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201 Exploring Barriers to Primary Care Hospice Referral: A Needs AssessmentSpangrude, Tegan E.2023Background: 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
202 Decreasing Older Adult Mortality in DisastersNeville, McKenna2020Purposes/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
203 Development of Standardized Extubation Guidelines in a Medical Intensive Care UnitBradford, Ben2017Oral endotracheal tube (OETT) intubation is a medical intervention for critically ill medical patients who have lost the ability to maintain their airway, suffer respiratory failure, or have deteriorated clinically to the point at which loss of the ability to protect their airway is imminent. For th...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
204 Improving Education: Promoting Practice-Based Prescribing Competencies for New Nurse PractitionersLugo, Rogelio2017The release of the Institute of Medicine's publication, To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System revealed the amount of medical errors and threats to patient safety that occur within the U.S. healthcare system. Since its publication, many initiatives have been created in order to reduce medic...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
205 Defining Current Practice of Iron Deficiency Screening Among High-Risk NeonatesWilles, Dallin2018Infants that are born small for gestational age (SGA), very low birthweight (VLBW), or as an infant of a diabetic mother (IDM) are at an increased risk of having iron deficiency anemia early in their life. Iron deficiency anemia puts an infant at risk for several serious conditions that can be detri...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
206 Evaluation Plan for Intermountain's TeleHealth Critical Care and Hospitalist Admission and Transfer Program (Quarterback Program)Anderson, Cynthia A.2020Current communication and information technologies allow one to connect and exchange information with a variety of people and systems instantaneously. While this can enrich lives socially, it also plays an integral role in the delivery of telehealth. The Office of the National Coordinator of Healt...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics
207 Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Timely Admission from the Emergency Department to Medical/Surgical FloorDewey, Karen2020Background: Visits to Emergency Departments (ED) are increasing, which in turn increases the number of admissions from the ED to the inpatient medical/surgical floor. These increases have led to crowding in the ED, resulting in boarding of patients awaiting admission. Boarding in the ED has been lin...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care
208 Improving Nurse Managed Wound Care in Urgent CareGrange, Angela2019Frequent follow-up visits for wound care due to substandard nurse-managed wound care in urgent care settings has been attributed to a lack of education and standardization of care. The purpose of this project was to improve knowledge and increase confidence in nurses who provide wound care in the ta...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
209 Preliminary Evaluation of an Alert to Manage Patients at Risk for OversedationMorris, Emma2022In 2021, IMC leadership decided that a clinical decision support (CDS) alert should be created and implemented in acute care units in the hospital to help registered nurses (RNs) identify patients at high risk of respiratory complications from sedation. The CDS alert prompts RNs to implement the Hig...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics
210 Quality in Intravenous Medication Titration Orders for Enhanced Patient Safety in the Intensive Care UnitAmanda Mitchell2024Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
211 Validation for Newly Implemented Electronic Medical Record Chemotherapy Power PlansEckersley, Amanda2019Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) were made with the intention of increasing patient safety and improving the quality of care one receives. Unfortunately, this has not been the case with Electronic Medical Records. The EMR actually increases the risk of medical errors in the first two years after im...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
212 Brain Code: A Standardized Response to a Neurological EmergencySzemak, Erin2017Intracranial hypertension (IH) is a neurological emergency that can lead to profound disability and death and is consequently referred to as a brain code. Intracranial hypertension is the sequelae of typical acute care diseases or injuries such as stroke, traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), and hepatic...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
213 Implementation of an Evidence-based Intimate Partner Violence Toolkit for Women's Health ProvidersDanielle N. Thomas; Jessica Ellis2024Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Women's Health / Nurse Midwifery
214 Pre-Hospital Ultrasound Training for Helicopter Emergency Medical Service ProvidersPotter, Jessica2018Patients in the pre-hospital setting are an at-risk population. The use of ultrasound has been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality in critically ill emergency room patients. Only 4.1% of emergency medical service providers use ultrasound and 21.7% are considering the implementation of ultrasound...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
215 Sexuality Education within the Juvenile Justice ServicesStratford, Shane2018Over 71% of adolescents in the Utah Juvenile Justice System report being sexually active. With the national average in the United States being just over 40%, there is a significant increased risk for sexually transmitted infections (STI) and unintended pregnancies in this population. While adolescen...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
216 Delirium Management in the Intensive Care UnitJarvis, Matthew2017Delirium is a cognitive impairment that includes an altered level of consciousness, disorganized thinking and inattention. Hospitalized patients, especially those critically ill, are at an increased risk for developing acute delirium during the hospital stay. Delirium in the intensive care unit (ICU...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
217 Preventing HIV in Primary Care: Preexposure ProphylaxisHowland, Philip M.2017Description: The purpose of this project was to create a continuing online education module to improve primary care provider knowledge in prescribing the preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication emtricitabine-tenofovir (FTC-TDF) in high-risk men who have sex with men. Problem Statement: In 2012, th...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
218 A Trauma-Informed Care Toolkit: The Utility of the Perinatal NurseDiStefano, Kelly A.S.2023Background: Nurses are central caregivers in the carryout of intrapartum care. Their actions directly impact laboring patients, as well as, other clinical team members. They receive little to no training on trauma-informed care (TIC) despite working with a population more likely to be affect by trau...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Nurse Midwifery / Women's Health
219 Assessment of and Intervention for Compassion Fatigue in PsychotherapistsTucker, Karl2020Background: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
220 Chronic Pain Treatment Guideline for Emergency Department Providers in an Urban Community HospitalWeir, Kim2019Problem: Chronic pain affects over 100 million adults in the United States. Opioids are commonly used to manage chronic pain with substance abuse and narcotic overdose being on the rise and of national concern. Emergency department (ED) providers are on the frontlines in treating patients with chron...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
221 Development of a Pilot Comfort Care Guideline and Education Program with an Emphasis on Continuous Opioid InfusionsCotner, Melissa2018Background: The hospital model of acute care is antithetical to the major underpinnings of hospice care, however many patients will die in hospitals. Clinicians are often not focused on patient comfort care and feel uneasy managing opioid infusions commonly used in EOL. The use of comfort care order...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
222 Implementation of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale as a Universal Screening Tool in a Rural Utah Postpartum PopulationHopkins, Megan E.; Bailey, ElLois2022Background: Major and minor depressive episodes during the perinatal period impact 12-20% of all childbearing women. Consequences of maternal depression include maternal dysfunction- psychosocial, relational, occupational, and physical, pre-term delivery, dysfunction in the maternal-infant relations...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Psychiatric / Mental Health
223 Implementing a Sexual and Reproductive Health Education Toolkit for Foster Parents: A Quality Improvement ProjectSamantha Bolton; Cristi Creal; Diane Chapman2024Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Women's Health / Nurse Midwifery
224 Improving Accurate Use and Evaluating Efficacy of a Neonatal Sepsis Screening ToolElliott, Elizabeth2019Problem: Non-compliant and inaccurate use of a neonatal sepsis screening tool has hindered statistical validation and dissemination of this neonatal early warning system. The purpose of this project was to improve compliant and accurate use of this screening tool, then evaluate the tool's efficacy i...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
225 The Treatment of Opioid Addiction in the ED: Suboxone Education Module to Improve Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Opioid AddictionWunder, Cleary2019Background. Opioids killed over 42,000 individuals in 2016. In Utah alone, 23 individuals die each month from overdose. To combat the opioid crisis, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act was signed into law, which created coordinated and balanced strategies for communities. However, more inte...Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP
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