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Effectiveness Of An Educational Intervention On Lgbtq Clinical Competence Among Undergraduate Nursing Students, Taylor Hall

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Translational and Clinical Research Projects

Persons who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGTBQ) are at increased risk for poor health outcomes. LGBTQ patients have higher incidences of poor health outcomes due to fear of mistreatment, bias, and stigmas. More education and training for healthcare professionals are needed regarding LGBTQ patients' care to change this patient population's current trend. The project implemented an educational intervention consisting of a learning module and panel discussion. The sample included 63 undergraduate nursing students at a rural central Georgia university. The project was a quantitative research design with pretest and posttest quantitative data. Written reflections from students …

Implementation Of An Opioid Risk Assessment Tool In An Acute Pain Service, Emoshoke Owie

Graduate Research Showcase

The U.S is currently experiencing an opioid epidemic because of the number of people that died from an opioid overdose. An estimated 10 million people aged 12 or older misused opioids in 2019. Studies have shown that applying a systematic method for risk stratification for all patients considered for opioid therapy could be vital to screening patients at risk for opioid misuse to ease the opioid epidemic. Based on the assumption that the Diagnosis Intractability Reliability Efficacy (DIRE), an opioid risk assessment tool, would substantially change the providers’ prescribing decisions, it was implemented in an Acute Pain Service. Purposive sampling …

Improving Self-Confidence Of Nursing Students Through Implementation Of A Workplace Violence Virtual Simulation, Tara Mosher

Graduate Research Showcase

Patient violence against nurses is a constant and valid local and global concern, and is an issue requiring action and advocacy on the behalf of novice nurses, as they are often more vulnerable to possible harm from workplace violence (WPV) than other health care providers A practice gap was identified within an undergraduate nursing program that no courses within the curriculum addressed the management of WPV against nurses. Current literature supports the need for awareness and strategies to prevent WPV against nurses and measures to improve nurses’ self-confidence in managing violent situations they may encounter in the workplace.

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A Dnp Quality Improvement Project Addressing Low Hiv Screening Rates Of College Students, Kimberly Griffin

Graduate Research Showcase

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A DNP Quality Improvement Project Addressing Low HIV Screening Rates of College Students

The overall HIV testing rate is very low in the United States. HIV is easily preventable with safe sexual practices, and early HIV screening is effective in identifying individuals affected and assuring linkage to care. The rate of HIV testing among college students reflects the low numbers of the national average. This quality improvement project evaluated attitudes towards HIV testing of undergraduate college students. The project aimed to determine attitudes of college students towards testing as well as relationships between demographic factors, frequency of HIV testing, …