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Improving Skin Cancer Knowledge Among Nurse Practitioners
(2015-03)
Background: The surgeon general states that skin cancer is a key public health problem. Skin cancer is highly preventable; however, it is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States.|Purpose: The purpose of ...
Identifying and Overcoming Perceived Barriers of Providers towards HPV Vaccination: A Literature Review
(2015-11)
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted infection in the United States associated with nearly 26,000 cases of cancer annually. With the recent addition of Gardasil 9, three vaccines are now licensed by ...
Examination of a Palliative Care Screening Tool in Intensive Care Unit Patients
(2015-12)
No standardized screening tool for the assessment of a patient's needs for palliative care in the intensive care unit (ICU) exists. This retrospective, descriptive, exploratory study examined the Center to Advance Palliative ...
Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in a County Correctional Center: A Quality Improvement Project
(2015-10)
The number of antibiotic-resistant infections continues to increase. In 2005, there were nearly 11,406 deaths from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in the United States. Since 1980, the United ...
Use of Coagulation Algorithm at the Bedside During Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in Neonatal and Pediatric Patients
(2015-07-17)
It can be difficult to achieve the perfect balance of coagulation of the blood for patients on extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapy. The anticoagulation of the blood must be adequate to allow the ECMO pump ...
Implementation of a Quality Improvement Project to Improve Provider Adherence to the American Diabetic Association Standards of Care
(2015-07-17)
Purpose: The purpose of this pilot quality improvement project was to develop, implement, and evaluate a tracking tool to improve provider adherence and documentation to the American Diabetic Association (ADA) Standards ...
Homelessness and the Determinants of Health: Implications for Public Health Interventions
(2015-07-17)
Health care providers and others in the community who serve homeless populations have long made the connection between homelessness and poor health. Many agencies who serve the homeless have identified permanent housing ...
Development and Implementation of a Hypertension Management Tool for a Safety Net Clinic
(2015-07-23)
In the United States, hypertension has far reaching effects on mortality, healthcare outcomes, and economics; contributing to at least 1,000 deaths per day and accounting for $47.5 billion in healthcare costs each year ...
Pediatric Registered Nurses’ Moral Distress and Attitudes Towards Dying Patients When Palliative Care Resources are not Available
(2015-07-17)
Pediatric death is an unfortunate fact of life. When children, families, and healthcare providers have to experience an end-of-life situation, palliative care (PC) is a needed available resource for consult. Despite the ...
Reducing Alarm Fatigue in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(2015-07-17)
Problem: Clinical alarms are nearly constant in a busy hospital unit. The vast majority of alarms are either false or do not require intervention, termed nuisance alarms. The constant stimulation to caregivers by these ...