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Evaluating an Evidence-Based Prevention Program Delivered by Primary-Care Providers and In-Home Nurse Visits: The Period of Purple Crying, an Abusive Head-Trauma Prevention Program
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) is an abusive head injury where an infant is submitted to severe, repetitive acceleration-deceleration forces with or without blunt impact to the head (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...
Addressing Lyme Disease: An Educational Module for Healthcare Providers
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Since its identification over 40 years ago, Lyme disease has continually spread, and the number of cases have significantly increased in the northeastern and northcentral United States. The Center for Disease Control and ...
Medication Therapy at Discharge and Medical Follow up: Outcomes Following Surgical Coronary Revascularization in American Indians
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
The burden of cardiovascular disease is rising in American Indians. Compared to other racial and ethnic groups, American Indians have greater risk factors, prevalence, and mortality rates for cardiovascular disease compared ...
Disaster Preparedness of Rural Healthcare Providers
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
The purpose of this project was to identify the current status of education/training of rural health care providers and identify gaps in training/education to better prepare rural providers to care for victims of disasters. ...
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 ...
Easing the Transition: Needs Assessment and Seminar Development for Novice Advanced Practice Clinicians in Primary Care
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Healthcare is moving away from the traditional primary care physician model to meet changing patient care needs, with increasing utilization of clinicians beyond the primary care physician, including nurse practitioners ...
Implementation of a Peer Mentoring Program for Undergraduate Student Nurses
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Stress is evident among undergraduate nursing students (Raymond & Sheppard, 2018). Throughout their education, nursing students experience high academic demands and are exposed to numerous stressors. High stress can lead ...
Development and Implementation of an Evidence-Based Buprenorphine-Naloxone Medication Assisted Treatment Program in a Primary Care Setting
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Opioid abuse is one of the most significant drug-related public health threats in the United States (U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, 2016). Approximately 115 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose in the United ...
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, ...