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Process Improvement To Return Stabilized Behavioral Health Patients To Primary Care, Tessa Woodroof

Epsilon Sigma at-Large Research Conference

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to increase the number of open patient appointments by implementing a validated process in which stabilized behavioral health patients are repatriated to primary care. Currently, there is an increased demand for behavioral health services and decreased supply of behavioral health clinicians at the Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC).

Aims: This project aims to teach behavioral health providers how to identify appropriate patients and complete successful discharges while helping primary care providers integrate the repatriation process into their workflow. Without the proposed intervention, veterans initiating behavioral health services in the catchment area will …

A Quality Improvement Project To Initiate The Confusion Assessment Method (Cam) Delirium Screening Tool At A Skilled Nursing Facility And Rehabilitation Center In East Tennessee., S Joseph Jadav

Epsilon Sigma at-Large Research Conference

A Quality Improvement project to initiate the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) delirium screening tool at a Skilled Nursing Facility and Rehabilitation Center in East Tennessee -- by S. Joseph Jadav, Doctor of Nursing Practice Candidate at East Tennessee State University.

Purpose/Aims: The aim of this project is to implement a delirium screening protocol in a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility which will aid in early detection of signs and symptoms of delirium in older adults. This early detection followed by an early intervention can help reduce costs and decrease mortality rates with better outcomes.

Processes: A CAM screening is conducted …

Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment Effects On Neurocognitive Development, Peyton Lee Crowder

Epsilon Sigma at-Large Research Conference

Introduction

The problem at hand is understanding if pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treatment affects neurocognitive function or development. As the children battle ALL and are given treatments such as cranial radiation therapy and chemotherapy, they are having issues later on in life because the treatment regimens are very strong and are given during a crucial period of development.

Purpose Statement and Question

Does one pediatric treatment option affect neurocognitive development more than another later in life?

Literature Review

Research was conducted online via Google Scholar and East Tennessee State University Library database. Key terms used were pediatric ALL and …

Nursing Staff Shortage And Patient Outcomes, Amber Scogin

Epsilon Sigma at-Large Research Conference

Introduction and Background: A widespread issue that is affecting patients and nurses alike is the ongoing prevalence of registered nurse shortages in the field of healthcare. This obstacle has jeopardized exceptional patient care for many years and research suggests there is a need for interventions to combat the growing shortage.

Purpose Statement: This research aimed to investigate how the lack of acceptable nursing staff levels affected patients’ quality of care, safety, and outcomes in various healthcare settings. It also emphasizes the need for interventions that would focus on the supply and retention of nursing staff in order to combat the …

The Treatment Of Post-Pandemic Mental Health In Pediatric Patients, Morgan Holland

Epsilon Sigma at-Large Research Conference

Introduction

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic including stay at home restrictions, school closures, economic decline, and societal distress has affected pediatric mental health in ways studies have yet to discover. There are more children presenting with mental health issues compared to pre-pandemic times. Multiple factors have shown to contribute to the lack of quality care for children experiencing mental health crises in this ongoing pandemic.

Purpose Statement

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly affected the frequency of mental health related presentations to the pediatric emergency department, subsequently resulting in increased delay in transition to inpatient psychiatric treatment

Literature Review

The data …

Covid-19 Educational Disruption And Delivery Redesign On Traditional Bsn Student Nclex Performance, Kendrea Todt, Greta Marek

Epsilon Sigma at-Large Research Conference

Title: Covid-19 Educational Disruption and Delivery Redesign on Traditional BSN Student NCLEX Performance

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to understand the educational disruption and delivery redesign (EDDR) caused by the Covid-19 pandemic on ETSU Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing (BSN) students and the impact on the nursing workforce. Student progress was evaluated by exploring student grade point average (GPA), socio economic determinants of health, Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI) Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) scores and ATI comprehensive predictor scores on student first-time National Council Licensure Exam for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) pass rates to evaluate the supply of …

Implementation Of A Protocol To Improve Quality And Use Of Existing Crisis Safety Plan, Kaitlynn Earls

Epsilon Sigma at-Large Research Conference

Implementation of a Protocol to Improve Quality and Use of Existing Crisis Safety Plan

Kaitlynn Earls, Dr. Jo-Ann Marrs, Dr. Judy Rice, Dr. Beth Schreiner. College of Nursing, East Tennessee State University.

Crisis safety plans are an important tool for decreasing suicide attempts if a crisis situation arises. Pre-implementation data found that only approximately 20% of clients with schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder in medication services only had a up to date crisis safety plan in place.

The purpose of this quality improvement project is to implement and evaluate a protocol to increase the use of an already established crisis safety plan in …

I'Ll Just Weight On The Lord: Spirituality And Health Behaviors In Obese African American Women, Andrea S. Poynter, Florence M. Weierbach, Deborah L. Slawson, Jean Hemphill, Georgita T. Washington

Epsilon Sigma at-Large Research Conference

Obesity is one of the fastest growing health concerns impacting all racial, ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic groups in the United States of America. More than one-third of the U.S. adult population is classified as being obese (Obesity Society, 2021). Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in all races and genders within the US with African American women comprising a majority of those impacted by this chronic health condition. Obesity rates are well documented within the literature but what is lacking is the role spirituality may play in obese African American women and their health behaviors. The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological …

Community Health Workers In Guatemala, Rebecca Brown

Liberty University Research Week

Graduate

Applied

New Techniques For Treating Lateral Ankle Sprains: A Case Series, Quinn Macdonald

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Applied

Effects Of High Velocity Nasal Insufflation On Respiratory Efficiency, Macey York

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Applied

I'Ll Just Weight On The Lord: Spirituality And Health Behaviors In Obese African American Women, Andrea S. Poynter, Florence Weierbach, Deborah Slawson, Jean Hemphill, Georgita T. Washington

Epsilon Sigma at-Large Research Conference

Obesity is one of the fastest growing health concerns impacting all racial, ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic groups in the United States of America. More than one-third of the U.S. adult population is classified as being obese (Obesity Society, 2021). Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in all races and genders within the US with African American women comprising a majority of those impacted by this chronic health condition. Obesity rates are well documented within the literature but what is lacking is the role spirituality may play in obese African American women and their health behaviors. The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological …

Use Of Complementary Alternative Medicine To Treat Nausea And Vomiting During Pregnancy Across Disparate Demographics And Vulnerable Populations: Application Of A Conceptual Equity Framework, Stephanie Chituru Ogbonda, Glodi Bakangelaka Bokanya, Som Subba, Yasmeen Fathima

Liberty University Research Week

Graduate

Applied

Observing Health Status And Outcomes Among Rural And Indigenous Populations Of Zacapa And Morales, Guatemala From 2019 And 2021, Grace Sibert, Renata Yassa

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Applied

Differential Management Of Acute Injuries Versuses Muscular Imbalance In High School Athletes, Madison Mitchell

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Applied

Understanding The Where, When, And Why Of Transcription Factors, Mariko Locke

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Basic

Improving Mental Health Among Undergraduate Nursing Students: Increasing Resilience In Nursing School, Hannah Hilliard

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Applied

Throwing The Distance: Recovery From An Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction Surgery – A Case Study, Timothy Dofflemyer

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Applied

Surgical Intervention Of Peroneal Tendon To Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome- A Rare Case Study, Carrington Erquiaga

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Applied

Effects Of Subtalar Manual Therapy On Pain In A Male College Lacrosse Player: A Case Study Research, Alonzo Lopez

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Applied

A Nurse Leader Residency Program: Improving Leadership Competencies, Melanie Stanton

Epsilon Sigma at-Large Research Conference

Ballad Health nurse leaders received little nursing leadership education or competency development before beginning their leadership roles; yet they are crucial to improve quality, safety, cost, patient experience, and team member engagement. Competency development is linked to improved nurse leader confidence, job satisfaction, and retention. Additionally, the organization is experiencing a shortage of prepared internal candidates to fill vacant nurse manager positions. The organization’s Chief Nursing Council (CNC) questioned if a leadership development program could improve new and aspiring nurse managers' leadership competency. The CNC aimed to improve nurse leader competency by implementing and measuring the effectiveness of an evidence-based …

The Role And Strategies Of Food Manufacturers Towards Obesity And Health Policies, Emem Okpokowuruk

Epsilon Sigma at-Large Research Conference

Introduction & Background: Unhealthy diets and non-communicable diseases such as obesity are on the rise on a national and global scale, and there is an urgent need to initiate interventions. However, research suggests there is a lack of effective initiatives from major processed food manufacturers, which are a major contributor to the cause of these health issues. Thus, this study seeks to examine the role that food manufacturers have in contributing to the obesity epidemic and the strategies that they use to navigate around health policies.

Purpose Statement Question: Is there evidence of a primary role that processed food manufacturers …

Medical Manikin Augmented Reality Simulation (M2ars), Pauline Delacruz, Jacob Gibson, Daniel Howard, Jaclyn Peacock, Kendall Robbins

Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Student Capstone Conference

The Medical Manikin Augmented Reality Simulation (M2ARS) is an augmented reality simulation application built for the Microsoft HoloLens 2 that uses the principles of anatomy transfer to overlay human anatomical structures onto a medical manikin digitally. These structures currently consist of the skeletal, muscular, and circulatory systems. In addition, a model of the lungs and an animated heart are also available within the simulation. M2ARS allows the user to view these structures in a manner that is both visually and spatially accurate to the human body. This application contains two modes; an augmented reality mode, which uses a manikin, and …

Multi-Modality Breast Mri Segmentation Using Nn-Unet For Preoperative Planning Of Robotic Surgery Navigation, Motaz Alqaoud, John Plemmons Md, Eric Feliberti Md, Facs, Krishnanand Kaipa, Siqin Dong, Gabor Fichtinger, Yimming Xiao, Michel Audette

Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Student Capstone Conference

Segmentation of the chest region and breast tissues is essential for surgery planning and navigation. This paper proposes the foundation for preoperative segmentation based on two cascaded architectures of deep neural networks (DNN) based on the state-of-the-art nnU-Net. Additionally, this study introduces a polyvinyl alcohol cryogel (PVA-C) breast phantom based on the segmentation of the DNN automated approach, enabling the experiments of navigation system for robotic breast surgery. Multi-modality breast MRI datasets of T2W and STIR images were acquired from 10 patients. Segmentation evaluation utilized the Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC), segmentation accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity. First, a single class labeling …

A New Way Of Learning: Student Revelations From A Sport Development Service-Learning Course, Deondra E. Johnson

Eagle Showcase: Excellence in Service-Learning (Archived)

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Eta Sigma Gamma - Georgia Southern University Chapter: Breast Cancer Awareness Health Communication Plan, Jill Johns, Omolola Okunromade

Eagle Showcase: Excellence in Service-Learning (Archived)

The health communication plan was used to evaluate public health communication and advocacy promotion by efficiently increasing awareness about breast health and preventive services such as mammography screening among college students and women eligible for breast cancer screening. The communication plan was targeted towards empowering the Georgia Southern University chapter of Eta Sigma Gamma (ESG) members and other college students to act as health advocates by virtually disseminating information through the Facebook platform to their peer groups and social networks including friends and families in their community.

The purposes of the program evaluation and implementation measurement were to: 1) monitor …

Kras Regulation Of Er-Mitochondria Calcium Flux In Colorectal Cancer, Nicholas Hill

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Basic

Clinical Placement Sites Influence Student Learning And Future Employment An Integrative Literature Review, Jennifer Olmstead

Liberty University Research Week

Graduate

Theoretical Proposal

Electronic Patient Portals: Promotion Of Access By Healthcare Workers Increases Patient Engagement, Dena Todd

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Theoretical Proposal

Faculty Experiences In Simulation Debriefing In Nurse Practitioner Programs, Jodi Duncan

Liberty University Research Week

Doctoral

Theoretical Proposal