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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Disaster Preparedness of Rural Healthcare Providers
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
The purpose of this project was to identify the current status of education/training of rural health care providers and identify gaps in training/education to better prepare rural providers to care for victims of disasters. ...
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 ...