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Stimulant Holidays in Children and Adolescents with ADHD: A Retrospective Study to Explore Variables in Parent and Prescriber Initiated Holidays
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
A stimulant holiday is an underutilized and under-researched intervention that could improve
patient outcomes and patient and parent satisfaction to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
treatment. Given the pervasive ...
Evidence-Based Practice Asthma Education in Primary Care
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
Asthma affects more than 300 million people across the globe. The financial burden
impacts individuals and their families as well as communities and health care systems. Although
asthma education is a fundamental ...
Transitional Care Intervention to Reduce 30-day Readmission Rate in Cardiac Transplant Patients
(2016-05)
Readmission remains a financial burden in our healthcare arena. Billions of dollars in hospital payments were made from Medicare towards readmissions. The problem of patients’ ineffective transitions during hospital discharge ...
Influence of a faculty development workshop on clinical evaluation practices in a nurse anesthesia program
(2016-05)
Faculty development has a number of benefits in academiaacademia. Specifically, in nurse anesthesia
education, doctoral programs are required to provide faculty development for their clinical
instructors. In order to ...
Health Literacy Provider Training and Patient Satisfaction
(2017)
Ninety million Americans lack the health literacy skills required to adequately manage their
health while healthcare professionals lack the formal training to appropriately address the needs
of low health literate ...
Oncology Patient Education by a Nurse Practitioner and Stress Reduction
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)
According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 1.7 million new cancer cases were
diagnosed in 2018. With a new diagnosis of cancer, patient education can be used to decrease
anxiety about the diagnosis and ...
Improving Outcomes for Psychiatric Patients with Metabolic Syndrome: An Evidence Based Quality Initiative
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
Patients who are prescribed second generation antipsychotic medications are vulnerable and at an
increased risk for developing metabolic syndrome (MetS). Metabolic syndrome is the
development of obesity, hyperlipidemia, ...
An Empowerment Program to Reduce Parental Distress and Neonatal Length of Stay
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
Over 400,000 preterm infants are born each year and taken to the neonatal intensive care unit
which presents a caustic and intimidating environment for parents who struggle to adapt to the
parenting role in a roller ...
Education Utilization in Blood Pressure Management and Medication Adherence in Hypertensive Adults
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
Hypertension is a modifiable risk factor for serious chronic diseases including heart disease and
stroke. Even with known benefits of hypertension management, only half of adults diagnosed
have their blood pressure ...
Effecting Palliative Care for Chronic Kidney Disease Patients by Increasing Provider Knowledge
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
Chronic kidney disease affects over 30 million Americans. In addition, thousands of patients
advance from chronic kidney disease to end stage renal disease annually, which can become fatal
without renal replacement ...
Pre-Diabetes Lifestyle Prevention Program to Decrease Development of Diabetes in Adults
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
This pilot quality improvement project for prediabetes adult patients in the family practice
setting investigated if a lifestyle change intervention compared to no lifestyle intervention
decreased hemoglobin A1C and ...
A Violence Prevention and Preparedness Educational Intervention in Primary Care Clinics
(2017)
Violent acts of patients and/or visitors in the healthcare setting are an increasing problem that
threatens the physical safety and psychological well-being of primary care office staff members
and providers, as well ...
Reducing Outpatient Antibiotic Resistance: A Quasi-Experimental Study
(2017)
Approximately 50% of antibiotics prescribed are not necessary, nevertheless in the United States
among the many outpatient prescriptions, few are more widely prescribed than antibiotics. The
inappropriate use of ...
Impact of Self-Management on Disability and Self-Efficacy in Adults with Chronic Migraine
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
Chronic migraine is a primary headache disorder impacting approximately five million
individuals in the United States. This condition is associated with significant individual and
societal consequences, causing impaired ...
Measurement of ASQ Usage in the County Jail Setting
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)
Since the year 2000, the leading cause of death in a jail setting has been suicide. The purpose of
this retrospective, descriptive quality improvement project was to evaluate the usage of the ASQ
screening tool in the ...
Shared Medical Appointments to Improve Self-Care Actions in the Adult Heart Failure Patient
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)
Heart failure affects about 5.7 million people in the United States and is the leading cause of
hospitalizations of people over 65 years of age. In 2010, the CDC estimated that heart failure
costs the nation $30.7 ...
Psychotherapeutic Interventions for Depression: Reducing Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Adults
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
Depression is often a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and psychotherapy for depression can result in positive cardiovascular disease outcomes for patients. A correlational study explored the impact of psychotherapy ...
Improving Advance Directive Completion Rates: Utilizing Technology with a Virtual Platform
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
Advance care planning and advance directives guide patients in remaining autonomous when
considering and planning for future healthcare. Improving the regularity of advance care
planning as a preventative measure and ...
A Vitamin D Protocol Post Liver Transplantation
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
Adults with compromised liver function are inherently deficient and especially vulnerable to the
consequences of vitamin D deficiency. Consequences of vitamin D deficiency include liver
disease progression, infection, ...
Clinical Pathway for the Fontan Patient to Standardize Care
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
The Fontan repair is the final stage of surgical palliation for the pediatric patient with a single
ventricle heart. The post-operative medical management of this patient population can be
variable and hospital length ...