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An Exploration of a Substance Abuse Treatment Program and Its Effects on Opioid Addicted Adults’ Ability to Maintain Recovery
(Georgetown University, 2018)
As deaths related to opioids continue to increase across the country, with more than 41,000 deaths in 2016, a dark cloud looms over Florida as the state strives to contain the epidemic. There were 779 deaths related to ...
Assessing Clinical Outcomes of the 2014 American Academy of Pediatrics Bronchiolitis Guideline
(Georgetown University, 2018)
Pediatric bronchiolitis is an acute, highly-communicable, viral-mediated lower respiratory tract illness of early childhood. As the most common lower respiratory illness in infants, bronchiolitis represents the leading ...
The Effects of an On-Site Health Center and Care Coordination on Type-2 Diabetes Outcomes
(Georgetown University, 2020)
More than 30.3 million people in the United States (US) have diabetes with 90-95% having type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). In 2017, the total costs of diabetes care were estimated at $327 billion and contributed to the ...
The Impact of an Educational Intervention on Emergency Department Advanced Practice Providers’ Sexually Transmitted Infection Treatment Guideline Adherence
(Georgetown University, 2022)
Despite continually evolving guidelines for the treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STI), chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis remain the most common reportable bacterial infections within the United States. This ...
Impact of a Nurse-Driven Sedation and Analgesia Protocol in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
(Georgetown University, 2023)
Pediatric patients cover a wide spectrum of ages, sizes, and developmental stages. This presents a unique challenge when it comes to adequately controlling their sedation and analgesia during a stay in the pediatric intensive ...
eLearning and Mobility: An Electronic Education to Evaluate Surgical Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse Knowledge and Adherence to an Institution-Specific Mobility Protocol
(Georgetown University, 2023)
Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are systemic evidence-based recommendations devised to assist healthcare workers in standardizing and improving patient care quality. Despite CPG’s ability to bridge evidence to practice, ...