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Improving Clinicians' Experience of End-of-Life Care in the Intensive Care Unit Through Implementation of the ‘3 Wishes Project' | Nelson, Kendall K. | 2023 | Background: The '3 Wishes Project,' is an end-of-life program meant to bring humanity and dignity to dying patients, while encouraging meaningful connection and multidisciplinary communication among clinicians. The purpose of this project was to improve clinician experience of end-of-life care in th... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP; Adult Gerontology /Acute Care |
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Needs Assessment of an In-Patient Unit for Perinatal Mood Disorders at the University of Utah | Tsuhako, Kali Condie | 2023 | Background: The perinatal period represents the time before, during, and after having a baby. This is often assumed to be one of the happiest times of a woman's life. However, for nearly 20% of women, this experience is marked by unanticipated emotional turmoil. Perinatal mood disorders have become ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Nurse Midwifery / Women's Health |
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Improving Bedside Report Within an Inpatient Unit | Salih, Hussein; Garret, Larry | 2023 | Background: Bedside reporting is a communication process used during the shift change, where the outgoing nurse hands over the responsibility of patient care to the incoming nurse. This handoff takes place at the patient's bedside, it improves patient safety, communication, and satisfaction, yet com... | Nursing Practice Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP |
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Improving Bedside Report Within an Inpatient Unit | Sahil, Hussein | 2023 | POSTER | Nursing Practice Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP, Poster |
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Improving Clinicians' Experience of End-of-Life Care in the Intensive Care Unit Through Implementation of the ‘3 Wishes Project' | Nelson, Kendall K. | 2023 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP; Adult Gerontology /Acute Care; Poster |
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The Sad Moms Club Podcast: A Community-Based Podcast Approach to Promoting Population Health Awareness of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder Education, Resources, and Support | Lybbert, Joni S. | 2023 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health, Poster |
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A Community-Based Podcast Approach to Promoting Population Health Awareness of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder Education, Resources, and Support | Lybbert, Joni S. | 2023 | Background: Utah's postpartum depression rate is 14.8%, higher than the national average (12.5%). Individuals with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) often remain untreated, primarily due to barriers to accessing maternal mental health resources. This project aimed to develop and implement... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health |
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Increasing Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Usage Among Heart Failure Patients via a New Clinic Protocol: A Quality Improvement Project | Tonks, Trevor K.; Ugolini, Sharon; Gee, Julie P. | 2022 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Adult / Gerontology, Poster |
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Patient Teaching about Naloxone in the Emergency Department: The Creation and Implementation of a Clinical Practice Guideline | Barney, Heather Ann; Christensen, Scott S. | 2022 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Adult / Gerontology, Poster |
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Increasing Remote Patient Monitoring Usage Among Heart Failure Patients via a New Clinic Protocol: A Quality Improvement Project | Tonks, Trevor K.; Ugolini, Sharon; Gee, Julie P. | 2022 | Background: Heart failure effects six million adults in the United States and the prevalence is expected to increase 46% from 2012 to 2030. The advancement of technology has provided significant improvements to our disease management of heart failure, specifically, the use of remote patient monitori... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Adult / Gerontology |
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Patient Teaching about Naloxone in the Emergency Department: The Creation and Implementation of a Clinical Practice Guideline | Barney, Heather Ann; Christensen, Scott S. | 2022 | Background: Opioid overdose is the leading cause of preventable death in the Utah, and nationally. Utah ranks seventh in the nation for opioid overdose deaths with eight deaths weekly. Fatalities have continued to rise dramatically for over thirty years. Intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cen... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Adult / Gerontology |
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Social Needs Screening in the Emergency Department: Workflow Analysis and Creating Education | Badgerow, Alaina | 2021 | Healthy 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 |
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Evaluation of Patient Safety Data and Patient Experience Surveys to Identify Themes between the Two Sets of Data | Monter, Renee | 2021 | Patient safety is a top priority for healthcare system leaders, providers, and patients, but data can often fall through the cracks. An increasing number of healthcare systems are adopting patient safety reporting systems, yet leveraging this data to improve safety remains a challenge, particularly... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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Screening for Social Needs in the Emergency Department | Badgerow, Alaina | 2021 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education, Poster |
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Evaluation of Patient Safety Data and Patient Experience Surveys to Identify Common Themes | Monter, Renee | 2021 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics, Poster |
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Exploration of Barriers to Diabetes Education | Cole, Mary | 2020 | Background: 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 |
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Patient Reported Outcomes and Impact of COVID-19 | Seely, James A. | 2020 | A 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 |
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Exploration of Barriers to Diabetes Education | Cole, Mary; Reeder, Amy; Litchman, Michelle | 2020 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP, Poster |
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Improving Patient Outcomes Through Shared Governance and Professional Development of Informal Leaders | Patterson, Melinda | 2019 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, MS to DNP, Poster |
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Improving Patient Outcomes Through Shared Governance and Professional Development of Informal Leaders | Patterson, Melinda | 2019 | One of the major issues facing the nursing workforce is how to engage and retain nurses. Nurse leaders need to provide a workplace that is focused on professional development, shared governance and a supportive environment. When leaders support staff and shared governance by utilizing transformation... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving Warfarin Patient Compliance | Mauss, Mackenzie E. | 2019 | All patients taking warfarin (Coumadin) require regular blood checks for clotting time (International Normalized Ratio or INR), but many patients are not compliant due to various reasons including lack of medication education or barriers prohibiting the return for lab testing. The purpose of this qu... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Implementing After Visit Summaries for Low Socioeconomic Patients at a Free Clinic | Rolfe, Brandilyn | 2019 | Background: Patient recall and understanding of healthcare information received from a provider at an appointment is less than satisfactory. Factors that increase these barriers include, poor health literacy, low socioeconomic status, language barriers, complicated medical jargon and the sheer volum... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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The Artificial Pancreas Question: An Exploration of Existing and Emerging Technology | Murray, James A. | 2019 | Background: Artificial pancreas system (APS) technology may considerably reduce variability in blood glucose, resulting in lower risk for hypoglycemia and complications, and by extension improve quality of life for people living with diabetes. While clinical trials, research, and experience have con... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Increasing Anticipatory Guidance Discussions Among Parents of Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes to Promote Transitional Care | Bills, Victoria | 2019 | Background: Transitioning adolescents with type one diabetes (T1D) are at increased risk for reduced continuity of care, long term complications, poor glycemic control, and hospitalizations. Education programs have been found to improve knowledge; strengthen relationships among the parent, provider,... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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The Artificial Pancreas Question: An Exploration of Existing and Emerging Technology | Murray, James A. | 2019 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP, Poster |
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Improving Warfarin Patient Compliance | Mauss, Mackenzie | 2019 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP, Poster |
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Increasing Anticipatory Guidance Discussions Among Parents of Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes to Promote Transitional Care | Bills, Victoria; Allen, Nancy A.; Litchman, Michelle; McDowell, Megan | 2019 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP, Poster |
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Implementing After Visit Summaries (AVS) for Low Socioeconomic Patients | Rolfe, Brandilyn | 2019 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP, Poster |
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Improving Awareness and Cultural Humility Through a Self-Study Module | Schultz, Catherine H. | 2018 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, MS to DNP, Poster |
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Reducing High Utilization in Healthcare | Gonzales, Rebecca | 2018 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Educational Intervention to Increase Provider initiated Use of Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs) | Jones, Allyce K. | 2018 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving Awareness and Cultural Humility Through a Self-Study Module | Schultz, Catherine H. | 2018 | Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement project is to improve healthcare worker awareness and cultural humility through a self-study training module as a means of improving patient care. Background. The United States has experienced an increase in the growth of minority populations, which i... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Reducing High Utilization Patient Care through Improved Provider Communication | Gonzales, Rebecca R. | 2018 | Nearly one-fifth of Medicare patients who have been discharged from a hospital in the United States are readmitted within thirty days. Almost half of these hospital readmissions are deemed to be preventable (Verhaegh, K. et. al., 2014). The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established the Hospital Readmiss... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Understanding Patient Engagement in a Primary Care Setting: A Patient Health Portal Quality Improvement Project | Dinh, Tamiyah | 2018 | To comply with Meaningful Use (MU), Millcreek Primary Care (MCPC), a primary care clinic affiliated with St. Mark's Hospital in Utah, initiated eClinicalWorks Patient Health Portal (eCW). Stage 2 of MU mandates 5% of patients adopt the electronic health record (EHR) through engagement by secure mess... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Educational Intervention to Increase Provider-Initiated Use of Psychiatric Advance Directives | Jones, Allyce K. | 2018 | Introduction: Mental health providers lack knowledge and training about psychiatric advance directives (PADs) which is a barrier to patient completion. The purpose of this study was to determine if an educational intervention with outpatient mental health providers would increase provider-reported i... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving HPV Vaccination Rates Through Healthcare Worker Education | Kowalski, Jedediah D. | 2017 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving the Usefulness of the Outcome Questionnaire | Hafen, Bret | 2017 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health, Poster |
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Improving the Usefulness of the Outcome Questionnaire (OQ) in the Treatment of Mental Health | Hafen, Bret | 2017 | The Outcome Questionnaire (OQ) is a mental health assessment tool used to measure patient progress in therapy. The OQ generates a numerical score based on responses and compiles statistical data to monitor mental health distress between current and previous patient appointments. The Utah Department ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving HPV Vaccination Rates Through Healthcare Worker Education | Kowalski, Jedediah D. | 2017 | Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is an insidious and nearly ubiquitous sexually transmitted infection (STI). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that nearly all sexually active adults will experience at least one HPV infection at some point in their lives. Chronic infection wit... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Utilizing Scripted Communication in the Health Care Setting | Butikofer, Sam L. | 2016 | Developing a positive relationship between healthcare professionals and patients requires effective communication skills. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report on Health Professions and Training, identified that health professionals lack adequate skills in communicating with patients. A possible in... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Evaluation of an Interdisciplinary Approach to Treating Chronic Pain in Women Veterans at a Veterans Administration Medical Center | Houskeeper, Karla | 2014 | Primary care providers are often uneducated on how to effectively treat and manage chronic pain, yet they prescribe 20 percent of all narcotics given for pain (Manubay, Muchow & Sullivan, 2011). Managing chronic pain with an interdisciplinary approach is a more successful treatment, especially as na... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |