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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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Improving Pre-Arrest and Cardiac Arrest Performance in an Acute Care Setting | Campbell, Sarah; Alderden, Jenny | 2023 | Background: Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and other emergent resuscitation practices in hospitals are lifesaving. Delayed or poor-quality CPR and resuscitation leads to increased mortality and poor neurologic function. Local Problem: Ogden Regional Medical Center (ORMC) has been identified as... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP; Adult Gerontology/Acute Care |
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Improving Pre-Arrest and Cardiac Arrest Performance in an Acute Care Setting | Campbell, Sarah; Dickerson, Melissa; Alderden, Jenny | 2023 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP; Adult Gerontology/Acute Care, Poster |
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Trauma and Critical Care Team Skills Program: A Program Evaluation | Lang, Jesse L.; Ward, Denise; Doyon, Katherine | 2023 | Background: Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) do not receive formal education in invasive skills before graduation despite the critical skills incorporation of required skills performance in critical care and trauma settings throughout the United States. As APPs utilization increases, so will the n... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP; Adult Gerontology/Acute Care |
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Trauma and Critical Care Team Skills Program: A Program Evaluation | Lang, Jesse L.; Ward, Denise, Doyon, Katherine | 2023 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP; Adult Gerontology/Acute Care, Poster |
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Smith, Jessica L. | Smith, Jessica L. | 2020 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Timely Antibiotic Administration | Collier, Natalie | 2019 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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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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Improved Screening of Suicidal Patients in the Emergency Room on Maui | Bentley, Joshua R. | 2019 | Psychiatric patients who present as suicidal in the main rural emergency room on Maui are not being evaluated with a standard and reliable screening tool. This creates unreliable admission criteria and inconsistent outcomes for patients. Several patients who would have benefitted from admission were... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving Provider Awareness and Utilization of Massage Therapy in Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) | Taylor, Allyson | 2019 | On average, 23% of veterans are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, (PTSD) and 22 veterans die from suicide each day (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2018) as a result of it. Current first-line treatment for PTSD is psychotherapy to address the cognitive patterns associated with PTSD... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improvement of Rapid Response Training in the Urgent Care | Horito, Breanna | 2019 | Rapid response teams have been shown to improve patient outcomes in medical emergencies. As community clinics expand to include urgent care departments, there is an increased likelihood of medical emergencies occurring within clinics. In response to this change, this project designed and implemented... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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RE-AIM Framework for Evaluating Perioperative Nozin®: A Topical Nasal Antiseptic | Kinikini, Susanna | 2019 | Purpose: This project sought to evaluate the process of implementation and the usefulness of Nozin® in reducing surgical site infections using the RE-AIM framework. Evaluation of an intervention often takes place during implementation to give insight into research as a foundation to clinical practi... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving Accurate Use and Evaluating Efficacy of a Neonatal Sepsis Screening Tool | Elliott, Elizabeth | 2019 | Problem: Non-compliant and inaccurate use of a neonatal sepsis screening tool has hindered statistical validation and dissemination of this neonatal early warning system. The purpose of this project was to improve compliant and accurate use of this screening tool, then evaluate the tool's efficacy i... | 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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Shared Decision-Making: Improving Providers' Engagement in the Adoption of SDM | Martineau, Eun Young | 2019 | Shared-Decision Making (SDM) is a collaborative process that involves a patient and a provider working together to make a decision based on evidence-based information and the patient's needs, preferences, and values. Multiple studies have found SDM practice improves patient satisfaction, treatment a... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners in Behavioral Health Access Centers: A Collaborative Staffing Model | Diamond, Alex | 2019 | Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide (Miller et al., 2017). In general, hospital emergency departments (ED) are seeing increases in visits for behavioral health reasons (Cooke, 2017). To free up ED resources for more timely treatment of critical care patients, hospitals have begun opening b... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Flight Paramedics Can Safely Administer Blood Products to Trauma Patients: Decreasing the Time to Blood Administration Improves Patient Outcomes | Foley, Jenifer | 2019 | Background and Objectives Early administration of blood products to trauma patients in the prehospital setting is associated with improved outcomes. Paramedics are vital components of many flight teams but do not receive education on blood administration in their education track. The literature indi... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Increasing Dementia Training in Long-Term Care: A Person-Centered, Non-Pharmacological Approach | Earnest, Aubree M. | 2019 | Background: Approximately 64% of residents living in long-term care (LTC) settings have a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia. Many will exhibit challenging behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) such as agitation, wandering, anxiety, and delusions. Highly t... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Timely Antibiotics Administration: Impact of Clinical Process on Barriers Delaying Time to Antibiotic Administration in Septic NICU Patients | Collier, Natalie | 2019 | A retrospective chart review identifying potential barriers to timely antibiotic administration was performed on 51 individual patients who presented with clinical sepsis in 2017- 2018. Prior to the education and implementation of the clinical process in Fall 2018, a survey was conducted to obtain a... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in Psychotherapy: A Quality Improvement Project for Alcohol Use in Psychotherapy | Judd, Christian M. | 2019 | Substance abuse is a major problem in the United States. Previous research indicates that the use of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for alcohol use improves outcomes in at-risk patients. The purpose of this study was to determine if using a SBIRT toolkit could reduc... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving Transition Planning in Adolescent Psychiatric Care to Enhance Mental Health Outcomes | Freund-Begley, Kelli | 2019 | Background: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to evaluate the current transition planning process in an adolescent psychiatric day treatment program in Utah and develop recommendations to improve transitions to outpatient care. Adolescents experience mental health disorders and rec... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving Postpartum Hemorrhage Management in a Rural Setting | DuBois, Jackie | 2019 | The leading cause of maternal death worldwide is postpartum hemorrhage, followed by hypertensive disorders, infection, complications with delivery, and unsafe abortions. Globally, hundreds of women die every day in childbirth due to these causes, and in 2015, there were 45,000 maternal deaths in Ind... | 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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Integrated Critical Care Staffing Model Utilizing Advanced Practice Clinician's and Physicians | Randall, Rachel | 2019 | Problem: Intensive care units (ICUs) are facing a staffing dilemma as there is a simultaneous increase in elderly patients and a decrease in available intensivists. Two specific consequences stemming from the imbalance of provider and patient ratio include caregiver and compassion burnout. Assessing... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |