Implicit Bias in Nursing: Raising Awareness, Fostering Change
Abstract Background: Extensive research evidence demonstrates that implicit bias can lead to differential treatment of patients based on race, gender, weight, age, income, language, and insurance...
View ArticleEnhancing Nurse Manager Resilience with a Resilience-Enhancing Toolkit
Background: Nurse managers have one of the most stressful jobs in nursing leadership. They experience more burnout and are more likely to leave the job or leave the nursing profession altogether,...
View ArticleEffects of Leadership Education and Mentoring for Assistant Nurse Managers
Background: Nurse manager knowledge and leadership styles influence quality of care, patient satisfaction, staff engagement, and retention. Dissatisfaction with the assistant nurse manager (ANM) role...
View ArticleResponding to a Deteriorating Patient: An Educational Intervention for...
Responding to a Deteriorating Patient: An Educational Intervention for Outpatient Clinic Nurses Background: Dynamic and evolving healthcare practices require nurses to continually acquire knowledge...
View ArticleResponding to a Deteriorating Patient: An Educational Intervention for...
Responding to a Deteriorating Patient: An Educational Intervention for Outpatient Clinic Nurses Background: Dynamic and evolving healthcare practices require nurses to continually acquire knowledge...
View ArticleCommunity Health Worker Program: Adverse Childhood Experiences and Early...
Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) negatively affect childhood development and long-term health outcomes. Latino children face multiple adversities and social determinants of health...
View ArticleSave the Children Community Health Worker Program – Adverse Childhood Events...
Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic events that occur between the ages of 0 to 17 in which are directly associated, in a dose–response manner, to many of the...
View ArticleReducing 30-day Heart Failure Hospital Readmissions Through the...
Heart Failure (HF) is a difficult disease to manage. It requires knowledge on weight monitoring, diet, exercise, medications, and symptom management. With this difficulty, there is a high incidence of...
View ArticleImplementing an Infant-Driven Feeding Practice Model
Neonatal feeding practices have been the focus of many quality improvement studies due to large variations in care practices. Traditionally, the model for neonatal feeding has been a volume-based...
View ArticleEducating Community Health Workers and Gatekeepers to Screen for Suicide
Abstract Background: The importance of suicide screening training for community health workers (CHWs) and volunteers as part of suicide prevention is a critical public health concern in the United...
View ArticleImproving Patient Safety for Surgical Clearance: A PreOp One Stop Shop
Problem: Medical clearance is required for patients scheduled for surgery, also known as “patient optimization.” Ineffective and inefficient patient optimization is a major contributor to surgery...
View ArticleThe importance of suicide screening training for healthcare providers as part...
Abstract Background: Suicide is a major public health concern and was the 12th leading cause of death for all ages in 2020 in the United States. Suicide impacts relationships, families, and...
View ArticleImproving Health Outcomes for LGBTQ+ Youth Through Provider Education
Background and Problem: LGBTQ+ adolescents and young adults (ages 12-25 years) are known to have higher rates of physical and mental health concerns compared to heterosexual and cisgender youth....
View ArticleTrauma-Informed Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder: Improving Long-Term Recovery
Background: This DNP project aimed to assess the feasibility of implementing trauma-informed care to Ria Health's telehealth AUD MAT recovery treatment model for patients with co-occurring PTSD,...
View ArticleScreening for Uterine Fibroids in Black Women
Background: Uterine fibroids are benign growths in the uterine muscle that affect around 70% of women. Black women have a higher risk, with three times the likelihood of developing fibroids compared...
View ArticleEnvironmental and Occupational Health Risks: Educating Undergraduate...
Background: Globally, adverse health effects, including deaths and disabilities, occur from living or working in unhealthy domains where exposure to environmental and occupational hazards exists. A...
View ArticleImplementing Community Health Workers to Improve the Management of Chronic...
Background: Childhood obesity, asthma, and untreated mental health conditions are three examples of chronic non-communicable diseases (CNDs) that pose a host of negative consequences later in life....
View ArticleReducing 30-Day Psychiatric Inpatient Hospital Readmission of Mentally Ill...
Abstract Background: Psychiatric inpatient readmission of mentally ill homeless men with substance use disorder is greater than that of the non-use population. Substance use disorder co-occurs with...
View ArticleImproving Health Outcomes Among Patients with CHF Through Implementation of...
Abstract Background: Comorbid congestive heart failure (CHF) and depressive disorder is a leading cause of mortality globally. Despite effective detection and therapeutic options, 30-day hospital...
View ArticleSupporting Mental Health in Children by Providing Basic Skills and Knowledge...
Background: Mental health first aid training in middle school is an effective way to help teachers gain the necessary knowledge and confidence needed to support students with mental health distress...
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