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Implementation Of A Nurse-Led Transitional Care Model For Older Adults With Copd Admitted To Home Health, Michelle Ryan Hunt

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Problem Description: The importance of management of chronic disease and preventing rehospitalization has been identified at national and local levels. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the chronic diseases with notable rates of emergency department use and recurrence of hospitalizations.

Rationale: Implementation of transitional care models have been successful for health care organizations in chronic disease management.

Interventions: The health-social partnership transitional care management program (HSTCMP) was used to design a transitional care model process pilot for a home health agency (HHA) within a health system. This process used a multidisciplinary team led by a registered nurse for …

Increasing Physical Activity In Hispanic Adults To Reduce Complications Of Type 2 Diabetes, Linda C. Valenzuela

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Problem Description: Adults in the United States do not exercise sufficiently to meet the specifications outlined in the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2018). The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion’s (2018) Healthy People 2020 aims to eliminate health disparities and achieve health equity among all population groups in the United States. However, statistics from the U.S. Office of Minority Health (2014) indicate that Hispanics are twice as likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes as non-Hispanic whites. According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report in 2015, …

Improving Nurse-To-Nurse Handoff Communication At The Bedside Through Simulation-Based, Lisa Thornsberry Mrs.

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Communication among nursing staff is crucial to the outcome of patient care. Poor handoff and communication among professionals can have a negative impact on the safety of patients. The systemic nature of the problem with miscommunication among healthcare clinicians supports the necessity of standardization of communication among nursing as a handoff of care.

Change of shift report, or nurse-to-nurse report ensures the transfer of critical information to promote patient safety and best practices. Transferring and communicating pertinent information from one shift to the next is one factor in providing continuity of care. Bedside Shift Report (BSR) is an opportunity to …