Improving Patients' Understanding Of Their Electronic Medical Record Data In Order To Improve Self-Management - A Quality Improvement Project, Erin Amelia Roth

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects

Background: Patients are increasingly given access to their electronic medical records (EMRs) to help them keep track of their care, but many may have a difficult time understanding what is in them. Programs such as NoteAid assist in translating medical records and may increase the number of patients who actively use their EMRs, a development which may improve the management of chronic diseases.

Purpose: To work on a translation system developed by the University of Massachusetts Informatics group to make outpatient records more understandable for adult patients with chronic disease by using and testing a machine-learning database (NoteAid). Patients’ self-management …

Identify Adolescent Opioid Users And Provide Brief Multi-Contact Counseling: A Pilot Quality Improvement Project Guided By Prochaska’S Behavioral Change Model, Stephen Zombil

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects

Background and Review of Literature: The epidemic of opioid use/dependence is consuming many lives and destroying many families across the length and breadth of the United States and the world. Public health authorities, States, and local governments as well as the public have expressed, with growing alarm, an unprecedented rise in morbidity and mortality related to drug addiction and substance abuse. Despite the prevention efforts, drug addiction and substance abuse continue to be a major issue that needs multifaceted public health approaches to solve it. Purpose: The purpose of this pilot quality improvement project was to encourage behavioral …

An Integrative Review: Health And Wellness Coaching For Lifestyle Intervention Toolkit And Presentation, Lori Anne Lyne

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects

Abstract

Background: Chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, respiratory diseases, and cancer account for 71% of all deaths globally. Health and wellness coaching provides an evidence-based platform from which healthcare professionals can orchestrate coaching strategies with the finesse necessary to elicit and sustain a client’s desire for positive lifestyle change for risk factor reduction of chronic illnesses.

Purpose: The purpose of this Integrative Review for Health and Wellness Coaching for Lifestyle Intervention Toolkit/Blog Presentation was to demonstrate to healthcare professionals an evidence-based best practice designed to increase self-efficacy and empower individuals.

Presentation of Toolkit: A 90-minute evidence-based Toolkit/Blog …