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Utilization of Pharmacogenomic Testing for Medication Optimization in the Primary Care Setting
(2016-06-21)
Background and Purpose: The use of pharmacogenomic testing (PGT) can optimize medication therapy to each patient resulting in fewer adverse side effects and increased adherence. The purpose of this project was to evaluate ...
Patient Centered Medical Homes and Their Effect on Diabetes Outcomes
(2016-06-21)
Purpose: Explore the effectiveness of the patient-centered medical home (PCHM) in managing adult Diabetes Mellitus Type II using HbA1C, lipid levels, blood pressure and body mass index as parameters of care.|Methods: ...
Effect of a Health Coach on A1c Levels
(2016-06-21)
Purpose: The purpose of this Master of Science in Nursing quality improvement scholarly project is to perform a chart review of adult patients with type II diabetes in the primary care setting who utilized a health coach ...
Enhancing the Development of Lung Transplant Patient Education Written Materials
(2016-06-21)
Written patient education materials can help improve self-efficacy and adherence to medical treatment before and after lung transplantation. Non-adherence to treatment regimens especially after transplant often results in ...
Spraying Away Pain: A Quality Improvement Project
(2016-06-21)
This quality improvement project was completed to determine if the introduction of Gebauer's Pain Ease® increased the number of intravenous (IV) catheterizations started with a local anesthetic. Additionally, patient ...
Effects of Telephone Follow-Up Calls on Patient and Nurse Satisfaction in the Emergency Department
(2016-06-21)
This article reports on the development and evaluation of a nurse-led telephone follow-up call program and its impact on both emergency department patient and nurse satisfaction. During the six week implementation phase, ...
Examination of Violence Against Emergency Department Nurses: Identifying Risks
(2016-06-21)
Objective: The objective of this project was an examination of perceptions, risks, and experiences of workplace violence committed against nurses working in two high-volume, academic emergency departments located in the ...
Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: Health Provider Student’s Knowledge, Opinion, and Barriers to Recommendation of Treatment
(2016-06-21)
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted disease that effects 79 million individuals. HPV commonly leads to cervical cancer as well as other anogenital and oropharyngeal cancers. HPV vaccination implemented ...
Facilitating Breastfeeding in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Identifying Barriers
(2016-06)
The evidence for the use of human milk as the gold standard in infant nutrition is well documented. The American Academy of Pediatrics,1 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Surgeon General,2 the ...
Recommended Health Care Personnel Immunization: Exploring Immunization Rates, Motivators, and Barriers to Immunization in Health Care Personnel
(2016-04-01)
Immunization rates among health care personnel (HCP) have remained low despite advances in vaccine development with reported rates ranging from 27% to 72% for commonly recommended vaccines. Within the United States, HCP ...