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Standardized Handoff: Transferring Medically Complex Pediatric Patients from Inpatient to and Acute Rehabilitation Facility
(2019-05-18)
Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement project is to improve communication and reduce unplanned readmissions between an inpatient hospital setting and an acute inpatient rehabilitation facility. Aim 1: Identify ...
Improvement of Transgender Patient Care in Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Programs
(2019-05-18)
Background: According to the Williams Institute, approximately 1.4 million adults within the United States identify as transgender. A recent national report stated that 33% of transgender patients delayed or did not try ...
Development of an Educational Resource to Increase Nursing Staff Knowledge of Adrenal Insufficiency Management in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(2019-05-18)
Inadequate treatment of adrenal insufficiency (AI) can lead to life-threatening complications. Proper treatment includes appropriate medication changes during times of stress, illness, or injury with either increased oral ...
Impact of Early Telephone Follow-up in Recently Discharged Heart Failure Patients
(2019-05-18)
Background: Due to the vulnerability of the heart failure population and the economical burden on the healthcare system, legislature introduced a program addressing heart failure readmissions. Close outpatient follow-up ...
Evaluation of Cost Related to Placement of Post-pyloric Feeding Tubes in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients
(2019-05-18)
Critically ill pediatric patients are often exposed to radiation by way of diagnostic imaging throughout their intensive care unit stay. Each diagnostic image increases the patient’s risk for radiation related malignancies ...
Alarm Fatigue in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
(2019-05-18)
Aim: The aim is to evaluate the effects alarm fatigue has on nurses and patients in the cardiac intensive care unit while identifying common causes and hazards of alarm fatigue; and to evaluate solutions for alarm management ...
Depression Screening in Adults with Diabetes
(2019-05-17)
Depression is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. Screening has long been a part of depression detection in adults in primary care. This screening process, specifically the Patient Health Questionnaire ...
Establishing an Evidence-Based Protocol for Managing Depression in a Rural Primary Care Setting
(2019-05-18)
Depression remains a major clinical diagnosis and health detriment in the general American population. The detection and treatment of depression differs among patients of different age sectors and clinical settings. ...
Quality Improvement Project on Pediatric Asthma Management in the Primary Care Setting
(2019-05-17)
Pediatric asthma is the most common lower respiratory disease in children (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2018). Although national guidelines and standards for care have been developed, implementation of these standards ...
Implementation of a Standardized Diabetes Assessment Tool In the Primary Care Setting
(2019-05-17)
The purpose of this project was to assist the primary care provider (PCP) in formulating an effective diabetes self-management plan through the implementation of a standardized diabetes assessment tool. Between 1988 and ...