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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Reducing Rehospitalizations From One Skilled Nursing Facility: A Quality Improvement Project, Victoria Ann Phillips
Reducing Rehospitalizations From One Skilled Nursing Facility: A Quality Improvement Project, Victoria Ann Phillips
Doctoral Dissertations and Scholarly Projects
The purpose of this quality improvement project initiated by a core project team in a large medical center was to investigate possible causes for increased hospital readmissions from one specific skilled nursing facility. The conceptual framework utilized was the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control (DMAIC) model from the Lean Six Sigma methodology. Data collection from chart audits, a staff survey, a system probe, and a process mapping project assisted to narrow the focus of the plan to improve communication among facilities by standardizing documentation and coordination of care as patients transitioned from the skilled nursing facility to the medical center’s …
Influence Of Smartphone Diabetic Messaging On Hba1c, Patricia Perryman
Influence Of Smartphone Diabetic Messaging On Hba1c, Patricia Perryman
Doctoral Dissertations and Scholarly Projects
Associated personal, financial, and societal costs of a diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus impacted over 22 million Americans at a cost of over $245 billion in 2012. The project provided evidence-based outcomes that demonstrated improved HbA1c levels in the intervention group and positive feedback on diabetes related text messages. Ongoing opportunities are available to expand text messaging within the physician network; the potential for replication studies; and the feasibility and effectiveness of text messaging for improving engagement in managing people with T2DM health are also findings within the study.
Teach-Back Methodology To Improve Patient Satisfaction In An Urgent Care Setting, Candi Payne
Teach-Back Methodology To Improve Patient Satisfaction In An Urgent Care Setting, Candi Payne
Doctoral Dissertations and Scholarly Projects
The project used teach-back methodology to provide an evidence-based approach to improve patient satisfaction scores in an urgent care clinic. The teaching plan should include evaluation of patient teaching to determine effectiveness and patient understanding per The Joint Commission (TJC) for Ambulatory Care Center standards. The project was developed to assist nurses (N=12) with an evidence-based method to improve patient understanding and provide an opportunity to ensure comprehension to increase patient satisfaction scores from a one or two to a level three at the end of 30 days following implementation of teach-back. The scores revealed an increase of patient satisfaction …
Pots: Educating School Nurses, Stephanie Sherwood
Pots: Educating School Nurses, Stephanie Sherwood
Doctoral Dissertations and Scholarly Projects
The project used educational modules as a means for providing knowledge about postural orthostatic tachycardia (POTS) to school nurses. It evaluated knowledge of symptoms and the referral process. A pre and post-test were used immediately prior to and following an educational module to determine gained knowledge about POTS. Participants completed a survey evaluating their perceived knowledge and comfort level to evaluate POTS symptoms and refer patients for further evaluation. One hundred percent of participants demonstrated improvement in their post-test score confirming knowledge gained in all participants. All participants reported that the modules helped them about POTS, and they felt confident …
Clustering Diabetes Appointments And Education, April Pugh
Clustering Diabetes Appointments And Education, April Pugh
Doctoral Dissertations and Scholarly Projects
Diabetes impacts the lives of millions of Americans, and the number is growing rapidly every year. Diabetes education has been demonstrated to have a positive impact of the self-management of this chronic disease and effective in the reduction of A1C, weight, and blood pressure. Barriers to attendance at both diabetes education classes and provider appointments are varied with lack of transportation and available time cited as two of the many reasons, especially in the rural and medically underserved regions of the country. The project assessed a process improvement intervention clustering diabetes education with provider appointments to increase attendance and decrease …
Knowledge And Attitudes Of Orthopedic Nurses Regarding Pain Management, Matthew Neumann
Knowledge And Attitudes Of Orthopedic Nurses Regarding Pain Management, Matthew Neumann
Doctoral Dissertations and Scholarly Projects
Nurses are at the forefront in the care of patient pain management; however, many nurses do not possess the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for best pain management outcomes. Adequate pain management education is often infrequent in academic settings and in post-graduate health care environments. That shortcoming suggests a need to improve pain management education as advocated by The Joint Commission and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The purpose of this study is to measure 20 nurses’ knowledge and attitudes regarding pain and pain management while working in an orthopedic setting. It was an evidence-based practice project utilizing …
Educational Intervention To Improve Self-Efficacy And Self-Care In Patients With Heart Failure, Helen Parke
Educational Intervention To Improve Self-Efficacy And Self-Care In Patients With Heart Failure, Helen Parke
Doctoral Dissertations and Scholarly Projects
Heart failure is a high mortality, chronic disease that is economically and physiologically costly for patients, caregivers, and society. Heart failure teaching alone is insufficient in meeting the complex self-care needs of the heart failure patient. This project implemented evidence-based teaching methods that are skill-based and problem-solving based to educate heart failure patients in an outpatient setting. The theoretical foundation of this project was Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy and Orem’s theory of self-care. The level of self-care and self-efficacy was assessed before and after the multi-sensory teaching intervention. Self-care and self-efficacy have been studied and shown to be major components …
Provider Screening For Depression In Patients Post-Myocardial Infarction, Heather Vasioutovitch
Provider Screening For Depression In Patients Post-Myocardial Infarction, Heather Vasioutovitch
Doctoral Dissertations and Scholarly Projects
In this scholarly project, the project leader implemented a chart audit and provider feedback intervention with the aim of improving provider referrals for patients who screened positive for depression—a risk factor in the myocardial infarction (MI) population—with the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). The clinical question was developed in order to examine whether the depression-screening tool that was implemented improved provider referrals to the in-house licensed counselor or primary care physician after an educational feedback intervention, focusing on physicians, nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs). The target population involved cardiology providers and adult patients who experienced a MI, including Non-ST …