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Specialty Certification as a Driver of Nursing Engagement
(2019-12-13)
Purpose: A quality improvement project was conducted to improve nurse engagement on the Solid Organ Transplant (SOTU) unit at Nebraska Medicine. This was accomplished by analyzing data from the institution’s quarterly ...
An Online Experience: Improving NP and PA Preceptor Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Willingness in a Hospital Medicine Practice
(2019-08-16)
Background: A Hospital Medicine practice at a large academic medical center needs additional Nurse Practitioners (NP) and Physician Assistants (PA) preceptors and is without a formal NP and PA preceptor education ...
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Aromatherapy On Post-Operative Nausea and Vomiting in the Acute Care Setting
(2019-12-13)
Purpose: The purpose of this program assessment was to evaluate the utilization and effectiveness of patient- controlled, inhaled aromatherapy in the reduction of post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) and frequency of ...
Efficacy of a Heart Failure Program
(2019-12-13)
There is a high rate of readmissions among heart failure (HF) patients. Personalized
education combined with lifestyle changes & self-management has yielded optimal
outcomes. The program was designed, implemented to ...
Implementing and Evaluating Outcomes of Ketamine Infusions: An Innovative Therapy for Treatment Resistance Depression
(2019-05-17)
Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement project is to evaluate patient outcomes from a clinic providing ketamine infusions for treatment resistance depression.|Background: Treatment resistant depression is a ...
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 ...
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. ...
Uber Health As A Transportation Solution For Pediatric Primary Care Appointments
(2019-05-18)
A common problem in the pediatric primary care setting is missed appointments. Missed appointments have been shown to decrease health outcomes for patients as well as decrease productivity and financial loss for the provider. ...
Stand-Alone Nurse Practitioner Driven Critical Care Rapid Response Team
(2019-05-18)
Purpose: This quality improvement project illustrates that a stand-alone Nurse Practitioner (NP) driven critical care rapid response team at a level one trauma center in South Carolina can decrease failure to rescue events, ...
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 ...