The Graduate Nursing Project collection includes Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Scholarly Projects and Master's students' non-thesis projects submitted as part of program requirements.
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 | Active Learning for Nurse Residents | Patzke, William L. | 2023 | Background: The University of Utah Hospital is developing a transition-to-practice program for their new graduate nurses (NGNs) entering practice. This program comes after the COVID-19 pandemic, which has challenged hospitals nationwide with the retention of experienced employees. These NGNs are ent... | Graduatre Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education |
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 | Ambulatory Nurse Residency Program at the University of Utah Health: A Quality Improvement Project | Huie, Katie | 2023 | Background: Nurse residency programs for ambulatory care are becoming increasingly popular as the need for ambulatory nurses increases. Ambulatory nurse residency programs should include hands-on practice through simulations or practice activities that increase confidence. The need for practice scen... | Graduatre Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education |
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 | Automating FHIR Element Recognition to Enhance Semantic Mapping in Oncology Informatics | Stuart, Addison | 2024 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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 | Automating FHIR Element Recognition to Enhance Semantic Mapping in Oncology Informatics | Stuart, Addison | 2024 | In health IT software development, managing Health Level Seven Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (HL7 FHIR) data model is crucial for interoperability. However, manual identification of the FHIR resource and element corresponding to a concept in a site electronic health record can be cumber... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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 | Development and Evaluation of Requirements for Intermountain's Care Coordination Digital Dashboard | Wolfe, Lana | 2022 | One form of technology that may assist in multidisciplinary communication during discharge rounding is the dashboard. Dashboards organize data in one centralized, visual location, in real-time (McKinney, 2012). Critical information can be seen and analyzed, quickly allowing for timely decision-makin... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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 | Enhancing Critical Care Patient Safety: Evaluating the Impact of an Air-Assisted Pressure Offloading Device on Sacral Area Pressure Injuries. | Leishman, Lana L. | 2024 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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 | Enhancing Critical Care Patient Safety: Evaluating the Impact of an Air-Assisted Pressure Offloading Device on Sacral Area Pressure Injuries. | Leishman, Lana L. | 2024 | Pressure Injuries (PIs) are one of the most common and costly complications occurring in US Hospitals. A large health system has faced challenges in meeting the benchmark standards for hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) set by the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) in f... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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 | Enhancing Documentation in the EHR to Reflect Nursing Workload in Acute Care Settings | Reinhardt, Kira Lee S. | 2023 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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 | Enhancing Documentation in the EHR to Reflect Nursing Workload in Acute Care Settings | Reinhartdt, Kira Lee S. | 2023 | Background: Despite extensive research on nursing workload since the 1930s, no standardized definition exists. However, it is crucial to consider the nurse-patient ratios as workload increases with the number of patients, adversely affecting both patient care and nurse morale. The University of Utah... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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 | Improving Compliance and Documentation of Violent Restraint Use: A Strategic Initiative at a Large Health System for Enhanced Safety and Standards Adherence | Rainey, Katherine L. | 2024 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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 | Improving Compliance and Documentation of Violent Restraint Use: A Strategic Initiative at a Large Health System for Enhanced Safety and Standards Adherence | Rainey, Katherine L. | 2024 | A health system in the West conducted a project to improve violent restraint use documentation, necessitating a strategic initiative to align practices with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Det Norske Veritas (DNV) National Integrated Accreditation for Healthcare Organizations (NIA... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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 | Newborn Feeding Barcode Scanning Compliance Report | Mitchell, Joseph | 2022 | In consideration of the benefits of breastfeeding or human milk feeding (HM) and Bar- Coded Medication Administration (BCMA), along with the challenges inherent in those systems, this project seeks to identify behavior patterns and compliance with HM collections and administration policies. The prim... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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 | Piloting a Women's Health Assessment Among Refugees in Salt Lake City, UT: Experiences, Barriers, and Gaps | Gates, Jennie | 2023 | Background: The health of refugee women after settlement in a new country, can be adversely or positively affected by individual, interpersonal, community, and organizational factors. As the number of forcibly displaced women continues to grow due to conflict, persecution, violence, natural disaster... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education |
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 | 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 Patients | Kang, Esther | 2023 | 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) patients, i... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education |
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 | Quality in Intravenous Medication Titration Orders for Enhanced Patient Safety in the Intensive Care Unit | Mitchell, Amanda | 2024 | In the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) of a hospital in the Western United States, the need for standardized guidance for Registered Nurses (RNs) to titrate IV medications (propofol, fentanyl, vasopressin) was identified as an important issue to support patient safety. Unclear orders and inadequate docu... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education |
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 | Streamlining Efficiency: Reengineering the Emergency Department Track Board | Nakagawa, Chip | 2024 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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 | Streamlining Efficiency: Reengineering the Emergency Department Track Board | Nakagawa, Chip | 2024 | Emergency Departments (EDs) rely heavily on efficient information systems to manage patient care (Austin et al., 2020). The Track Board, a digital tool within the ED, presents real-time patient and operational data to providers and other healthcare workers, which is critical to workflow and throughp... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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 | Understanding and Improving Heparin Administration | LaValley, Sydnie | 2022 | At 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 |
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 | Active Learning for Nurse Residents | Patzke, William L. | 2023 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education, Poster |
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 | Ambulatory Nurse Residency Program at the University of Utah Health: A Quality Improvement Project | Huie, Katie | 2023 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education, Poster |
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 | 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 Patients | Kang, Esther | 2023 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education, Poster |
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 | Quality in Intravenous Medication Titration Orders for Enhanced Patient Safety in the Intensive Care Unit | Mitchell, Amanda | 2024 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education, Poster |
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