Purpose: The purpose of this project was to develop a comprehensive hepatitis C program in a rural Native American clinic in which no concrete screening or monitoring protocol exists.|Background: In the United States, ...

Objective: The purposes of this study were to: a.) determine differences in demographic, socioeconomic, and clinical variables of adult patients with heart failure that attend follow-up and those who do not and to: b.) to ...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of two feeding protocols. Both feeding protocols included the implementation of oral stimulation, the use of feeding readiness cues, and a quality of nippling ...

Background: Heart failure (HF) is a progressive, incurable, complex disease that limits both the physical and psychosocial qualities of life (Francis, Sonnenblick, Wilson Tang, & Poole-Wilson, 2008; Goldstein & Lynn, 2006). ...

This quality improvement program sought to institute a sustainable individual smoking cessation program in an urban, industrial workplace clinic. Smoking prevalence in adults in Nebraska greatly exceeds 12%, the goal ...

Developing nurse managed academic health clinics can address the call for expanded expert nursing care while providing an excellent clinical opportunity for both student and educator.|An extensive literature review was ...

Background: Practice guidelines exist for treatment of post-operative atrial fibrillation (PAOF); however, no accepted algorithm exists to guide treatment.|Objective: To determine if patients treated according to an ...