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Increasing Oral Health In A Midwest Elementary School: Quality Improvement Project, Dee Young
Increasing Oral Health In A Midwest Elementary School: Quality Improvement Project, Dee Young
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
Marginalized communities experience barriers to accessing oral healthcare in the United States (US). Due to this, many children are left to use the emergency department (ED) for dental care. The purpose of this Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project was to improve oral health services access in children at one suburban Midwest elementary school. The objectives of this project were: a) to improve the efficiency of students registering in Fall 2023 to access available oral health exam services, b) to increase the number of students who receive an oral health exam compared to the number in the previous school year. …