Browsing Group: Jacksonville University Brooks Rehabilitation College of Healthcare Sciences by Title
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Finding support: Evaluating the use of a virtual DNP final project peer support community in a limited-residency program
Problem Statement: The high number of doctoral students leaving their studies before completion of their degree is a concern of both students and educational institutions. Identification of barriers to DNP student persistence ... -
Hourly rounding quality improvement initiative
Purposeful hourly rounding has been termed the best practice intervention to meet patients' basic needs, decrease the overall occurrence of preventable patient events, proactively prevent problems before they occur. Hourly ... -
Hypoglycemia management in the tnpatient setting: Protocol education for the registered nurse
Hypoglycemia in the hospital setting is associated with increased mortality, morbidity, and an increased length of stay. In the clinical setting for this quality improvement project, there is an emergency standing order ... -
The impact of discontinuing contact precautions for multi-drug resistant organisms
The utility of contact precautions (CPs) for multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs), such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) colonization and infection remains ... -
The impact of nurse to nurse mentoring in leadership skills development - RNMentor2Mentor
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health (IOM, 2010), recommended an increase nursing presence in board service to address healthcare issues and influence change within ... -
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 ... -
Implementing a depression screening and referral program in an African American church community
Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to launch a depression screening and stigma reduction program in a nondenominational church that serves mainly African Americans. Potential links between stigma, ... -
Implementing a perinatal depression screening and treatment program in an obstetric health department setting
Perinatal depression is one of the most common complications in the perinatal period. Key considerations in perinatal depression include risk factors, screening, treatment and resources . Evidence-based programs assisting ... -
Improving clinical alarm fatigue and alarm management competency among critical care nurses by implementing a unit based alarm management bundle
Clinical alarms are designed to signal an unsatisfactory patient physiological state, alert staff to malfunctioning medical equipment or systems, and warn the operator of potential hazards to the patient. While alarms ... -
Improving interventions on cardiovascular disease and diet: A policy incentive analysis
Introduction: Various cardiovascular diseases (CVD) can be catastrophic and can lead to irreversible outcomes. There are limited, improved regulations on awareness of primordial and primary preventions that may decrease ... -
Improving operating room turnover time through process redesign
Introduction: Operating room (OR) turnover time can be defined as the time from when one patient leaves the operating suite, to the time the next patient enters the operating suite (Cerfolio et al. 2019). This is ... -
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 ... -
Improving resource access and implementation for informal cancer caregivers in a clinic at an outpatient cancer center
Problem: Cancer caregivers are at risk for distress from lack in caregiver support. Caregivers were not screened for distress in a cancer clinic and ineffective caregiver support was identified. Purpose: To improve resource ... -
Improving transitional care in rural health using a standardized discharge time-out process
Problem: The process for transitioning patients from hospital to home is complex and fraught with opportunity for error. Increasingly, hospitals are tasked with regulatory, safety, and public expectation burdens to ensure ... -
Increasing provider awareness to detect, treat, and reduce sexually transmitted infections in male service members
The incidence of sexually transmitted infections within the military continues to rise at rates higher than that of the civilian population. The project was developed to improve provider perception related to the male ... -
Informatics competency-based assessment: Evaluations and determination of nursing informatics competency gaps among practicing nurse informaticists
(2017-09-01)In today’s transformed healthcare industry, nursing informatics has become an essential and fast growing specialty. While nursing informatics competencies (NI) have been identified and recommended by national ... -
Interdisciplinary rounding and its effect on communication and quality
Introduction: Communication is vital in healthcare. Ineffective communication has been often cited as one of the root causes of patient harm. Interdisciplinary rounding (IDR); a structured framework for communication between ... -
Interprofessional Education Through Telecommunication with Undergraduate Nursing Students and Medical Residents
(2018-07-03)This quality improvement project was implemented using four interprofessional simulations (IPS) involving a critical change in a patient’s status. Senior level undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Nursing students contacted ... -
Knowledge and compliance of staff in using the Clostridium difficile bundle
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a nosocomial infection that has a significant risk to patient morbidity and mortality. Nurses and patient care technicians (PCTs) provide the most direct care to patients making ... -
Lowering stress, anxiety and distress levels in medical oncology patients actively receiving intravenous treatment with utilization of art therapy
Problem: Cancer remains prevalent in the United States despite new and evolving advancements in pharmacology. There is also a high prevalence of cancer-related emotions experienced during treatment. There is currently not ...