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Has Malpractice Changed Nursing Practice?, Lia Barbacci

Student Research Poster Presentations 2020

Malpractice has positively changed nursing practice by placing responsibility and accountability on the nurses in order to protect the patients and make nurses more aware of their shortcomings.

Does Ipe Improve Patient Safety?, Wendy Guzenski

Student Research Poster Presentations 2020

Interprofessional Education improves patient safety through collaboration and the common understand of patient care decisions and goals.

Has Malpractice Changed Nursing Practice?, Rose Randazza

Student Research Poster Presentations 2020

Has Malpractice Changed Nursing Practice? The answer is yes. There have been many changes to the ways nurses provide care due to high error rates and malpractice. This poster explores some of the larger changes made to Nursing Practice due to malpractice.

Evidence Based Practice Positively Affects The Delivery Of Nursing Care, Miranda Lee

Student Research Poster Presentations 2020

No abstract provided.

Floods, Fires And A Pandemic...Oh My!, Melanie Dowling

Student Research Poster Presentations 2020

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Does Ipe Improve Patient Safety?, Gavin Sudano

Student Research Poster Presentations 2020

For my capstone project I discussed how IPE can help increase patient outcomes and safety. I pulled information from many well researched studies and organized the information in well presented poster.

Essential Notes On Pathophysiology For Advanced Practice Nurses, Alex Sargsyan

Open Educational Resources

This text is a compilation of lecture notes from pathophysiology courses I have taught over the last ten years. The goal of the text is to equip future advanced practice nurses with knowledge of pathophysiology for common diseases and disorders they may encounter in the primary care setting.

The Center For Nursing Research And Quality Outcomes, Jennifer Laflamme, Kristiina Hyrkas

Annual Reports

10 Year Anniversary Book of Research, Magnet Conference and Quality Improvement Project Abstracts, 2010-2020: Cover and Table of Contents. Index published separately.

The Center For Nursing Research And Quality Outcomes, Jennifer Laflamme, Kristiina Hyrkas

Annual Reports

10 Year Anniversary Book of Research, Magnet Conference and Quality Improvement Project Abstracts, 2010-2020: Index. Cover and Table of Contents published separately.

Are Quality Improvement Projects Improving Health Outcomes?, Erin Taborelli

Student Research Poster Presentations 2020

Quality improvement projects such as pressure injury prevention does improve health outcomes for patients.

Qi: Saving Skin, Saving Lives, Carrie Ann Kinney

Student Research Poster Presentations 2020

Quality Improvement (QI) projects are interprofessional team efforts, developed to improve health-care quality. Pressure injury prevention has been identified by the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) as a key nursing sensitive outcome. QI projects such as the Deal with Heels project, the Save Our Skin program, and the implementation of designated turn teams have significantly reduced the incidence of hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs). This has reduced the risk of patients developing severe complications, which significantly improves health outcomes.

A Qualitative Descriptive Analysis Of Erowid Gabapentinoid Forum Posts, Haylee E Figg Rn Bsn Student, Rachel Vickers-Smith Phd, Mph

Undergraduate Arts and Research Showcase

Purpose/Background: With increased controls on opioid prescribing, the CDC has suggested prescribing gabapentinoids as a first-line alternative to opioids for pain. However, there have been an increasing number of reports of gabapentinoid misuse. Drug use forums are online spaces where individuals can anonymously post about their drug use experiences and may provide insight on gabapentinoid misuse. The purpose of this study was to extract and analyze posts from the drug use forum, Erowid, to examine reports of gabapentinoid misuse.

Methods: Data for the study was drawn from 53 pregabalin forum posts and 89 gabapentin forum posts by unique usernames. In …