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Impacting Practice Through Legislative Change: Removing Statutory Barriers for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses to Practice to the Fullest Extent of Their Education and Training
(2012-10-01)
This Doctor of Nursing Practice project focused on facilitating removal of a Nebraska State statute that limited advanced practice registered nurses’ (APRNs) ability to administer patient care to the full extent of their ...
Application of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Genetic Testing Guidelines for Hereditary Breast and/or Ovarian Cancer Syndrome in Primary Care
(2013-06-10)
Purpose: The purpose of this practice improvement project was to evaluate a primary care clinic’s implementation of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s (NCCN) genetic testing guideline for hereditary breast and/or ...
Heart Failure Nurse Practitioner Role Development and Proposal
(2013-06-11)
Heart failure (HF) is a debilitating chronic condition affecting millions of individuals and resulting in an overwhelming clinical and financial burden for Americans. The complexity of this chronic condition combined with ...
An Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Model of Care for Stroke Patients
(2013-06-05)
Stroke is the leading cause of adult disability and the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. Despite advances in research and technology there continues to be fragmentation of stroke care. The author proposed ...
Diabetes Quality Improvement Project in a Nurse Practitioner Led Safety Net Clinic Utilizing the Chronic Care Model
(2012-02-07)
Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement (QI) project was to create a sustainable QI program for type 2 diabetes utilizing the Chronic Care Model (CCM) in a small nurse practitioner led safety net clinic. The ...
Identifying and Removing Barriers to Practice for Nebraska Nurse Practitioners
(2014-01-30)
More than 171,000 Nurse Practitioners (NPs) in the U.S. provide health care services. Despite a 40-year history of providing safe and effective care, 32 states limit NP scope of practice, including Nebraska. The Affordable ...
COPD: Barriers to Effective Management
(2014-01-30)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is increasing in prevalence and is the third leading cause of death in the world (GOLD, 2011). Diagnosis and effective management of COPD is difficult for providers resulting ...
Examination of Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Competence and Confidence: Insight for Educational Programs and Faculty
(2017-08-17)
Purpose: The purpose of this pilot study was to determine any relationship between education level, type of educational program, number of clinical practice sites as a student, and time in practice with the self-reported ...
Assessing Health Literacy in Patients with Hypertension
(2018-05-12)
Background: Hypertension is the number one cardiac condition affecting approximately one in three American adults. Lifestyle modifications are the foundation to controlling blood pressure. However, barriers such as health ...
School Attendance and Childhood Cancer
(2018-04-11)
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to assess recommendations to assist providers and families on the decision of returning to school for pediatric oncology patients.|Background: Pediatric cancer affects over 13,000 ...