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Improving Adolescent Friendly Healthcare Services: Implementing Comprehensive Psychosocial Histories into Practice
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Adolescence is a unique period of rapid physical and psychosocial growth and development. Adolescents are most often physically healthy, but as a normal part of adolescent development the population commonly experiments ...
Improving Care for Depression as Provided in the Family Practice Setting
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
This Dissertation is a synthesis of current literature and guidelines to develop the Simplified Prescribing Tool. The Simplified Prescribing Tool provides a guide to treating depression within the Family Practice discipline. ...
Development of Prenatal Educational Library in the Somali Language for Family Healthcare
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
The purpose of the project was to develop a library of culturally sensitive, and language specific prenatal educational materials for Somali women at Family HealthCare (FHC). The educational materials were provided in both ...
Implementation of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test to Improve Practice in a Rural Primary Care Clinic
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
The purpose of the project was to improve patient care and the clinical practice at the Barnesville Area Clinic (BAC) by introducing the providers to a guided method of evidence-based alcohol screening and brief intervention ...
Primary Care Resource and Referral Guide for Children 4-11 Years of Age with ADHD
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
The practice-improvement project (PIP) assessed five family nurse practitioners and one
pediatrician regarding the use and evaluation of a community treatment guideline packet.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ...
Evaluating an Evidence-Based Prevention Program Delivered by Primary-Care Providers and In-Home Nurse Visits: The Period of Purple Crying, an Abusive Head-Trauma Prevention Program
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) is an abusive head injury where an infant is submitted to severe, repetitive acceleration-deceleration forces with or without blunt impact to the head (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...
Designing a Hypertension Management Program for Family Healthcare
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
The purpose of the practice improvement project was to determine the hypertension management needs of the Family HealthCare (FHC) clinic in Fargo, ND by staff interviews, observation, and data review as well as to develop ...
Development of Interprofessional Education Modules for Implementation into the Doctor of Nursing Practice Curriculum
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
In today’s health care system, professionals must work together to achieve a common goal of improving patient care. Studies have shown that patients and families report lack of care coordination that result in repeat tests ...
Development of an Algorithm for Adolescent Bariatric Surgery
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Childhood obesity has become a national epidemic and children are diagnosed with co-morbidities once only associated with adults. Despite current interventions, children continue to exude poor diet and physical activity ...
Implementing Clinical Practice Guidelines in Family Practice: Caring for Children with ADHD
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
The purpose of this Practice Improvement Project was to promote evidence-based
practice in caring for children ages 4-18 with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
in the family practice setting. The American ...