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Malinda Teague

Assistant Clinical Professor in the School of Nursing
School of Nursing
307 Trent Drive, DUMC 3322, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications


Successful Late Preterm Infant Education for WIC Breastfeeding Support: HUG Your Baby’s Digital Training and Resources

Journal Article Clinical Lactation · December 1, 2025 Objective: Late preterm infants (LPIs) have increased medical complications, lower breastfeeding rates, and confusing infant behaviors. Lactation professionals need current information and resources about LPIs to enhance LPIs’ outcomes and their parents’ c ... Full text Cite

Crosswalk Analysis of Existing Nurse Practitioner Populations and Emergency Nurse Practitioner Competencies: An Executive Summary.

Journal Article Advanced emergency nursing journal · October 2025 As the number of nurse practitioners working in emergency care (ENP) has grown over the past decade, the alignment of ENP knowledge, skills, and abilities with those of the NP populations has not been fully explored. To identify overlapping themes among th ... Full text Cite

Advanced Clinical Activities in Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Majors

Journal Article Journal for Nurse Practitioners · May 1, 2025 The purpose of this project was to identify how frequently nurse practitioner (NP) students in primary care clinical experiences performed advanced clinical activities. We conducted a 5-year retrospective analysis of clinical logs from students in 4 popula ... Full text Cite

Telemedicine Visits After Hospital Discharge in Children With Medical Complexity

Journal Article Journal for Nurse Practitioners · February 1, 2025 Children with medical complexity utilize health care at increased rates, and their caregivers feel unprepared to care for their child at home. Through a pretest/posttest design, this quality improvement project explored using telemedicine following hospita ... Full text Cite

Implementing an Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening Tool With Migrant Children: A Quality Improvement Project Using the PEARLS Screening Tool.

Journal Article Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners · January 2025 BackgroundImmigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees live with extreme stress, consistent vulnerability, and life-long health consequences. Children in these populations face an increased risk of poor mental health because of adverse childhood exper ... Full text Cite

Decreasing Social Media Use Through Motivational Interviewing: A Pediatric Primary Care Quality Improvement Project.

Journal Article Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners · November 2024 BackgroundSocial media use has been correlated to worsening anxiety and depression in teenagers.Local problemIn the United Staes, social media is frequently used amongst adolescents, and rates of anxiety and depression in this population ... Full text Cite

Addressing Pediatric Toxic Stress During Initial Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Evaluations

Journal Article Journal for Nurse Practitioners · February 1, 2024 Assessing for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)/toxic stress (TS) is vital to comprehensive care for pediatric patients; however, no current national guidelines for pediatric ACEs/TS screening exist. Because of the similarity in externalizing behaviors ... Full text Cite

Incorporating a Patient Education Video With Provider Consultation to Improve Patient Satisfaction and Reduce Consultation Time Among New Patients Seeking Cosmetic Injections.

Journal Article Plastic and aesthetic nursing · April 2023 The field of aesthetics is expanding more rapidly than ever before, bringing with it an influx of new-to-aesthetics patients who lack industry knowledge. We investigated ways to bridge this gap in knowledge and provide patients with important procedural in ... Full text Cite

HUG Your Baby: Preparing Nurse Practitioner Students to Support Breastfeeding

Journal Article Journal for Nurse Practitioners · February 1, 2023 Breastfeeding is known to have numerous benefits for both mothers and infants. Although the United States reports high breastfeeding initiation rates after birth, the rates of continuation are quite low at both 6 and 12 months. Breastfeeding support in the ... Full text Cite

Evaluation of the Impact of Optical Coherence Tomography on Pediatrician Otologic Examination Judgment.

Journal Article OTO open · January 2023 Accurate diagnosis of otitis media is imperative to judicious antibiotic prescription. Visualization of the tympanic membrane and accurate identification of middle ear effusion with standard otoscopy is inherently challenging in pediatrics, especially in t ... Full text Cite

Adolescent mental health: A guide for the primary care provider

Journal Article Women’s Healthcare: A Clinical Journal for NPs · April 13, 2022 This article provides an overview of the prevalence of and risks for depression and anxiety among adolescents in the United States, evidence-based resources for evaluation of these young patients, and management options available when such conditio ... Full text Cite

An Evaluation of Websites Offering Caregiver Education for Tracheostomy and Home Mechanical Ventilation.

Journal Article Journal of pediatric nursing · January 2021 BackgroundParental and familial caregivers of a child with a tracheostomy, and possibly home mechanical ventilation (HMV), face the overwhelming task of learning to medically care for their child prior to discharge. Caregivers may cope by seeking ... Full text Cite

Sleep Evaluation in the Assessment of Pediatric Attention Deficit Disorders.

Journal Article Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners · May 2019 IntroductionExamining the impact of appropriate sleep evaluation on diagnosis of attention deficit disorders can improve the standard of care in pediatrics. This quality improvement project examined current practice and subsequent implementation o ... Full text Cite

Pediatric rheumatologic diseases: A review for primary care NPs.

Journal Article The Nurse practitioner · September 2017 Rheumatologic diseases are uncommon in children but have the potential for significant morbidity, mortality, and disability. This article reviews the most common rheumatologic diseases in children, their diagnostic evaluations, and the NP's role in the man ... Full text Cite