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Emergency Care Skills Preparedness of Rural Minnesota Nurse Practitioners
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Many rural hospitals rely on family nurse practitioners (FNPs) to provide care in rural health care facilities. With a shortage of medical doctors, FNPs are frequently working independently to fill the need often covering ...
Diabetes-Related Distress Identification and Intercollaborative Treatment at a Rural, Primary Care Clinic
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
The ADA found in 2018 that almost half of individuals with diabetes are not meeting diabetes goals, indicating great need for improved care. The purpose of this project was to implement the Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS) ...
Assessing Parental Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Human Papillomavirus Vaccination in a Rural Primary Care Clinic
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection worldwide. The complications from HPV can be deadly and yet some of the most dangerous serotypes can be prevented with a vaccine. Unfortunately, ...
Advanced Practice Provider Experiences Precepting Nurse Practitioner Students
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Preceptors for nurse practitioner (NP) students are in increasingly short supply. Enrollment in NP programs has increased at 14.5% from 2008-2017 each year. The increase in NP students has created an increased demand for ...
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, ...
Adverse Childhood Experiences Among College Students: Best-Practice Recommendations for Student Health Clinicians
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are highly prevalent and considered a global public health crisis (Forgash, 2015). ACEs are associated with toxic stress resulting in severe impairment of the cardiovascular, endocrine, ...
Colorectal Cancer: Increasing Awareness of Screening in a Rural North Dakota Community
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, yet only 67% of the eligible population have received screening. Preventative CRC screenings help to reduce mortality and allow CRC ...
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Knowledge, Beliefs, Attitudes, and Barriers: An Educational Intervention for Male College Students to Increase Knowledge, Vaccine Intent, and Vaccine Uptake
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. When the virus does not spontaneously resolve, HPV infections can develop into papillomas or cancers (CDC, 2020d). While ...
Assessment of Health Literacy and Preferred Learning Style of Patients in a Rural North Dakota Primary Care Clinic
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Individuals with low health literacy face many difficulties within the healthcare system, including seeking medical care in inappropriate places, foregoing appointments and preventative health screenings, and misunderstanding ...
A Self-Help Intervention for Caregivers of People Diagnosed With an Eating Disorder
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
The purpose of this evidence-based practice project was to support caregivers of patients with eating disorders by delivering an evidence-based intervention designed to decrease caregiving burden and illness maintaining ...