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Assessment Of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome Incidence And Identification Of Other Correlating Risk Factors In Patients Admitted Through The Emergency Department, Hannah Young
DNP Projects
PURPOSE: The purpose of this project was to measure adherence rates to the current alcohol use screening process, and identification of correlations of alcohol use and outcomes in patients admitted to Norton Hospital, via the emergency department.
METHODS: The study design is a retrospective descriptive evaluation, of adherence to the current alcohol use screening process, and associations among age, gender, ethnicity, length of stay, number of ICU days, restraint use days, level of care at admission (ICU, TCU, LLM/tele, MS), incidence of AWS/DTs, and activation of the CIWA protocol among the adult inpatient population of Norton Hospital’s downtown campus, admitted …
Evaluation Of The Crafft Substance Use Screening Tool In Primary Care, Leanne Coleman
Evaluation Of The Crafft Substance Use Screening Tool In Primary Care, Leanne Coleman
DNP Projects
PURPOSE: The purpose of this research study was to evaluate the use of the CRAFFT tool within a pediatric primary care setting. The specific objective was to assess the frequency of documentation of substance use screening, counseling, and/or intervention before and after the implementation of the CRAFFT tool.
METHOD: The practice site chose to implement an evidence based adolescent substance use screening tool (CRAFFT Tool) to improve practice. This practice improvement project utilized a descriptive design with a review of electronic medical records before and after a substance use screening tool was implemented. Two hundred medical records were reviewed, 100 …