2010 Third National DNP Conference, San Diego

Breakout session T8 Details, Thursday, September 30, 2010, 4PM
Riviera Room

Gillian Tufts, DNP, FNP-BC
University of Utah College of Nursing, and
Community Health Centers, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT
New Treatment Approach for Osteopenia in Vietnamese Women

Goal of Presentation:
The purpose of this study was to compare DEXA-scan results to the projected hip fracture risk by using the new World Health Organization (WHO) on-line FRAXTM tool in a population of Vietnamese women. Specifically, the study sought to explore the differences between the two methods in initiation of medical therapy, such the use of antiresorptive agents, of osteopenia in this group of immigrant women. The project was done as partial fulfillment of the DNP degree at the University of Utah.

Objectives:
1. To gain an appreciation of the epidemiological foundation in the development of the World Health Organization FRAXTM tool.
2. To identify the clinical risk factors associated with increased risk of osteopenic-related fractures in their patient population.
3. To understand the clinical application of the FRAXTM tool in primary care.

Speaker’s Background:
Gillian Tufts, DNP, FNP-BC is in clinical practice at SDR Community Health Center in SLC, Utah, and is an assistant professor at the University of Utah, College of Nursing. She has recently completed the DNP at the University of Utah. She currently has two articles accepted for publication and presented a poster at the National Osteoporosis Foundation 8th International Symposium on Osteoporosis in 2009 regarding the use of the FRAXTM tool.

Holly Martin, DNP, FNP-BC
Veterans Administration, Salt Lake City, UT
A DNP Capstone Project That Made a Difference in Health Care Delivery

Goal of Presentation:
To describe the process of completing a capstone project and the impact that project had on the current utilization of telemedicine technology in the Veterans Administration.

Objectives:
1. To illustrate the health care dilemma we face as nation and to demonstrate why nurse practitioners are poised to make a difference
2. To present the video that was made in the process of this project, showing how innovation, technology, higher education, and collaboration between health care facilities and learning institutions can improve health care delivery
3. To inspire up coming students to create clinically oriented projects.

Speaker’s Background:
I am a seasoned Family Nurse Practitioner who works for the George E. Whalen Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. I am a primary care provider in a Community Based Outpatient Clinic. Our clinic provides primary care to veterans who live remotely in Elko, Nevada via telemedicine.

I received my Masters in Nursing from Vanderbilt University in 1996 and my Doctorate in Nursing Practice from the University of Utah in 2008. I am currently faculty in the NP Specialty Program, but will be moving back to the VA full time this summer as telemedicine is expanding rapidly and my help is needed there.

My last several years of teaching have focused on practical education, clinical placement, and presenting on adult health and telemedicine. My clinical work has evolved with the advance of technology, making me one of a small percentage of providers who provide primary care (as opposed to specialty care, store and forward consulting, or counseling only) with telemedicine technology.