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Give Love With Lovenox: Reducing Pulmonary Embolism Risk In The Postpartum Unit Through Lovenox Prophylaxis Nursing Education, Guadalupe Sierra Arroyo Dec 2023

Give Love With Lovenox: Reducing Pulmonary Embolism Risk In The Postpartum Unit Through Lovenox Prophylaxis Nursing Education, Guadalupe Sierra Arroyo

Master's Projects and Capstones

Problem: This quality improvement project aims to improve nurse education on Lovenox prophylaxis to reduce pulmonary embolism occurrence post-discharge amongst high-risk postpartum women who underwent vaginal/cesarean deliveries and to increase patient medication compliance in the Family Baby Unit (FBU) at Hospital X.

Context: The quality improvement project occurred on the Family Baby Unit (FBU) at Hospital X. This 25-bed unit has recently had an increased rate of pulmonary embolisms post-discharge due to poor Lovenox medication adherence amongst patients and lack of education among nurses.

Intervention: Data was collected in the microsystem. This data was collected through questionnaires to assess nurses' …


A Public Health Educational Campaign For Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (Suid) Intervention, Elia G. Peralta Landeros Jul 2023

A Public Health Educational Campaign For Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (Suid) Intervention, Elia G. Peralta Landeros

Master's Projects and Capstones

Purpose: The rate of infant mortality serves as a crucial indicator of the overall health of society (CDC, 2022). The five leading causes of infant mortality are birth defects, preterm birth, sudden infant death syndrome, injuries, and maternal pregnancy complications. The prevalence of infant mortality varies across states, with eastern states and minority-ethnicity infants having higher prevalence. This thesis proposes utilizing the Safe to Sleep framework to introduce Giving Breath, a public health education campaign that introduced breastfeeding as an intervention to Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID).

Methods:

  1. Analyze current and new policies' impact on women's rights to breastfeed …