The Graduate Nursing Project collection includes Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Scholarly Projects and Master's students' non-thesis projects submitted as part of program requirements.
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| Title | Creator | Date | Description | Relation Is Part Of | ||
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| 826 |  | Creating a MyChart Tool Kit to Improve Online Patient-Portal Use among Heart Failure Patients | Farrenkopf, Katie; Ugolini, Sharon; Garcia, Kimberly | 2022 | Background: Heart Failure (HF) is a chronic, debilitating disease that affects more than 26 million individuals worldwide. Self-care regimens, such as weight tracking, dietary restrictions, and prescription medication can be very complex for HF patients. The use of patient portals can improve access... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP |
| 827 |  | DBT Skills and Support Groups for Family Members/Affected Others in Relationships with Individuals Living with Borderline Personality Disorder | Daniels, Brinli A. | 2020 | Problem. Relational distress between family members/affected others and individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) can negatively influence the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). Researchindicatesthat when family members/affected otherssupportindividuals participating D... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health |
| 828 |  | Decreasing Missed Opportunities for Simultaneous HPV Vaccination in Adolescents | Orchard, Kate; Sylvester, Robert; Good, Linsy; Beckstead, Alicia | 2021 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care, Poster |
| 829 |  | Decreasing Older Adult Mortality in Disasters | Neville, McKenna | 2020 | Purposes/Aims: This project created a standard operating guideline to decrease older adult mortality in disasters for use by the Utah Health Emergency Response Team (UHERT). Rationale/Background: The UHERT is a mobile medical response team comprised of 75 healthcare workers across Utah. The team can... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP |
| 830 |  | Decreasing Premature Termination of Addiction Treatment for Adolescent Females Through the Utilization of an Assessment Tool to Evaluate the Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Level of Motivation | Freeman, Corrine M.; Bullock, Randy | 2022 | Background: Premature discharge from a residential addiction treatment setting increases a patient's risk of relapse and the development of comorbid mental health disorders. Current evidence suggests that promoting intrinsic motivation, through a therapeutic approach, into a patient's treatment plan... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health |
| 831 |  | Decreasing Serum Phosphorus Levels Through the Implementation of a Phosphorus Lowering Protocol in an Outpatient Hemodialysis Clinic | Kfoury, Danielle; Sylvester, Robert; Hatch, Jenny | 2021 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care, Poster |
| 832 |  | Dementia Risk Reduction in Geriatric Primary Care: A Needs Assessment | Shaw, Rebecca L. | 2023 | Background: Dementia is a costly disease that profoundly impacts patients, caregivers, and health systems, and increasing disease-related morbidity threatens to overwhelm an already overburdened healthcare infrastructure. Although there is no cure for dementia, it may be possible to delay the onset ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health |
| 833 |  | Develop and Implement a Vertebral Compression Fracture Toolkit: An Evidenced-Based Quality Improvement Initiative | Gonzales, David K.; Jarvis, Mathew; Luo, Jie; Hebdon, Megan | 2025 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Poster |
| 834 |  | Develop and Implement a Vertebral Compression Fracture Toolkit: An Evidenced-Based Quality Improvement Initiative | Gonzales, David K.; Jarvis, Mathew; Luo, Jie; Hebdon, Megan | 2025 | Background: Vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) are a significant health concern. They are often undiagnosed or mismanaged, leading to chronic pain, immobility, and increased healthcare costs. At the clinical site, management of VCF neglected standardized treatment or follow-up care processes, co... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care, Poster |
| 835 |  | Developing an Evidence-Based Clinical Protocol for IV Ketamine Therapy | Johnson, Melissa L.; Morgan, Deborah; Anderson, Sumer | 2022 | Background: Intravenous (IV) ketamine is rising as a novel pharmaceutical option manifesting rapid and robust symptom reduction and offering much promise in alleviating Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD). Clear and consistent evidence-based practice protocols and guidelines are lacking as practiti... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health |
| 836 |  | Developing and Evaluating a Parent Support Group for Those Affected by a Fetal Diagnosis at a Tertiary Fetal Center | Cheshire, Shauna; Jenkins, Megan; Romano, Annie; Morgan, Deborah | 2024 | The rate of birth defects is 30% nationally, as well as in Utah. Parents who learn their unborn baby has severe anomalies experience significantly more mental and emotional stress than parents with unremarkable findings. Fetal centers serve this patient population but often fail to address the menta... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health |
| 837 |  | Developing and Evaluating a Parent Support Group for Those Affected by a Fetal Diagnosis at a Tertiary Fetal Center | Cheshire, Shauna; Jenkins, Megan; Romano, Annie; Morgan, Deborah | 2024 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health |
| 838 |  | Developing and Implementing Medication Administration Protocol in a Residential Treatment Facility | Krambule, Heather | 2020 | Background: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 |
| 839 |  | Developing Nurses' Clinical Judgment in Pain & Sedation Management of Burn Patients | Alder, Anna M. | 2023 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Organizational Leadership, Poster |
| 840 |  | Developing Nurses' Clinical Judgment in the Management of Shoulder Dystocia (SD) Patients | Day, Alison; Eldredge, Michele; Scheese, Carolyn | 2024 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, MS to DNP |
| 841 |  | Developing Nurses' Clinical Judgment in the Management of Shoulder Dystocia (SD) Patients | Day, Alison; Eldredge, Michele; Scheese, Carolyn | 2024 | Shoulder dystocia (SD) is a sporadic and unexpected emergency that has up to a 24% risk of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. SD is more prevalent in non-white patients. Clinical judgment, competence, confidence, and awareness of implicit bias are needed to empower nurses to provide quality... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, MS to DNP |
| 842 |  | Development and Evaluation of a Toolkit for Caregivers of Children Diagnosed with Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome | Whitehead, Samantha; Tufts, Gillian; Gee, Julie P.; Vawdrey, Heidi | 2022 | Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) is a rare pediatric disorder that is characterized by an abrupt onset of obsessive-compulsive tendencies and restrictive eating behaviors. PANS can mirror many other diseases, has an unknown cause, and has symptoms that wax and wane, making it h... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP |
| 843 |  | Development and Implementation of a Referral Resource for a Multidisciplinary Team at an Urban Free Mental Health Clinic | Hamilton, Tessa; Hardin Pamela | 2020 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Organizational Leadership, Poster |
| 844 |  | Development and Implementation of an Interim Coping Skills Module for Waitlisted Patients Seeking Mental Health Therapy | Mansfield, Austin; Morgan, Deborah | 2022 | Background: From 2015 to 2021, an average of 640 Utahns died by suicide each year. Between August 2020 and August 2021, calls to a Utah suicide prevention hotline increased by 24%. The national and state shortage of psychiatrists and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners (PMHNP) aggravates U... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health |
| 845 |  | The Development of a Gender-Diversity Toolkit for Use in Primary Care | Maruyama, Christina L.; Gay, Noemi; Clifton, Jennifer | 2023 | Gender-diverse (GD) individuals (i.e. those identifying as transgender, nonbinary, gender-fluid, genderqueer, or two-spirit) face frequent discrimination, harassment, exclusion, and violence. Negative experiences in healthcare settings discourage them from seeking vital preventive and emergency care... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primaruy Care / FNP |
| 846 |  | Development of a Manualized Perinatal Bereavement Support Group | Bullock, Brittany A. | 2023 | Background: Perinatal loss is defined as the loss of an infant through death at any gestation of pregnancy (miscarriage, early loss, stillborn) up to 28 days after birth (Fenstermacher & Hupcey, 2013). Perinatal grief is linked to biosocial factors such as depression, anxiety, substance use, sleep d... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health |
| 847 |  | Development of a Nutrition Program at a Rural Addiction Medicine Clinic: A Quality Improvement Project | Cirenza, Allison G.; Cook, Paula; Morgan, Deborah | 2024 | Individuals with substance use disorders are at risk for nutrient deficiencies, metabolic disorders, and food insecurity. Food insecurity develops when individuals lack reliable access to affordable, nutritious food. Health interventions for nutrition include increasing access to affordable, nutriti... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health |
| 848 |  | Development of a Nutrition Program at a Rural Addiction Medicine Clinic: A Quality Improvement Project | Cirenza, Allison G.; Cook, Paula; Morgan, Deborah | 2024 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health |
| 849 |  | Diabetes Remote Patient Monitoring and Education in a Rural Setting | Rousseau, AnneMarie; Allen, Nancy A. | 2022 | Background: Diabetes is a complex and chronic disease that can be extremely difficult for individuals to manage, especially without the support of a specialized diabetes healthcare team. Diabetes education services can help provide much-needed support, but only about half of people with diabetes hav... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP |
| 850 |  | Diabetic Bundle Implementation to Improve Clinical Quality Measures: A Quality Improvement Project | Johnson, Frances M.; Hastings, Katherine M.; Bald, Elizabeth M.; Ose, Dominik; Gee, Julie P. | 2022 | Background: In the United States, approximately 34.2 million adults over 18 years of age have diabetes. In Utah alone, over 180,000 adults over the age of 20 years have type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Diabetes is costly; about $245 billion each year is spent on care directly or indirectly related t... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP |