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Best Practice Recommendations for Transitioning Adolescent Foster Girls | Butters, Cindy | 2013 | Girls that are emancipated from foster care upon reaching adulthood represent an underserved U.S. population. Acute and chronic health disparities seen among emancipated girls include increased rates of unplanned and early pregnancy, STIs, intimate partner violence, mental illness, and substance abu... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Evaluation and Management of New-Onset Unprovoked Pediatric Seizures: A Guide for Primary Care Providers | Baxter, Nicole | 2013 | Seizures are a frightening and potentially life threatening neurological occurrence that Primary Care Providers are ill prepared to evaluate and manage. Although febrile seizures and the role of the Primary Care Provider in managing them are well defined, there are currently no clear guidelines for ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving Access to Healthcare for Utah Medicaid Clients: The Role of Utah Nurse Practitioners | Garcia, Leigh Anne | 2013 | Utah has been identified as a state with an inadequate supply of primary care providers and, as a result, will be challenged to meet the health care needs of its population. The healthcare demands of the state will continue to increase due to overall population growth as well as a growing population... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Improving Spirituality Assessment in Primary Care Using the FICA Assessment Tool | Davenport, Brian | 2013 | Spirituality has historically had a place in health and healing. Researchers have documented numerous health benefits that are associated with spiritual health: lower incidence of cancer, better outcomes from cancer treatments, lower blood pressure, improved cardiac outcomes, better quality of life,... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Integrating Autism-Specific Screening in Primary Care | Allen, Natalie | 2013 | Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are among the most commonly diagnosed childhood developmental disabilities. More children are diagnosed with ASD than AIDS, cancer and diabetes combined (Autism Speaks, 2013). There are three subtypes of ASD according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel of Mental... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Employed In the Primary Care Setting to Treat Anxiety and Depression | Erickson, Sean Michael | 2013 | Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), a treatment for psychological distress, depressive symptoms, and anxiety for people with chronic disease, is rapidly growing in popularity in the United States (Bohlmeijer, Prenger, Taal, & Cuijpers, 2010). MBSR is a structured 8-10 week, group program with... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS |
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Pediatric Obesity: A Project to Increase Community and Provider Awareness in Grant County, Oregon | Clark, Shawna A. | 2013 | As the pediatric obesity epidemic escalates, multi-faceted interventions at primary care and community levels will likely be required, and practitioners have an obligatory role in the identification, education, and treatment of this growing problem. A comprehensive approach to the prevention and man... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Preconception Care in the Primary Care Setting | Unger, Adrienne | 2013 | Approximately half of all pregnancies are unplanned. This statistic alone indicates the importance of preconception counseling for all women of childbearing age, regardless of pregnancy plans. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends risk assessment and counseling for all women of childbearin... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Provider and Patient Education on the Signs, Symptoms, and Diagnostic Criteria of Inflammatory Breast Cancer | Solomon, Daphne | 2013 | Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is the most aggressive and deadly form of breast cancer. IBC was once a universally fatal disease, but today the 5-year survival is 30-40% (Bond, Connoly, & Asci, 2010). IBC is 1% - 6% of all breast cancer diagnoses. Rarity breeds unfamiliarity in both providers and ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Raising High School Students' Awareness of Nurse Practitioners and Interest in Becoming Nurse Practitioners as a Means to Addressing the Primary Care Shortage | Coy, Jen | 2013 | The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts the primary care physician shortage will be 21,000 by 2015 (HealthReform.gov, 2012). Sixty million people, almost one out of every five Americans, do not have adequate access to care due to the lack of primary care providers (Kaiseredu.org, 2011)... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |