Doctor of Nursing Practice Project Reports
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Minimizing Congestive Heart Failure Readmissions from the Nursing Home Through Focused Nursing Education
(2019-08)The purpose of this quality improvement project was to determine if congestive heart failure (CHF)-specific education and protocols for nursing home (NH) staff could improve their knowledge and reduce hospital readmissions ... -
Reduce Overflow Incontinence to Prevent Pressure Ulcers in Individuals with Spina Bifida
(2019-08)Overflow incontinence has been directly linked to the development of pressure ulcers in individuals with Spina Bifida (SB). The implementation of a bladder diary and educational session to increase awareness of pressure ... -
Improving lipid screening and management in pediatric primary care through a provider education and reminder program
(2019-08)The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) recommends universal lipid screening (ULS) for 9-11-year-old children. Limited available data suggest less than 50% of primary practice providers are using ULS guidelines ... -
Identifying barriers to diabetic self-management education for adult Hispanic males
(2019-08)This quality improvement project explores diabetes self-management barriers for adult Hispanic males with type II diabetes mellitus at the Texas A&M Coastal Bend Health Education Center (CBHEC). Since diabetes is one of ... -
Large-scale thermodynamic environments favoring intense convection: A perspective from satellite observations
(2019-12)Intense convective clouds play an important role in our climate system by redistribution of heat, moisture, and trace gases, as well as producing large quantities of precipitation. These clouds have been increasingly ... -
Carbon Budgets in Coastal Estuaries of the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Under Hydrologic Control
(2019-08)Globally, estuaries are considered as important CO2 sources to the atmosphere. However, previous studies on estuarine carbon fluxes have mostly focused on temperate and high latitude regions, leaving a significant knowledge ... -
Characterizing the Microbial Response to Plastic and Bioplastic Debris in the Marine Environment
(2019-12)Plastic is the most abundant type of debris found in the marine environment, commonly representing between 60-95% of all marine debris. Plastic debris accumulation is greatest in urbanized coastal zones and closed bays or ... -
Understading Upper Tropospheric and Lower Stratospheric Temperature Structure Variations over Tropical and Extratropical Precipitation Systems
(2019-12)The upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a coupling region in the atmosphere in which air typically has characteristics of both the troposphere and stratosphere. This region is distinct in radiation, dynamics, ... -
Identifying Migration Felxibility and the Environmental factors that Influence Variation in Recruitment Success in Partialy Migratory Hawaiian Fishes
(2019-05)Behavior flexibility during the larval stage influences differential mortality, recruitment, and population dynamics; recruitment is poorly understood, yet important for understanding population persistence. The purpose ... -
Movement Patterns and Habitat use for Fishery Species of Varying Life History Strategies
(2019-12)Population level responses of organisms to a variety of factors including environmental change and fishing pressure can be influenced by habitat use and availability. Changes in habitat use over the life span of individual ... -
Text message alerts to increase adherence to pharmacy pick up rates in Hispanics with type 2 diabetes
(2019-08)Objective: The plan of this project was to increase refill adherence in this specific population by using text message alerts to prompt medication pick-up from the pharmacy. Background: The Be Well Clinic realized that ... -
Anticholingeric burden screening and reduction for older adults in long-term care
(2019-08)Anticholinergic (ACH) medication use amongst older adults has been associated with cognitive decline, development of dementia, counteraction of cholinergic dementia treatments, numerous adverse effects and subsequent ... -
A prospective quality improvement project using a mammography risk assessment tool to increase screening mammogram use with low-income Hispanic women
(2018-08)Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer mortality among U.S. women. Hispanic women experience a lower 5-year survival rate of 79% compared to 91% among non-Hispanic White women. The purpose of this DNP project ... -
A quality improvement initiative to improve diabetes self-care education for Hispanic older adults using culturally-sensitive, age specific-approach
(2018-08)Introduction: The underuse of culturally-sensitive, age-specific diabetes education for older-aged Hispanic people likely contributes to deficits in diabetes knowledge, self-management and glycemic control. This quality ... -
Reducing nurse practitioner turnover in home-based primary care:a Department of Veterans Affairs quality improvement project
(2018-08)Objective: To identify factors in the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) program that may contribute to nurse practitioner (NP) retention and decrease provider gaps and access to primary care ... -
A vivar! A plant-based diabetes prevention pilot program for older Hispanics in South Texas
(2018-08)Purpose: A community-oriented culturally sensitive plant-based nutritional pilot program for older South Texas Hispanics was designed to determine if participation in a three-month plant-based diabetes prevention program ... -
Occupational health nurses’ self-efficacy in implementing smoking cessation interventions for workers: a manufacturing company quality improvement project
(2018-08)The purpose of this study was to improve the delivery and quality of care to smokers at work who are poorly motivated to quit and to explore the concepts of self-efficacy for enhancing this care process within a manufacturing ... -
Nurse practitioner-led telehealth to improve outpatient pediatric tracheostomy management in South Texas
(2018-08)Pediatric tracheostomy patients are a medically complex population with increased incidence of emergency room (ER) use, hospital readmissions, tracheostomy-associated complications, and caregiver anxiety, especially the ...
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