Graduate Nursing Project
 
Filters: Collection: "ehsl_gradnu" Subject: "Palliative Care" Year End: 2017
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1 Screening of ICU Patients for Palliative and Hospice CareSchmidt, Michelle2016The purpose of this quality improvement project was to create an intensive care unit (ICU) admission screening tool for nurses to assess patient qualification for palliative and hospice care programs. Few medical facilities in the US currently use a specific screening tool to identify patients who q...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
2 Provider Perceptions of Palliative Care in an Emergency DepartmentTateoka, Elizabeth Buffy2016Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is defined by Healthy People 2020, and addresses aspects of physical, mental, emotional, and social health, and how health status affects and impacts emotions and overall satisfaction with life (USDHHS, 2015). Emergency departments see high volumes of older adu...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
3 Education, Nursing, Graduate; Developing the Care Model for Comprehensive Outpatient Pediatric Palliative CareBerg, Angela2015Children continue to lose their lives to life threatening and life limiting illnesses. Less than ten percent of them receive palliative or hospice support. This project addresses design and development of an outpatient model to provide comprehensive pediatric palliative care. Outpatient access to th...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
4 Developing the Care Model for Comprehensive Outpatient Pediatric Palliative CareBerg, Angela2015Children continue to lose their lives to life threatening and life limiting illnesses. Less than ten percent of them receive palliative or hospice support. This project addresses design and development of an outpatient model to provide comprehensive pediatric palliative care. Outpatient access to th...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
5 Improving End-of-Life Care: An Evidence-based CurriculumMcleskey, Nanci2015Americans are not only living longer, many experience terminal illnesses for extended periods of time. Management of these terminal illnesses and deaths frequently occur in acute care settings where nurses are often the healthcare professional at the bedside. Unfortunately, many nurses caring for ol...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
6 Home-Based Pediatric Palliative Care Delivered by a HospiceBarrus, Heidi2015This project was designed to address the lack of outpatient pediatric palliative care programs in Nevada by initiating a new program involving an existing specialty children's center and an existing hospice. The objectives of the project included proposing a palliative care model involving new servi...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
7 Pain Management for Patients with Dementia in Nursing HomesGreenberg, Robert J.2014Of the 3.3 million Americans currently living in nursing homes, it is estimated that 45-80% suffer from significant chronic pain. Additionally, it is estimated that 70% of nursing home patients with dementia suffer chronic pain. Patients with dementia in nursing homes suffer disproportionately from ...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
8 Disparities in Cancer Pain Assessment and Management among Ethnic MinoritiesKogan, Laura2014Poor pain control impairs quality of life and functionality. Despite the increased knowledge of pain mechanisms, existing guidelines and improved methods to manage cancer pain, it remains inadequately treated, especially among ethnic minorities. A number of factors play role in the existing cancer p...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
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