Browsing Group: Northern Arizona University School of Nursing, DNP Doctoral Papers by Title
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Nurse preceptor support
Competence and clinical judgment among new graduate nurses are at a historical low of 9% based on observational performance assessments (Kavanagh & Sharpnack, 2021). This points to a need for collaboration between ... -
Obesity management: A pilot test of an electronic health record prompt
(2014-05-09)The project objective was to conduct a pilot study to discover primary care providers’ responses to using a newly developed obesity screening and management addition to an electronic health record (EHR). ... -
Palliative care: Improving eligible patient identification to encourage early intervention
Palliative care (PC) encompasses a holistic way of caring for patients and families with chronic disease or life-limiting illness through optimal symptom management. Individuals in need of PC has reached 20 million annually ... -
Procalcitonin as a prognostic indicator of risk for sepsis in the neonate
(2016-06-22)Introduction. Procalcitonin (PCT) is a biomarker that rises at the onset of bacterial infection while remaining relatively low in other inflammatory processes. Diagnosing serious bacterial infection (SBI) in neonates ... -
Promoting safe infant sleep: The creation and appraisal of a practice guideline for nurses
(2017-09-12)Background: Every day in America, healthy infants are dying from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related deaths. Once a terrifying mystery, these deaths, also called sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), ... -
Qualitative assessment of an electronic diabetes education tool for Burmese immigrants
(2015-04-22)Providing preventative health education to refugee groups presents challenges due to language barriers, limited literacy, educational resources, and time constraints. Purpose: pilot an electronic audio-visual ... -
Recommendations for promoting culturally and resource appropriate care for Native American (NA) patients at Flagstaff Medical Center (FMC)
(2014-05-13)Flagstaff Medical Center (FMC) is a primary referral center for its surrounding Native American (NA) communities. As such, FMC has a unique patient population with distinctive needs related to culture and available ... -
A screening tool for early recognition and treatment of sepsis
(2014-05-14)Purpose: This study investigates the use of a sepsis screening tool to decrease the length of time from triage to treatment. Design: In this exploratory study, a convenience sample was drawn from all patients triaged in ... -
Telehospice: A systematic review
(2014-05-13)Purpose: A review of the literature was conducted in order to identify, appraise, and report on the use of telehospice in patient care. Questions addressed in the review were, what is the current state of telehospice ... -
Testosterone replacement in symptomatic men: Assessing knowledge, barriers, and prescribing habits of nurse practitioners
(2014-05-13)Purpose: Approximately 13 million men suffer with low testosterone, reporting symptoms of fatigue, decreased libido, erectile dysfunction (ED), and depression. Despite the published benefits of testosterone therapy, ... -
Transparency and advanced practice nurse value on an interprofessional team by time-driven activity-based costing
(2014-05-09)To address the current challenge in the United States of increasing access to high quality healthcare, healthcare systems must analyze and understand the value of their resources in terms of patient outcomes achieved per ...