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Stress Overload / Coping In Ric Undergrad Nursing Students, Cynthia Dutt
Stress Overload / Coping In Ric Undergrad Nursing Students, Cynthia Dutt
Honors Projects
The purpose of this project was to conduct a preliminary assessment in order to obtain baseline data in regard to stress and coping mechanisms among Rhode Island College undergraduate nursing students. Common stressors, stress levels and coping mechanisms among undergraduate nursing students were identified. Appropriate evidence-based methods were provided as a resource to the undergraduate nursing student participants to assist with coping with their stressors. This project surveyed Rhode Island College undergraduate nursing students in a quantitative and qualitative fashion by having them answer the Student Nurse Stress Index (SNSI) (Jones & Johnston, 1999) and answer open-ended questions in relation …
Implicit Bias In Student Nurses, Sarah French
Implicit Bias In Student Nurses, Sarah French
Honors Projects
The purpose of this project was to identify student nurses' implicit bias across vulnerable populations in healthcare including age, weight, and mental illness. Implicit bias occurs when individuals have attitudes toward or treat people differently based on associated stereotypes without being consciously aware of this. This project surveyed student nurses at Rhode Island College in a quantitative fashion about implicit bias using the implicit association test (IAT) and qualitatively using a corresponding survey about explicit beliefs. The goal was to identify where nursing students bias lies and discuss the long term effects implicit bias has on their future as professionals …