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Implementing Evidence-Based Opioid Prescription Practices In A Primary Care Setting, Cyril Gaiennie

Doctor of Nursing Practice

The use and misuse of opioid pain medication has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. More than 16,000 people die each year due to the misuse or abuse of prescription opioid medications, which is more than from heroin, cocaine, and benzodiazepines combined. The purpose of this evidence-based practice project is to establish processes enabling a primary care clinic to implement and adhere to the 2016 Centers for Disease Control’s guidelines for opioid prescription practices in the primary care setting. A retrospective chart review conducted prior to implementation of the guidelines demonstrated that four of six of the CDC’s recommendations …

Assessing Provider And Staff Knowledge Of Health Literacy And Satisfaction With A Health Literacy Assessment Tool In A Primary Care Practice, Whitney J. Lynn

DNP Projects

PURPOSE: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to assess provider and staff knowledge about health literacy. Specifically, the knowledge of health literacy and perceived importance, current usage, and benefits of the use of a health literacy assessment tool at a primary care clinic was evaluated pre-intervention. The perceived importance of health literacy as well as satisfaction with, frequency of use, and recommendation of the chosen health literacy assessment tool for future use was evaluated post-intervention.

METHODS: This project used surveys pre- and post-intervention at an urban primary care clinic in the southeastern United States from January to March …