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Improving advanced directive completion rates: Utilizing technology with a virtual platform
Improving the regularity of advance care planning and increasing the number of individuals with active advanced directives contributes to robust palliative care. Virtual settings can allow for more patients to participate ... -
Improving alcohol use screening and brief intervention: A multidisciplinary mobile app randomized control trial
(2018-06-20)This presentation will review the global epidemiology of alcohol misuse and clinical strategies to combat the health consequences of hazardous alcohol misuse including multidisciplinary SBIRT training, and the development, ... -
Improving assessment adherence in geriatric psych patients with behavioral symptoms of agitation and aggression in the acute care setting before administering psychotropic medications
There is currently no systemic or evidence-based process in place for nurses to follow on assessing inpatient geriatric psychiatric patients when they experience agitation and aggression. There have been growing concerns ... -
Improving assessment competency of telephonic care managers for postpartum depression through educational intervention
(2017-10-17)This project will describe a process to provide education on postpartum depression to telephonic care managers and evaluate the impact of improved competency as a result of the development of a standardized workflow. -
Improving asthma outcomes with a community-based asthma specialty clinic
This presentation will describe a novel nurse-developed program designed to improve asthma outcomes in urban children. Program barriers and facilitators will be also be discussed. -
Improving attitudes and perceived competence in caring for dying patients: An end-of-life simulation
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Purpose: End-of-life care education is critical for nurses, especially in today's healthcare climate. The End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) has established ... -
Improving awareness of recommended preconception health behaviors to improve birth outcomes
Maternal and infant mortality rates are higher in the United States than any other developed country. Black women and infants are more likely to die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth than any other racial ... -
Improving baccalaureate nursing students' critical thinking ability through the initiation of patient safety simulations
(4/4/2016)Patient safety is the priority objective within the healthcare system (Harjai & Tiwari, 2009; Robert & Petersen, 2013; Robson, Clark, Pinnock, White, & Baxendale, 2013; Vaismoradi, Salsali, & Marck, ... -
Improving Bedside Nurse Accuracy in Rhythm Interpretation Using Different Teaching Strategies
The ECG interpretation competency of our nurses was brought into question upon changing from static to dynamic evaluation methods during annual testing. Ongoing education and resources were provided and monthly audits were ... -
Improving bedside nurses' resilience for a less stressful work environment
This longitudinal, cross-sectional study tested interventions to reduce work stress while building resiliency in registered nurses at four hospitals. Nurses were given a kit with validated stress reduction strategies. ... -
Improving bi-directional communication within nursing service by implementing a tiered huddle structure
Tiered safety huddles provide a systematic process for bi-directional communication within nursing service. Safety huddles identify and decrease gaps in processes, resolve issues related to safety, resources, equipment, ... -
Improving care coordination: Impact of a doctorate of nursing practice prepared clinical nurse specialist
(2017-07-24)Transformations in healthcare have challenged organizations to control costs while continuing to provide high quality care. Simultaneously, patients continue to present with higher acuities and increased complexity of ... -
Improving care for psychiatric patients in the emergency center
Session C presented Thursday, September 27, 1:00-2:00 pm Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess the usefulness of a hand-off tool which will prompt providers to address specific care needs of the psychiatric ... -
Improving care for the veteran population through respectful interprofessional collaboration: One college's experience
(2017-06-14)The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of a novel educational offering on the interprofessional knowledge and attitudes related to health care of the rural veteran. With roots back in the 1960s, the ... -
Improving care in nursing homes: A mixed-methods interdisciplinary study
In the US, there are almost 16,000 nursing homes across the country with approximately 1.5 million elderly residents living in them at any one time. Unfortunately, care is often suboptimal in these settings. An overview ... -
Improving care of high-risk obstetrics patients by creating an evidence-based nurse-driven process
(2017-07-06)Preterm birth complicates one out of every eight pregnancies in the US. A rural health system in north central Pennsylvania wanted to evaluate the most effective treatment modalities in trying to reduce preterm births. A ... -
Improving chronic pain outcomes with integrative nursing interventions
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Monday, July 27, 2015: Purpose: Pain is one of the leading causes that individuals seek healthcare, however, clinical outcomes for patients with pain are not ideal. The purpose of this presentation ... -
Improving clinical alarm fatigue and alarm management competency among critical care nurses by implementing a unit based alarm management bundle
Clinical alarms are designed to signal an unsatisfactory patient physiological state, alert staff to malfunctioning medical equipment or systems, and warn the operator of potential hazards to the patient. While alarms ... -
Improving clinical competence and skills acquisition by student nurses: Bridging the preparation to practice gap
(2018-03-15)The objective is to improve patient care and reduce medical errors by improving the preparation of nursing students for their role in the clinical setting by formalizing the process of skills acquisition and to foster ... -
Improving clinical decision-making to build fail-safe systems and enhance patient outcomes
Clinical decision-making can vary from fast and intuitive to slow and calculating. Clinicians must navigate multiple options and accept trade-offs. By understanding how decisions are made we can mitigate risk and combat ...