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1 Timely Antibiotic AdministrationCollier, Natalie2019POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
2 Timely Antibiotics Administration: Impact of Clinical Process on Barriers Delaying Time to Antibiotic Administration in Septic NICU PatientsCollier, Natalie2019A retrospective chart review identifying potential barriers to timely antibiotic administration was performed on 51 individual patients who presented with clinical sepsis in 2017- 2018. Prior to the education and implementation of the clinical process in Fall 2018, a survey was conducted to obtain a...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
3 Flight Paramedics Can Safely Administer Blood Products to Trauma Patients: Decreasing the Time to Blood Administration Improves Patient OutcomesFoley, Jenifer2019Background and Objectives Early administration of blood products to trauma patients in the prehospital setting is associated with improved outcomes. Paramedics are vital components of many flight teams but do not receive education on blood administration in their education track. The literature indi...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
4 Surfactant Administration Clinical Practice Guideline for Prevention of PneumothoraxBrinkerhoff, Tia2017POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
5 Surfactant Administration Practice Guidelines for Late Pre-Term and Greater Gestation NeonatesBrinkerhoff, Tia2017The purpose of this project was to develop a surfactant administration guideline to decrease the rate of pneumothoraces in moderate-late preterm and term neonates. Currently there are no clear guidelines for surfactant administration in this population yet research has pointed to significant benefit...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
6 Developing and Implementing Medication Administration Protocol in a Residential Treatment FacilityKrambule, Heather2020Background:In the United States, medication errors are responsible for thousands of deaths every year in the pediatric population. Residential treatment facilities hire unlicensed medical staff to administer medications with minimal training and supervision from a licensed medical provider. The stat...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health
7 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
8 Developing and Implementing Medication Administration Protocol in a Residential Treatment FacilityKrambule, Heather; Allen, Nancy A.2020POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health, Poster
9 Flight Paramedics Can Safely Administer Blood Products to Trauma Patients: Decreasing the Time to Blood Administration Improves Patient OutcomesFoley, Jenifer2019POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Poster
10 Oropharyngeal Colostrum Exposure-An Underutilized and Neglected Intervention Among Preterm InfantsJensen, Lindsey; Schefeilbein, Julieanne; Davidson, Jessica2021POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Neonatal, Poster
11 Quality Improvement on Continuous Intravenous Heparin Administration: Closing the Nursing Knowledge Gap to Reduce Medication ErrorsNelson, Kylee2021POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education, Poster
12 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
13 Safe Environment for Every Kid: Screening Tool Implementation for Quality Improvement in a Primary Care Pediatric ClinicCollins, Whitney; Sylvester, Robert; Visick, Michael2020POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP, Poster
14 Quality Improvement on Continuous Intravenous Heparin Administration: Closing the Nursing Knowledge Gap to Reduce Medication Errors; NomogramsNelson, Kylee2021Anticoagulants are considered a high-alert or a high-risk medication (D'Souza et al., 2019; Johnson et al., 2018; Kindelin et al., 2020; Oertel & Heparin Consensus Group, 2004). This is due to their narrow therapeutic index and the "ability to cause significant patient harm or death" ...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
15 Improving Compliance with the Intravenous Heparin Protocol on a Neurocritical Care UnitCastle, Bronwynne2022POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP, Poster
16 Using a Modified Early Warning System (mEWS) to Improve Time to Antibiotic Administration in Cancer Patients with a Sepsis DiagnosisPeters, Charli2016Sepsis is the leading cause of death in the hospital setting. According to the Surviving Sepsis Campaign, early identification of sepsis and intervention with early goal-directed therapy protocols that include administration of antibiotics improve patient outcomes. Often, there are delays in the rec...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
17 Safe Environment for Every Kid: Screening Tool Implementation for Quality Improvement in a Primary Care Pediatric ClinicCollins, Whitney2020Background Child abuse and neglect are significant issues in our world today with over 700,000 substantiated cases annually, costing our country more than 124 billion each year. More than four children die daily in the United States due to child maltreatment and yet it is rarely addressed in the pri...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP
18 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
19 Decreasing the Inappropriate Use of Pain and Sedation Medications in a Level III NICUSchaeffer, Lisa2020Background: Overuse of pain and sedation medications continue to be a problem in newborn intensive care units (NICU). The use of pain and sedation medications can have harmful long term neurodevelopmental sequlae and these medications should only be used when nonpharmacological interventions are not...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Neonatal
20 Identifying Female Sexual Dysfunction in Primary CareJohnson, Quinta2023POSTERNursing Practice Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Nurse Midwifery / Women's Health, Poster
21 A Trauma-Informed Care Toolkit: The Utility of the Perinatal NurseDiStefano, Kelly A.S.2023POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Nurse Midwifery / Women's Health, Poster
22 RE-AIM Framework for Evaluating Peri-operative Nozin®: A Topical Nasal AntisepticKinikini, Susana2019POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, MS to DNP, Poster
23 Promoting Provider Readiness to Induce Buprenorphine for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder Within the Emergency DepartmentSensiba, John A.; Bailey, ElLois; Vines, Caroline2022POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health, Poster
24 Improve Adherence to the Nurse-Driven Continuous Intravenous Heparin Administration Protocol on a Neurocritical Care UnitCastle, Bronwynne2022Background: Anticoagulation therapy is associated with high rates of dosing errors, and intravenous heparin therapy accounts for two-thirds of those errors. The therapeutic margins for heparin are narrow, and errors result in coagulation times that are too short or prolonged and can produce harmful ...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP
25 Evaluating Sepsis Care in the Emergency Department:A Descriptive Analysis of Sepsis Care and TreatmentOliver, Christopher J.; Clayton, Margaret F.2020POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP, Poster
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