RSS 1.0Nursing Student Papers (UMKC)
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Weight Management Program on Self-Esteem in Adolescent Females Classified as Obese
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)Today, nearly 20.5% of young people of in America are overweight or obese, affecting roughly 12.7 million children and adolescents. The obesity trend has been shown to be a precursor not only to physiological ailments ... -
Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in African American Women After Multiple Interventions
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)African American women are consistently diagnosed at later stages of breast and cervical cancer than Caucasian women, leading to increased morbidity and mortality rates. Although the mammogram and Papanikolaou (Pap) ... -
Heart Failure-Related Palliative Care through Education and Standardized Referral
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)Heart failure is a complex syndrome affecting over 5.7 million Americans. The annual cost of heart failure in the United States is $31 billion with much of that occurring toward the end of life. Providers struggle with ... -
Role of Multimodal Analgesia in Recovery and Acute Pain in Bariatric Surgery
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)Obesity affects pathophysiology causing cardiac, respiratory, and metabolic disorders. In modern societies, bariatric weight-loss surgical procedures are escalating, as surgery has become a treatment method for obesity. ... -
Pre-Diabetes Lifestyle Prevention Program to Decrease Development of Diabetes in Adults
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)This pilot quality improvement project for prediabetes adult patients in the family practice setting investigated if a lifestyle change intervention compared to no lifestyle intervention decreased hemoglobin A1C and ... -
Primary Care Heart Failure Education Program to Improve Quality of Life
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)Heart failure is a public health concern within today’s healthcare system at both the national and local level. As the prevalence of heart failure continues to rise, interventions on improving patient outcomes, reducing ... -
Using Telemedicine to Improve Breastfeeding Outcomes in the Primary Care Setting
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)Breastmilk is the most complete form of nutrition for most infants, and it is recommended that infants are exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life. Nationally, breastfeeding rates fall short of the goals ... -
Multimodal Intervention to Increase Advance Care Planning in Primary Care Medicare Patients
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)Advance care planning is the guideline recommended process which encourages adults to analyze values, identify goals, and articulate preferences for future medical care in order to protect autonomy in the event of ... -
Effecting Palliative Care for Chronic Kidney Disease Patients by Increasing Provider Knowledge
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)Chronic kidney disease affects over 30 million Americans. In addition, thousands of patients advance from chronic kidney disease to end stage renal disease annually, which can become fatal without renal replacement ... -
Evidence-Based Practice Asthma Education in Primary Care
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)Asthma affects more than 300 million people across the globe. The financial burden impacts individuals and their families as well as communities and health care systems. Although asthma education is a fundamental ... -
Toxic Stress Education for Pediatric Practitioners to Improve Health Outcomes
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)Toxic stress associated with adverse childhood experiences during childhood can have catastrophic lifelong neurobiological, social, and emotional effects and has been shown to decrease life expectancy up to 20 years. ... -
Reducing Risk for Cardiovascular Disease in African American Women
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)In the United States, African American women are at significant risk for cardiovascular disease, influenced by factors such as obesity, hypertension, sedentary lifestyle, and low socioeconomic status. This Doctor of ... -
Pediatric Oral Health Promotion in Primary Care Utilizing Standardized Education
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)Dental caries, or tooth decay, is experienced by 60-90% of children. The incidence increases in high-risk children, such as those from low socio-economic backgrounds who have limited access to dental care. A ... -
Education Utilization in Blood Pressure Management and Medication Adherence in Hypertensive Adults
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)Hypertension is a modifiable risk factor for serious chronic diseases including heart disease and stroke. Even with known benefits of hypertension management, only half of adults diagnosed have their blood pressure ... -
Improving Outcomes for Psychiatric Patients with Metabolic Syndrome: An Evidence Based Quality Initiative
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)Patients who are prescribed second generation antipsychotic medications are vulnerable and at an increased risk for developing metabolic syndrome (MetS). Metabolic syndrome is the development of obesity, hyperlipidemia, ... -
An Empowerment Program to Reduce Parental Distress and Neonatal Length of Stay
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)Over 400,000 preterm infants are born each year and taken to the neonatal intensive care unit which presents a caustic and intimidating environment for parents who struggle to adapt to the parenting role in a roller ... -
Improving Early Infant Feeding Practices with an Evidence Based Education Handout
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)Nearly half of all infants are introduced to solid food before the recommended age. The World Health Organization and American Academy of Pediatrics have established guidelines encouraging parents to delay solid food ... -
Stimulant Holidays in Children and Adolescents with ADHD: A Retrospective Study to Explore Variables in Parent and Prescriber Initiated Holidays
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)A stimulant holiday is an underutilized and under-researched intervention that could improve patient outcomes and patient and parent satisfaction to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder treatment. Given the pervasive ... -
An Educational Video Intervention to Increase Advance Care Planning Knowledge and Advance Directive Completion for Community-Dwelling Veterans
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)Advance Care Planning is the process by which patients with the healthcare provider and family establish values, goals, and preferences for future care. Advance Directives provide written documentation of patients ... -
The Effects of a Clinical Decision Support Software Program Stability Requirement on Glycemic Outcomes
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)Although dysglycemia has been linked to poor clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients, 30 50% of inpatients continue to have out-of-range glucose values. The use of clinical decision support software to manage intravenous ...