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Predicting Outcomes Of American Youths' Shift Toward E-Cigarette Use, D J. Resendez
Predicting Outcomes Of American Youths' Shift Toward E-Cigarette Use, D J. Resendez
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
There has been a shift toward e-cigarette use and away from tobacco smoking among American youth. Despite effects of ongoing public health campaigns that bring attention to the harmful effects of tobacco and nicotine use generally, youths might not perceive e-cigarette use to be unhealthful in terms of psychological functioning. This study was an investigation of the impact of the method of tobacco use (cigarette or e-cigarette), past cessation attempts, cravings or needs to use tobacco, and serious cognitive difficulties, upon youths' intentions concerning future tobacco usage. The conceptual framework was based upon the self-medication hypothesis, biopsychosocial model, and social …
Nursing Staff Development For Novice Nurse Practitioners In Acute Care, Carolyn Berglund
Nursing Staff Development For Novice Nurse Practitioners In Acute Care, Carolyn Berglund
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
An acute care practice site reported 75% turnover of novice nurse practitioners (NPs),
which indicated a gap in the transition from student to practitioner within the first year of
clinical practice. This gap can leave novice NPs unprepared to manage patients
effectively and contribute to high turnover. The practice-focused question addressed
whether an evidence-based staff development program for novice NPs at an acute care
site could be developed. The purpose of this project was to create a framework based on
evidence to transition novice NPs successfully into practice. Benner's skill-acquisition
in-nursing theory informed this project. Evidence was obtained by searching …
Contributors To The Development Of Intercultural Competence In Nursing Students, Esther Zazzi
Contributors To The Development Of Intercultural Competence In Nursing Students, Esther Zazzi
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Nurses deal more effectively with cultural diversity when they have an ethnorelative orientation toward cultural difference and commonality on the Intercultural Development Continuum, which was the theoretical framework of this study. Scholarly literature shows limited knowledge on what fosters nurses' intercultural development. Thus, this quantitative, retrospective study was the first investigation in health care in Switzerland conducted on nursing students' orientation on the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) and the relationship to student demographic variables. The sample for this secondary data analysis consisted of the IDI results from nursing students enrolled between 2010 and 2016 at the largest nursing college in …
Retention Strategies To Prepare And Maintain Talent For Future Leadership Roles, Shagranda M. Traveler
Retention Strategies To Prepare And Maintain Talent For Future Leadership Roles, Shagranda M. Traveler
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Retaining qualified talent is essential to organizational leaders' ability to maintain a
competitive advantage. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the
retention strategies that financial managers used to prepare and maintain talent to assume
future leadership roles. The conceptual framework that grounded this study was the
transformational leadership theory. The research participants were financial managers
from 5 financial services businesses located in the southern region of the United States
with a minimum of 5 years of management experience and at least 3 direct reports. Data
were collected from semistructured interviews, observations, and review of annual
reports, …