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Give Love With Lovenox: Reducing Pulmonary Embolism Risk In The Postpartum Unit Through Lovenox Prophylaxis Nursing Education, Guadalupe Sierra Arroyo
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
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:
- Analyze current and new policies' impact on women's rights to breastfeed …
Preventing Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections In An Adult Intensive Care Unit, Monica Shaw
Preventing Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections In An Adult Intensive Care Unit, Monica Shaw
Master's Projects and Capstones
Central line associated blood stream infections (CLABSI) are considered preventable healthcare acquired infections, and are associated with significantly increased morbidity, mortality, and length of hospital stay. The CLABSI rate in an inpatient unit is a meaningful metric in relation to the safety and quality of care in that microsystem. This quality improvement project examines the efficacy of a CLABSI prevention bundle in reducing CLABSI events and improving adherence to central line care policy within a medical surgical adult intensive care unit. The target areas the bundle aimed to improve were unit processes, awareness of CLABSI and central line policies, and …