Browsing by Subjects (CINAHL) "Practice Guidelines"
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Adapting an evidence-based insomnia practice guideline for use in a university healthcare setting
(2018-07-03)Recent evidence-based practice guidelines (EBPGs) recommend cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) as first-line treatment for adults with chronic insomnia, with pharmacotherapy as a secondary option. Pharmacotherapy ... -
Development of an evidence-based advisory opinion guiding preceptorships
(2017-08-03)The use of preceptorships for nursing students has become an accepted practice in contemporary nursing. The preceptorship phenomenon is a complex and interactive process that involves many stakeholders including nurse ... -
Factors associated with degree of adoption by hospitals in the central states of the agency for health care policy and research clinical practice guideline for management of cancer pain
Using contingency theory (Damanpour, 1991) and Rogers' (1995) diffusion of innovations theory, this study: (1) determined the degree of adoption of AHCPR management of cancer pain clinical practice guideline (CPG) by ... -
Implementation & evaluation of safe opioid prescribing guidelines for chronic non-cancer pain in primary care
Uptake of evidence-based guidelines varies among primary care providers when treating chronic non-cancer pain patients in managed primary care settings. This project aimed to determine the feasibility and compliance of the ... -
Implementing evidence to improve chronic insomnia treatment for older adults in primary care: A quality improvement project
Background: Chronic insomnia (CI) affects over 50% of American adults 65 years and older. The most currently used treatment approach for this problem is inconsistent with the most up-to-date evidence-based clinical guidelines ... -
Increasing the HPV vaccination rate in a family practice: A quality improvement project
(2017-05-19)The purpose of this DNP project was to identify barriers in a family practice setting to recommending the HPV vaccine and to use this information to develop a practice protocol to enhance the delivery of the vaccine ... -
Inpatient falls prevention: Closing the gap between research and clinical practice
Inpatient falls have been a long-standing problem within health care around the world. The purpose of this project was to reduce inpatient falls through a standardized selection of multifactorial individualized nursing ... -
Nutritional management of the extremely low birth weight infant: An evidence based clinical practice guideline
Premature birth has risen steadily over the last decade resulting in an increased number of infants needing neonatal intensive care. The demand for neonatal intensive care has lead to many improvements in the delivery of ... -
Outcome Evaluation of an Interdisciplinary Care Model for Children with Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a life-limiting, autosomal recessive inherited disease that affects approximately 30,000 individuals in the United States. Health problems of children with CF tend to be complex, requiring specialty ... -
Promoting safe infant sleep: The creation and appraisal of a practice guideline for nurses
(2017-09-12)Background: Every day in America, healthy infants are dying from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related deaths. Once a terrifying mystery, these deaths, also called sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), ... -
Verification methods of nasogastric and orogastric tubes: Improved patient outcomes through nurse adherence to practice guidelines
(2017-01-09)Although there are various methods that are used to confirm the placement of nasogastric (NG) and orogastric (OG) tubes prior to the administration of any substance, there is none that is used universally and with certainty ...