Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Nursing
Improving Adolescent Risk Behavior Screening: Implementation Of The I-Cloud Rapid Assessment Adolescent Preventive Screening (Raaps) Tool, Donna L. Rinker
Improving Adolescent Risk Behavior Screening: Implementation Of The I-Cloud Rapid Assessment Adolescent Preventive Screening (Raaps) Tool, Donna L. Rinker
Doctoral Projects
Adolescents are engaging in risky behaviors earlier contributing to 75% of adolescent morbidity and mortality with unintentional injuries listed as the most common cause of death among this population in the United States. It is reported that engaging in more than one risk behavior will lead to other risk behaviors resulting in the rise of indirect and direct costs in society today. The scholarly project was conducted in response to a midwestern Michigan primary care clinic need to improve the early identification and documentation of adolescent risk behaviors with evidence-based technology screening. The purpose of this quality improvement project was …
Implementation Of An Evidence-Based Process For The Management Of Concussions In Adolescent Patients For A Primary Care Office, Ashley D. Karczewski
Implementation Of An Evidence-Based Process For The Management Of Concussions In Adolescent Patients For A Primary Care Office, Ashley D. Karczewski
Doctoral Projects
The number of recreation and sports-related concussions (SRC) are estimated at 3.8 million every year in the United States. Recently, widespread media attention has been paid to concussion, and with this there has been a rise in adolescents with SRC seeking health care. Primary care providers are often the first to evaluate and provide treatment for adolescents with concussion. Despite the abundance of literature on concussions, there has been little empirical data to support management practices for this patient population. The purpose of the project was to provide an evidence-based process along with a clinical decision support tool to the …