Browsing Graduate Theses, Projects, and Dissertations by Issue Date
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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 ... -
Bringing the Clinic Home Through Technology: A Quality Improvement Project
(2021)Background: According to the Centers for Disease Control (2019), childhood obesity affects more than 13.7 million children in the United States. Childhood obesity can lead to chronic illness and early mortality. Unfortunately, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Global Initiative of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: Primary Care Integration
(2021)Problem: COPD is a public health challenge and accounts for significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Management of COPD in primary care is inconsistent and known factors are inconsistent use of COPD terminology, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Identification of Opioid Overdose Risk in Primary Care
(2021)Background: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates an average of 41 deaths per day resulting from opioid use. Identification of patients at risk of overdose or opioid induced respiratory depression ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
Implementation of a Program to Screen for the Social Determinants of Health in Primary Care
(2021)The goal of this quality improvement project was to integrate and evaluate the screening of social determinants of health into a primary care practice and incorporate the screenings into the electronical health record. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
A Faith-Based Healthcare Intervention to Address Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults
(2021-03-18)The goal of this quality improvement project was to determine if a nurse practitioner could utilize virtual, faith-based spiritual resources for socially isolated older adults to reduce loneliness and improve their quality ... -
Electronic Health Record Template Improves Quality and Delivery of Healthcare for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
(2021-03-22)The goal of this project was to determine if a primary care-based quality improvement project could enhance provider documentation reflecting national guidelines of care through the use of a charting template and improve ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Prevention Program: An Initiative to Improve Gardasil Vaccination Rates Ages 26-45 Years
(2021-05)Recent changes to Gardasil vaccination guidelines have created a need to improve provider and patient education related to Human Papillomavirus (HPV), as well as the implementation of tools to increase HPV vaccination ...