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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 ...
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 ...
The relationship between just culture, trust, and patient safety
(3/22/2018)
OBJECTIVES: This study explored the difference in the perception of trust between nurse leaders and direct care nurses in a Just Culture, and the impact this may have on patient safety related to voluntary reporting of ...
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 ...
Managing agitation and aggression in patients with dementia
(5/8/2018)
Dementia is a degenerative progressive disease that leads to multiple behavioral disturbances particularly behaviors of agitation and aggression. Risperdal is the most common antipsychotic agent used in patients with ...
Utilizing an order set in a computerized provider entry system to increase speech pathology referrals in adult head and neck cancer patients
(6/26/2018)
Introduction. Treatment of head and neck cancers may include radiation therapy and side effects will result in swallowing difficulties that can lead to feeding tube use, malnutrition, and reductions in quality of life. ...
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 ...
Is it pain or too much pain medication?
(6/11/2018)
Delirium is one of the most common undesirable consequences in older adult surgical patients. Studies have suggested that uncontrolled pain, in addition to overmedicating with opioids, may trigger an episode ...
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 ...