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How high! Decreasing blood pressure in men aged 45-65 in primary care: A quality improvement project
(2018-05-15)
Purpose: Hypertension is a health issue that affects many people worldwide. The Memphis area has many people who have been diagnosed with hypertension and experience poor outcomes. A local Memphis primary care clinic allowed ...
Improving smoking cessation education and referral in the ambulatory surgical setting
(2018-06-05)
Introduction Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. yet studies show that nurses lack the knowledge and skills to screen and counsel smokers. This study focuses on improving smoking cessation ...
Motivational Interviewing and Diabetes
(6/5/2018)
Approximately 7.8 million patients over age 20 are diagnosed every year with Type Two Diabetes (DMII) in the United States. Eighty-six million Americans aged 20 and over are at risk for developing DMII due to pre-diabetic ...
Hourly rounding and fall prevention: A change process
(5/9/2018)
Falls are among the most common and serious problems facing older adult patients living in nursing homes. The focus of this project was to implement an hourly rounding fall prevention protocol in a nursing home that provides ...
Impacting nursing stress: The implementation of a standardized referral process in the outpatient pediatric care setting
(2018-06-25)
Aim. This DNP project was aimed at reducing process time and stress levels perceived by nurses working in three outpatient pediatric offices.
Background. Nursing stress has been studied for decades. Research studies have ...
Distinguishing Pain versus Psychiatric Behavior in Alzheimer's Disease Patients
(5/7/2018)
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) patients are at risk for not having their pain recognized. When nurses do not have adequate knowledge and tools to help determine if an AD patient is experiencing pain this often results in ignored ...
Effect of clinical pathway implementation on outpatient wait time to urgent specialty appointment
(2018-03-02)
Untoward wait time between a primary care referral and initial urgent specialty care appointment was identified during a root cause analysis at the project facility. Ambiguous role responsibilities and unclear referral ...