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51 Needed Information for Registered Nurses: Water BirthThe 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...Bartlett, JessicaAdvanced Practice Nursing; Education, Nursing, Graduate; Birthing Centers; Home Childbirth; Labor, Obstetric; Parturtion; Immersion; Episiotomy; Neonatal Nursing; Apgar Score; Guidelines as Topic; Randomized Controlled Trial; Quality of Health Care; Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; Pati...
52 Rural Healthcare: Assessment of the Need for Pediatric Behavioral Health ECHOPediatric behavioral and mental health is under served in many rural counties across the country. Primary care providers manage many patients within this population. The purpose of this project is to assess the need for pediatric behavioral and mental health services in rural Utah. The objectives of...Byrd, AmandaAdvanced Practice Nursing; Education, Nursing, Graduate; Patient Outcome Assessment; Rural Population; Rural Health; Rural Nursing; Needs Assessment; Healthcare Disparities; Adolescent Behavior; Mental Health Services; Telemedicine; Health Services Accessibility; Treatment Outcome; Patient-Centered ...
53 Simulation Training for Blood Loss Recognition During WaterbirthThe occurrance of waterbirth (WB) in labor and delivery (L&D) units across the U.S. is a new mode of delivery for many delivering providers. As a result, providers lack experience in evaluating blood loss in water. Proper training and tools to accurately identify blood loss in water are needed for t...Lazzara, JenniferAdvanced Practice Nursing; Education, Nursing, Graduate; Delivery, Obstetric; Baths; Natural Childbirth; Water; Home Childbirth; Immersion; Midwifery; Nurse Midwives; Blood Volume; Postpartum Hemorrhage; Patient Simulation
54 Addressing ICD-10 Learning Needs Among Primary Care Nurse Practitioner StudentsExperienced and novice healthcare providers alike need to understand how to correctly bill for their services and avoid billing errors. Healthcare academic programs are not meeting the learning needs of students when it comes to billing and documentation. As many as 86% of specialty healthcare provi...Baer, Lorna J.Advanced Practice Nursing; Education, Nursing, Graduate; International Classification of Diseases; Reimbursement Mechanisms; Fees and Charges; Cost Control; Nurse Practitioners; Primary Care Nursing; Professional Practice; Electronic Health Records; Documentation
55 Heart Score in the Emergency DepartmentThe 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...Spencer, AbbieAdvanced Practice Nursing; Education, Nursing, Graduate; Emergency Service, Hospital; Angina Pectoris; Chest Pain; Clinical Protocols; Acute Coronary Syndrome; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care); Risk Assessment; Severity of Illness Index; Clinical Decision-Making; Troponin; Length of Stay...
56 Postpartum Hemorrhage Simulation TrainingPostpartum 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...Powell, Justine Y.Advanced Practice Nursing; Education, Nursing, Graduate; Postpartum Hemorrhage; Patient Simulation; Evidence-Based Practice; Obstetric Nursing; Interdisciplinary Communication
57 Screening of ICU Patients for Palliative and Hospice CareThe purpose of this quality improvement project was to create an intensive care unit (ICU) admission screening tool for nurses to assess patient qualification for palliative and hospice care programs. Few medical facilities in the US currently use a specific screening tool to identify patients who q...Schmidt, MichelleAdvanced Practice Nursing; Education, Nursing, Graduate; Intensive Care Units; Palliative Care; Hospice Care; Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing; Quality Improvement; Quality of Health Care; Advance Directives
58 Stroke Recognition Improvement Project: An Educational Program for Rural Communities at RiskStroke Recognition Improvement Project: An Educational Program for Rural Communities at Risk, is a public health campaign aimed at improving stroke awareness through education on prevention and risk, recognition of stroke symptoms, and urgency to seek treatment. In the United States, stroke continue...Korth, SommerAdvanced Practice Nursing; Education, Nursing, Graduate; Rural Population; Stroke; Signs and Symptoms; Healthcare Disparities; Patient Education as Topic; Health Education; Preventive Health Services; Nurse Practitioners; Public Service Announcements as Topic; Utah
59 Quality Improvement in Maternity Care: PPH Safety BundlesThis project was designed to create the curriculum for disseminating the new post-partum hemorrhage (PPH) safety bundle to hospitals across the State of Utah. A bundle is a set of actions that when performed collectively have demonstrated to improve patient outcomes. The Council on Patient Safety in...Kimberly, MeganAdvanced Practice Nursing; Education, Nursing, Graduate; Postpartum Hemorrhage; Maternal Death; Curriculum; Obstetric Nursing; Early Warning Score; Simulation Training; Quality Improvement; Patient Care Bundles; Quality of Health Care; Patient Care Planning
60 Template Development for a Potential Web-Based App Targeted to Low Income PopulationsAs of 2008, 1.3 billion people worldwide did not have access to healthcare. Low and middle income countries (LMICs) bear 93% of the world's disease burden; at least 5.8 million annual childhood deaths could be prevented in LMICs if affected communities had accurate health information to manage the m...Yanguez, KatieAdvanced Practice Nursing; Education, Nursing, Graduate; Social Class; Socioeconomic Factors; Health Services Accessibility; Internet; Health Promotion; Health Literacy; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Vulnerable Populations; Medically Underserved Area; Developing Countries; Healthy Lifestyle...
61 Development of a Workflow Algorithm for an Early Mobilization Protocol in a Neurologic Critical Care UnitThe benefits of early mobilization in an intensive care unit (ICU) setting have been well established. Mobilizing patients early is associated with decreased hospital length of stays, number of days on ventilators, use of sedation, and number of hospital-acquired infections. Early mobilization has a...Crane, Ashle M.Advanced Practice Nursing; Education, Nursing, Graduate; Workflow; Algorithms; Nervous System Diseases; Clinical Protocols; Patient Handoff; Critical Care; Intensive Care Units; Early Ambulation; Length of Stay; Rehabilitation; Treatment Outcome
62 Provider Perceptions of Palliative Care in an Emergency DepartmentHealth-related quality of life (HRQoL) is defined by Healthy People 2020, and addresses aspects of physical, mental, emotional, and social health, and how health status affects and impacts emotions and overall satisfaction with life (USDHHS, 2015). Emergency departments see high volumes of older adu...Tateoka, Elizabeth BuffyAdvanced Practice Nursing; Education, Nursing, Graduate; Aged; Chronic Disease; Palliative Care; Terminal Care; Emergency Service, Hospital; Needs Assessment; Quality of Life; Quality of Health Care; Length of Stay; Health Personnel; Delivery of Health Care; Referral and Consultation; Healthy People...
63 Developing Clinical Guidelines for Follow-Up Care for Sexual Assault Patients in a Primary Care SettingSexual assault (SA) is a persistent problem in the United States and in the Salt Lake City, Utah area; impacting one in five women during their lifetime. National and international organizations recommend that patients who have been sexually assaulted follow-up with their primary care providers; how...Calvin, Justin PageAdvanced Practice Nursing; Education, Nursing, Graduate; Sex Offenses; Long Term Adverse Effects; Primary Health Care; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Clinical Protocols; Forensic Nursing; Evidence-Based Practice; Appointments and Schedules; Referral and Consultation
64 Midwives and Disaster ReliefThis 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...Meidell, EmilyAdvanced Practice Nursing; Education, Nursing, Graduate; Disaster Medicine; Midwifery; Disaster Planning; Pregnant Women; Vulnerable Populations; Delivery of Health Care; Emergencies
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