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Optimizing Screening Mammography: Educating Underserved Individuals With Limited English Proficiency, Yao Luo

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects

Problems: Culture and language may create huge barriers to the delivery of high-quality care for patients with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) who are seeking breast cancer care, especially in a population that consists of a large proportion of disadvantaged, low income, low English literacy, and high-risk women over 45 years of age.

Context: LEP patients’ inability to effectively communicate and inadequate knowledge about screening mammography have put them at great risk of receiving additional images during the exam, as well as brought a huge burden to technologists regarding breast positioning.

Interventions: A Doctor of Nursing Practice project was implemented to …

Reducing Frustration With Wait Times Utilizing Technology And Education: A Patient Satisfaction Improvement Model, Tiffany Brown

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects

Problem: Patients spend considerable amounts of valuable time waiting to be seen by physicians in outpatient clinical settings. Many consider waiting as wasted time, inactive time, or as a lost opportunity which can cause frustration. Research suggests that long clinic wait times have a major impact on patients with cancer causing a significant amount emotional distress. Context: At the hospital and thoracic oncology clinic implementation site which is located in northern California, the target time for a New Patient Visit (NPV) is less than or equal to 90 minutes, and less than or equal to 60 minutes for a Return …