A quality improvement plan for safe medication administration for unlicensed personnel working in a Type "A" assisted living facility
| dc.contributor.advisor | Runewicz, Jo Ann | en |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Suttle, Catherine M. | en |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Spruill, Rose | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Sterling, Bridgett E. | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-30T16:29:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-11-30T16:29:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-11-30 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10755/621160 | |
| dc.description.abstract | <p>There is an increase in Assisted Living Facilities (ALF’s) throughout the United States that has been coupled with residents that have increasingly complex conditions leading to unanticipated problems related to poor medication management (Woods, Guifang, Hawsook, & Phillips, 2010). The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) provides the best practice guidelines for licensed Type “A” ALF in Texas and for this clinical project. </p> | en |
| dc.format | Text-based Document | en |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
| dc.subject | Medication Administration | en |
| dc.subject | Quality Improvement | en |
| dc.title | A quality improvement plan for safe medication administration for unlicensed personnel working in a Type "A" assisted living facility | en_US |
| dc.type | DNP Capstone Project | en |
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| dc.description.note | <p>This work has been approved through a faculty review process prior to its posting in the Virginia Henderson Global Nursing e-Repository.</p> | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Capella University | en |
| thesis.degree.level | DNP | en |
| thesis.degree.year | 2016 | |
| dc.type.category | Full-text | en |
| dc.evidence.level | Other | en |
| dc.research.approach | Translational Research/Evidence-based Practice | en |
| dc.subject.cinahl | Drug Administration | en |
| dc.subject.cinahl | Assisted Living | en |
| dc.subject.cinahl | Health Personnel, Unlicensed | en |
| dc.subject.cinahl | Quality Improvement | en |
| dc.author.details | Bridgett E. Sterling, DNP | en |
| dc.description.reviewtype | None: Degree-based Submission | en_US |
| dc.description.acquisition | Self-submission | en_US |
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