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Not A Phase: Lgbtq+ Teens -- How We Can Save A Life, Jennifer Carner
Not A Phase: Lgbtq+ Teens -- How We Can Save A Life, Jennifer Carner
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
This DNP project was conducted to address suicide and risk-taking behaviors of LGBTQ teens and how adults can improve the long-term outcomes of LGBTQ teens by being supportive adults. LGBTQ+ teens are at 4 times higher risk of suicide than their non-LGBTQ+ peers (The Trevor Project, 2021). The Suicide Prevention Resource Center, 2008, found a teen having one caring adult in their lives decreases the risk of suicide. The project's goal was to educate adults to increase their comfort levels in terminology, their understanding of the developmental stages of teens, and how to provide protective factors to help reduce the …
Addressing Hidden Barriers To Follow Up Healthcare: A Community Referral Pilot Project, Amber Williams
Addressing Hidden Barriers To Follow Up Healthcare: A Community Referral Pilot Project, Amber Williams
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
Objective: The project was aimed to reduce the number of participants lost to primary care follow-up following a mobile health unit screening event.
Design: A pilot study program screening tool implementation was utilized to address the hidden barriers of the Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) during a Winter 2021 event.
Sample: A group of 12 participants were screened during a mobile health unit event. Eight of the participants opted to be a part of the pilot study.
Measurements: A comparison ratio of Primary Care follow up was compared from the Winter of 2020 with Winter of 2021, where the screening …
Hand Hygiene For Health Promotion, Phyllis Knight-Brown
Hand Hygiene For Health Promotion, Phyllis Knight-Brown
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
For many years public health organizations, such as The World Health Organization (WHO) and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), have stressed the need for proper hand hygiene. Proper hand hygiene requires a prescribed process to rid the hands of potentially infecting organisms by using soap and water (handwashing) or hand sanitizer (sanitizing). These processes need to be performed at critical times to promote infection prevention. Many studies have shown that hand hygiene is a learned behavior that becomes habitual over time, and behavior change mechanisms in addition to education are needed to affect a long-term change in …