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Nurse retention
(2023)
"The purpose of this evidence-based practice project is to examine the impact of required paid counseling and mental health training for all staff nurses, and how it impacts retention rates each year."--Purpose....
Practice facilitation to improve colorectal cancer screening in federally qualified health care clinics in rural Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
(MPICCS) utilizes staff members called practice facilitators to increase CRC screening rates at rural health care clinics. Practice facilitators assist partner clinics in implementing evidence-based interventions (EBIs)....
Retaining nurses with crew resources management
(2023)
"The purpose of this evidenced based practice project is to evaluate the implementation of Crew Resource Management (CRM) training and culture, on staff satisfaction and retention over a two year period."--Purpose....
Safe-T expanding services and improving patient outcomes
(2023)
"Sexual assault is a serious public health issue affecting men, women and children statewide. In 2021 there were 3,262 reports of sexual assault in Missouri (Missouri State Highway Patrol, 2023). 12% of reported sexual assaults in Missouri occurred...
Behavioral emergency response team (BERT) implementation
(2023)
"Violence is on the rise among healthcare workers. The Joint Commission recommends de-escalation training. De-escalation is the efforts to utilize communication with a patient to reduce agitation or aggression or to allow ...
Ethical Issues: Ethical Research
(Center for Health Ethics, 2004-12)
commitment to good scholarship as well as good doctoring—this means creating, writing about, and teaching the service oriented knowledge and skills that encourage evidence based medicine....
Initial specimen diversion technique to reduce blood culture contamination
(2023)
"Problem: Burdens on healthcare systems including unnecessary antibiotic administration, longer length of stay, and greater cost. Typically caused by improper technique when drawing, but can also be from skin bacteria. In ...
Does evidence support the use of supplements to aid in BP control?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2020)
Q: Does evidence support the use of supplements to aid in BP control? Evidence-based answer: Yes. A number of well-tolerated natural therapies have been shown to reduce systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP). (See TABLE1-8 for summary.) However...
Improving pediatric nursing practice utilizing electronic K-cards
(2023)
-cards as an educational and quality metric to reinforce compliance with evidence-based policies and nursing processes (Kamityet al., 2021; Lehaneet al., 2022; McVey et al., 2022; Salinas et al., 2021; Shea et al., 2019; Stewart, 2021; Wu et al., 2022). Nurses complete K...
Nurse resident job satisfaction with a formal mentorship program
(2023)
"This quality improvement (QI) project aims to evaluate the impact of a new mentoring program on the job satisfaction of nurse residents as part of their participation in the nurse residency program between January 2023 ...
How effective are complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) therapies for fibromyalgia?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2001)
Acupuncture, biofeedback, and S-adenosyl methionine (SAMe) have been shown to have some efficacy in the treatment of fibromyalgia in randomized controlled trials. Spa treatments, hypnotherapy, massage, and meditation may ...
Addressing chronic back pain in adults
(2023)
"Reduce the number of opioid drug-related overdose deaths in U.S. adults. Reduce the incidence of major adverse opioid effects for adults with chronic back pain (CBP), such as tolerance, dependence, misuse, and addiction ...
A Comparison of Teacher Presence, Social Presence, Cognitive Presence, and Propensity of Lifelong Learning in DNPStudents: A Quasi-Experiemental Study
(2016-05)
of nursing students taking one, or all, of the previously identified courses. The evidence based practice intervention was a test-retest format for the Community of Inquiry Survey that evaluates teacher, social and cognitive presences, and the Jefferson Scale...
What's the best secondary treatment for patients who fail initial triple therapy for H pylori?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2018)
Q: What's the best secondary treatment for patients who fail initial triple therapy for H pylori? Evidence-based answer: treating patients with Helicobacter pylori infection who have failed clarithromycin-based triple therapy with either...
Counseling or Antidepressants for Treating Depression?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2005)
, based on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and systematic reviews] There is limited evidence that antidepressant medications and cognitive behavioral therapy are similarly effective for patients with severe depression [Strength of recommendation: B...
What treatment is best for hypertrophic scars and keloids?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2011)
No one treatment is best (strength of recommendation [SOR]: C, meta-analysis of heterogenous studies); no good evidence exists comparing treatments with each other. Triamcinolone injections, triamcinolone injections combined with excision...
A therapist survey of evidence-based practices in publicly funded youth mental health
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
sizes in controlled clinical trials for evidence-based treatments (EBTs) for youth MH problems (Weisz, Jensen-Doss & Hawley, 2006). One potential reason for this discrepancy may be that therapists within TAU contexts are not implementing EBTs. To date...
Does using e-cigarettes cigarette smoking in adolescents?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2019)
Q: Does using e-cigarettes cigarette smoking in adolescents? Evidence-based answer: Probably. Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use by adolescents is associated with a 2- to 4-fold increase in cigarette smoking over the next year (strength...
What is the best treatment for chronic constipation in the elderly?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2007)
There is no one best evidence-based treatment for chronic constipation in the elderly. While the most common first-line treatments are dietary fiber and exercise, the evidence is insufficient to support this approach in the geriatric population...