Student Works, Pooled Submissions
This collection houses materials submitted by students pursuing degrees in the field of nursing (BSN and above). It excludes traditionally formatted, completed and defended theses and dissertations which are found in their own collections within this repository.
Submissions to this collection may be prompted by schools of nursing who have indicated a desire to participate in this repository as a group, but have not completed the necessary probationary period for their own collection, do not desire their own collection, or have let an existing collection remain dormant for a one-year period.
Copyright to items in this collection remains vested in the author or original copyright holder if otherwise indicated in the item record.
The submissions do not undergo peer-review prior to posting in this repository. They may undergo secondary faculty approval (i.e., materials selected by faculty as appropriate for showcasing in the repository), or they may rely on the reputation of the degree granting institution (i.e., materials submitted by students interested in open access dissemination). Acquisition and vetting types will be clearly noted in each item record.
Copyright remains vested with the original copyright holder, unless otherwise noted in the item record.
Recent Submissions
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A Health Literacy Alogirthm Impact on Readmissions and Patient Satisfaction
The purpose of this quality improvement (QI) project was to explore the relationship between health literacy levels and readmission rates and patient satisfaction scores. The medical-surgical unit in the studied community ... -
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 ... -
Bioidentical Hormone Therapy: A Look at Standard of Practice, Attitudes, and Knowledge
Traditional hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is considered the gold standard for management of hormonal deficits. The findings generated by the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) trials concluded in July 2002 revealed health ... -
Using Facebook as an Asynchronous Learning Environment for Students in an Associate-Degree Nursing Program - A Pilot Study
Nursing educators are tasked with communicating and relaying information to a demographic of students that have changed over the recent years, the non-traditional student. One avenue of communication in which both students ... -
Improving Patient Outcomes in Nurse-Placed Vascular Access Devices
A lack of standardized practice in IV placement and inconsistent availability of advanced-skilled vascular access nurses was identified at an approximately 275-bed hospital. To address the gap in practice, a performance ... -
Improving Stress Test Procedural Outcomes Through Effective Communication Tools
Low health literacy may lead to a lack of understanding of disease management and preparation needed before a procedure. Healthcare professionals must implement evidence-based measures that will facilitate healthcare ... -
What Influences Nursing Students to Desire to Work in Geriatrics
The geriatric population is growing rapidly. Geriatric education in nursing school curriculum is vital. Undergraduate nursing students need to be educated about the multifaceted care of the older adult as well as experiencing ... -
An Evaluation of the 5 A's Model Used in Behavioral Counseling of Obese Patients in a Primary Care Setting
Purpose: To implement an intensive counseling method using the 5 A’s model for obese adults to aid in weight loss. Design: A quality improvement project was implemented within an inner-city primary care clinic in Memphis, ... -
Problem Solving Through Simulation & Scripts
A nursing learning model was developed to assist students, nurses and nurse educators in their understanding of the diverse ways that content and skills can be learned. During the development of the model, it became clear ... -
Executive Summary: Advanced Practice Provider Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program Planning
Seattle Children’s Hospital (SCH) currently offers an advanced practice provider (APP) fellowship program for general medical providers, but no such program has been offered by the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral ... -
HIV/AIDS Awareness among First year Nursing Students in Four Nursing Schools in Guyana
In Guyana, many adolescents grow up in broken families and live in an environment where violence is pervasive. Inadequate knowledge about safe sex practices, poor attitudes towards sexual health and poverty are further ... -
The Effects of Implementing TeamSTEPPS® on Operating Room Staff Communication
Improving communication in the OR can lead to better patient outcomes. Tibbs and Moss (2014) pointed out that Joint Commission (JC) found over two-thirds of surgical adverse events were the result of poor communication and ... -
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 ... -
Hospital Acquired Hypo/Hyperglycemia: A Clinical Issue
(2018-04-02)Hypo- and hyperglycemia related to improper timing of mealtime insulin occurs frequently in the in-patient setting. The timing of mealtime insulin administration is affected by many variables such as blood glucose meter ... -
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 ... -
A Clinical Practice Change: Enhancing the Efficacy of Pediatric Early Warning Systems
(2018-02-07)With a lack of adherence to documentation, assessment, and utilization of the Pediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) by pediatric staff nurses, there was a significant gap between clinical deterioration recognition and ... -
Utilization of Evidence-based Health Teaching by Providers to Improve Parents perception of Immunizations and Vaccine Schedules
(2017-12-22)Parental refusal or delay in administering vaccines for their children has become a public health concern, contributing to an increased risk of vaccine-preventable diseases. Informed decision-making is necessary for parents ... -
Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Innovation and Research Produce Positive Outcomes
(2017-12-07)Acquiring a pressure ulcer while in the hospital is a devastating outcome for the patient and their family. Pressure ulcer formation in the medical surgical patient population reflects a gap in practice because it is the ... -
Use of Point of Care Testing to Affect Clinician Treatment Decisions for Patients with Diabetes
(2017-11-28)This process improvement initiative implemented a policy for medical assistants (MAs) to perform and record point of care (POC) glucose test results in the electronic medical record (EMR), for all patients with diabetes ... -
A Process Evaluation of an Outpatient Palliative Care Program: A Quality Improvement Project
(2017-11-28)Palliative care has evolved from providing care for patients near end-of-life into a specialized discipline focused on addressing the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of patients throughout the trajectory ...
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