Stop Sepsis | Sepsis Toolkit For Skilled Nursing & Long-Term Care

Stop Sepsis | Sepsis Toolkit For Skilled Nursing & Long-Term Care

Sepsis remains the #1 diagnosis for admissions and readmissions and is the #1 facility-acquired infection related to hospitalization in North Dakota and South Dakota.  Understanding the early signs or the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is vital for all...
Communities That Care: Promoting Healthy Youth Development, Improving Outcomes and Reducing Problem Behaviors

Communities That Care: Promoting Healthy Youth Development, Improving Outcomes and Reducing Problem Behaviors

Communities That Care (CTC) is a community-based prevention system proven to reduce youth health and behavior problems community-wide. Most people want to help the young people in their community, but most do not know how. The CTC Framework focuses on utilizing...
Great Plains QIN CLAS Playbook: Understand. Identify. Create.

Great Plains QIN CLAS Playbook: Understand. Identify. Create.

The Great Plains QIN Playbook for providing Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) is intended for organizations who are just getting started and those who are well on their way. Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) are services...
Grant Applications for the Center for Dementia Respite Innovation to Offer Person-Centered Dementia Care to Local Respite Care Providers

Grant Applications for the Center for Dementia Respite Innovation to Offer Person-Centered Dementia Care to Local Respite Care Providers

Since its inception, the Alzheimer’s Association has been a leader in outlining principles and practices of quality care for individuals living with dementia. Early on, the Guidelines for Dignity described goals for quality care, followed by Key Elements of Dementia...
Take Charge of Your Health: Prevent Diabetes

Take Charge of Your Health: Prevent Diabetes

37.3 million Americans—or about 11.3% of the U.S. population—have diabetes.1 Diabetes Alert Day, observed on the fourth Tuesday of March each year, this year being March 26,  serves as a wake-up call to raise awareness about the risks of diabetes. In 2024, as we mark...
Access To Treatment For Opioid-Related Conditions In North Dakota | NDSU CAP Center ONE Program

Access To Treatment For Opioid-Related Conditions In North Dakota | NDSU CAP Center ONE Program

Buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone) and naloxone (Narcan) are effective harm-reduction medications used in the treatment of opioid-related conditions. Due to the rurality of North Dakota, ensuring access to treatment for opioid-related conditions is vital. Standing...