Browsing Graduate Theses, Projects, and Dissertations by Title
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Picture of Me: Life-Story Work Made Accessible
(2021-05-03)Aim: The goal of this project was to determine if a dementia-focused quality improvement (QI) project entitled Picture of Me (POM) could increase direct care providers’ (DCPs) knowledge about individual residents and if ... -
Preoperative Obstructive Sleep Apnea Screening using the DOISNORE Survey: A Quality Improvement Project in an Ambulatory Surgery Center
(2021)This is a quality improvement project conducted in an ambulatory surgery center. The purpose of this project was to increase adherence to preoperative sleep apnea screening guidelines. Preadmission nurses received an ... -
A Primary Care Initiative to Reduce Falls Among Community Dwelling Senior Adults
(2021-05)A program based on the Centers for disease Control and Prevention's STEADI initiative was introduced into a small rural primary care center to reduce the risk and sequelae of falls among senior adult patients. The program ... -
Program TESA - Human Trafficking: Education, Screening and Action
(2021-08-20)Human trafficking in the United States and worldwide is a growing problem. Millions of men, women and children are victims of human trafficking each year. Victims of human trafficking are often vulnerable due to a number ... -
A Program to Improve the Assessment of a Child for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
(2021)Abstract Problem: Due to the number of children diagnosed with ADHD, increased risk of these children having co-morbidities, and insufficient documentation of the DSM-5 criteria for an ADHD diagnosis, an ADHD program was ... -
Quality Improvement in Primary Care using the STOPP/START Criteria
(2022-05-05)Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in older people is a public health issue and is increasingly a problem in the care of the geriatric population. Polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) are recognized risk ... -
A Quality Improvement Program the Using Ready, Set, Baby Curriculum During the Baby Friendly Designation Process
(2021)Abstract Objective: To evaluate the effects of the Ready, Set, Baby (RSB) program based on staff satisfaction and knowledge of perinatal education during the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) designation process, ... -
Relationship Centered Care for Caregivers: Long-Term Care Integration
(2021)The purpose of this project was to determine if a relationship centered care quality improvement (QI) program based on practicing relationship centered care (RCC) could improve workplace satisfaction and caregiver burden ... -
School-Based Initiative for Early Recognition of Depression Among Middle School Students
(2022-04-28)The purpose of this project is to determine if a Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-9 is useful in identifying, evaluating, and lowering depression in middle school students. Nurses will administer the Patient Health ... -
Screening and Intervention to Reduce Alcohol and Substance Use in the Adolescent Population
(2021-05)The National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (2018) reported that in North Carolina, approximately 25% of adolescents currently drink alcohol and 18% currently use marijuana. Adolescent alcohol and substance use influence ... -
Telehealth at Community-Based Palliative Care
(2021)This DNP quality improvement (QI) project implemented telehealth at a Community-Based Palliative Care (CBPC) in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. CBPC is an essential service and it was critical to continue providing ... -
TEMPLES: A Faith-based Intervention to Increase the Quality of Life of Women with Cardiovascular Disease
(2021)Heart disease is the leading cause of death for Americans. Advanced health care providers located in rural North Carolina implemented a six-session faith-based intervention, called TEMPLES. Evidence-based health-improvement ... -
A Toolkit to Measure Success: Assessing the Impact of Learning Activities for Social Skills and Parent’s Group for Perceived Social Support
(2022-05-03)Objective: This quality improvement (QI) program provided staff implementing a non-profit organization’s intervention program to enhance social skills with resources needed to measure the impact the program has on participants ... -
Trauma Informed Adult Primary Care
(2022-04-28)This project was a quality improvement project designed to implement trauma-focused care and adverse childhood experiences screening (ACEs) for adults in the primary care setting who were diagnosed with anxiety or depression. ... -
Undergraduate Nursing Education: Culturally Competent Care Coordination for a Vulnerable Population
(2021-08-11)Background: Educating undergraduate nursing students to perform care coordination and practice with cultural competence are important considerations for nursing programs. Method: This project, designed to enhance undergraduate ... -
Utilization of Ketorolac for Pain Control During Nephrostomy and Nephroureteral Stent Exchange: A Quality Improvement Study
(2021-08)Patients with nephrostomy/nephroureteral stents undergo exchange procedures every six to eight weeks to maintain patency. This procedure is commonly performed with moderate sedation using opioid medications. These medications ... -
Utilizing English and Spanish Multimodal Low Literacy Diabetes Self-Management Education to Improve Diabetes Knowledge: A Quality Improvement Project in a Low-Cost Clinic
(2022-12)Background: Health literacy is a vital competence when working toward successful management of Type II Diabetes (T2D). The ability to understand, assess, and apply health information in order to make judgements and ... -
VAPE: A Program Designed to Screen and Educate Pediatric Patients about Electronic Cigarettes
(2021)The purpose of this project was to determine if a quality improvement (QI) project, known as the Vaping Assessment and Provider Education (VAPE) program, could improve assessment and education about vaping in the pediatric ... -
Weight Loss Programs: Impact on the Obesity Epidemic
(2022-01)With an increasing prevalence of obesity there are a growing number of programs and methods for weight loss. There are many approaches to medically supervised weight loss, ranging from changes to diet and exercise to ...