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Implementing a Fast Track | Burton, Kassie | 2016 | Over the past 10 years there has been an increase in the number of emergency room visits. From 1993 to 2013 the number of Emergency Departments in the United States has dropped by more than 500 (AHA, 2013). These changes have caused an increasing overcrowding problem; many researchers have categoriz... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improvement of Door to Electrocardiogram Times for Patients Experiencing ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction; Time-to-Treatment | Willmore, Drew | 2020 | Background:Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death among adults in the United States with 30% to 33% of patients with coronary heart disease presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) symptoms. Complications and mortality increase the longer a patient experiencing a STE... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP |
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Identifying Strategies to Decrease ED Boarding | VansCoy, Darrin | 2017 | Keeping patients in the emergency department (ED) after an admission decision has been made, also known as ED boarding, leads to ED overcrowding. Boarded patients continue to use ED resources and prevent new patients from being seen. Boarding can also have adverse effects, such as higher mortality r... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Reducing the Duration of Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Dwell Time in Women at Low-Risk for Postpartum Hemorrhage | Morris, Nathan M.; Phares, Pamela | 2021 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Women's Health / Nurse Midwifery, Poster |
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Code Stroke: Effects of a Protocol Revision: A Quality Improvement Project | Graham, Patrick J. | 2018 | Introduction: Acute strokes in the inpatient setting comprise 6-15% of all strokes annually and are associated with worse functional outcomes and a larger financial burden than those with outpatient onset (Blacker, 2003; Cumbler, 2015; Bekelis, Missios, Coy, & Mackenzie, 2016). Approximately 32,000 ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Assessing the Feasibility of the Use of the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool Versus Non-Verbal Pain Scale in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit and Surgical Intensive | Hunt, Sara | 2020 | Background: Accurate pain assessments in critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients can be difficult to obtain. The current pain assessment tool to assess pain in these patients at this medical facility is the Non-Verbal Pain Scale (NVPS). This pain scale uses vital sign variation as a compone... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care |
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Mock Codes: A Quality Improvement Project | Memmott, Jacob | 2020 | Background: Code blues are one of the most intense, stressful, and mistaken prone situations in all of healthcare (Hatley, Jordan, Powers, & Morton, 2019). In the long term acute care hospital (LTAC) setting, very sick patients are cared for, but not many code blue emergencies occur. Therefore, clin... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP |
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One Year Review of Experience with Post-Partum IUD Insertions | Radmall, Jessica | 2018 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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One Year Review of Experience with Postpartum IUD Insertions | Radmall, Jessica | 2018 | Aims: This quality improvement project aimed to understand postpartum contraceptive initiation trends in a midwifery practice at a teaching hospital in the Intermountain West. The primary aim was to measure the uptake of intrauterine device (IUD) and other long-acting contraception (LARC) in this po... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Cervical Collar Removal Times at a Level 1 Trauma Center: A Needs Assessment | Teas, Amelia H. | 2018 | Trauma patients remain in cervical collar neck braces for up to 12 hours awaiting final radiology readings. These final readings are necessary before the collar can be removed. The extended wearing of cervical collars potentially leads to worsening fractures, ligamentous injury, increased spinal mov... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Timely Cervical Collar Removal at a Level 1 Trauma Center | Teas, Molly | 2018 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Poster |
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Improving Sleep Quality and Duration in the Postpartum Period through Quiet Time; Patient Satisfaction; Practice Guidelines as Topic | Malik, Yumna; Phares, Pamela | 2022 | Background: Postpartum patients are routinely disturbed at frequent intervals during their hospital admission, so unbroken sleep is rarely possible. This can lead to sleep deprivation which can have significant adverse health implications such as a decline in cognitive function, and impaired healing... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Women's Health / Nurse Midwifery |
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Ottawa Guidelines Implementation for a Local Government Run Hospital | Cluff, David | 2017 | The incidence of lower extremity injury that present to emergency departments in the United States yearly is unknown. But, due to the high numbers of lower extremity injuries seen at Emergency Departments (ED), overutilization of resources such as radiology can occur. Approximately 30% of patients r... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving Adherence to an Existing Protocol for Infants at Risk for Hypoglycemia | Wright, Rachel | 2020 | Background: Prolonged hypoglycemia and delays in treatment correlate with poor neurological outcomes and developmental delays in infants. Research shows that infants at risk can be managed successfully with proactive intervention and management until their bodies have compensated. Protocols enhance ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Neonatal |
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Development of Multiple Trauma Activation Training for Surgical Services | Rachael, Hubertz; Guo, Jia-Wen | 2023 | Background: Mass casualty incidents (MCIs) create a large influx of patients, are becoming more prevalent, and require adequate training for healthcare personnel. Multiple Trauma Activation (MTA)- specific protocols promote awareness and effective responses and increase access to healthcare. Intermo... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Pract, DNP; Adult Gerontology/Acute Care |
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Timely and Safe Removal of Backboards in a Rural Emergency Department | Garrett, Craig | 2018 | This study explored the need for timely and safe removal of backboards in a rural emergency department where no guidelines or protocols were currently in place for patients being brought in on backboards. Studies indicate adverse effects on patients who are allowed to have prolonged backboard time b... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Assessing the Feasibility of the Use of the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool Versus Non-Verbal Pain Scale in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit and Surgical Intensive | Hunt, Sara; Terry, Kimberly; Kang, Youjeong | 2020 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Poster |
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Identifying Strategies to Decrease ED Boarding | VansCoy, Darrin | 2017 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Poster |
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Enacting Evidence-Based Incontinence Care in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting | Van Meter, Kasindra M.; Alderden, Jenny G.; Brady, Lexi M. | 2022 | Background: The majority of patients with incontinence after suffering a stroke or brain injury are not optimally managed in the inpatient setting. An incontinence order set with a Timed Toileting option is in use in the Stroke and Brain Injury unit. However, given the average patient's robust rehab... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Adult / Gerontology |
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Implementing a Minimal Stimulation Guideline to Decrease the Risk of Intraventricular Hemorrhage | Tingey, Cameron L. | 2019 | Background: Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) is a significant cause of mortality and morbidity in preterm infants. It is a condition most often affecting infants born less than 32 weeks' gestation, and more likely occurring with decreasing gestational age. The majority of IVH occurs during the firs... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improved Screening of Suicidal Patients in the Emergency Room on Maui | Bentley, Joshua R. | 2019 | Psychiatric patients who present as suicidal in the main rural emergency room on Maui are not being evaluated with a standard and reliable screening tool. This creates unreliable admission criteria and inconsistent outcomes for patients. Several patients who would have benefitted from admission were... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Implementing Minimal Stimulation Guidelines to Decrease the Risk of IVH | Tingey, Cameron L. | 2019 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Neonatal, Poster |
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Timely Antibiotics Administration: Impact of Clinical Process on Barriers Delaying Time to Antibiotic Administration in Septic NICU Patients | Collier, Natalie | 2019 | A 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 |
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Improvement of Door to Electrocardiogram Times for Patients Experiencing ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction; Time-to-Treatment | Willmore, Drew | 2020 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP, Poster |
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Improving Adherence to an Existing Protocol for Infants at Risk for Hypoglycemia | Wright, Rachel, Phares, Pamela | 2020 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Neonatal, Poster |