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Group Prenatal Education for Combating Obesity and Gestational Diabetes In Hispanic Women | Cruz, Maria | 2013 | With the prevalence of overweight an obesity continuing to grow in the United States, the condition has begun to reach epidemic proportions. The rise of overweight and obesity has brought with it several other weight related health conditions. These conditions include hypertension, diabetes, hyperli... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Guideline for Probiotic Use in Very Low Birth Weight Neonates | Parker, Ruslana | 2013 | This Doctor of Nursing Practice scholarly project consisted of developing a clinical practice guideline for neonatal nurse practitioners and neonatologists on probiotic administration in very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates. The guideline is based on a synthesis of relevant literature and consultat... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Health Disparities Among Hispanic Adults in the Intensive Care Unit | Gutierrez, Sandra | 2018 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Health in Juvenile Justice Youth: Increasing Non-Medical Staff Health Competency | Barker, Celeste C. | 2016 | The 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... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Health Literacy: Maternal Diabetes and the Fetus | Seidel, Jeanette | 2017 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Health Promotion for Older Adults: A Framework for Personalized Health Advice During Medicare Wellness Visits | Land, Lauren | 2013 | As the population ages, growing evidence supports health promotion strategies to optimize functional status and reduce morbidity and mortality in older adults. Medicare Wellness Visits provide a unique opportunity to deliver preventive care services to this population on an annual basis. Key require... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Heart Failure Self-Management Education: Does Timing Have an Impact on Readmission Rates? | Clayton, Anne | 2016 | Hospital 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 ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Heart Score in the Emergency Department | Spencer, Abbie | 2016 | The 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... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Hepatitis C Screening in the Birth Cohort (1945-1965) | Fillmore, Eric | 2015 | Hepatitis C is one of the most common blood borne pathogens in the United States. It is an insidious infection that frequently remains asymptomatic in its host, causing damage years after initial contact. The negative health effects of an undiagnosed hepatitis C infection often include liver cirrhos... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Home-Based Pediatric Palliative Care Delivered by a Hospice | Barrus, Heidi | 2015 | This project was designed to address the lack of outpatient pediatric palliative care programs in Nevada by initiating a new program involving an existing specialty children's center and an existing hospice. The objectives of the project included proposing a palliative care model involving new servi... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Hospital Based Medication Delivery | Duffey, Chantel | 2017 | Hospital readmission is a costly and common occurrence in the United States. Research suggests that a portion of all hospital readmissions can be attributed to medication non-adherence after discharge. One strategy for improving adherence to prescribed medications is to ensure patients obtain medica... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Addressing Vaccine Knowledge and Hesitancy in African Refugees | Baptiste, Farah Jn | 2019 | Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a common virus that can cause many cancers. Although HPV vaccines have proven beneficial in preventing some cancers and some countries have noticed a sharp decline in HPV infection where there is high vaccine coverage, many parents still choose not to vaccinate their ch... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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I'm Not Diabetic, I Have Diabetes: Creating an eBook for Pediatric Diabetes Education | Gessell, Christopher C. | 2013 | Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) can be particularly overwhelming for a young child whose world has just been turned upside down following diagnosis. The child experiences a myriad of emotions and at some point must accept the disease and its management. If not well controlled throughout the child's ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Identification and Reporting Unsafe Conditions | Russell, Jamie | 2019 | Patient safety continues to be a point of focus for healthcare leaders in the United States (US). Despite longstanding efforts regarding patient safety in US hospitals, preventable medical errors continue. Within the healthcare industry, reliability is seemingly viewed as a top priority when caring ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Identifying and Addressing Health Disparities Among Hispanic Adults in the Intensive Care Unit: A Needs Assessment | Gutierrez, Sandra | 2018 | The existence of health disparities among Hispanic adults in the critical care setting has been well documented. Multifactorial causes are often implicated but clear characterizations for health disparities in this setting have not been identified. The purpose of this needs assessment was to investi... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Identifying Barriers in Meeting the 2-Day Post Discharge Telephone Call: A National Veteran's Hospital Performance Measure | Valentine, Deborah | 2015 | In order to improve the quality of health care to the nation's veterans, the Veteran's Health Administration (VHA) adopted a patient-centered medical home model in 2011. They refer to it as the Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT). As part of this transition many new performance measures were introduced... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Identifying Opioid-Prescribing Barriers: Educating Primary Care Providers on Evidence-Based Opioid-Managed Pain | Herrera, Kourtney | 2017 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Identifying Opioid-Prescribing Barriers: Educating Primary Care Providers on Evidence-Based Opioid-Managed Pain | Herrera, Kourtney | 2017 | The rates of opioid misuse, abuse, and death are rising and afflicting our communities, leading to a nationwide epidemic. Utah is currently ranked fourth in the nation and Carbon County is ranked first in Utah for opioid-related deaths (Utah Department of Health, 2016). As a result, the Center for D... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Identifying Strategies to Decrease ED Boarding | VansCoy, Darrin | 2017 | Keeping patients in the emergency department (ED) after an admission decision has been made, also known as ED boarding, leads to ED overcrowding. Boarded patients continue to use ED resources and prevent new patients from being seen. Boarding can also have adverse effects, such as higher mortality r... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Imaging Teaching Module: Thoracic CT | Montague, Shannon | 2015 | There have been many recent changes in the healthcare; one is that we have seen more nurse practitioners (NPs) take on roles that are traditionally filled by physicians. This is leaving more NPs with the responsibility to order and interpret CT scans, including thoracic CTs, and then make treatment ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Impacting Antibiotic Stewardship through Correct Antibiotic Allergy Documentation | Moffitt, Lauren | 2019 | POSTER | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Impacting Antibiotic Stewardship Through Correct Antibiotic Allergy Documentation | Moffitt, Lauren | 2019 | Problem: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2017), 20-50% of all antibiotics prescribed in United States acute care hospitals are unnecessary or inappropriate. A simple way to prevent the misuse of antibiotics, is accurate documentation and review of patients' antibiotic al... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Impacting the Care of Children with Rare Disease through the Medical Home Portal | Jensen, Susan | 2015 | Introduction: There are over 7,000 known rare diseases, with over half having a childhood onset. Although rare diseases are singularly uncommon, collectively 6-10% of the population is affected. The sheer number of rare diseases and infrequent prevalence create a difficult challenge for health care ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Implementation of a Benzodiazepine Clinical Practice Guideline in an Outpatient Mental Health Setting | Jolley, Dana | 2019 | In the treatment of mental health disorders, the use of benzodiazepines is increasingly falling out of favor due to rising evidence concerning the risk of abuse and dependence. Despite the evidence against such use of benzodiazepines, there is a lack of provider-focused intervention designed to disc... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Implementation of a Depression Screening Tool in a Primary Care Clinic for Better Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in Veterans | Heaps, Austin | 2019 | Depression is one of the most common mental health disorders seen by primary care providers in the United States and affects approximately 8% of the U.S. population (CDC, 2012). Depression is often seen more in low-income and low-social support populations, and it is often underdiagnosed and undertr... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |