Browsing Doctor of Nursing Practice Final Document Projects by Issue Date
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A DNP Evidence-based Quality Improvement Project to Improve Nurse-Patient Communication Process
Potts, Barbara ( 2020-05 )Problem: Standard nursing education includes professional communication content, but limited time is available for developing needed communication skills for work in a complex inpatient healthcare setting. Purpose: This ... -
The THRIVE Training to Improve Leadership Confidence in Responding to Staff Stress: A DNP Quality Improvement Project
Peterson, Marcie ( 2020-05 )Background: Healthcare work-related stress is on the rise. The lack of formal training and preparation for leaders to manage and support acutely-stressed staff necessitates a strategy to formally train leadership to become ... -
A DNP Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project to Guide Provider-Patient Discussions on Removing Barriers to Colorectal Carcinoma Screening
Jones, Kandice ( 2020-05 )Problem: Nurse Practitioners (NPs) need a standardized evidence-based approach to effectively and efficiently assess individual patient barriers to colorectal (CRC) screening. Purpose: The purpose of this DNP Final Project ... -
Achieving Quality Improvement in Community Health Promotion Planning
Courie, Anna ( 2020-05 )Nature of the problem: Injuries are the most significant public health problem facing the U.S. Army. Injuries result in over 2 million medical encounters affecting over 300,000 personnel and are the leading cause of deaths, ... -
Implementation and Evaluation of Evidence-based Communication Skills Training as Part of Workplace Violence Prevention Program
Okechukwu, Evangeline ( 2020-05 )Violence by patients in health-care facilities is an increasing problem that threatens the physical safety and mental health of nurses and other health-care providers. Acts of violence by patients contribute to high levels ... -
"Taking a Moment:" Evaluation Perceptions of Burnout & Well-Being in Bone Marrow Transplant Nurses Using a Mindfulness Smart-Phone App
Knill, Kathryn ( 2020-05 )Background: Oncology nurses, specifically those working in inpatient bone marrow transplant (BMT) units, are at an increased risk for developing burnout. While various interventions have been implemented to combat the ... -
The Intersecting Epidemics of Opioid Use Disorder and Infectious Diseases: The Role of the Medical-Surgical Nurse in Providing Evidence-Based Opioid Use Disorder Care
Ginther, Jane ( 2020-05 )The intersecting epidemics of opioid use disorder (OUD) and infectious diseases comprise an escalating public health crisis in the United States. Hospitalization provides a unique opportunity to initiate and coordinate ... -
Utilization of a Consistent Dog Therapy Program in a Level 1 Pediatric Emergency Department
Mash, Haley ( 2020-05 )Background: Emergency Departments (ED) are stressful environments that require staff members to constantly critically think and make difficult complex decisions quickly. Recent surveys conducted by unit management in a ... -
A DNP Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project to Implement Harm Reduction in Patients with Multiple Myeloma
Scholl, Kathryn ( 2020-05 )Problem: Multiple myeloma is a hematologic malignancy that often presents with accompanying significant bone pain, generally managed by pharmacologic therapy including opioids. Currently there are no standards for the ... -
Evaluation of RESET: An Evidence-Based Primary Care Delivery Model Quality Improvement
Delgado, Allan ( 2020-05 )The Department of Defense Military Health System has a multilayered mission to deliver medical support to military operations, as well as provide primary care services to over 9.4 million beneficiaries (Smith, Bono, & ... -
Implementing Bundled HPV Immunization Approaches within an Outpatient Military Clinic
Stokes, Dynasty ( 2020-05 )The human papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted infection and has affected almost 80 million Americans. Despite the availability of a well-studied, safe, and effective vaccine to prevent the HPV infection ... -
Simulation as a Unit-Based Strategy to Prepare Nurses for Practice
Barker, Kamil ( 2020-05 )The purpose of this evidence-based quality improvement project is to improve the orientation and onboarding process, as well as self-perceived competence, of new nurses on a pediatric cardiac-renal acute care unit by using ... -
Nurse Practitioner Preceptor Training Using the One Minute Preceptor Model
Simon, Sharon ( 2020-05 )Preceptors function as an essential component of nurse practitioner (NP) education and collaborate to provide clinical training, preparation for practice, and evaluation of student clinical performance. With increasing ... -
Use of a Framework to Integrate Research, Evidence-Based Practice, and Quality Improvement
O'Leary, Colleen ( 2020-05 )Introduction: The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Roundtable on Evidence-based Medicine recommended that 90% of healthcare decisions be evidence-based by the year 2020. Nurses often do not know how to differentiate between ... -
Keto Prescribed: Translating Ketogenic Research into Clinical Practice in Adult African American Women
Hanners, Audra ( 2020-05 )Background: In 2016, cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the United States cost the U.S. 555 billion U.S. dollars and is projected to cost over 1.1 trillion U.S. dollars by 2035. CVD is the leading cause of death in the United ... -
Improving A1c Values and Type 2 Diabetes Self-management in an Underserved Community
Baldwin, Amy ( 2020-05 )The purpose of this project was to utilize telehealth to reinforce educational and behavioral interventions with adult individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) at a medically-underserved health center to improve glycemic ... -
Gentle Yoga as an Integrative Modality for Chronic Pain in Adult Cancer Patients
Frier, Kimberly A. ( 2020-05 )Background: Changes in opioid dispensing and prescribing have revised guidelines for managing chronic pain in adult cancer patients. Recommendations promote reduced opioids and use of integrative modalities for pain ... -
Advanced Practice Nurse Utilization of Evidence-Based Practice in a Children's Health System
Blankenship, Angela ( 2020-05 )It is globally accepted that evidence-based practice (EBP) is the fundamental framework for formulation and delivery of best clinical practice. Thus, it is no longer acceptable to rely on the philosophy of doing things the ... -
Improving Vaccination Coverage in an Adult Ambulatory Rheumatology Clinic through a Quality Improvement Process
Kirchner, Elizabeth ( 2020-05 )Patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases are at high risk for infections. Currently 6 vaccines are recommended by the Advisory Council on Immunization Practices for routine immunization of immunocompromised adults in ... -
The Implementation of Case Based Simulation and Mastery Learning for Lumbar Puncture Training in novice Advanced Practice Providers
Reeder, Colin ( 2020-05 )Background: Lumbar punctures (LP) are a common aspect of care for the hospitalized patient and are performed by a broad range of physician and non-physician providers. Complications of lumbar punctures increase morbidity ...