• Mental health: implementation of the SMHAT-1 tool to screen for mental health concerns among collegiate athletes attending a midwestern university 

  Richter, Chrisann (North Dakota State University, 2024)

  College athletes experience increased prevalence of anxiety, depression, sleep disorder, substance misuse, and eating disorders when compared to general college student population. When suffering from mental illness, signs ...

• Emergency Provider Education for Management of Patients with Suicidal Ideation in Rural Minnesota 

  Slivnik, Stephanie (North Dakota State University, 2024)

  This dissertation investigated the efficacy of an educational intervention aimed at enhancing the management of patients with suicidal ideation in a rural emergency department. Employing a quasi-experimental mixed-method ...

• An assessment of barriers to nurse practitioners’ utilizing pharmacogenetic testing for depression 

  Entzel, Sierra (North Dakota State University, 2024)

  As a leading cause of disability worldwide, depression is considered a chronic disease. Medication management is the first-line treatment for moderate to severe major depressive disorder. Medications are selected based ...

• Developing a modified diabetes education project in a global health setting 

  Harrington, Megan (North Dakota State University, 2024)

  T2DM (type 2 diabetes mellitus) is a global health challenge, with Latinos, particularly Mexicans, facing a significantly higher risk. Mexico ranks among the top ten countries in terms of T2DM prevalence, with 12.8 million ...

• Assessing Burnout and Resiliency in Doctor of Nursing Practice Students 

  Habib, Mary (North Dakota State University, 2024)

  This project aims to further assess the issue of burnout among Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students, a population that remains understudied in the context of burnout research. DNP students, who concurrently function ...

• Improving Caregiver Burden for Professional Caregivers of Dementia Residents 

  Anderson, Austin (North Dakota State University, 2024)

  This practice improvement project examines the burden on professional caregivers of persons with dementia (PWD), aiming to enhance their well-being. With dementia significantly impacting cognitive functions, caregivers ...

• Healthcare Professionals' Education Regarding Human Trafficking Identification and Resources 

  Iversen, Madeline (North Dakota State University, 2024)

  Human trafficking is one of the largest illegal industries with over 40 million adults and children enslaved worldwide. The psychological and physical consequences of human trafficking are high and may impact a victim for ...

• Improving care of pregnant women through provider education of group prenatal care 

  Kautzmann, Morgan (North Dakota State University, 2024)

  Prenatal care has been associated with improved pregnancy outcomes for both a mother and her unborn child. However, there are still many disparities that exist in healthcare today, resulting in inadequate access to prenatal ...

• Adolescent obesity pathway: Updating clinical practice guidelines in primary care 

  Fechtner, Amanda (North Dakota State University, 2024)

  Obesity has become a public health crisis with the prevalence of pediatric obesity being one in five children in the United States. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and widening social disparities are driving obesity ...

• Preconception and Prenatal Care: Assessing and Influencing Knowledge, Attitudes, and Intentions in Women of Childbearing Age 

  Stibral, Anna (North Dakota State University, 2024)

  Maternal and infant morbidity and mortality rates in the United States (U.S.) remain alarmingly high, emphasizing the urgent need for interventions to address healthcare disparities. Access to preconception care (PCC) and ...

• A practice improvement project improving tobacco and nicotine dependence treatment education in a doctor of nursing practice program 

  Bhattarai, Kanchan (North Dakota State University, 2024)

  Tobacco use is a global epidemic and the leading cause of preventable mortality and morbidity in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2022h). Approximately 5.4 million people die annually ...

• Implementation of Interprofessional Education: Respiratory Management in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 

  Campbell, Brooke (North Dakota State University, 2024)

  Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells, leading to muscle weakness, including weakness of respiratory muscles. Respiratory issues significantly contribute ...

• Childhood obesity conversations: Motivational interviewing in the brief primary care visit 

  Mettler, Nora (North Dakota State University, 2024)

  Childhood obesity is a global epidemic that sets a child up for future health complications into adulthood. There’s no current consensus on approaching weight-related conversations with patients and families. Nurse ...

• Pediatric Preparedness in a Rural Health System 

  Nielsen, Sarah (North Dakota State University, 2024)

  Pediatric emergencies present significant challenges and emotional strain in healthcare settings. In critical access hospitals, the provision of safe, effective, and high-quality emergency response for pediatric cases is ...

• Colorectal Cancer Education: Utilization of an Inflatable Colon and Small Media at a Health Fair in Central North Dakota 

  Himmelspach, Faune (North Dakota State University, 2024)

  Colorectal cancer is a prevalent and deadly disease, claiming thousands of lives each year. In the United States alone, over 150,000 individuals were diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2022, and tragically, nearly 53,000 ...

• Initiation of an adolescent school-based electronic nicotine delivery system prevention program 

  Schneider, Morgan (North Dakota State University, 2024)

  The leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the United States is tobacco product use. The 2022 National Youth Tobacco Survey, which was completed in 2022, showed that the e-cigarette epidemic among ...

• Associations between human papillomavirus vaccine hesitancy and resistance and social media engagement 

  O'Keefe, Katherine (North Dakota State University, 2024)

  Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections worldwide. More than 13 million Americans are infected each year. Typically, HPV infections will resolve without treatment, and many ...

• Advance care planning: implementing online education for rural primary care providers 

  Kurtz, Jessica (North Dakota State University, 2024)

  Advance care planning (ACP) can assist patients and their families in navigating personal and medical choices at the end-of-life; however, these conversations often transpire too late. Primary care providers (PCPs) frequently ...

• Dermoscopy education to improve provider confidence in skin cancer identification 

  Ova, Hayli (North Dakota State University, 2024)

  Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States and is becoming more prevalent each year. Patients often consult their primary care provider (PCP) for initial evaluation of skin lesions, and PCPs typically ...

• Childhood Obesity Prevention: Infant Nutrition and Feeding Education 

  Mecklenburg, Candace (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  Childhood obesity is a global concern, as of 2020 it affected 39 million children under the age of five. Obesity increases the risk of developing many health problems, including type-2 diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, ...

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