The Graduate Nursing Project collection includes Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Scholarly Projects and Master's students' non-thesis projects submitted as part of program requirements.
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Lifestyle Medicine: Promoting a Sustainable Community-Based Nutrition Program in Logan, Utah | Nielsen, Kellie Rogers | 2016 | It is widely recognized that the ‘Western diet' is associated with an increased prevalence of obesity, diabetes, CVD and many types of cancer, and effective strategies to improve such dietary patterns are a public health priority. Coupled with personal health risk, the growing obesity epidemic thr... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Primary Care: Filling the Gap for Stage I & II Early Stage Breast Cancer Follow-up | Bond-Jorgensen, Stacy | 2015 | With earlier detection, more women are being diagnosed with early stage breast cancer and these women all need follow-up care. Simultaneously, there are concerns about a projected shortage in the work force of oncology specialists to care for these patients. Primary care providers can fill the gap f... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving Adherence to Evidence-Based Metabolic Monitoring for Patients Taking Second Generation Antipsychotics (SGAs) in Primary Care | Askerlund, Robert N. | 2015 | This project was designed to improve fidelity to ADA/APA metabolic monitoring guidelines for patients taking SGAs. Second Generation Antipsychotics demonstrate a high affinity for serotonin 2c/1a, histamine and muscarinic receptors which frequently lead to dyslipidemia, diabetes, and obesity. As a r... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Screening for Impaired Glucose Tolerance in the Adolescent Population | Toone, Keira | 2014 | Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) occurs when the body's cells are not able to effectively utilize available insulin. As a result, plasma glucose levels are elevated, but not considered high enough for a diagnosis of diabetes. This occurs in about 16% of the adolescent population in the United States... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Teaching Infection Prevention Using Concept Mapping Learning Strategies | Anderson, Peggy H. | 2013 | Infection prevention challenges are encountered in all hospital settings. Daily clinical interactions frequently expose nurses to microorganisms that can result in healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) for a patient. The relationship between infections as a result of healthcare and susceptible pat... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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A Treatment Guideline for the Management of Dyslipidemia at the Hope Clinic | Heckel, Geoffrey J. | 2013 | Dyslipidemia is a major independent risk factor for the development of coronary heart disease, the current leading cause of death in the United States. Despite wide dissemination of the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines and strong evidence supporting the cli... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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