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Effect of an Educational Intervention for Healthcare Providers on Body Mass Index Quality Measures
(Georgetown University, 2017)
Increased body mass index (BMI) is associated with multiple complications and reducing BMI improves health. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) core quality measures (QMs) necessitate screening for out-of-range ...
Exploring a Change in Meditation Practice Using Noise-Canceling Headphones
(Georgetown University, 2017)
Perceived stress is a rising health issue related to daily stressors. Cumulative effects of stress have physical, mental, and emotional consequences. Meditation is a safe, self-care activity with demonstrated effectiveness ...
Effects of an Education Intervention on Implementing a Social Determinants of Health Screening Tool in Primary Care
(Georgetown University, 2017)
The purpose of the project is as follows: (a) Assess an education intervention regarding Social Determinants of Health (SDH) on clinical staff, (b) Integrate and evaluate a SDH screening tool called PRAPARE into clinical ...
Education and Training for the Prevention of Violence in the Home Health Care Workplace Environment
(Georgetown University, 2017)
Home health care (HHC) is one of the fastest growing sectors in health care with an expected 66% increase in growth and projected significant rise in HHC services. This results in an increase in demand of 109% for home ...
Nurse Practitioners’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions Regarding Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Treatment
(Georgetown University, 2017)
Study aims were to examine: a) knowledge level of primary care nurse practitioners (NP) regarding Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) pathophysiology, appropriate diagnosis, and evidence based treatment; b) primary care NPs’ ...
Comfort and Knowledge: Nurse-Driven Palliative Care Screenings on Admission to the Neuro ICU
(Georgetown University, 2017)
It is estimated that 20% of patients will die in the intensive care unit (ICU) or shortly after discharge (Kapo & Siegel, 2013). Patients with neurological conditions account for 10-15% of all ICU admissions (Kramer & ...
Using Evidence-Based Debriefing to Combat Moral Distress in Critical Care Nurses
(Georgetown University, 2017)
Moral distress (MD) is a problem for nurses which may cause helplessness, despair, or disempowerment. MD is an ongoing reality for nurses and is often experienced in critical care when caring for patients at the end-of-life ...
The Effects Of Art Therapy On Hypertension In Black American Women
(Georgetown University, 2017)
70 million Americans have hypertension affecting one out of three Americans. Heart disease was the leading cause of death in America in 2015. The American Heart Association published an algorithm for implementing alternative ...
Effect of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Education on Sexual Behaviors of Gay and Bisexual Men
(Georgetown University, 2017)
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a drug that prevents the transmission of human-immunodeficiency virus (HIV), but not the transmission of other sexually-transmitted infections (STIs). Studies of PrEP use to prevent the ...