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1 Nursing Quality Dashboard: Development and ImplementationHummel, Dabney2020Dashboards are a tool that health care providers use to assess and analyze quality of patient care systems data in a visually appealing, user-friendly, and efficient way (Dowding et al., 2015; Olsha-Yehiav et al., 2006; Schall et al., 2017; Tan et al., 2013; Olsha-Yehiav et al., 2006). Dashboards pr...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
2 Patient Safety Team: Near-Miss Medication Errors and Predicting Serious Safety EventsGashler, Alexis2020Medical errors remain a leading cause of death and poor patient outcomes during hospitalization in the United States (Oyebode, 2013; Rodziewicz & Hipskind, 2019). The Institute of Medicine reported that medical errors result in at least 7,000 deaths and cost 17-29 billion dollars annually (Oyebode,...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
3 Understanding and Improving Heparin AdministrationLaValley, Sydnie2022At a 400-bed teaching hospital in the Mountain West, unfractionated heparin administration continues to be a source of medication errors despite attempts to mitigate the inherent risks and improve education for all healthcare providers involved. Other institutions have completed quality improvement ...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
4 Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Pathways for Urologic Surgeries: The Effect on Patient Satisfaction and Patient OutcomesMcLain, Ben L.2020Problem DescriptionOn the 34 bed, surgical-oncology, acute care unit at an academic research hospital, standardized care guidelines for postoperative patients are only used with three surgeries and two different surgical specialties. This causes variations in patient care and inconsistencies between...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
5 Increasing Engagement & Understanding of Patient Reported OutcomesRoberts, Janine2020With the rise of clinical informatics, questionnaires (also called instruments) have been used to collect data straight from the source - from patients themselves (Porter, Larsson, & Lee, 2016). These measures are called Patient Reported Outcome Measures, or PROMs. PROMs are defined as any informati...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
6 Improving Patient and Visitor Understanding of an Emergency Department's WorkflowNels Nichols2024Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
7 Using National Standards to Create Effective Educator-Facilitated Simulation LearningTrudy W. Postma2024Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
8 Quality Improvement Project on Social Determinants of Health: Insights into the Readiness of Obstetric Clinicians to Ensure the Social Needs Screener is Completed by Obstetric PatientsKang, Esther2023Background: Social Determinants of Health (SDOHs) can impact patient health outcomes in more ways than previously known. Social Determinants of Health (SDOHs) can play a role in mortality, morbidity, life expectancy, health care expenditures, health status, and functional limitations. Obstetric (OB)...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
9 Transition Planning for Youth with Special Health Care Needs in Utah's Foster Care SystemSalama, Isabelle2020Youth with Special Health Care Needs (YSHCN) between the ages of 16 to 23 years old coming out of the Utah foster care system often experience gaps in healthcare transition planning as a result of poor communication between team members, including case workers, educators, caregivers, medical provide...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
10 Enhancing the Quality of a Medical Assistant Program Through Targeted Curriculum ImprovementsMari Davis Kimoto2024Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
11 Magnet Hospital Recognition Program Gap Analysis for the University of Utah Gap AnalysisChavez-England, Jesika2022University of Utah Health has decided to consider the pursuit of Magnet accreditation as of December 2021 (S. Taylor, personal communication, December 7, 2021). The first step in the Magnet accreditation journey is conducting a gap analysis (Drenkard, 2010; Graystone, 2018b). Therefore, the specific...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
12 Preprocedural Patient Education and Improving Patient Outcomes and SatisfactionParker, Tesla A.2021With an increasing number of surgical and outpatient procedures being performed in the United States each year, positive patient outcomes and experiences are more important than ever before. Ensuring positive outcomes for all parties involved needs to begin prior to patients even reaching the hospit...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
13 Connecting the Dots: The Impact of Bedside Shift Report on Nurse Communication and Patient SatisfactionKotobalavu, Cassidy2021The nursing shift change report is an essential component of nursing practice that allows for the exchange of relevant patient information from one professional to another (Sherman et al., 2013). Report is the transfer of responsibility, accountability and authority for a patient and their care from...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
14 Bedside Shift Report - Improving Communication, Patient Safety and Patient Satisfaction on a Medical-Surgical UnitListon, Brooke2022The leadership team on this medical-surgical unit identified that despite previous education and identifying bedside shift reports (BSR) as best practice, the medical-surgical team was not frequently performing BSR. According to the internal Press Ganey reports, 41.67% of patients reported "usually"...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
15 Better Outcomes Start with Better EducationIhler, Nikole2020Patients who are engaged with their health care, experience better health outcomes (Miller, 2016). " Better outcomes start with better education" (Customized Communications Inc, n.d., para 1). Prenatal education comes in a variety of forms. Multiple studies have shown that pregnant women are turnin...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
16 Planning for End of Life is Planning for Life: Quality Improvement and Research Data CollectionAnsari, Natasha2020End of life care is an essential part of the care of the patient. It not only is a continuation of the care of the patient we interact with as his or her disease gets worse, but also improves the quality of life for the patient's family once our patient passes away. Paladino, et al., (2019) state, "...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
17 Impact of Evidence-Based Practice Education on New Graduate NursesPhillip L. DaCruz2024Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
18 Insulin and Diabetes Education: An Intervention to Decrease Medication ErrorsHill, Jordan2022Nursing professional development practitioners (NPDPs) at an academic hospital brought attention to insulin administration errors on the intensive care units, women's specialty units, and acute care floors. This project aims to decrease insulin administration errors at this academic hospital. The ob...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
19 Investigating the Impact of a Shared Patient-Staff Educational Tool on Heart Failure and Fluid Restriction in a Cardiovascular Care UnitRodriguez, Anna M.2021When HF is inadequately managed, it can lead to worse health outcomes for patients and increased costs due to associated comorbidities and hospital readmissions (Buja et al., 2016; Kwok et al., 2020; Lahewala et al., 2019). Frequent hospital admissions can significantly disrupt the lives of HF patie...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
20 Nurse-Led Sexual Health Interventions in the Care of Women with Cancers Affecting the Female Reproductive System (Gynecologic & Breast Malignancies)Ekpoma, Victoria2021The pathology, disease process and treatment options/modalities in the management of cancers affecting the female reproductive system (CAFRS), which includes gynecologic cancers (uterine, ovarian, cervical and vaginal malignancies) as well as breast cancers, have been widely shown to adversely affec...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
21 Adaptation of the Mayo Clinic's HABIT Program to a Virtual PlatformRobinson, Allegra2021Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is considered a decline in cognitive function beyond normal aging that is less debilitating than dementia and does not yet significantly impair daily function (Jongsiriyanyong & Limpawattana, 2018; Sanford, 2017). Dementia occurs when there is both cognitive impairmen...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
22 Implementation of a Standard Process for Communicating DelaysFenton, Angie2020Patient satisfaction is an essential part of healthcare, which is measured by patient surveys (U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2019). Patient satisfaction surveysallow consumers to investigate their healthcare options (U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2019). Surveys impr...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
23 Unacknowledged CPOE Improvement ProjectBersick, Ben2021The advent of computerized physician order entries (CPOE) paralleled the adoption of electronic medical records (EMR) (Zhivan & Diana, 2012). CPOE form the backbone of care provision for patients in hospital settings and have been recognized as a major factor in preserving patient safety (Wang et al...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
24 Social Needs Screening in the Emergency Department: Workflow Analysis and Creating EducationBadgerow, Alaina2021Healthy People 2020 emphasizes the need to develop and transform environments, both socially and physically that improve health for everyone as one of the four main goals for the upcoming decade (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2020). This focus demonstrates the need to look at th...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
25 Translation of HABIT Program for Mild Cognitive Impairment to a Virtual PlatformTolley, Vic2021Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is an intermediate state between normal cognition and dementia (Peterson, 2021). According to Peterson (2021), MCI refers to cognitive impairment, however it does not meet criteria for dementia, but is more than normal aging. Dementia is a condition that is characteri...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
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