Browsing Nursing Doctoral Work by Issue Date
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Improving Stroke Care and Patient Outcomes in a Rural Minnesota Hospital
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Approximately 795,000 Americans suffer from a stroke each year which results in about 25% of these patients dying, and 15–30% remain permanently disabled. The direct and indirect costs of stroke care exceed $73 billion ... -
Increasing Provider Awareness and Knowledge about Preconception Care to Women of Reproductive Age
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Infant morbidity and mortality are important indicators of the overall health of a nation. The United States ranks 26th among 29 developed countries, with an infant mortality rate of 6.1 per 1,000 live births (MacDorman, ... -
Improving Resident Assistants Knowledge about Eating Disorders on a College Campus
(North Dakota State University, 2016)As many as 30 million people in the United States have struggled with an eating disorder (National Eating Disorder Association [NEDA], n.d.). Anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and binge eating disorder (BED) ... -
Increasing LARC Utilization through Standardized Contraception Education
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Reducing unintended pregnancy is an important goal for any woman of childbearing age and optimizing contraceptive effectiveness should be a priority for healthcare providers serving this population. One subset of this ... -
Assessing the Health Needs of Women Reentering the Community After Incarceration
(North Dakota State University, 2017)This dissertation work, guided by the social ecological model, sought to assess the physical, mental, social, and spiritual health needs of women reentering the community after incarceration from the perspective of the ... -
Enhancing the Orientation Process for Nurse Practitioners Entering Primary Care
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Novice nurse practitioners (NNPs) face many challenges when transitioning to practice, which include, but are not limited to, time management, interprofessional relationships, role ambiguity, transition shock, inconsistent ... -
Screening for Bipolar Disorder in the Primary Care Setting Using the Mood Disorder Questionnaire
(North Dakota State University, 2017)The majority of patients who have mental health needs are seen by their primary care provider (PCP) for treatment. In 2014, an estimated 6.6% of adults in the United States met diagnostic criteria for a major depressive ... -
Implementing a Comprehensive Diabetes and Depression Program at Family Health Care
(North Dakota State University, 2017)The purpose of this project was to improve outcomes of patients with type 2 diabetes and depression at a federally qualified healthcare center (FQHC) primary care clinic by creating and implementing a functional, sustainable ... -
Screening for Skin Cancer in Primary Care: Implementation of Dermoscopy
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Skin cancer affects millions of individuals each year. Cutaneous malignant melanoma, which only accounts for a small portion of all skin cancers, is the most serious and is associated with the highest mortality. Education ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Chronic Pain Management: Implementing Best Practice Strategies
(North Dakota State University, 2017)The purpose of this project was to improve the monitoring of chronic pain patients at a rural primary care clinic by creating and implementing a chronic pain flow sheet and pain visit template within the electronic health ... -
COPE: Evaluation of a School-Based Intervention to Improve the Overall Mental Health, Resiliency, and Social-Emotional Development of Rural North Dakota Adolescent Youth
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Approximately one in every four to five adolescent youth are affected by anxiety or depression yet fewer than 25% of adolescent youth are getting the mental health treatment they need (Foy, 2010). Without the ability to ... -
Increasing Awareness and Knowledge About Ovarian Cancer to Enhance Health Outcomes of Women
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer death among women in the U.S. and kills approximately 14,000 women each year (Nezhat et al., 2015). Survival increases with early diagnosis; the five-year survival rate ... -
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 ... -
Osteoporosis Treatment Based on Fracture Risk: A Quality of Care Study
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Osteoporosis is a condition that decreases bone density and is more commonly found in elderly women due to estrogen depletion. The decrease in bone density puts patients at risk for fragility fractures, or fractures with ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Developing and Implementing an Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patient and Sleep Study Patient Education Video in a Sleep Medicine Clinic
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Patient education is the catalyst to raise patient competence in self-care and health management and may be the most important action performed by healthcare providers as they seek to empower patients towards better health ...