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26 Examining Changes in the Mental Health Status of Refugees Over the First Six Months of Resettlement Using the Refugee Health Screener-15 (RHS-15)Dhakhwa, Niva2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPRefugees are people forced to leave their native countries and unable to return due to fear of war, violence, or political instability. Every year about 69,987 refugees resettle in the United States and approximately 1,200 refugees arrive in Utah. Refugees face various challenges, such as language a...
27 Health in Juvenile Justice Youth: Increasing Non-Medical Staff Health CompetencyBarker, Celeste C.2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPThe Juvenile Justice System (JJS) provides programs for youth offenders. The non-medical staff members are a key part of the healthcare team for supervision and informal education of detained youth. This project addressed the overall health of the incarcerated youth population through a health educa...
28 Heart Failure Self-Management Education: Does Timing Have an Impact on Readmission Rates?Clayton, Anne2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPHospital readmissions are expensive but relatively common among heart failure (HF) patients. Studies have found that teaching patients self-management strategies to use at home, including early reporting of symptoms, can help to prevent hospital readmissions. Therefore, identifying and implementing ...
29 Heart Score in the Emergency DepartmentSpencer, Abbie2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPThe evaluation of chest pain can be very costly. Ruling out low-suspicion chest pain early can lead to decreased costs to patients and hospitals. Currently, all patients who present to the ED with the chief complaint of chest pain receive an extensive work-up, including serial labs, electrocardiogra...
30 Implementation of Depression Screening Program in a Primary Care SettingWestern, Lisa2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPThe U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening for depression in primary care settings. Limited access to mental health providers results in the need for primary care providers (PCP) to feel comfortable and confident screening and treating depression. Currently, usage of validated tool...
31 Implementation of the Teach-Back Method into the Care of Patients with Diabetes in Rural UtahBorrelli, Tillie2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPDiabetes mellitus type 2 is a growing health concern throughout the United States. Over the last few decades extensive efforts have been made to improve diabetes care and the health outcomes of individuals with diabetes. However, standards of care and treatment goals, as defined by the American Diab...
32 Implementing a Fast TrackBurton, Kassie2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPOver 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...
33 Implementing Heart Failure Self-Management Teaching in a Primary Care SettingAnderson, Gretchen2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPThe American Heart Association recommends that heart failure self-management education be provided at every healthcare visit. Despite this recommendation, self-management education is rarely done at primary care visits. Heart failure has become a common cause for hospitalizations in Medicare patient...
34 Improving Communication Between Providers and Parents of School-Aged Children: A Toolkit Approach to Pediatric ObesityLofgran, Kacie Egbert2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPChildhood obesity has increased significantly since the early 1980s. In 2012, more than one third of children and adolescents aged 2-19 years in the United States were considered to be overweight or obese. Primary care providers are integral in diagnosing and treating pediatric obesity. However, man...
35 Improving Glucose Self-Management Practices Among Adults with Type 2 DiabetesKrill, Kathryn E.2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPType 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has become an enormous health burden affecting all age groups, all ethnicities, and all regions of the world. One in three Americans is at risk for T2DM. The burden of the disease is emotionally, physically, and financially devastating. The risk of complications of T2...
36 Improving Health Provider Knowledge of Autoerotic and Erotic AsphyxiationHeller, Katherine2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPThe goal of this project is to increase DNP students' knowledge about autoerotic (AEA) and erotic asphyxiation practices (EA) among patients in the clinical setting. An educational session was created to improve student knowledge of these practices. An assessment before and after the educational ses...
37 Improving Prediabetes Identification and Management in Primary CareGundersen, Shaun2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPType 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a large and growing epidemic in the United States, leading to significant morbidity, mortality, and enormous healthcare costs. Despite this epidemic, little has been done in the healthcare system to assist with diabetes prevention. Appropriate treatment, including ...
38 Improving Sedation in the ICU by Adhering to National Guidelines and RecommendationsEngland, Lorraine D.2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPOver five million individuals are admitted to a critical care unit in the United States each year. The number one diagnosis for admission is respiratory failure. Something as simple as decreasing the amount of medication a patient receives can improve outcomes for this large and vulnerable patient p...
39 Improving Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Awareness Among Adults 50 and OlderPreston, Morgan Broadway2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPSexual risk taking behavior is not limited to the younger populations. With the various improvements made in heath care, people are living longer and healthier lives, and sexual expression has become an integral portion of an older adult's livelihood. However, due to a variety of factors, sexually t...
40 Lifestyle Medicine Educational Modules for Primary Care Providers: Improving Care Through Education of Evidence-Based Lifestyle InterventionsGibson, Natalie2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPThe aim of this DNP project was to develop an introductory education module about lifestyle medicine for healthcare providers and students. Lifestyle practices and behaviors are one of the U.S.'s greatest determinants of health, yet healthcare providers frequently lack education in effectively provi...
41 Lifestyle Medicine Educational Modules for Primary Care Providers: Improving Care Through Education of Evidence-Based Lifestyle InterventionsGibson, Natalie2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPThe aim of this DNP project was to develop an introductory education module about lifestyle medicine for healthcare providers and students. Lifestyle practices and behaviors are one of the U.S.'s greatest determinants of health, yet healthcare providers frequently lack education in effectively provi...
42 Lifestyle Medicine: Promoting a Sustainable Community-Based Nutrition Program in Logan, UtahNielsen, Kellie Rogers2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPIt is widely recognized that the ‘Western diet' is associated with an increased prevalence of obesity, diabetes, CVD and many types of cancer, and effective strategies to improve such dietary patterns are a public health priority. Coupled with personal health risk, the growing obesity epidemic thr...
43 Midwives and Disaster ReliefMeidell, Emily2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPThis project was undertaken to address the needs of pregnant women in disaster preparedness, and to create awareness of the potential role that midwives can assume in Utah disaster relief measures. This was accomplished by communicating the role of midwives to stakeholders in the community and state...
44 Needed Information for Registered Nurses: Water BirthBartlett, Jessica2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPThe purpose of the project was to write and submit an article for publication to provide evidence-based education about water immersion birth to clinical nurses. Currently, there is a lack of easily accessible and evidence-based education and information available to nurses who provide care to birth...
45 Paving the Way For EHR Implementation Within the Juvenile Justice SystemBradley, Callie2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPEvidence has shown that adolescents within the Juvenile Justice System (JJS) experience greater health disparities and have more unique health care needs than their non-delinquent counterparts. These health issues are often undiagnosed and complex, necessitating the need for good continuity of care ...
46 Postpartum Hemorrhage Simulation TrainingPowell, Justine Y.2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPPostpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of death among women during childbirth, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2014). The World Health Organization (WHO) defines postpartum hemorrhage as a blood loss of 500 ml or more in the first 24 hours after birth, du...
47 The Prescription of Non-Pharmacological Interventions to Mitigate Second Generation Antipsychotic Induced Weight GainSerra, Nicky2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPAccording to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 5.9% of all adults in Utah had a serious mental illness (SMI) during 2008-2012, which is greater than the national rate. As of 2012, approximately 9.6 million adults live with a SMI in the United States SMI is the result of s...
48 Promoting Quality Acute Psychiatric Care Through Improved Suicide Safety PlanningLeeper, Jamis2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPSuicide is preventable, yet is a leading cause of death in the United States. Approximately 1.5 million people receive inpatient psychiatric care each year, and two-thirds of readmissions relate to risk of suicide. Current literature identifies safety-planning interventions (SPIs) as an effective in...
49 Proposal for Implementation of a Hospital Elder Life Program for the Prevention of Delirium at a Veteran's Administrative Hospital in the Intermountain WestCoates, Catherine2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPThis scholarly project was the development and presentation of a business plan proposing the implementation of the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP), for the prevention of delirium, in hospitalized veterans aged 65 years and older. The business plan presented data specific to the Veterans Administr...
50 Provider Education on Hypersexual DisorderFrost, Jessalyn2016Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNPDespite literature demonstrating hypersexual disorder (HD) as a growing problem with significant medical and psychosocial consequences, many providers lack the knowledge and skills needed to identify and treat hypersexual disorder. This project provided mental health care clinicians an online educat...
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