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Hepatitis C Prevalence in a Native American Reservation Clinic: Impact of a Screening and Monitoring Program
(2014-06-03)
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, ...
Follow-Up after Heart Failure Hospitalization: Attendance and Effects of Timing and Provider Type on Readmission Rates
(2014-01-30)
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 ...
Evaluation of Cue-Based Oral Feeding Protocols for the Preterm Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
(2014-01-30)
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 ...
African American Heart Failure Patients’ Perspective on Palliative Care in the Outpatient Setting
(2014-06-03)
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). ...
A Health Coach Industrial Workplace Smoking Cessation Quality Improvement Program for Individuals
(2014-06-03)
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 ...
Development of a Nurse Managed Academic Health Clinic: A Model in Merging Education and Practice
(2014-05-21)
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 ...
Post-Operative Atrial Fibrillation: Evaluation Based on an Evidence-Based Treatment Algorithm
(2014-05-21)
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 ...