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501 The Impact of Nurse Leader Rounding on Patient Satisfaction ScoresWadsworth, Nathan2020Background: Patient satisfaction if a significant contributor to hospital patient volume and revenue generation. Hospitals that take vital steps to improve patient satisfaction in most cases will do well financially. The purpose of this QI project was to discover if Nurse Leader Rounding with Inpati...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Organizational Leadership, MS to DNP
502 An Evidence-Based Intervention to Enhance the Readiness of Providers to Discuss Medical Cannabis With Patients Who Have Chronic Neurological ConditionsTaylot, Christopher G.2020Background: In 2018, Utah voters approved Proposition 2, which will allow patients to use cannabis when recommended by a licensed provider. Availability and legal implications have left providers with significant knowledge deficits in prescribing cannabis. The purpose of this project was to develop ...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP
503 Improving Psychiatric Assessments for Veterans in An Urban Outpatient Mental Health ClinicZaryoun, Shannon2020BackgroundThe U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) has created multiple programs to help veterans with mental health problems including, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance abuse, and suicide. Over 1.8 million veterans received specialized mental health services in 2015. Depending on...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health
504 Implementing Sedation Vacation, Spontaneous Breathing Trial, and Confusion Assessment Method in a Medical Intensive Care UnitBryden, Allyson2020Background: According to the Society of Critical Care Medicine, more than 5 million Americans are admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) annually. Of these admissions, 20%-40% require mechanical ventilation. Patients on mechanical ventilation usually receive continuous sedation medication. Such sed...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care
505 Implementation of a Probiotic Protocol at an Urban Level 3 NICUHalford, Tami2020Background: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality among premature and low birth weight infants. Infants who suffer from NEC are at increased risk for death and other poor outcomes, including problems associated with prolonged parenteral nutrition, long-term gas...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Neonatal
506 Encouraging Provider Referrals to Community Based Prediabetic Management Program in a Primary Care SettingGip-Duran, Van2020Background.Untreated prediabetes causes long-term health consequences. When untreated, prediabetes can develop into type 2 diabetes within five years. In the United States (U.S.), prediabetes affected over 80 million Americans in 2015 (e.g., one in three adults); 90 percent of adults do not know the...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP
507 Improving Inpatient Sleep Quality in the Acute Care SettingCrockett, Mindy2020Background: Hospitalized patients are at risk of experiencing an increase in sleep disruptions and a decrease in quality of sleep. Illness, pain, medical interventions, treatments, and the hospital environment can lead to poor sleep. Poor sleep quality can lead to many adverse effects, including ...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care
508 Improving Sleep Quality for Critically Ill Patients in a Cardiovascular Intensive Care UnitAlmberg, Lexi2020Background: Intensive care unit (ICU) care entails the need to continually interact with the patient for medically necessary assessments and interruptions creating increased levels in noise during sleeping hours. Sleep deprivation is harmful to critically ill patients leading to increased hospital l...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care
509 Improving De-escalation Techniques in a Psychiatric SettingShipp, Ethan2020Background:Violence towards those working in the mental health field is a known problem, consisting of physical assaults, verbal assaults, and threats of harm regularly. Healthcare workers in mental health facilities are at an increased risk of violence at the hands of the patients for whom they car...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health
510 Improving Quality and Compliance of Suicide ScreeningStephens, Mary (Katy) Larson2020Background:Suicide is one of the ten leading causes of death in the United States, with treatment costing the healthcare system over 70 billion dollars. It is essential to properly screen and identify patients most at risk. Additionally, the joint commission identified poor suicide screening or asse...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care
511 Improving Labor and Delivery Nurses Confidence with Unintentional Nurse-Attended Deliveries (UNAD) Through Education and Simulation Skills TrainingArmstrong, Isabelle2020Background: Every day, babies are born in hospitals around the United States. The safest deliveries are those attended by a trained health care provider with the specific delivery skills to assist mother and baby through the birthing process. Despite the best laid plans to have a trained health care...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Women's Health / Nurse Midwifery
512 Exploration of Barriers to Diabetes EducationCole, Mary2020Background: The prevalence of diabetes continues to increase annually, with the estimated prevalence of diabetes escalating to 54.9 million Americans by 2030. Diabetes can lead to a variety of health complications, which may lead to increased health care costs. Diabetes Self-Management Education a...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP
513 A Quality Improvement Intervention to Reduce the Use of PRN Psychotropic Medications Among Older Adults in the Long-Term Care SettingKwong, Kimmy2020Problem: Even with our increasing knowledge about the limited effectiveness and severe side effects of PRN psychotropic medications, the frequency of their use in the geriatric population remains high. Higher drug intake and potentially inappropriate PRN psychotropic medication administration contri...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health
514 A Framework for Providers and Nurses: Standardizing Interdisciplinary Patient Rounds Further Improving Collaborative CommunicationSearle, Alexia R.2020Background: When it comes to patient rounds, there continues to be a lack of team communication between medical providers and Registered Nurses. Nationally, only 30% of patient rounds take place with both medical providers and Registered Nurses present. This lack of interdisciplinary communication i...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care
515 Assessing the Feasibility of the Use of the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool Versus Non-Verbal Pain Scale in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit and Surgical IntensiveHunt, Sara2020Background: Accurate pain assessments in critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients can be difficult to obtain. The current pain assessment tool to assess pain in these patients at this medical facility is the Non-Verbal Pain Scale (NVPS). This pain scale uses vital sign variation as a compone...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care
516 Early Septicemia Recognition and Intervention Education for the Pre-Hospital SettingGrange, Emily; Doyon, Katherine; Sandford, Matthew; Middlemiss, Chris2020POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Poster
517 Exploring Provider Barriers to Patient Case Submissions for an Academic-Based Behavioral Health ECHO ProgramDavis, Mikyla2020Background: Behavioral Health ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a telementoring program that connects providers in rural and underserved areas to behavioral health specialists. The program uses case-based discussions and didactic lessons to enhance the knowledge and skill of prov...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP
518 Education on Appropriate Infant Positioning In the NICUBodamer, Peggy2020Background:Infant positioning plays a vital role in the development of neonates. Inappropriate positioning of premature infants born at less than 34 weeks' gestation increases the risk of developing positional non-synostotic head deformities (NHD) and non-congenital ear deformities (NCED). Bedside p...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Neonatal
519 Are Placental Blood Samples a Proxy for Infant Blood Samples When Comparing LabVance, McKenna2020Background: Neonatal anemia is a common problem faced by infants admitted to the NICU. Admission labs to the NICU typically required 3-4 mL of blood for diagnostic purposes. Blood losses from phlebotomy draws increases the likelihood of anemia in preterm infants less than 32 weeks gestation and may ...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Neonatal
520 Early Septicemia Recognition and Intervention Education for the Pre-Hospital SettingGrange, Emily S.2020Background: Sepsis is a persistent issue globally and causes nearly 270,000 deaths in the United States each year, placing a significant burden on the US economy and the health care system. Over 40% of patients diagnosed with sepsis arrive at the Emergency Department (ED) via Emergency Medical Servi...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care
521 Integrating Community Health Workers (CHWs) Into a Health Plan SettingMedley, Shelly2020Health care has largely realized that it is nearly impossible to fully address health issues without addressing a person's social needs (Opthof, 2020). Evidence suggests that if health policies were to focus on addressing social and behavioral determinants of health, we would have better population...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Care Management
522 Patient Reported Outcomes and Impact of COVID-19Seely, James A.2020A significant indicator for quality of healthcare is how a patient personally reports the outcomes from the care received. These reports are Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs). Many studies have shown that PROs improve the quality of healthcare. PROs are important, not just because hospitals need Medi...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics
523 Incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Improvement in Growth Using a Standardized Cardiac Feeding GuidelineDunyon, Tyler; Rigby, Marilyn; Yost, Christian Con2020POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Neonatal, Poster
524 Development and Implementation of a Referral Resource for a Multidisciplinary Team at an Urban Free Mental Health ClinicHamilton, Tessa; Hardin Pamela2020POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Organizational Leadership, Poster
525 Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake Community Health Representative Needs AssessmentHaller, Mackenzie; Al-Khudairi, Amanda2020POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP, Cultural Diversity, Poster
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