Developed by Kelly Casler in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Kansas School of Nursing. The idea for this project was sparked by the fact that she was seeing an increasing amount of patients in clinical practice with NAFLD, but had limited knowledge on how to manage the chronic disease. Consults with primary care colleagues and an early review of the literature made her realize she wasn’t alone and there was a significant knowledge gap regarding NAFLD. To solve the problem, an advanced clinical residency in both an obesity clinic and hepatology service was combined with a literature review to develop content for this toolkit. Multiple experts reviewed the toolkit for accuracy and five primary care clinical faculty provided pilot review. This project could not have become a reality without the help from the below individuals. For comments on this toolkit email Kelly at nurseKEL879@gmail.com
Doctoral Project Committee
- Kelly Bosak, PhD, ANP, chair – Associate Professor – University of Kansas School of Nursing
- Karen Trees, DNP, FNP, CNM – Assistant Professor – University of Kansas School of Nursing
- Melissa Laycock, MSN, NP-BC Family Nurse Practitioner – University of Kansas Liver Center
Acknowledgements
for expert review and input:
- Winston Dunn, MD – (hepatology content) University of Kansas Medical Center Liver Clinic
- Louis Fogg, PhD (statistical oversight) – Rush University College of Nursing
- Amy Kennet, MS, RD, LD (dietary education content) – University of Kansas Hospital
- Lucinda Whitney, DNP, PMHNP (motivational interviewing content)- University of Kansas School of Nursing
for use of their NAFLD survey in project evaluation:
- Elizabeth Powell, PhD and Preya Patel – Princess Alexandra Hospital/University of Queensland – Queensland, Australia
for pilot review of the toolkit
- Primary care clinical faculty at the University of Kansas School of Nursing
for support of this project
- Association of Missouri Nurse Practitioners – especially those of you who responded to my request to participate in the evaluation component! Thank you!!!