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.
Filters: Collection:ehsl_gradnu
| Title | Creator | Date | Description | Relation Is Part Of | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 376 |  | Integrating Falls Specialist Referrals into Primary Care: Barriers and Implementation | Catchpole, Laura A. | 2015 | Falls are common among the older adult (≥ 65 years) population and may result in significant morbidity and mortality, including: diminished physical and cognitive ability, exacerbation of chronic medical conditions, isolation, hospitalizations, and death. Because of serious implications for the in... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 377 |  | Integrating Military Culture into the Psychiatric Care of our Veterans | Nara, May Linn | 2017 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 378 |  | Integrating Outcome and Self-Efficacy Expectations that Influence Career Decisions in Mental Health Nursing: A Quality Improvement Project | Pawlus, Allison | 2018 | There is a shortage of mental health nurses with a rise in mental health illnesses worldwide. To provide adequate mental health care of the increasing population suffering from mental illness, more mental health nurses must be recruited and trained. This study assessed nurse outcome and self-efficac... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 379 |  | Integrating Refugee Youth Mental Health Screenings into the Domestic Refugee Medical Examination | Chapman, Diane | 2015 | Refugees are people displaced from their native countries and unable to return due to a fear of persecution. Refugees often experience cumulative stressors during the preflight, flight, and resettlement periods. Refugees of all ages have considerable risks for the development of mental distress. A h... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 380 |  | Integrating U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Recommendations on Childhood Obesity into Practice | Gardiner, Jane | 2015 | Childhood obesity is a significant problem in the United States, with one in three children overweight or obese. The physical and emotional consequences of childhood obesity often continue into adulthood. The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that clinicians screen chi... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 381 |  | Intermittent Catheterization Education Toolkit and Competency Checklist | Lynch, Nicole | 2019 | Background: Patients with neurogenic bladder have dysfunction to the bladder wall and urethral sphincter causing the loss of bladder function and the need for some form of bladder management. Intermittent catheterization is the gold standard of treatment but has poor compliance. Purpose: This schola... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 382 |  | Introduction to the Bedside Ultrasound Machine & Ultrasonography in Undifferentiated Shock | Caceres, C. David | 2013 | Ultrasonography is quick, noninvasive, requires no patient preparation and increases diagnostic accuracy and enhances results decreasing patient's mortality and morbidity risks. It has led to a decrease in differential diagnosis and 9% of the time bedside ultrasound (BEDUS) has led to new differenti... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 383 |  | Is It Time For Telehealth in Your Rural Hospital?: A Needs Assessment | Simmons, Sarah | 2018 | Healthcare shortages in rural areas are problematic, with a physician to patient ratio of 1 physician per 2,513 patients. The purpose of this needs assessment was to determine the access and demand for specialized providers in one rural level IV critical access hospital in Utah. This project assesse... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 384 |  | Is Milrinone Safe and Effective for Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia? | Mears, Michelle | 2018 | Pulmonary hypertension and related left ventricular dysfunction are common problems in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). Milrinone, a phosphodiesterase-3 inhibitor with lusitropic and vasodilator effects, is utilized in up to 30% of CDH cases nationwide. No randomized trials have tested efficac... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 385 |  | Lactation Services in the Pediatric Clinic: A Business Plan for Breastfeeding Support | Dunn, Stephanie L. | 2014 | Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2013) indicates that nearly 40% of infants who are initially breastfed are no longer exclusively breastfed at three months. Discontinuation of breastfeeding during the first week of life is primarily attributed to feeding difficulties and at ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 386 |  | Layperson Naloxone Education | Noyes, Tiffany | 2017 | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that the opioid overdose crisis is now a nationwide epidemic, with over 60% of overdoses being unintentional. Although many overdoses are from illegal opiates such as heroin, chronic pain patients taking prescription painkillers experien... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 387 |  | Layperson Naloxone Education and Our Opioid Overdose Epidemic | Noyes, Tiffany | 2017 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 388 |  | Lifestyle Medicine Educational Modules for Primary Care Providers: Improving Care Through Education of Evidence-Based Lifestyle Interventions | Gibson, Natalie | 2016 | The 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... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 389 |  | Lifestyle Medicine Educational Modules for Primary Care Providers: Improving Care Through Education of Evidence-Based Lifestyle Interventions | Gibson, Natalie | 2016 | The 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... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 390 |  | Lifestyle Medicine: Promoting a Sustainable Community-Based Nutrition Program in Logan, Utah | Nielsen, Kellie Rogers | 2016 | It 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... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 391 |  | Making a Diabetic Ketoacidosis Computerized Order Set User-Friendly | Checketts, Heidi, M. | 2014 | Clinicians in the Shock-Trauma Intensive Care Unit (STICU) at Intermountain Medical Center have spoken frustration about the current diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) order set. Both providers and nurses are often confused by these orders. This confusion has lead to delayed order implementation likely res... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 392 |  | Making the Connection for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Patients Through Improved Knowledge and Screening at the Salt Lake City Veterans Administration Medical Center | Lundquist, Margaret E. | 2019 | Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is an underrecognized heritable connective tissue disorder (HCTD) that presents with joint hypermobility, hyperextensible skin, tissue fragility, and can also have widespread systemic manifestations. A knowledge gap among providers leads to lengthy delays in diagnosis an... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 393 |  | Managing Clostridium Difficile | Caballero, Klasina | 2017 | Patients with clostridium difficile are at increased risk of mortality and morbidity. Indirect transmission through the interaction with a healthcare provider is thought to be one of the major routes in which this infection is transmitted. Patients who begin exhibiting more than three loose bowel mo... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 394 |  | Maternal Placenta Consumption: A Novel Therapy Used by Postpartum Women | Hayes, Emily Hart | 2015 | This Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) scholarly project was designed to inform obstetric health care providers about maternal postpartum placenta consumption, which is a novel therapy that is growing in popularity among postpartum women. The objectives of this project were to: (1) synthesize existin... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 395 |  | Mental Health of Transgender Veterans: Patients' Perspective on the Psychiatric Care Provided at the Local Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center | Kasabyan, Anna | 2017 | Medical care quality and availability relate closely to an individual's geographic location, race or ethnicity, and other sociodemographic factors, including gender, education, and age. Due to difficulties with employment, lack of family support, and a high incidence of homelessness, the members of ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 396 |  | Metabolic Syndrome Pilot Clinic: Group Educational Sessions | Polston, Alison | 2013 | The Pilot Clinic delivered five interactive counseling sessions to a group of seven patients diagnosed with Metabolic Syndrome (MS); a support person or partner was strongly encouraged to accompany the patient to each session. The educational materials focused on pathophysiology, disease comorbiditi... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 397 |  | Midwives and Disaster Relief | Meidell, Emily | 2016 | This 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... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 398 |  | Mindful Meditation: Education and Training for the School-aged Child and Adolescent | Weston, Nancy | 2017 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 399 |  | Mindful Meditation: Education and Training for the School-aged Child and Adolescents | Weston, Nancy | 2017 | Mental illness is an important and growing health concern in the United States, and a growing concern among the pediatric population, partly because needs are not being met. Among the pediatric population, anxiety, depression and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are most commonly diagnosed. ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
| 400 |  | Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to Reduce Burnout & Increase Resiliency in Med-Surg Nurses | Hanna, Elizabeth | 2019 | A nursing shortage is predicted to grow over the next 20 years, with many nurses retiring and too few to replace them, making retention a critical issue. Previous studies have demonstrated the utility of mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) programs to reduce burnout and are being used to reduc... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |