Browsing Pooled Submissions: Student Works by Research Approach "Quantitative Research"
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Antibiotic stewardship through implementation of screening tool in primary care
Background: After assessing the need for antibiotic stewardship in a primary care office in Greenacres, Florida, using the McIsaac score tool and the Appropriate Antibiotic Use Self-Efficacy Scale (AAUSES), it was determined ... -
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 ... -
Breastfeeding classes: A quality improvement project to increase intent to breastfeed
Breastfeeding education has been shown to improve a mother’s intent to breastfeed and self-efficacy rates. The PICOT question developed was as follows: “In prenatal and perinatal women, how will the participation ... -
Comparing an STD education program to HIV screening for African American adolescents at an urban high school
(2016-06-15)Globally, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired immunodeficiency diseases (AIDS) and sexual transmitted diseases (STDs) are pressing issues that need evidenced-based interventions.? Data show that African-American ... -
Confronting Polypharmacy in Corrections: An Interprofessional Team Approach
(2016-02-08)Polypharmacy is a growing community problem, and is evident in correctional healthcare. Using Lewin’s Change Theory, action research, and an interprofessional team approach in this project, potentially problematic ... -
Customizing An Electronic Medical Record In One Rural Health Area: The Impact On Patient Appointments
(2016-01-28)Purpose: To analyze the effect and use of electronic medical record systems on appointment compliance in one small rural health clinic. Design: Quantitative study. Appointment compliance was analyzed using population ... -
Education: A barrier to self-management of diabetes
The perspective of professional nursing practice in relationship to nursing research remains a critical piece of nursing practice. Nurses throughout history demonstrated different theoretical concepts, as it integrates ... -
Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing-based telephone Follow-up in Diabetes Management
(2017-11-27)Diabetes mellitus is a chronic complex disease requiring persistent self-management by patients and ongoing support from the providers. The outpatient diabetes clinic of a teaching hospital in the Midwest has 78.3% patients ... -
The effects of post-operative pain management when comparing the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) to the traditional approach amongst patients undergoing general surgery
Chronic pain patients are vulnerable to developing addictions due to the long duration of high dose prescription narcotics. Consequently, optimal treatment approaches need to be identified for patients who are at high risk ... -
Evaluation of communication and teamwork implementing TeamSTEPPS for a medical-surgical unit
An assessment of a medical-surgical unit established that there were poor communication and teamwork practices. Consequently, an evidence-based practice change was implemented in which TeamSTEPPS 2.0 was utilized to address ... -
Executive Leadership Rounding on Staff and Its Effect on Patient Satisfaction and Patient Outcomes
(2017-04-17)It has been recognized in healthcare organizations across the country that there is a significant relation between organizational quality, improved patient outcomes, and the financial success of an organization. Through ... -
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 ... -
Impact of an Educational Intervention on Knowledge and Attitudes Concerning Maternity Care Practices Consistent with the "Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative"
(2017-02-23)Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine if an educational intervention increases knowledge and positively influence attitudes in maternity care staff in regards to maternity care practices consistent with the ... -
Improving patient satisfaction through implementing AIDET
(2017-06-23)Hospital Consumer Assessment of Health- care Provider and System (HCAHPS) scores are key metrics that evaluate quality patient care within health- care system. Many studies reveal that an effective communication strategy ... -
Increasing breastfeeding support among neonatal nurses
The importance of breastfeeding support remains a global phenomenon, as breastfeeding remains the algorithm of healthcare promotion throughout the life span. The purpose of this project reviews benefits of improving ... -
Increasing pneumococcal vaccinations for patients with lung cancer
Pneumococcal vaccinations are recommended for patients with lung cancer either before or during treatment to prevent pneumonia. During oncology care, infectious complications contribute to treatment interruptions, poor ... -
Inspiring a spirit of inquiry in nursing undergraduate students
Purpose: To measure the effectiveness of a student-developed self-directed module and rubric on pre-nursing students’ evidence table (ET) scores over the course of a semester. Background: Teaching research to undergraduate ... -
Interventions To reduce medication errors
(2017-09-22)Medication errors are the most commonly identified errors occurring in every healthcare setting costing billions of dollars per year. They have the potential to cause death to a patient or increase hospital length of stay. ... -
Maintaining peiroperative normothermia with a thermal warming package
Perioperative normothermia must be maintained to safeguard the colorectal patient from development of postoperative surgical site infections (SSIs). Colorectal patient hypothermia throughout the perioperative period was ... -
Pediatric Cardiac Transplant: Quality of Life of Urban Families
(2016-05-31)Introduction: To describe quality of life (QoL) of pediatric cardiac transplant recipients and caregivers in an urban setting, to examine differences in QoL between recipients and caregivers, and to determine an effect ...
