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Nursing Student Stress
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Nursing students experience multiple stressors as they are expected to apply theoretical learning and develop critical thinking skills while in the professional environment. Perceived overwhelming negative stressors can ... -
Nutritional Insecurity Among College Students on a Midwest Campus
(North Dakota State University, 2021)College students experience nutritional insecurity at higher rates when compared to the general public. Compounding social, financial, community, and policy barriers limit the ability of college students to access healthy, ... -
Opioids: A Reason for Concern
(North Dakota State University, 2018)The opioid epidemic has drawn increasing attention as opioid prescribing rates and opioid related deaths continue to rise. Opioid prescribing by health care providers has quadrupled over the past 18 years and is directly ... -
Opioids: Implementation of Opioid Prescribing Education and Policy in a Primary Care Center
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Many healthcare providers report not feeling confident when prescribing opioids, which represents an educational gap in the clinical setting that must be addressed to improve patient care and outcomes (Dowell, Haegerich, ... -
Osteoporosis Treatment Based on Fracture Risk: A Quality of Care Study
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Osteoporosis is a condition that decreases bone density and is more commonly found in elderly women due to estrogen depletion. The decrease in bone density puts patients at risk for fragility fractures, or fractures with ... -
Perception of Nursing Empowerment and Intent to Stay
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Nursing turnover and the evolving nursing shortage has continued to receive much attention from health care organizations. It is predicted that there will be 1.2 million job openings in nursing by 2020. Work empowerment ... -
Perceptions of the Infertile Patient Educated and Cared for Via Telemedicine
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Approximately 20- 25% of women require infertility treatment using Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART). These specialized services require highly educated personnel. The availability of these services is compounded ... -
A Practice Improvement Project Incorporating Tobacco Cessation Education Into a Doctor of Nursing Practice Program
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Tobacco use is a global epidemic and is one of the largest public health threats the world has faced killing over eight million people annually. Smoking-related illnesses cost the United States $300 billion annually. ... -
Prediabetes: Provider Awareness and the Implementation of the Prevent Diabetes STAT Toolkit Resources
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Increased proactivity and improved management of prediabetes is a growing need amongst providers in the primary care setting. Nearly one third of North Dakota residents over the age of 20 have prediabetes, but only one out ... -
Prescription Drug Abuse: Implementing an Evidence-Based Pain Management Protocol
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Prescription drug abuse is an intentional misuse of a prescribed drug for recreational or other purposes that was not intended by the prescriber of the drug. Since 2012, fatalities from opioid overdoses have risen to ... -
Primary Care Resource and Referral Guide for Children 4-11 Years of Age with ADHD
(North Dakota State University, 2014)The practice-improvement project (PIP) assessed five family nurse practitioners and one pediatrician regarding the use and evaluation of a community treatment guideline packet. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ... -
Promoting Confidence in Pressure Injury Management in Rural Long-term Care
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Despite prevention efforts, pressure injuries (PIs) remain prevalent across care settings and impose significant burden on affected individuals and the entire healthcare system. Many individuals, including those who live ... -
Promoting Tobacco Cessation in a Rural North Dakota Primary Care Clinic
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Tobacco use is a monumental public health problem in the United States; 15 % of American adults report using tobacco products. Tobacco negatively affects the health of individuals, families, communities, and the environment. ... -
Provider Communication Regarding Childhood Vaccines: An Educational Module
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Vaccine development in the last two hundred years has aided in the reduction of disease, illness, and mortality in a cost-effective manner. Vaccination starts at birth, and the majority of vaccines are received during ... -
Providing Postpartum Depression Resources at a Local WIC Agency
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Postpartum depression (PPD) is a significant mental illness that impacts 12.5% of all postpartum women. In women with low-income, the prevalence increases to 25% and 40-60% of low-income, adolescent mothers report depressive ... -
Reinforcing the Teach-Back Method for Nurses Providing Stroke Patient Education
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Literature indicates an opportunity to improve the stroke patient education experience. Enhancing stroke education for nurses is a method by which the patient education experience may be improved. The purpose of the ... -
The Relationship between Epidural Analgesia during Childbirth and Childbirth Outcomes
(North Dakota State University, 2004)Epidural analgesia has increased in usage dramatically in the United States as a means of comfort for labor pain. Prior studies have connected epidural analgesia to an increase in cesarean birth rate, an increase in use ... -
Screening Adolescent Females for Eating Disorders in Primary Care
(North Dakota State University, 2021)In recent decades, there has been an increased focus on the idealization of thinness and the pressure and expectancy to be thin, which contributes to a rising number of individuals that experience severe body dissatisfaction ... -
Screening and Brief Intervention for 12-15 Year Olds in Primary Care
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Alcohol is a widely enjoyed, misused, and abused legal substance consumed in the United States. Although alcohol is a legal substance in the United States, the consumptions does not come without risks. Alcohol is known to ... -
Screening and Brief Interventions for Alcohol Use in College Students
(North Dakota State University, 2013)College students are recognized as a high-risk group for alcohol problems in the United States. Annually approximately 500,000 college students are unintentionally injured, and more than 1,700 college students die from ...