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Guidelines recommend statin therapy for all patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) due to the increased risk of adverse cardiovascular events. A lack of adherence to these guidelines was identified at a vascular clinic located in the southeastern United States. The aim of this nurse practitioner-led quality improvement project was to increase the percentage of patients with lower extremity PAD who were prescribed a statin medication at this clinic. Baseline data were obtained via a chart review. Using the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PD