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Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing One Key Question® in a Midwifery Practice within a University Health System | Labbe, Krista L. | 2018 | Prevention of unintended pregnancy and promotion of health prior to conception are widely accepted approaches to lowering maternal and infant mortality. Despite the likely substantial return on investment, routine screening for pregnancy intention is not typically incorporated into the care of repro... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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The Children's Justice Center Multidisciplinary Puzzle: Where Does the Medical Exam Fit? | Bleak, Amy | 2017 | The gold standard for treatment of children who are victims of sexual assault is to provide all victims access to a forensic medical examination, preferably by medical providers trained in child abuse. Although most Children's Justice Centers (CJC) in the Utah have medical teams, there is not a cons... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Development and Implementation of A Standardized Pharmacological Approach for Neonatal Seizure Medication in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit | Royce, Jennica | 2017 | Critically ill neonates face the potential for numerous complications. One problem that many neonates suffer from are electrographic and/or clinical seizures. Neonatal seizures disrupt homeostasis in the fragile, immature neurological neonatal system. Potential long-term complications of neonatal se... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Early Septicemia Recognition and Intervention Education for the Pre-Hospital Setting | Grange, Emily S. | 2020 | Background: Sepsis is a persistent issue globally and causes nearly 270,000 deaths in the United States each year, placing a significant burden on the US economy and the health care system. Over 40% of patients diagnosed with sepsis arrive at the Emergency Department (ED) via Emergency Medical Servi... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care |
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Identifying Opioid-Prescribing Barriers: Educating Primary Care Providers on Evidence-Based Opioid-Managed Pain | Herrera, Kourtney | 2017 | The rates of opioid misuse, abuse, and death are rising and afflicting our communities, leading to a nationwide epidemic. Utah is currently ranked fourth in the nation and Carbon County is ranked first in Utah for opioid-related deaths (Utah Department of Health, 2016). As a result, the Center for D... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Implementing Routine Screening for Postpartum Posttraumatic Stress Disorder | Webb, Sara | 2020 | Background: Postpartum posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can develop following traumatic childbirth and can cause lower overall quality of life, impaired maternal-infant bonding, maternal isolation, negative impact on future pregnancies, and increased risk of suicide. Despite these impacts, postp... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, MS to DNP |
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Improving Antenatal Counseling for High-Risk Pregnancies Through Shared-Decision Making | Pitts, Rebecca L. | 2020 | Approximately 0.5% of babies in the United States are born extremely preterm (<28 weeks gestation). These babies suffer mortality rates as high as 30-50%; survivors suffer morbidity rates up to 20-25%. Due to economic impact and uncertain outcomes, parents expecting the birth of an infant between 22... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, MS to DNP |
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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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Integrating a Genetics/Genomics Team Into a Reproductive Medicine Practice | Lloyd, Anne-Marie; Swanson-Taylor, Lisa; Dorais, Jessie A. | 2022 | Background: Genetic screening of human embryos began in 1990. Since the nineties, advances in the genetic screening of human embryos called preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) have evolved. Over the last 30 years, reproductive medicine offices nationwide have increased to more than 100,000 cases o... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, MS to DNP |
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The Postpartum Wellness Phone Call :A Usability and Feasibility Study | Snow, Nicholas C. | 2020 | Background:Each year, more than 3.8 million births occur in the United States. Rates of severe pregnancy-related complications and deaths in the U.S. have been rising during the last 25 years. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends increased supervision of postpartum wome... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Organizational Leadership, MS to DNP |
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Preparing to Implement a Telemental Health (TMH) Practice | Robbins, Zoë | 2020 | Background: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners (PMHNPs) treating patients at a Salt Lake City outpatient clinic are rarely able to connect with rural clients, given the urban locale of the clinic. The Nurse Practitioner group was seeking a way to connect with the rural patient population.... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, MS to DNP |
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Prevalence of Suicide Risk Factors among Emergency Medical Services Providers in Utah | Mills, Gordon | 2017 | Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers suffer a higher rate of suicide than the general population. National statistics show an age adjusted rate of 13.0 suicides per 100,000 in the general population. However, EMS providers have been shown to have suicide rates of 17.2 to 30.5 suicides per 100,... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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A Customer Analytics Implementation: Understanding Users at Huntsman Research Informatics Shared Resource | Wells, Stacy | 2023 | Background: Data analytics and user dashboards are tools that have a bigger role in the world of data than ever before. User dashboards allow users to better interact, visualize and access data, while data analytics is just beginning to expand the possibilities of how user data can be analyzed and u... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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Ambulatory Nurse Residency Program at the University of Utah Health: A Quality Improvement Project | Huie, Katie | 2023 | Background: Nurse residency programs for ambulatory care are becoming increasingly popular as the need for ambulatory nurses increases. Ambulatory nurse residency programs should include hands-on practice through simulations or practice activities that increase confidence. The need for practice scen... | Graduatre Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education |
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An Improved System of Psychiatric Care for the Seriously Mentally Ill | Frichette, Katie | 2017 | The goal of this project was to uncover the factors associated with relapse and hospital readmission within the seriously mentally ill population (SMI). The purpose was to develop a proposal and recommendations for healthcare professionals and policy makers to reduce readmission rates following inpa... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Automating FHIR Element Recognition to Enhance Semantic Mapping in Oncology Informatics | Addison Stuart | 2024 | | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |
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Evaluating Barriers to Patient Implementation of Suicide Prevention and Safety Plans | Colton, Chaz | 2017 | Suicide is a major public health problem in the US. In fact, it is the tenth leading cause of death. Incorporating suicide prevention and safety plans (SPSP) into patient care provide strategies for individuals struggling with suicidal ideation and behaviors. These strategies identify individual ris... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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The Importance of Patient Selection at Out-Patient Ambulatory Centers | Sanders, Greg | 2017 | In the United States, there has been a shift in outpatient procedures being performed in the hospital setting to being done in outpatient surgery centers. As a result, it is very important to determine which patients are appropriate for procedures done in the outpatient facility and which patients n... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving Burn Nursing through Burn Specific Skills Day | Orr, Mindy | 2020 | Background. The American Burn Association recently published a consensus-derived list of eleven standardized burn nursing competencies that nationwide burn unit nursing staff need to maintain. These competencies were published to help direct the educational priorities for burn nursing to ensure the ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care |
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Improving Medical Documentation Through Education | Naval, Carlie K. | 2017 | The aim of this DNP project was to develop an educational module about documentation for nurse midwives and nurse midwifery students. Formal education on documentation has been shown to improve charting practices for resident physicians when compared to those who received no training. Improved chart... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Investigating the Impact of a Shared Patient-Staff Educational Tool on Heart Failure and Fluid Restriction in a Cardiovascular Care Unit | Rodriguez, Anna M. | 2021 | When HF is inadequately managed, it can lead to worse health outcomes for patients and increased costs due to associated comorbidities and hospital readmissions (Buja et al., 2016; Kwok et al., 2020; Lahewala et al., 2019). Frequent hospital admissions can significantly disrupt the lives of HF patie... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education |
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Piloting a Women's Health Assessment Among Refugees in Salt Lake City, UT: Experiences, Barriers, and Gaps | Gates, Jennie | 2023 | Background: The health of refugee women after settlement in a new country, can be adversely or positively affected by individual, interpersonal, community, and organizational factors. As the number of forcibly displaced women continues to grow due to conflict, persecution, violence, natural disaster... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education |
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Developing Nurses' Clinical Judgment in Pain & Sedation Management of Burn Patients | Alder, Anna M. | 2023 | Background: Developing clinical judgment (CJ) is essential for safe nursing practice, especially when managing pain and sedation. Underdevelopment of CJ puts patients at risk for safety events. Local Problem: Half (50%) of the medication safety event reports in the Burn Trauma Intensive Care Unit (B... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Organizational Leadership |
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A Consistent Approach to Noninvasive Ventilation | Rushton, Wendy A. | 2017 | Respiratory distress continues to be the most common causes for admission to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for term and preterm infants. The severity of symptoms and need for intervention increases the earlier the infant is born. The rate of premature delivery continues to increase in the Un... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Enhancing the Quality of a Medical Assistant Program Through Targeted Curriculum Improvements | Mari Davis Kimoto | 2024 | | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education |