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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| 76 |  | Improving Referrals to Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support Programs | McCulloch, Jessica M.; Allen, Nancy A.; Litchman, Michelle L.; Neuberger, Julie | 2022 | Background: In Utah, 8.6% of adults have diabetes, the state's leading cause of renal failure, blindness in adults <75 years old, and non-traumatic lower-extremity amputation. Diabetes self-management education and support programs improve glucose levels and prevent complications. The American Diabe... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP |
| 77 |  | Improving Screening and Provider Comfort with Counseling for Dietary Supplement Use at the University of Utah Student Health Clinic | Dolling, Rebekah A. | 2023 | It is estimated that 57.6% of Americans have used at least one dietary supplement in the past 30 days. Using dietary supplements places patients at risk for adverse drug reactions. It is standard of care to assess for dietary supplement use. Implementing a toolkit to support providers in screening a... | Graduate Nursing Practice, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP |
| 78 |  | Improving Stroke Awareness in Primary Care | Twitchell, Josh | 2020 | Background: Stroke remains the second leading cause of death worldwide. Research shows that most strokes have significant modifiable risk factors. Currently primary care settings in the United States lack a systematic stroke risk screening process. It further suggests that stroke risk knowledge amon... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP |
| 79 |  | Improving the Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Program at an Urban Free Clinic | Walsh, Jeffery; Clifton, Jennifer | 2022 | Many patients with abnormal blood pressures are not accurately assessed in a clinical setting. Home blood pressure monitoring allows patients to regularly check their blood pressure without having to come to a clinic. While this resource is becoming more common, it is often underutilized or used sub... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP |
| 80 |  | Improving Transitions of Care Between Inpatient and Outpatient Settings for Children and Adolescents in Foster Care: A Quality Improvement Project | Neilson, Jonathan | 2020 | Background: Transitions of care between inpatient and outpatient psychiatric settings for children and adolescents in foster care are often inadequate to ensure proper follow-up care. Gaps in communication regarding changes to medication and treatment plans have the potential to lead to patient har... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP |
| 81 |  | Increasing Advance Care Planning and Outpatient Palliative Care Referral Rates in Primary Care | Garcia, Hana M; Christensen, Scott S. | 2023 | Background: Worldwide, approximately 14% of individuals who need palliative care (PC) services are currently receiving PC and only 30% of Americans have an Advance Care Plan (ACP). Local Problem: There is a decreased awareness among policy-makers, healthcare providers, and the public about PC servic... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP |
| 82 |  | Increasing Motivational Interviewing Use Among Primary Care Providers Counseling on Weight Loss | Gunnell, Emilie | 2018 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP |
| 83 |  | Increasing Screening and Referrals in Primary Care for Adults with Adverse Childhood Experiences | Connolly, Katie D. | 2023 | Background: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are common and have been linked to many adverse health outcomes. Despite this evidence, only 33% of primary care providers screen for ACEs; subsequently patients are often unaware of the health impacts and less likely to be referred to psychotherapy. ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP |
| 84 |  | Increasing Screening for Adult ADHD in Primary Care | Wynn, Taylor M.; Hart, Sara | 2023 | Background: An estimated 70% of adults with ADHD are undiagnosed, which puts individuals at increased risk of medical and psychiatric comorbidities, suicide, accidental injury, and all-cause mortality. However, primary care is ideal for screening and identifying adults at risk of undiagnosed ADHD. L... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP |
| 85 |  | Increasing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Collection in Utah Clinics | Ulsh, Alyssa A. | 2023 | Sexual orientation and gender identity (SO/GI) data is largely underreported in clinics across America (Kress, et al., 2021). The absence of sexual orientation and gender identity information can contribute to the health disparities faced by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer plus (L... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP |
| 86 |  | Increasing Universal Hepatitis B Virus Screening in Adults | Sherman, Cheryl Anna; Lynch, Keisa; Doyon, Katherine | 2024 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP |
| 87 |  | Increasing Universal Hepatitis B Virus Screening in Adults | Sherman, Cheryl Anna; Lynch, Keisa; Doyon, Katherine | 2024 | Approximately 580,000 to 2.4 million individuals in the United States (US) live with hepatitis B virus (HBV), and 66% of those might be unaware of their infection. Although HBV is a vaccine-preventable infection, a 2018 survey indicated that 70% of adults in the US revealed that they were not vaccin... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP |
| 88 |  | Integrating ‘APPLES' Therapy into an Early Intervention Program for Infants with Cerebral Palsy: A Needs Assessment | Hohnholt, Erin L.; Winter, Sarah; McIntyre, Allison; Ayala, Lauren; Taylor-Swanson, Lisa | 2024 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP |
| 89 |  | Integrating ‘APPLES' Therapy into an Early Intervention Program for Infants with Cerebral Palsy: A Needs Assessment | Hohnholt, Erin L.; Winter, Sarah; McIntyre, Allison; Ayala, Lauren; Taylor-Swanson, Lisa | 2024 | Cerebral palsy (CP) commonly results in asymmetric upper extremity impairments. Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) is an evidence-based intervention that can improve functional outcomes for children with such impairments. A Positive Parent- Focused Training for Upper Limb Experience with Sen... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP |
| 90 |  | Maintaining Intraoperative Normothermia Using Under-Body Forced Air Warming: A Quality Improvement Project | Diamond, Sarah A.; Garrett, Larry | 2022 | Background: Intraoperative hypothermia occurs when a patient has a core temperature less than 36.1 degrees Celsius. It is a common occurrence and it occurs anywhere from 26-90% of the time patients are in the operating room. At the Huntsman Cancer Hospital, over 40% of surgical patients experience p... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP |
| 91 |  | Metformin-induced Vitamin B12 Deficiency Screening: A Quality Improvement Project | Hemphill; Lesley; Chapman, Diane | 2024 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP |
| 92 |  | Metformin-induced Vitamin B12 Deficiency Screening: A Quality Improvement Project | Hemphill; Lesley; Chapman, Diane | 2024 | Metformin is frequently prescribed to individuals worldwide as a first-line medication for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Metformin has been associated with vitamin B12 deficiency in one-in-ten individuals. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommends annual screening for B1... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP |
| 93 |  | 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 |
| 94 |  | Osteoporosis Management: Strategies to Improve Patient Care Following a Fragility Fracture | Magiske, Kerry M.J.; Allen, Nancy A. | 2022 | A care gap exists in osteoporosis management (OPM) in females 50+ who have had a fragility fracture (FF). Clinical guidelines recommend prescribing anti-OP medications after a FF, though this recommendation is not commonly followed. The purpose of this needs assessment quality improvement project wa... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP |
| 95 |  | Outcomes from Reoperative Bariatric Surgery: A Needs Assessment | Crapo, Kelsey S.; Allen, Nancy A. | 2022 | Background: Bariatric surgery is the gold standard treatment for severe obesity. When weight regain, insufficient weight loss, or complications occur after bariatric surgery, a second surgery may be required. Reoperative bariatric surgery is a newer and more complex procedure with limited studies or... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care FNP |
| 96 |  | Overcoming Barriers to ACE Screening in Primary Care | Wallace, Chiara; Doyon, Kate | 2023 | Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are strongly linked with risk factors for the leading causes of death in adults, and recent evidence suggests that ACEs among college students are correlated with worse depression, substance use, diet, and sleep, and increased suicidal ideation. Local... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP |
| 97 |  | Palliative Care Trigger Tool in the CVICU: A Needs Assessment | Moore, Gabriella H. | 2023 | Background: Palliative care is a valuable resource that assists patients in determining their goals of care and end-of-life care preferences. Automated trigger tools can help to identify patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) who may benefit from palliative care. Problem: Several ICUs at the Univ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP |
| 98 |  | Post-Heart Transplant Education Outpatient Screening and Referral: A Quality Improvement Project | Brady, Cariann | 2023 | Background: After heart transplant, patients are given an overwhelming amount of information before discharge. Studies show that comprehension among hospitalized patients is poor, and, on average, they immediately forget 40-80% of what they are taught, and surgery can further hinder the learning and... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP |
| 99 |  | Precipitous Delivery Protocol in Urgent Care | Fidler, Daniel M.; Baker, Melissa; Taylor-Swanson, Lisa | 2024 | Unplanned precipitous deliveries in outpatient clinics pose significant challenges to healthcare systems, including the University of Utah healthcare system (UUHC). Despite their rarity, these events require an immediate and effective response to ensure the safety and wellbeing of both mother and ne... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP |
| 100 |  | Precipitous Delivery Protocol in Urgent Care | Fidler, Daniel M.; Baker, Melissa; Taylor-Swanson, Lisa | 2024 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Primary Care / FNP |