Nursing: Recent submissions
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Emergency Skill Competency Among Rural North Dakota Nurse Practitioners
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Many people with medical emergencies in rural areas would go untreated without the presence of critical access hospitals. Nurse Practitioners employed as rural healthcare providers commonly assume the roles of primary care ... -
Understanding Provider Knowledge and Awareness About Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Unplanned pregnancies have individual, familial, and societal consequences and continue to occur in the United States with over two million women experiencing an unplanned pregnancy each year (GI, 2016). Long-acting ... -
Aspirin Use for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and aspirin is a well-known medication strongly associated with CVD prevention. Aspirin has undeniable benefits in the role of ... -
Increasing Awareness about Advance Care Planning among Women in Crow Wing County, Minnesota
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Advance care planning (ACP) includes making decisions about end-of-life care in the form of a health care directive which includes identifying a health agent to make decisions for people when they are unable to make decisions ... -
An Assessment of Psychological Distress and Resilience among Nurse Practitioner Students
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Medical doctors and medical students experience increased prevalence of depression, anxiety, suicidality, suicide, stress, and burnout when compared to the general public. Along with suffering from increased rates of ... -
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 ... -
Combating Youth Depression in Primary Care
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Youth depression is a serious mental health disorder that may have detrimental consequences. Half of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin before the age of 14 (Hagan, Shaw, & Duncan, 2008). Depression in youth is ... -
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 ... -
Emergency/Disaster Preparedness of Rural Healthcare Providers
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Healthcare systems have a legal and moral duty to provide competent care to all consumers whom seek treatment even when natural disasters, terrorism events, pandemics, widespread chemical/radiologic exposure and other ... -
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 ... -
A Concussion Toolkit Educational Session: Promoting Evidence-Based Management of Youth Concussion in a Rural Primary Care Setting
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Concussions are a form of mild traumatic brain injury, yet the potential short-term and long-term adverse effects are anything but mild. Concussions, especially if left undiagnosed or untreated, can adversely affect a ... -
Enhancing Resilience and Self-Efficacy through COPE: Rural High School Seniors
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Background: Adolescence is a particularly stressful time during an individual’s life. It is vital that adolescents have access to mental health resources. A confidential program was offered in a school setting, a vital ... -
Barriers to New Nurse Practitioner Job Satisfaction
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Novice Nurse Practitioners (NPs) face many challenges in the first few years of practice. A novice NP was defined as a NP who has practiced for two years or less. The focus of this practice improvement project was to ... -
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 ... -
Colorectal Cancer: Improving Screening Compliance with the Utilization of FIT-DNA (Cologuard)
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States (U.S.), but with the appropriate screening processes, this staggering fact can change (CDC, 2018). Routine CRC screening is one of ... -
Teamwork During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitations at a Rural Minnesota Hospital
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Cardiac arrest is a major public health problem affecting thousands of individuals each year in both out-of-hospital and in-hospital settings (Sutton, Nadkarni, & Abella, 2012). In 2012 nearly 383,000 out-of-hospital ... -
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Knowledge, Beliefs, Attitudes, and Barriers: A College-Based Intervention for Students to Increase Knowledge, Vaccine Intent, and Vaccine Uptake
(North Dakota State University, 2018)The purpose of this disquisition was to determine knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and barriers of college-age students at North Dakota State University (NDSU) related to the human papillomavirus (HPV) and the vaccine used ... -
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 ... -
Lived Experiences of Stigma: Nurses Who Work in Abortion Clinics
(North Dakota State University, 2015)The profession of nursing is respected and trustworthy, but certain nursing specialty fields are looked at less favorably than others. Abortion nursing can be highly stigmatized because of society’s ethical, religious, and ... -
Development of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses: A Case Study
(North Dakota State University, 2018)New graduate advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) face multiple challenges when entering an autonomous practice, including challenges acquiring clinical competency, gaining clinical knowledge regarding their specialty ...