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Evaluation of a Discharge Tool to Improve Provider Communication and Readmission Rates in Adult Heart Failure Patients.
(2016-06-21)
Heart failure (HF) is a chronic clinical syndrome that causes high rates of mortality, morbidity, and increased health care costs (Anderson, 2013). Heart failure patients frequently experience hospitalizations due to acute ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Palliative Care with Heart Failure Management: Identification of Barriers
(2016-06-21)
Problem: Heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of death in the United States and unfortunately there is no cure for the disease. A mainstay of therapy focuses on symptom management and quality of life, which involves ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...