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Burnout, Depression And Suicide Prevention For Nursing Staff In High-Intensity Settings, April Ritchie

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects

Nurses working in high-intensity settings experience burnout at higher rates than in other nursing areas. Burnout in healthcare is a problem estimated as high as 70% by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Burnout can lead to depressive symptoms, which can lead to suicidal ideation in affected healthcare providers, which makes early identification and treatment of utmost importance to the mental and physical wellbeing of these nurses.

The purpose of this project is to examine burnout in nursing staff working in high-intensity areas of the hospital in order to help identify burnout and/or depressive symptoms before they lead to …

Burnout, Depression And Suicide Prevention For Nurses In High-Intensity Settings, April Ritchie

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects

Problem: Burnout in healthcare has been reported as high as 35% for hospital nurses in acute care and occurs at higher rates in high-intensity settings. Burnout can lead to depressive symptoms, which can lead to suicidal ideation in affected healthcare providers and warrants further attention.

Context: Studies indicate that identification and interventions can help improve burnout; therefore, nurses in the emergency department (ED), intensive care unit (ICU), labor and delivery (L&D), and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) completed education, surveys, and tools to identify and treat the problem.

Interventions: Nurse education on burnout, depression, and suicide was completed, and …

Improving Mental Healthcare For Older Adults: Community Based Screening For Social And Emotional Loneliness And Major Depressive Disorder, Eunice Kowalczyk

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects

Abstract

Purpose: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a devastating mental health disorder affecting older adults that is often misdiagnosed or untreated due to a lack of screening and the stigma that MDD symptoms are a normal and expected part of aging. The goal of this quality improvement (QI) project was to implement a community-based screening intervention to identify community-dwelling older adults at risk for or suffering from MDD, and facilitate further evaluation and care.

Methods: Participants were community dwelling older adults, age 56 and older, in Massachusetts. Two screening tools were administered in two sites that screened for social and …

Using Mobile Health To Improve Mild Depression Outcomes In Adult Primary Care, Michele Marek

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects

Abstract

Background: Mild depression is a common patient complaint in primary care, potentially impairing role function in multiple dimensions, with risk for escalation to severe Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), a chronic, recurring illness with multiple comorbidities at high emotional and economic cost to individuals, families, and society. Barriers to care include lack of access to Mental Health Specialists, financial constraints and stigma, all of which can cause escalation of symptoms to the point of disability and are magnified in underserved populations.

Purpose: The primary goal of this quality improvement (QI) project was to improve depression symptoms using the evidence-based mobile …