Below is a list of topics from faculty that you might want to consider for your IR paper. Google the topic and see what comes up. Choosing the topic does not assure approval. You need to create a PICO question then find 3 of the most recent studies via the TJU Scott Library that answer your PICO question. You can get help with your search from the librarian.
NOT how NPs reduce 30 day readmissions for HF or QOL with LVADs. The literature is saturated. NOT childhood obesity or vitamin D. Not Mediterranean Diet or Barcoding drug administration.
Hot topics could be opioid crisis topics, other end of life issues, management of specific diseases or procedures in acute care/critical care, NP fellowships, medications (NOT anticoagulation, that is pretty saturated in the literature too).
Some of the best capstones we have had over the last 2 years have been from students who take an example (issue, problem) directly from their clinical/work environment or one that causes them to question practice and then explore it more.
Marijuana Use in Adolescents
Transgender and Gender Non-conforming Adolescents and Young Adults
Opioid Epidemic among Youth
ACES (Adverse childhood experiences) and their effect on school performance
Does Care Coordination improve visit compliance and patient outcomes
Do children with parents who have a language/communication barrier receive the same level of healthcare as children whose parents do not?
opioid prescribing
increase in infectious diseases/travel precautions
coordination of care with older adults/reconciliation of care
age to stop lipid management
NP independent practice
ethics of involvement in physician/NP assisted death
impact of genomics on NP practice
pharmacogenomics and chronic pain
management of depression in primary care
choosing wisely for insurance reimbursement – diagnostics/treatments
how to engage pts in management of …. obesity, HTN, DM
caregiver burnout
Thumb sucking and allergies
Low dose Naltrexone for auto immune disorders
Zofran for alcoholic mgmt.
– Maternal opioid use
– Maternal obesity
-Use of long acting contraceptive methods
– Resistant strands of gonorrhea
– Uterine Fibroids
– Postpartum hemorrhage interventions
– HIV testing and use of PrEP
-HPV and cervical cancer screening
– HPV vaccination
– Hepatitis C in women
– Breastfeeding initiatives: Baby Friendly Hospitals
– Female sexual dysfunction
Neonatal abstinence: novel therapies and long term outcomes
Triple I
Antibiotic stewardship
Noninvasive ventilation
Communication and handoffs
Simulation of codes and NRP
Edge of viability
Parental decision making
Feeding protocols
GER
Transitions to home with equipment
Palliative care
Invasive lines: use and care
NEC management
Microbiome
Epigenetics
Zika Virus
Interactive telemedicine
Collaborative writing with Wiki, Google docs, etc
Foster homes for elderly
Hospital at home
Dissemination tools for EBP
Mobile clinics
Transitions of care
Electronic Health Records
mHealth technologies
financial incentives for prescribers
government regulation of private health insurance
electronic health information
polypharmacy in geriatric population
shared decision making
patient initiated appointment systems
using games for patient education
pay for performance
public release of healthcare performance data
financial incentives to improve healthcare
staffing models
mobile healthcare
non dispensing roles of pharmacists and outcomes
point of care reminders
adoption of communication and information technologies
smart home technologies for healthcare
Health information exchanges
Micron technology
Cyber risks/ cyber security
Artificial intelligence
Data mining
Videolaryngoscopy versus direct laryngoscopy for tracheal intubation in children
TXA for prevention of blood loss
Ultrasound for IV/Aline access
Cost comparison of Sugammadex vs Neostigmine/Glyco-factor in time in the operating room?
Multimodal pain management
Burnout/well-being/mentors/resilience
OSA screening-Stop-BANG
Simulation training for OR crisis
OR crisis checklists
PACU checklists/ICU checklists for handoff
ERAS-goal directed fluid therapy and others
NPO guidelines for OR
PONV guidelines
Second Victim-Care for the Caregiver
Glucose control protocols/clinical decision support
Pharmacokinetic clinical decision for infusions (propofol/fentanyl/Remi/ketamine/precedex)
Opioid crisis
Infection control
Pre-op anemia management for elective surgery
IV Tylenol
Low-dose ketamine depression and/or pain
Production pressure
accelerometer for monitoring neuromuscular blockade/residual blockade in PACU
Tap blocks Transverse Abdominis Plane
