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Move For A Healthy Mind: A Program Of Peer-Led Physical Activity For Adolescents With Depression And Anxiety, Emily Edwards
Move For A Healthy Mind: A Program Of Peer-Led Physical Activity For Adolescents With Depression And Anxiety, Emily Edwards
Master's Projects and Capstones
The following discusses adolescent depression and anxiety and the utilization of physical activity as an intervention or coping mechanism. Adolescents have been experiencing increased rates of anxiety or depression diagnoses over the past roughly two decades. Adolescence is, physiologically, a formative period in the developmental stage from childhood to adulthood. Current barriers to achieving optimal mental health among the adolescent population include the stigmatization of mental health issues, lack of education, socioeconomic status and healthcare access. Further, physical activity has been studied and identified to be an effective treatment for individuals experiencing depression and anxiety. In an effort to treat …
Pain Management In Nursing Homes, Sachin Shrestha
Pain Management In Nursing Homes, Sachin Shrestha
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Scholarly Projects
Background: Pain is a leading cause of disability and a major contributor to health care costs. Over 85% of patients in nursing homes report pain on a daily basis (CDC, 2016). The rescheduling of hydrocodone to schedule II created an unprecedented challenge for physicians to write a triplicate prescription for patients in the nursing homes who required hydrocodone to manage pain. To circumvent the problem, one nursing home used Buprenorphine Transdermal System (BTDS) for pain management, which is a schedule III opioid analgesic that does not require the triplicate. Design and Method: A pre- and post- intervention design was utilized …
Sms-Text To Improve Medication Compliance Among Hypertensive African-Americans, Daytral Brown
Sms-Text To Improve Medication Compliance Among Hypertensive African-Americans, Daytral Brown
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Scholarly Projects
Background: Hypertension, the second leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), affects approximately 40% of African-Americans (Mansyur, Pavlik, Hyman, Taylor, & Goodrick, 2009). One well-known barrier to hypertension management among African-Americans is poor medication compliance (Ephraim et al., 2014; Solomon et al., 2015). The purpose of this project was to evaluate the effect of SMS-text messages on antihypertensive medication compliance and hypertension knowledge among hypertensive African-Americans with a known history of antihypertensive medication noncompliance. Methods: African-Americans (n=25), with a known history of hypertension and medication noncompliance, received 12 twice weekly SMS-text messages relating to hypertension knowledge and medication compliance. A …