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1 Implementation of Palliative Care Tools in Adult OncologyIheanacho, Chidiebere N.2023Background: Palliative care is a multidisciplinary specialty that provides patients and families with physical, psychosocial, and spiritual care facing serious illnesses. However, most patients who are seriously ill do not receive a palliative care intervention early in their disease trajectory. Man...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Adult / Gerontology Acute Care
2 Implementation of Palliative Care Tools in Adult OncologyIheanacho, Chidiebere N.2023POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Adult / Gerontology Acute Care, Poster
3 Planning for End of Life is Planning for Life: Quality Improvement and Research Data CollectionAnsari, Natasha2020End of life care is an essential part of the care of the patient. It not only is a continuation of the care of the patient we interact with as his or her disease gets worse, but also improves the quality of life for the patient's family once our patient passes away. Paladino, et al., (2019) state, "...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
4 Cervical Cancer Prevention: Improving Abnormal Pap Follow-UpFuqua, Dana M.; Taylor-Swanson, Lisa J.2022Background: Cervical cancer continues to be a pervasive disease despite effective screening (Pap test) and treatment options available to reduce morbidity and mortality of cancer progression. Studies suggest that nearly half of cervical cancer diagnoses result from a lack of follow-up after an abnor...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Women's Health / Nurse Midwifery
5 Improving Colorectal Cancer Screening Through the Implementation of a Standardized Toolkit at a Primary Care Clinic: A Quality Improvement ProjectPadillo-Romero, Sonia2023Background: The COVID-19 pandemic left a national gap in preventative cancer care; more specifically, colorectal cancer (CRC) screening decreased by 82% in from April 2019 to May 2020. This left patients at risk for delayed early detection, disease progression, and mortality. Local Problem: Similarl...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP
6 Improving Skin Cancer Prevention Education in a Primary Care SettingCooper, Elizabeth C.; Doyon, Katherine2022Background: Utah has consistently led the nation in the rate of melanoma diagnoses. Even though the melanoma mortality rate has slowed due to cancer treatment advances, the incidence rate in Utah has increased. Over the past 17 years, the rate of melanoma diagnoses has increased from 20.5 to 38.9 ca...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care, Adult / Gerontology
7 Treatment Summary and Prevention of Breast Cancer Survivorship Care PlanGerrard, Angela2015The American Cancer Society estimates there will be 2.8 million breast cancer survivors in the United States in 2014. Because of the increased survival rates in breast cancer there are growing numbers of survivors who need comprehensive survivorship care for longer life spans. This long term care re...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
8 Assessment of Early, Standardized Palliative Care Referrals in Patients with Metastatic Gastrointestinal Cancer: A Quality Improvement InitiativeBayer, Valkyria R.; Gee, Julia P.2022Background: Patients with advanced cancer often present with high symptom burden and decreased quality of life. Metastatic gastrointestinal cancers can be especially debilitating with 5-year relative survival rates ranging from 2%-15%. Early involvement of palliative care has shown to improve sympto...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Adult / Gerontology
9 Cervical Cancer Prevention: Improving Abnormal Pap Follow-UpFuqua, Dana M.; Taylor-Swanson, Lisa J.2022POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Women's Health / Nurse Midwifery, Poster
10 Improving Colorectal Cancer Screening Through the Implementation of a Standardized Toolkit at a Primary Care Clinic: A Quality Improvement ProjectPadilla-Romero, Sonia2023POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP, Poster
11 Improving Skin Cancer Prevention Education in a Primary Care SettingCooper, Elizabeth C.; Doyon, Katherine2022POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care, Adult / Gerontology, Poster
12 Assessment & Utilization Improvement of Palliative Care in Older Adult OncologyDailey-Hansen, Amanda; Lynch, Keisa; Piper-Williams, Jaclyn2021POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Poster
13 Early, Systematic Palliative Care Referrals in Patients with; Metastatic Gastrointestinal CancerBayer, Valkyria R.; Gee, Julia P.2022POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Adult / Gerontology, Poster
14 Latino Colorectal Cancer ScreeningsTellez-Hernandez, Jesse; Garrett, Teresa2021POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Organizational Leadership, Poster
15 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
16 Validation for Newly Implemented Electronic Medical Record Chemotherapy Power PlansEckersley, Amanda2019Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) were made with the intention of increasing patient safety and improving the quality of care one receives. Unfortunately, this has not been the case with Electronic Medical Records. The EMR actually increases the risk of medical errors in the first two years after im...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
17 Validation of Chemotherapy Power PlansEckersley, Amanda2019POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Poster
18 Increasing Afghani-American Women's Awareness of Cervical Cancer PreventionSafi, Nabilah2019Background: Worldwide cervical cancer (CC) is the fourth most common cancer occurring in women. Each year in the U.S., approximately 12,000 women are newly diagnosed with CC. Up to 93% of CC cases can be prevented through routine screening and prevention. Human papilloma virus (HPV) is the main caus...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Women's Health / Nurse Midwifery, Cultural Diversity
19 Increasing Afghani-American Women's Awareness of Cervical Cancer PreventionSafi, Nabilah, Penney, Debra2019POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Women's Health / Nurse Midwifery, Cultural Diversity, Poster
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