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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. ...
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 ...
Implementing Paternal Postpartum Depression Screening in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit
(2019-05-18)
Background: Postpartum depression (PPD) in mothers has been widely studied however PPD in fathers has been overlooked. Maternal PPD screening in the NICU has become routine while very few units routinely screen fathers. ...
A Quality Improvement Project: Early Identification of Prediabetes
(2018-05-12)
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a deadly disease that can result in serious complications and even death. It is also a costly disease resulting in a significant impact on society as a whole. There are many nationally recognized ...
PTSD Screening for the ICU Pateint
(2018-05-12)
There is a high incidence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and PTSD symptoms among intensive care unit (ICU) survivors. Each year millions of Americans are placed into the ICU for treatment of critical illness. Of ...
Implementing a Caregiver Strain Protocol Within a Low-Income Primary Care Clinic System: Assessing Provider Perception
(2019-05-18)
There are approximately 43.5 million informal caregivers (CG) in the United States, accounting for 70-80% of community healthcare (Adelman et al, 2014; McGhan & Mccaughey, 2017). CGs frequently neglect their own health and ...
Implementation of a Palliative Care Screening Tool on a Medical-Surgical Inpatient Unit: A Pilot Study
(2019-05-18)
Purpose: The purpose of this pilot study was to implement a palliative care trigger list to identify inpatients on the medical-surgical units who may benefit from a palliative care consult. Background Palliative care is ...
Screening of Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Primary Care
(2019-05-17)
The purpose of this quality improvement project was to increase the use of intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence (SV) screens in the primary care setting by family nurse practitioners. Women are more likely ...
Impact of Screening in Assessing for the Presence of Depression in Adults with Diabetes
(2017-05-13)
Diabetic patients are twice as likely as non-diabetic individuals to have depression. However, approximately 50 percent of diabetic patients with depression remain undiagnosed and untreated. Co-morbid depression is ...
Evaluation of Screening for Early Identification of Hypertension in Young Adults 19 Years and Older
(2018-05-12)
Problem: The need to screen for hypertension among young adults 19 years and older is underutilized, because hypertension remains under-recognized as a disease risk-factor in the young adult population, perceiving themselves ...