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An Active Surveillance and Referral Program to Ensure Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prophylaxis for the Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease Population: A Quality Improvement Project
(2014-10-01)
Background: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death within the first year of life because of birth defects. Complications related to respiratory infection caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) ...
Academic-Practice Partnership in Public Health Nursing: Working with Families in a Village-Based Collaboration
(2014-07-01)
Objectives: The purpose of this program development and evaluation project was to promote healthy families and communities by creating academic-practice partnerships, educating BSN students and building family-nursing ...
Adolescent Suicide Prevention in a School Setting: Use of a Gatekeeper Program
(2014-11-01)
Suicide is a major public health problem. Nationally, suicide is the third leading cause of death for adolescents. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to initiate and evaluate a gatekeeper suicide-prevention ...
Pertussis Education and Immunization for the Older Adult: A Pilot Study
(2014-09-15)
Pertussis rates continue to increase despite vaccination recommendations. To increase knowledge of pertussis and increase Tdap vaccination rates in older adults, we created an educational presentation and survey tools to ...
Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(2014-07-30)
A central-line associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) can be detrimental to any hospitalized patient, but neonates are especially fragile due to their immature immune system, repeated invasive procedures, and frequency ...
Implementation of a Late Preterm Infant Protocol
(2014-07-30)
Problem: Late preterm infants are often considered and treated as functionally mature at birth. Research has proven the late preterm infant has a higher risk of morbidity and mortality in comparison to infants born at term ...
Developing Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines for Neonatal Blood Transfusions
(2014-07-30)
Premature infants receive packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusions to maintain a hemoglobin threshold, replace laboratory losses, or treat symptoms such as tachycardia, tachypnea, apnea, or growth failure (Kasat, ...
Recommendation of a Neonatal Intravenous Infiltration Pathway
(2014-07-30)
Peripheral intravenous infiltration is a complication that can cause serious morbidities and adversely affect healthcare outcomes. Ideally, the best way to avoid peripheral intravenous infiltrations is to prevent them with ...
Papaverine Prolonging the Patency of Peripheral Arterial Catheters in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(2014-07-30)
Critically ill infants often require long-term peripheral arterial lines to monitor blood pressures and provide access for frequent blood gas monitoring. Neonatal vessels, due to their small and delicate vasculature, are ...
Identifying and Removing Barriers to Practice for Nebraska Nurse Practitioners
(2014-01-30)
More than 171,000 Nurse Practitioners (NPs) in the U.S. provide health care services. Despite a 40-year history of providing safe and effective care, 32 states limit NP scope of practice, including Nebraska. The Affordable ...