The Impact of Diabetic Education on Diabetes Management: A Retrospective Chart Review.

Helping patients control diabetes mellitus (DM) and minimize complications is the top priority for care of patients with diabetes. A retrospective review of 86 charts was conducted to investigate the impact of an 8-hour diabetic education program on glycemic control and weight in adults with type 2 DM. Hemoglobin A1C levels and weights were documented pre- and postintervention.

Reducing Hospital Visit Rates in Hospice Patients Using Telemedicine.

The purpose of this project was to examine the impact of accessibility to a provider via telemedicine on emergency department visit rates in adults, 35 years and older, on home hospice and palliative care. Utilizing a quasi-experimental design, 44 adults 35 years and older were educated on Doxy.me telemedicine usage as an intervention.

Provider Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Utilization and Self-Auditing-A Pilot Study.

Background: Alabama has the highest prescription rate in the country. The national incidence of overdose deaths from prescription opioids exceeds the combined death rates from heroin and cocaine overdose. Monitoring prescription access should be an essential activity among providers and can be used to protect patient health and well-being.

An educational intervention to improve pain assessment in preverbal children.

Problem: Pediatric nurses often use an inappropriate tool to assess pain in children younger than 36 months of age.

Objective: This intervention intended to improve the nursing practice of assessing pain in preverbal (less than 36 months of age) children.

Methods: Pain assessment frequency and use of a pain assessment pediatric tool use was evaluated pre- and post-intervention via a retrospective chart review and a survey of pediatric nurses.