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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 ... -
End-of-Life Issues for Native American and Alaska Natives: A Critical Literature Review
(North Dakota State University, 2013)This paper conducts a critical literature review on end of life issues relating to Native Americans and Alaska Natives. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) framework was used to ... -
Development of the Jagim Lean Real Time Location Systems Model for Healthcare
(North Dakota State University, 2013)The critical challenge for healthcare today is to be a high quality/low cost provider. However, healthcare is struggling to meet the challenge in terms of quality, outcomes and cost. Healthcare is in need of a blueprint ... -
Medical Respite Care for Fargo-Moorhead Homeless Population: A Needs Assessment
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Homelessness continues to increase in the Fargo-Moorhead community, and little is known about the health needs of its chronically homeless population. An informal needs assessment completed in 2010 gathered feedback from ... -
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 ... -
The Impact of Simulation Experiences on Nursing Student’s Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Previous research has shown that high fidelity simulation experiences impact the satisfaction and self-confidence of nursing students. The purpose of the study was to examine the student satisfaction and self-confidence ... -
Assessing North Dakota Nurse Practitioners' Knowledge of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network's Treatment Guidelines for Adult Cancer Pain
(North Dakota State University, 2013)The purpose of this project was to determine if access to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network's guidelines on the treatment of adult cancer related pain increased nurse practitioner knowledge and utilization in ... -
Assessment of Obese Children within a Family-Based Intervention Pilot Study
(North Dakota State University, 2013)About one third of children in the United States are overweight or obese. Multiple comorbidities coincide with obesity affecting children physically and emotionally, which in turn impacts obese children’s quality of life. ... -
Implementing an Evidence-Based Oral Health Assessment Tool (OHAT) in a Nursing Home
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Literature substantiates that there is a relationship between poor oral health and cardiovascular risk, uncontrolled diabetes, aspiration pneumonia, poor nutritional status, and poor social life for the older adults, ... -
Cultural Awareness and Provider Based Care for Refugee Women
(North Dakota State University, 2013)This disquisitional aimed to improve the cultural education of nurse practitioner's (NP's) related to female refugee populations. The ultimate goal was to improve health care outcomes and decrease disparities for refugee ... -
�I Am Aids�: Bridging the Gap
(North Dakota State University, 2013)It is estimated that between 252,000 and 312,000 people in the United States are unaware that they are infected with HIV/AIDS and are unaware of their risk for HIV/AIDS transmission to other people (Morbidity and Mortality ... -
Skin Cancer Prevention in North Dakota Farmers and Ranchers
(North Dakota State University, 2013)It is widely known that skin cancer is a significant health concern. Studies show that farmers and ranchers are at increased risk of skin cancer, presumed to be secondary to the increased time they spend outdoors and their ... -
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 ... -
Maternal Breastfeeding Satisfaction: Attendance or Non-Attendance at a Nurse-Led Breastfeeding Support Group
(North Dakota State University, 2014)The benefits of breastfeeding for mothers and infants are well documented in the literature. This study compared maternal breastfeeding satisfaction between mothers who attended a nurse-led breastfeeding support group ... -
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 ... -
Improving Adolescent Friendly Healthcare Services: Implementing Comprehensive Psychosocial Histories into Practice
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Adolescence is a unique period of rapid physical and psychosocial growth and development. Adolescents are most often physically healthy, but as a normal part of adolescent development the population commonly experiments ... -
Improving Care for Depression as Provided in the Family Practice Setting
(North Dakota State University, 2014)This Dissertation is a synthesis of current literature and guidelines to develop the Simplified Prescribing Tool. The Simplified Prescribing Tool provides a guide to treating depression within the Family Practice discipline. ... -
Development of Prenatal Educational Library in the Somali Language for Family Healthcare
(North Dakota State University, 2014)The purpose of the project was to develop a library of culturally sensitive, and language specific prenatal educational materials for Somali women at Family HealthCare (FHC). The educational materials were provided in both ... -
Comparison of Burnout and Empowerment Between New Graduate and Experienced Nurses Employed in Acute Care
(North Dakota State University, 2014)The nursing profession is expected to experience massive staff shortages due to experienced nurses reaching retirement and new nurses leaving the profession related to feelings of burnout. This study describes quantitative ...