Browsing Nursing Doctoral Work by Issue Date
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Addressing Cervical Cancer Disparities Among American Indian Women: Implementing an Educational Module for Healthcare Providers
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Many minority populations throughout the United States experience significant cancer-related disparities affecting their quality of life. American Indians represent one group of individuals who experience significant ... -
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 ... -
Standardized Postpartum Depression Screening and Treatment
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Postpartum depression affects 7 to 20% of women in the first year after giving birth. Unfortunately, over 50% of women experiencing postpartum depression go untreated due to lack of detection, placing the woman and child ... -
Implementing Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatments into Bemidji Dialysis
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatments (POLST) is changing the way we approach the end of life. POLST is a tool used to have conversations about end-of-life planning that includes patients, patient's families, 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 ... -
Emergency Care Education for Advanced Practice Providers in Rural Critical Access Hospitals
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Providing high quality and safe emergency care to patients in rural communities has become a complex and challenging problem. In the face of workforce shortages in emergency medicine, advanced practice providers (APPs) ... -
Addressing Student Depression on Campus: Barriers and Assets
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Prevalence of depression among college students is noted to be approximately 30% per college and university campus with an overall national average for severe psychological problems, including depression, at approximately ... -
Success Through Transition: A Transition Planning Checklist for Diabetes Care Transition
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Adolescence is one the most challenging stages for a person with Type 1diabetes. Despite the significant importance of tailoring healthcare services to adolescents’ unique needs including their rapid psychosocial growth ... -
Assessment and Management of Concussion in Young Athletes: A Primary Care Module
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Concussion is a common sports injury in young athletes with the potential to cause negative consequence for the athlete due to improper concussion management and premature return-to-play. Primary care providers are often ... -
Implementation of Fluoride Varnish as a Quality Improvement Intervention for Primary Care Providers in a Rural Pediatric Population
(North Dakota State University, 2015)The purpose of this study was to study implementation of preventive oral health interventions by primary care providers in a rural pediatric population. Acknowledgement of dental caries as a preventable communicable disease ... -
Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale: Implementation in a Primary Care Setting
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a chronic, highly prevalent, neurodevelopment disorder in children, which often persists into adulthood. A gap exists among healthcare providers' knowledge of adult ADHD ... -
The Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Problem
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Fruit and vegetable consumption is an essential component of a healthy diet and one of the most modifiable risk factors for chronic disease. Only a small percentage of the world’s population consumes the recommended amount ... -
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 ... -
Looking Beyond the Question ‘Do You Feel Safe at Home?': What Healthcare Providers Need to Know to Identify, Support, and Appropriately Refer Female Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
(North Dakota State University, 2016)The purpose of this practice improvement project was to educate healthcare providers about Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). The World Health Organization (WHO) (2014) created a clinical handbook for healthcare providers. ... -
Eating Disorder Screening, Evaluation, and Referral in the Primary Care Setting
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Nearly one person out of 20 is at risk of developing an eating disorder in his or her lifetime. Young teens and young adults are at the greatest risk of developing an eating disorder, as peak onset is between the ages of ... -
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 ... -
Screening for Youth Depression in Primary Care
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Video summarizing Ph.D. dissertation for a non-specialist audience. -
Screening for Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Rural Farmers
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is one of the most common occupational health diseases. Noise-induced hearing loss is also the second most common occupational illness or injury in the United States today (Centers for ... -
Essential Oil Education for Healthcare Providers
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Patient use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has been increasing in the United States for a variety of reasons. Many patients perceive CAM as easier to understand, natural, and safer than conventional medicine. ... -
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 ...