Doctor of Nursing Practice Final Document Projects

An Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project to Address Organizational Health Literacy and Enhance Communication

Richardson, Leah ( 2021-12 )

Objective: Clinicians often overestimate a person's ability to understand, obtain, and process health information and services needed to make appropriate decisions about their care. Studies have shown that patients with ...

Needs Assessment of the Nurse Practitioner Orientation to the Pediatric Emergency Department

Kosla, Jennifer ( 2018-05 )

Recent political and economic changes, such as the Affordable Care Act and primary care shortages, have led to overuse of the emergency department for non-urgent issues in adults as well as children. Rapid utilization ...

Mobile Health Applications and Hypertension Management in Rural, Middle-Age Adults: A Quality Improvement Initiative.

McManis, Mitchell ( 2021-05 )

Hypertension is estimated to affect approximately 29% of adults in the United States (Fryar, Ostchega, Hales, Zhang, & Kruszon-Moran, 2017). A study of over one million adults found a correlation between the risk of ...

Nurse Retention in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Hlahol, Melanie ( 2021-08 )

New graduate retention within intensive care units is startlingly low. The purpose of this DNP project was to evaluate current retention programs from the perspective of current new nurses, probe responses to elicit specific ...

Updating Patient Reminder and Contact Processes to Improve Breast Cancer Screening Adherence

Licorish, Pamela ( 2021-05 )

Breast cancer ranks second in the leading cause of death in women. The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends women between the ages of 50 and 74, receive a mammogram every two years, yet the ...