guide for Patients and Families" | LaPolla, Ann E. | 2013 | According to the Global Sepsis Alliance (2012) sepsis is a medical emergency and one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Sepsis and its associated syndromes are common and associated with substantial morbidity and mortality in the general population (Rivers et al., 2001). In 2006, Martin, Mann... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |