Improving lipid screening and management in pediatric primary care through a provider education and reminder program
| dc.contributor.advisor | Peck, Jessica | |
| dc.contributor.author | Patel, Stephanie Lyne | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Garcia, Theresa | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Keys, Yolanda | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-10T03:35:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-05-10T03:35:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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 (ULSG) appropriately. Insufficient implementation of ULS completion contributes to a failure to identify children aged 9-11 with dyslipidemia and can contribute to early cardiovascular disease. This Quality Improvement (QI) project implemented a provider-focused education intervention and retrospective chart review to increase completion of ULS in children aged 9-11 years old and to improve provider management in a pediatric primary care clinic in Central Texas. A one-group pre-test/post-test design was used. Participants included five physicians, 20 nurse practitioners (NPs), and five physician assistants (PAs). Chart review was conducted on all children aged 9-11 years who presented for well-child checks both three months prior to the intervention (n=911) and three months post-intervention (n=1045). A pre-and post-intervention provider survey was used to measure changes in lipid screening provider knowledge and practices. Providers’ knowledge of and completion of lipid screening increased from 70% to 89%. Utilization of educational sessions increased provider knowledge of ULSG and increased the number of 9-11 year-old children screened for dyslipidemia in this clinic. | en_US |
| dc.description.college | College of Nursing and Health Sciences | en_US |
| dc.description.department | Nursing Practice | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 43 pages | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/87868 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
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| dc.subject | Dyslipidemia | en_US |
| dc.subject | provider education | en_US |
| dc.subject | universal lipid screening | en_US |
| dc.title | Improving lipid screening and management in pediatric primary care through a provider education and reminder program | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |
| dc.type.genre | Dissertation | en_US |
| dcterms.type | Text | |
| dcterms.type | Text | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Nursing Practice DNP | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Texas A & M University--Corpus Christi | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Nursing Practice | en_US |