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Implementation of Fluoride Varnish as a Quality Improvement Intervention for Primary Care Providers in a Rural Pediatric Population
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
The purpose of this study was to study implementation of preventive oral health interventions by primary care providers in a rural pediatric population. Acknowledgement of dental caries as a preventable communicable disease ...
Combating Youth Depression in Primary Care
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Youth depression is a serious mental health disorder that may have detrimental consequences. Half of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin before the age of 14 (Hagan, Shaw, & Duncan, 2008). Depression in youth is ...
Economic Analysis of Packaging Systems
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
Packaging has a significant impact on the efficiency and effectiveness of the supply chain, where improvement can be achieved through the development and selection of an appropriate packaging system. One way to explore ...
Design and Manufacturing of Variable Stiffness Cellular Architecture
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Cellular structures are highly evaluated due to their high material efficiency. Both theoretical and experimental studies have done on periodic cellular structures. However, the mechanical performance can be stochastically ...
Barriers to New Nurse Practitioner Job Satisfaction
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Novice Nurse Practitioners (NPs) face many challenges in the first few years of practice. A novice NP was defined as a NP who has practiced for two years or less. The focus of this practice improvement project was to ...
Multi-Objective Optimal Phasor Measurement Units Placement in Power Systems
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
The extensive development of power networks has increased the requirements for robust, reliable and secure monitoring and control techniques based on the concept of Wide Area Measurement System (WAMS). Phasor Measurement ...
Lived Experiences of Stigma: Nurses Who Work in Abortion Clinics
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
The profession of nursing is respected and trustworthy, but certain nursing specialty fields are looked at less favorably than others. Abortion nursing can be highly stigmatized because of society’s ethical, religious, and ...
Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale: Implementation in a Primary Care Setting
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a chronic, highly prevalent, neurodevelopment disorder in children, which often persists into adulthood. A gap exists among healthcare providers' knowledge of adult ADHD ...
COPE: Evaluation of a School-Based Intervention to Improve the Overall Mental Health, Resiliency, and Social-Emotional Development of Rural North Dakota Adolescent Youth
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Approximately one in every four to five adolescent youth are affected by anxiety or depression yet fewer than 25% of adolescent youth are getting the mental health treatment they need (Foy, 2010). Without the ability to ...
Colorectal Cancer: Improving Screening Compliance with the Utilization of FIT-DNA (Cologuard)
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States (U.S.), but with the appropriate screening processes, this staggering fact can change (CDC, 2018). Routine CRC screening is one of ...