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Evaluation of Heart Failure-Related Self-Care Levels with Implementation of Personalized Education Sessions in Adults: An Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2023)Heart failure is a widespread and costly problem in the United States. Heart failure causes hospital readmissions, leading to high costs and poor patient outcomes. Heart failure management with telehealth use in the patient’s ... -
Prelicensure Apprenticeship Program for Role Transition in Graduate Nurses
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2023)Retention of graduate nurses in the first two years of employment is inadequately executed in nursing. The role transition from prelicensure student nurse to graduate nurse is challenging, and graduate nurses often report ... -
Increasing Juvenile Mental Health Referrals by Utilizing the Youth Behavioral Health Liaison Initiative
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2023)Over sixty-seven percent of our youth in the juvenile justice system have at least one psychiatric mental health disorder and almost half of those have more than one psychiatric mental health disorder. Over twenty percent ... -
Utilization of Telehealth in Primary Care to Improve Patient Outcomes
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2023)Purpose: one-cohort posttest only expedited research project is to decrease emergency department utilization and improve patient outcomes by increasing access to primary care services using telehealth. Background: recent ... -
Increasing Medication Adherence in Adult Behavioral Health Patients Post-Discharge from Residential Treatment Using SIMPLE Method
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2023)Medication adherence is a known global problem that leads to increased morbidity and mortality rates, poor health outcomes, and increased healthcare costs. The problem identified within the adult behavioral health population ... -
Pharmacogenetic Testing to Reduce Depression and Anxiety in Adults Treated with Low-Dose Lithium
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2023)Mental illnesses, including major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder, are leading causes of disability in the United States, affecting about one-third of Americans and one-fifth of ... -
Treatment-Resistant Depression Diagnosis in the Outpatient Behavioral Health Setting
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2023)Treatment-resistant depression can be challenging to identify in the outpatient behavioral health setting due to a lack of clear diagnostic guidelines. The evidence-based quality improvement project examined current practices ... -
Educational Intervention to Improve Provider Self-Efficacy in Patient Health Questionnaire
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2023)The underutilized Patient Health Questionnaire depression scale is a screening tool that can improve depression detection and management. Lack of self-efficacy and positive beliefs in this scale are two key components ... -
Improving the Knowledge and Self-Efficacy of Emergency Department Registered Nurses on Providing Early Pregnancy Loss Care Through Online Education
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2023)Emergency department nurses face multiple challenges when providing support and care to individuals experiencing grief related to early pregnancy loss. Evidence indicates that providing relevant information, protecting ... -
Prelicensure Externship to Increase Competence and Retention in Graduate Nurses
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2023)Competency is an essential part of nursing. It improves patient outcomes and allows nurses to provide safe, efficient, and skillful care. Lack of experience and education can limit a nurse's ability to critically think, ... -
Effect of Antibiotic Stewardship Education on Provider Self-Efficacy
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2023)Antibiotic resistance is a major global health concern that affects millions of people, causes thousands of deaths, and cost billions of dollars annually. Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing is a major contributor to ... -
Preventing Primary Cesarean Sections for First-time Mothers: Use of a Labor Dystocia Checklist
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2023)In the United States, labor dystocia: or prolonged labor is the most common indication for a primary cesarean delivery for first-time mothers. Nulliparous, term, singleton, vertex presentation (NTSV) mothers experience ... -
Utilization of the Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider Course to Increase Resuscitation Self-Efficacy in Neonatal Nurse Practitioners
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2023)Infants with congenital heart disease are predisposed to develop intrinsic rhythm abnormalities in the heart's physiological structural and conduction systems. Arrhythmias require emergent medical intervention depending ... -
Patient Engagement in Advance Care Planning in Primary Care
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2023)Advance care planning is a process that allows individuals to define their preferences and goals for future medical care through a series of behaviors and actions. Early advance care planning allows patients time to ... -
Reducing Gender Binarism in Primary Care through Gender Diversity Education
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2023)Primary care providers rarely receive formal educational content on gender diversity. However, as gender diverse persons compose close to 1.5 million individuals in the United States population, primary care providers ... -
Improving Fall Risk Assessment to Reduce Falls in Assisted Living Communities
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2023)Falls in older adults are a safety issue in all healthcare settings, one measure of quality care, and the primary cause of unintended death among New Mexican adults aged 65 and older. Falls and fall-related interventions ... -
Medication Assisted Treatment and Psychosocial Therapy for Opioid Use Disorder at An Outpatient Substance Abuse Clinic
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2022)Opioid addiction has a significant impact on individual and public health, as opioids continue to be the primary substance implicated in fatal overdoses. In 2018, opioids were present in approximately 70% of all drug ... -
Adolescent Suicide Risk Screening in the Pediatric Primary Care Setting
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2022)Adolescent suicide is a major health concern in the United States, with numbers continuing to rise each year. The literature suggests that there may be a lack of screening, detection, and recognition of adolescent suicide ... -
The Impact of Social Determinants on Diabetes Mellitus Type II
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2022)Social determinants of health (SDOH) can affect a wide range of health risks and contribute to significant health disparities and inequalities. Individuals with diabetes lacking access to a grocery store with healthy food ... -
Evaluating the Factors that Influence Missed Appointments at a Community Health Center
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2022)Background. Patient missed appointment rates at federally qualified health centers has had a significant influence on staff and patient workflow. Failed appointments cause resources and time to be wasted, and health issues ...