Background: The surgeon general states that skin cancer is a key public health problem. Skin cancer is highly preventable; however, it is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States.|Purpose: The purpose of ...

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 Health ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Problem: Diabetes is becoming an epidemic with increasing numbers of patients diagnosed each year. Deshpande, Harris-Hayes, and Schootman (2008) clarify that diabetes is a chronic metabolic condition that has a trend of ...

Problem: Heart failure is an increasingly common and costly disease affecting nearly 5 million American adults. A significant percentage of these individuals are hospitalized, treated, and discharged to the community, ...

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 ...