Leslie M. DuBois Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Nursing
Doctor of Nursing Practice as a Family Nurse Practitioner at the University of the Incarnate Word School of Nursing.
Leslie M. DuBois completed her Master’s of Science in Nursing with a specialty as a Nurse Educator in 2010. She is a full-time student who is pursuing the last year of her program for a Doctor of Nursing Practice as a Family Nurse Practitioner at the University of the Incarnate Word School of Nursing. She has presented poster presentations on a international, national, and local level.
Special Issue Article Open Access
Author(s): Leslie M. DuBois
Worldwide, Colorectal cancer was the third most common cancer and the second most common cause of cancer related deaths in 2018 (World Health Organization, 2019). The American Cancer Society (2019) estimated that there will be 145,600 new cases and 51,020 deaths in 2019 in the United States. The aim of this performance improvement project is to determine the effectiveness of multiple interventions with the purpose of increasing the proportion of patients who meet criteria and complete colorectal cancer screening per the United States Preventive Services Task Force (2016) recommendations. The objectives are to increase the number receiving the fecal immunochemical test and has results in the electronic health record and increase the percentage with documentation of disposition for follow... view moreĀ»