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Food Security And Its Impact On Hypertension In Urban Communities, Lauren M. Nobriga

Master's Projects and Capstones

The Quality Improvement Team proposed an intervention to increase enrollment in the Food Security Program, a six-month initiative that provides vouchers redeemable for fruits and vegetables. Long-term impacts of this Program include an improved food economy and enhanced patient disease management autonomy. This project aimed to increase the percentage of eligible adult medicine clinic patients enrolled in the Food Security Program by 25%, or 11 patients per month, based on the mean enrollment for the first four months of the Program (May to August) of nine patients. The intervention was based on bi-monthly performance reports, making the goal include enrolling …

The Level Of Anxiety Associated With Coping Mechanisms In First Year Physician Assistant Students, Julianna Paczewski, Heidi Uvodich

Physician Assistant Capstones, 2020-current

No abstract provided.

Evaluating The Perceived Benefits Of Education In Revenue Cycle Management And The Impact On Medical Claims Reimbursement, Jessica L. Miller

Student Dissertations

Efficient Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) is essential for healthcare organizations to ensure timely and accurate reimbursement for medical claims. The research problem was the significant inadequacies in RCM process in medical billing that has resulted in financial burdens imposed on providers, patients, and the organizations that provide medical services. There are clearly identified educational gaps in RCM that contribute to claim denials, delays, and revenue loss, underscoring the need for robust training programs. The purpose of this study was to explore the perceived impact of education in RCM on medical claim reimbursement outcomes within the U.S. healthcare system. The study …

Transdisciplinary Collaboration Of Healthcare Professionals And The Emotional Connectedness With Working With Patients Coping With Death And Dying, Princess Nguyen, Lindsay Gietzen

Pacific Journal of Health

Abstract

Purpose: This study explores how an integrated approach to care for patients and families by transdisciplinary healthcare teams provides opportunities for a patient-centered care approach to support quality of life throughout one's chronic illness and at the end-of-life. Discussions and conversations about impending death or dying are often challenging and a complex task for healthcare professionals in whatever settings. While there is an understanding of aspects of collaborative care and transitions and processes to support patients and families about how to cope and communicate about death and dying, it is essential to recognize how best to support end-of-life care …

Understanding Provider Competency In Gender Affirming Care, Vanessa Castle, Lindsay Gietzen

Pacific Journal of Health

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and asexual plus (LGBTQ+) individuals, especially transgender patients, face many healthcare disparities. It is extremely important for them to have access to high-quality healthcare, particularly Gender Affirming Care (GAC), to support their well-being and mental health. However, many healthcare providers, including clinical social workers, NPs, PAs, and MDs lack proper training to offer GAC. The current training opportunities available are often basic and lack comprehensive, detailed information. To reduce healthcare barriers for the transgender and gender-diverse community, we must have comprehensive training on GAC available for providers so they can treat their patients with …

Review Of The Diagnosis, Pathophysiology, And Treatment Of Naegleria Fowleri-Induced Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis, Terrance Zhang

MCB Articles

Naegleria fowleri is a thermophilic, ubiquitous, free-living amoeba, but is also known as the “brain-eating” amoeba. This is the etiological agent of a rare and fulminant waterborne disease known as Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM) that is acutely fatal in 90-99% of reported cases. Those who come into contact with infested waters are at risk of introducing the amoeba into their upper nasal canal, whence the trophozoite form is known to migrate along the olfactory nerve, through the cribriform plate, and enter the central nervous system. Although the exact pathogenesis of N. fowleri is not known, studies have demonstrated contact-dependent and …

Reflections From The Pandemic: Is Connectivism The Panacea For Clinicians?, Jennifer Benjamin, Tyson Pillow, Heather Macneill, Ken Masters, Anoop Agrawal, Neil Mehta

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

The COVID-19 pandemic and the recent increased interest in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) highlight the need for interprofessional communities' collaboration to find solutions to complex problems. A personal narrative experience of one of the authors compels us to reflect on current approaches to learning and knowledge acquisition and use solutions to the challenges posed by GenAI through social learning contexts using connectivism. We recognize the need for constructivism and experiential learning for knowledge acquisition to establish foundational understanding. We explore how connectivist approaches can enhance traditional constructivist paradigms amid rapidly changing learning environments and online communities. Learning in connectivism includes …

Medical Aid In Dying Education For Hospice Nurses, Ian K. Woo

Nursing | Student Research Posters

Background: Medical aid in dying (MAID) is an option surrounding end-of-life care for hospice patients. This process gives patients the autonomy to end their life during the time and location of their choosing. MAID is growing in legalization and practice across the US. However, many nurses feel uncomfortable or unprepared when providing care for patients contemplating it. Hospice nurses should have confidence in their ability to care for patients through the process of MAID. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of education in strengthening new hospice nurses’ ability to care for patients through the process of MAID. Method: The research will …

Obesity: Influencing Behavioral Consumption Through Meal Kit Distribution, Alejandro Hernandez

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

Founded in 2002, Everyone’s Harvest is a grassroots nonprofit dedicated to providing access to healthy, affordable fruits and vegetables through certified farmers markets and community food programs. Its key initiatives—Fresh Rx, Market Match, Edible Education and Farms Together —focus on alleviating nutrition insecurity and combating diet-related health conditions by providing vulnerable populations the resources to purchase, or receive, fresh produce and gain nutritional knowledge. This study explores a new intervention: the distribution of farmers' market meal kits as a complementary strategy to the current Edible Education program. These meal kits, which feature seasonally available produce and pre-measured ingredients, aim to …

Increasing Teacher-Ot Collaboration In A School-Based Setting, Shayla Ransome, L. Brook Sawyer, Angela Labrie Blackwell

Fall 2024 OTD Capstone Symposium

Pre-service PreK-4 teachers receive little to no education about SBOT practice, which hinders not only collaboration opportunities but also potentially impacts student performance and participation outcomes negatively. This capstone seeks to develop an interprofessional educational unit to increase collaboration between pre-service PreK-4 teachers and pre-OT practitioners, which will promote positive student performance and participation outcomes.

Self-Rated Interprofessionalism Between Allied Health Professionals, Courtney Andrews

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Preventable deaths due to medical errors are a significant cause of death in the United States. Decreased communication and collaboration has been cited as a potential reason for these preventable medical errors. Interprofessional practice (IPP) is a service delivery method where medical professionals from different disciplines intentionally work together in order to provide collaborated and collective care for patients. Interprofessional education (IPE) training programs are becoming more common in healthcare education, and have been cited as one way to improve IPP among healthcare providers. However, gaps exist in the literature regarding how to best structure and implement these programs so …

Comprehensive Community Medicine, Alexander Walther

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

Comprehensive Community Medicine (CCM) is a theoretical framework designed to address the complex needs of individuals with dual diagnoses of mental illness and substance use disorders (SUDs). Dual diagnosis is highly prevalent, particularly among populations experiencing homelessness, and is associated with poorer health outcomes and increased healthcare service utilization. Structural inequities, including a fractured healthcare system, exacerbate the challenges faced by this vulnerable group. Research indicates that effective care for dually diagnosed individuals requires a layered approach addressing clinical, systemic, legal, and housing barriers.

The development of CCM has been informed by interviews with local stakeholders, including County EMS board …

Hands-On Training About Data Clustering With Orange Data Mining Toolbox, Janez Demšar, Blaž Zupan

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Data clustering is a core data science approach widely used and referenced in the scientific literature. Its algorithms are often intuitive and can lead to exciting, insightful results that are easy to interpret. For these reasons, data clustering techniques could be the first method encountered in data science training. This paper proposes a hands-on approach to data clustering training suitable for introductory courses. The education approach features problem-based training that starts with the data and gradually introduces various data processing and analysis methods, illustrating them through visual representations of data and models. The proposed training is suitable for a general …

Sims Rn Role In The Emergency Care Center - A New Approach To Delivering Quality Care, Jo Zarnegar

St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA. Evidence Based Practice Conference

No abstract provided.

To Develop/Implement An Evidence Based Order Set For Maternity Patients With Potential Opioid Use Disorder (Oud), Katrina Munoz

St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA. Evidence Based Practice Conference

No abstract provided.

Millennial Nurses Experience High Burnout And Turnover Risk During A Pandemic, Dana N Rutledge, Elizabeth Winokur, Sarah Douville

St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA. Evidence Based Practice Conference

No abstract provided.

Road To Beacon Gold, Annika Daphne Bilog, Rhonda Tristan-Evans, Cecille Lamorena

St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA. Evidence Based Practice Conference

No abstract provided.

Nurse-Led Interprofessional Pressure Injury Prevention In The Medical Intensive Care Unit, Chelsea Lannoo

St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA. Evidence Based Practice Conference

No abstract provided.

S.T.O.P. Drop It At The Door: Reducing Caregiver Burnout In The Emergency Room, Alexandra Rowen

St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA. Evidence Based Practice Conference

No abstract provided.

Nurse Education On Icu Liberation To Improve Sedation Practices For Mechanical Ventilated Patients In Icu, Renae Sybesma

St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA. Evidence Based Practice Conference

No abstract provided.

An Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project To Decrease Fall Rates On Oncology, Susan Hampton-Ash

St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA. Evidence Based Practice Conference

No abstract provided.

Nurse Education On 4ps To Prevent Falls, Merri Lynn M. Anderson

St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA. Evidence Based Practice Conference

No abstract provided.

The Healthy Work Environment Model And New Graduate Nurses, Annika Daphne Bilog

St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA. Evidence Based Practice Conference

No abstract provided.

Battling Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, And Nurse Retention, Nicole Raab

St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA. Evidence Based Practice Conference

No abstract provided.

Breastfeeding Education Knowledge, Danielle Sees

St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA. Evidence Based Practice Conference

No abstract provided.

Improving Oas Cahps Scores In Cv Prepost With Patient Education And Scripting, Marijoyce Dimatulac, Tessa Cicchella

St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA. Evidence Based Practice Conference

No abstract provided.

An Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project To Improve Mobility In Medical Telemetry, Jacqueline Kimani

St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA. Evidence Based Practice Conference

No abstract provided.

Prevention Of Post-Pci Impella Bleeds, Maureen Maloney-Poldek

St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA. Evidence Based Practice Conference

No abstract provided.

Reducing Overutilization Of Telemetry On A Medical-Surgical Unit, Melrose Melgar

St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA. Evidence Based Practice Conference

No abstract provided.

An Order Set For Maternity Patients With Potential Opioid Use Disorder, Katrina Munoz

St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA. Evidence Based Practice Conference

No abstract provided.