Open Dissemination Materials - Groups and Individuals: Recent submissions
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Enhancing post surgical discharge education at a dermatology clinic: A quality improvement project
Standardized discharge education may be one of the largest contributing factors to reduce complications, readmission rates and patient concerns (Wong et al., 2011). When there is a lack of consistent patient education, the ... -
Effects of clinical nurse educator professional role development: An evidence-based quality improvement project
Centralization of Clinical Nurse Educators (CNEs) from the Med-Surg and Critical Care units of a Midwestern health care system created role confusion and poor role outcomes. This evidence-based quality improvement (EBPQI) ... -
Effective emergency department hand-off report for nurses
The purpose of the project is to promote evidence-based practice by developing an effective process during patient transfer to improve the quality of hand-off report from the emergency department (ED) nurse and the ... -
Implementing a restorative yoga therapy to reduce anxiety and improve quality of life among patients with breast cancer
Maintaining psychological health is an important component of a patient’s well-being throughout breast cancer treatment. Anxiety and quality of life are two common indicators of psychological health. Restorative yoga ... -
Improving patient care through effective nurse delegation to assistive personnel
Introduction: The well-recognized shortage of registered nurses has amplified the need for additional assistance to deliver essential nursing care in many health care settings. The increasing complexity of health care needs ... -
Exploring the effects of a nurse mentorship program on career satisfaction and retention
Background: Global statistics have shown there is a major nursing shortage. It is imperative to stabilize the nursing workforce as the healthcare continuum continues to grow. Nurse career satisfaction is related ... -
A guideline recommendation implementing inferior vena cava ultrasound to guide hemodynamic resuscitation of septic adults during air medical transport
Nature of the Project: Sepsis is present in one out of every three hospital deaths (CDC, 2020). Primary and time-sensitive interventions for sepsis include intravenous fluid and vasopressor administration for hemodynamic ... -
Associate degree nurses caring behaviors during high-fidelity simulation: A basic qualitative study
Despite validation of the importance of caring behaviors in nursing, questions remain about how to teach these behaviors Teaching and evaluating caring behaviors with nursing education programs are challenging due to the ... -
Improving the management of tardive dyskinesia on an inpatient mental health unit
The purpose of this quality improvement project was to implement a practice change on the adult mental health unit at a rural hospital in the Upper Midwest to improve the accuracy and increase the rate of completion of the ... -
Implementation of remote patient monitoring to improve medication adherence and efficacy in patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A quality improvement project
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are long-term respiratory diseases that can adversely affect an individual’s quality of life and inflict financial strain on the patient, family, and healthcare ... -
Improving patient safety with the Stanley and Brown Suicide Safety Template
Background: The effect of safety planning for patients discharged from the emergency department (ED) with suicidal risk is not yet determined but using safety plans to mitigate suicidal behavior is regarded as best ... -
Decreasing compassion fatigue and burnout in nursing through mindfulness: A quality improvement project
Nature and scope of the project: Health care professionals are at risk for developing compassion fatigue and burnout, which creates a decrease in productivity, increases the risk for medication and medical errors, and ... -
Advanced practice provider privileging tool within a transition to practice program: A quality improvement project
Objective and scope: Evaluate the use of a privileging tool in a formal program designed to support advanced practice providers in transitioning from academia to clinical practice. Setting: This project took ... -
Improving provider confidence and knowledge of sexual assault treatment through education and guideline implementation
Sexual assault is a pervasive public health concern that disproportionately affects women and can have long-term effects in every aspect of a woman’s life (Nathan & Ferrara, 2020). While acute treatment of ... -
Improving end of life care: Symptom assessment and education for informal hospice caregivers (a quality improvement project)
Nature and scope of the project: In the setting of COVID-19, more individuals experience the dying process in their home rather than at hospice facilities. Currently, there are limited resources to help informal caregivers ... -
Reducing medical device related pressure ulcers: A quality improvement project
Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to improve medical device-related pressure ulcers (MDRPU) incidence rates on a 23-bed orthopedic unit within a large midwestern hospital located in a metropolitan ... -
Improving new faculty onboarding through implementation of a faculty mentoring program
Scope of the Project: In the United States there is a shortage of experienced nursing faculty, and clinicians often transition to educator roles without any formal training; this often leads to significant stress and a ... -
A quality improvement project on improving cultural humility through clinical virtual reality
Background: Cultural humility is the ability to maintain an interpersonal stance that is other-oriented in relation to aspects of cultural identity that are most important to the person. There is currently a lack of clinical ... -
Promoting safe sleep education for at risk mothers
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is an unexplained scary phenomenon that has plagued parents for years until research determined there was a link between the infants sleeping position and sudden death. Local ... -
Emergency department bedside handoff report for increased communication and patient experience: A quality improvement health program
Background: With increased emphasis placed on patient experience scores within hospital emergency departments (ED), communication between clinicians and patients has been identified as an area for improvement. Described ...
