Browsing Graduate Theses, Projects, and Dissertations by Title
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Improving Identification of Prediabetes and Undiagnosed Diabetes in Primary Care
(2021-04-29)84.1 million Americans over 18 have prediabetes, with 88.4% of those individuals remaining undiagnosed. Early diagnosis and treatment of prediabetes can prevent or deter Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). The American Diabetes ... -
Improving Smoking History Documentation & Lung Cancer Screening in a Primary Care Clinic
(2022-03)Background: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States (Rajupet et al., 2017). The US Preventive Service Task Force (USPSTF) recommends annual screening for lung cancer with low dose ... -
Improving T2DM Outcomes in Primary Care
(2022-04-01)Background: In the United States (US), over 34 million Americans have diabetes mellitus and 90% -95% of these individuals have Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2021). In ... -
Improving the Screening for Substance Use Disorders in Emergency Department Patients: A Quality Improvement Project
(2021-05)This quality improvement project aimed to connect emergency department (ED) patients with substance use disorders (SUD) to community resources for assistance with treatment options. This was achieved by promoting the ... -
Increasing Patient Compliance with the Recommended Plan of Care for Pregnant Women with Gestational or Type 2 Diabetes
(2022-03)The goal of this project was to determine if the implementation of a diabetes in pregnancy care plan appointment improves patient compliance to visits with diabetes educators in an obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN) office. ... -
Increasing Screening for the Use of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception
(2021-05-05)The purpose of this project is to determine if a contraceptive screening tool utilized by care providers in a primary care practice would increase patient selection of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) as a ... -
An Integrated Pediatric Primary Care Model to Address Trauma, Inequities and Health Disparities
(2022-04-28)Background: Toxic stress in the form of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) and unmet social determinants of health (SDoH) are prevalent issues in the pediatric population and remain a cause of concern. Evidence reveals ... -
mHealth Strategy for Adult Primary Care Weight Management
(2022-04)Obesity contributes to higher healthcare costs and risk for disease. Obesity management is labor and resource intensive in the primary care setting, requiring patient education, reeducation, and frequent clinician assessment ... -
Motivational Interviewing to Improve Provider Outcomes in Treating Childhood Obesity
(2021)Background: Childhood obesity has become a public health crisis, straining the healthcare system. Top healthcare organizations have identified pediatric primary care providers as pivotal in treating and addressing childhood ... -
Nursing Stroke Education Pathway (NSEP): A Quality Improvement Project to Enhance Documentation Accuracy and Compliance
(2021)Quality improvement project determining if the system change of implementation of the Nursing Stroke Education Pathway (NSEP) in the electronic health record improved nurse adherence with use of pathway and increased nurse ... -
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 ...