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Promoting Confidence in Pressure Injury Management in Rural Long-term Care
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Despite prevention efforts, pressure injuries (PIs) remain prevalent across care settings and impose significant burden on affected individuals and the entire healthcare system. Many individuals, including those who live ...
Advance Care Planning and Advance Directives: Implementing Online Education for Healthcare Providers
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Advance directives (ADs) summarize goals or preferences for future care regarding life-sustaining treatment and designates a surrogate decision-maker in the event a patient is unable to make healthcare decisions. These ...
Barriers to Seeking Preventative Care for Men Living in Rural North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
The purpose of this evidence-based practice improvement project (PIP) was to identify perceived barriers to seeking primary and preventative healthcare by males living in a rural North Dakota community. Research has shown ...
Influenza Vaccination Rates in Primary Care
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Influenza is a common and highly contagious upper respiratory illness that affects an average of 8% of Americans each season. The flu was associated with 18 million medical visits, 400,000 hospitalizations, and 22,000 ...
Prediabetes: Provider Awareness and the Implementation of the Prevent Diabetes STAT Toolkit Resources
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Increased proactivity and improved management of prediabetes is a growing need amongst providers in the primary care setting. Nearly one third of North Dakota residents over the age of 20 have prediabetes, but only one out ...
Screening for Noise Induced Hearing Loss in Agricultural Workers and Farmers
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health hearing loss is the third most prevalent condition after high blood pressure and arthritis in the United States (U.S.) (NIOSH, 2019). An estimated 22 ...
Childhood Obesity Prevention: Infant Nutrition and Feeding Education
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Childhood obesity is a global concern, as of 2020 it affected 39 million children under the age of five. Obesity increases the risk of developing many health problems, including type-2 diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, ...
Adolescent Mental Health: A Community Needs Assessment
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
Depression among adolescents has been trending upward with approximately 3.2 million adolescents aged 12-17 having at least one major depressive episode in the United States (U.S.) in 2016. The incidence of depression also ...