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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 |
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Exploring Barriers to Primary Care Hospice Referral: A Needs Assessment | Spangrude, Tegan E. | 2023 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP, Poster |
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Implementing Educational Training of the PHQ-2&9 in Primary Care Clinic | Nicol, Hanna | 2018 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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A Needs Assessment to Evaluate Implementing a Relationship Enhancement Intervention for Couples at a Community Mental Health Clinic | Hoppe, Kristen; Stephens, Caroline; Baucom, Brain | 2023 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health, Poster |
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Breast Cancer Survivorship Care Plan: Integration into the EHR | Pulgiano, Tiffany | 2015 | The cancer survivor population is growing and requires specific coordinated continual care. In 2005, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) noted a gap in the continuum of survivorship care. As a result, they recommended that all cancer survivors be provided a survivorship care plan (SCP) upon completion o... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Developing a Successful Implementation Plan for a Diabetes Self-Management Support Program | Hardwick, Dawn I. | 2015 | This Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Project addressed provider and healthcare team support for a diabetes self-management support (DSMS) program in a community health clinic system. The clinic is currently participating in a National Institute of Health (NIH) study and anticipates clinic-wide ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Implementing Training Modules to Facilitate the Patient Health Questionnaire-2&9 (PHQ-2&9) Screening Administration for Improving Depression Screening in a Local Free Clinic | Nicol, Hanna | 2018 | Background: Major depressive disorder affects approximately 9 percent of the adult population annually and has a 17 percent lifetime prevalence in the United States (Maurer, 2012; Meyer & Grob, 2014; NIMH, 2015). Adult depression occurs more frequently in low income and uninsured populations in the ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Exploring Barriers to Primary Care Hospice Referral: A Needs Assessment | Spangrude, Tegan E. | 2023 | Background: The Veterans Health Administration has made significant improvements in end-of-life care, including an increase in hospice utilization. Timely referrals to hospice care are crucial for improving the quality of life for terminally ill Veterans. The primary care setting is an ideal place t... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP |
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Assessment of and Intervention for Compassion Fatigue in Psychotherapists | Tucker, Karl | 2020 | Background:A 2017 meta-analysis of 90 studies related to compassion fatigue confirms that healthcare professionals across all disciplines experience impairments to their physical, mental, and interpersonal health caused by work-related stress. This project explored whether a compassion fatigue works... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health |
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Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to Reduce Burnout & Increase Resiliency in Med-Surg Nurses | Hanna, Elizabeth | 2019 | A nursing shortage is predicted to grow over the next 20 years, with many nurses retiring and too few to replace them, making retention a critical issue. Previous studies have demonstrated the utility of mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) programs to reduce burnout and are being used to reduc... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Increasing Dementia Training in Long-Term Care: A Person-Centered, Non-Pharmacological Approach | Earnest, Aubree M. | 2019 | Background: Approximately 64% of residents living in long-term care (LTC) settings have a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia. Many will exhibit challenging behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) such as agitation, wandering, anxiety, and delusions. Highly t... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Pain Assessment in Older Adults with Cognitive Dysfunction | Gilbert, Karen A. | 2017 | This project examined the utility of an educational module to increase the knowledge and understanding of the application of current clinical guidelines by a health care team (HCT) in the assessment of pain in older adults with cognitive dysfunction. Twelve members of the HCT in a local memory care ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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A Needs Assessment to Evaluate Implementing a Relationship Enhancement Intervention for Couples at a Community Mental Health Clinic | Hoppe, Kristen; Stephens, Caroline | 2023 | Background: Divorce's harmful effects on individuals, families, and communities is a well-known concern. Dissatisfying relationships, even without divorce, are a significant source of stress and can contribute to increased morbidity and mortality. Relationship interventions reduce stress and improve... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health |
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Complicated Grief Screening for Veterans | Haynes, Lara Burns | 2017 | Complicated grief (CG) is grief experienced over a prolonged period of time that negatively affects physical, mental, and social health. Rates of alcoholism, insomnia, psychiatric disorders, physical illness, and death are all higher in people who are experiencing CG. Estimated prevalence of CG in b... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Educating Long Term Care Registered Nurses in the Competency Activity of Advance Care Planning | Redfield, Carol S. | 2018 | The aim of this project was to educate Registered Nurses (RNs) who work in Long Term Care (LTC) settings on the importance of executing a key competency skill: guiding complex decisions and discussions such as Advance Care Planning (ACP) with residents/families. The LTC population encompasses those ... | 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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A Project to Implement Routine Perinatal Depression Screening at the St. George OB/GYN Clinic | Taylor, Buffy; Taylor-Swanson, Lisa | 2022 | Background: Perinatal depression (PD) is a complication of pregnancy and postpartum. Unfortunately, many obstetric and primary care providers do not screen for perinatal depression leading to its underdiagnosis. Untreated PD has severe consequences for the pregnancy dyad and family, ranging from pre... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Women's Health / Nurse Midwifery |
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Improving Primary Care Providers' Knowledge and Utilization of Pessaries in Women with Pelvic Organ Prolapse | Smith, Jennifer | 2020 | Background:Primary care providers receive minimal to no training on vaginal pessaries as a treatment option for pelvic organ prolapse (POP). This lack of knowledge leads to women suffering from pelvic organ prolapse with minimal treatment options available. Patients that are not candidates for surgi... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Women's Health / Nurse Midwifery |
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Bone Marrow Transplant Survivorship Care Plan: Bridging the Knowledge and Care Access Gap: A Pilot Study | Lee, Wenny | 2018 | In 2006, the Institute of Medicine (IOM), now known as National Academy of Medicine (NAM), recognized that there is a lack of continuation of cancer survivor care in the United States. The IOM recommended that all comprehensive cancer centers address the need of survivor care by using survivorship c... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Implementing Improved Mental Health Screenings in Home Health Care | Searle, Christopher B.; Whiteley, Kylie; Webb, Sara | 2023 | Background: Depression and anxiety are among the most diagnosed mental health disorders. Moreover, those with chronic medical conditions are more likely to develop mental illness and suicidal behaviors, which validated screening tools can detect. A high correlation between mental illness and chronic... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health |
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Quality Improvement Project to Improve Pediatric Constipation Management in Primary Care | Craven, Nicole D. | 2023 | Background: While functional constipation (FC) constitutes 3-5% of primary care visits, many primary care providers do not report familiarity with clinical practice guidelines (CPG) for diagnostic evaluation and treatment, and significant variations in management exist. Other chronic conditions have... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / PNP |