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Dying As An Individual: A Call For A Patient-Centered Approach To Hospice Care Research, Sarah Nicole Nebel
Dying As An Individual: A Call For A Patient-Centered Approach To Hospice Care Research, Sarah Nicole Nebel
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This investigation focuses on patients' perspectives of hospice care as relating to the communication of the wholistic1 health care approach defined in the mission of hospice care. Given research reveals that the communication of wholistic health care is affected by factors such as individual patient health, social support systems, and interdisciplinary teams (IDTs), this study aims to examine whether the original hospice mission has been met, maintained, or communicated to hospice patients. Semi-structured, open-ended interview questions explore patients' perceptions of wholistic care and interdependence with the participants, in their health care. Responses reflected that patients are unaware of all the …
The Influence Of Humor On Approach And Avoidance Motivation, Stuart Jenkins Daman
The Influence Of Humor On Approach And Avoidance Motivation, Stuart Jenkins Daman
ETD Archive
Approach and avoidance motivation have been used to study many phenomena, but no research has yet investigated the influence of humor on approach and avoidance motivation. The feelings associated with humor are also associated with situations high in safety and low in threat. These sorts of situations are likely to result in decreases in avoidance motivation. Participants viewed either a humorous video clip or a mundane video clip and then completed a series of self-report measures to assess levels of approach and avoidance motivation. Contrary to expectations, composites of measures of approach and avoidance motivation were not influenced by the …
A Systematic Approach To An Integrated Curriculum Model For Dental Education, Tanis Maria Stewart
A Systematic Approach To An Integrated Curriculum Model For Dental Education, Tanis Maria Stewart
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine the degree of curriculum integration within dental schools in North America. The intent of the study was to determine how an adaptation of the Fogarty (1991) framework of integration exhibits itself in dental education; An electronic survey conducted of the Academic Deans of dental schools in the United States and Canada resulted in a response rate of 54.09% (33/61). Frequencies, chi-square and Spearman rho (p) correlation coefficient were used for the statistical analyses of data; All survey respondents reported that their curricula include all levels of integration which comprise the adapted …
A Qualitative Case Study Approach To Define And Identify Perceived Challenges Of Knowledge Management For Casino Hotel Industry, Ming-Lun Lee
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The overall goal of this study is to analyze and establish the importance of KM applications in the hotel industry, with two purposes in mind. The first is to explore hotel organizations' awareness and perceptions of KM applications. The second purpose is to identify casino hotel executives' perceived challenges of KM. Qualitative case studies and descriptive research designs with interviews were applied to accomplish the study objectives; Case study subjects' perceptions regarding KM definitions, KM functions, and expected benefits of KM were identified and discussed. Casino hotel executives perceive knowledge sharing, change resistance, and knowledge transfer major challenges of KM. …
A System Dynamics Approach To Water Resources Planning And Management In South Florida, Dinesh Kumar Prashar
A System Dynamics Approach To Water Resources Planning And Management In South Florida, Dinesh Kumar Prashar
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The primary aim of this research is to test a number of policy options to reduce water consumption in agricultural and municipal sectors, and quantify its impact on environmental supply. A System Dynamics model is developed to evaluate the sustainability of agricultural, municipal, and environmental water demands in South Florida. Performance criteria of vulnerability, resilience, and reliability, are used to measure the success of the policies. In addition, scenarios with varying precipitation and population growth rates are generated to account for uncertainty; The status-quo simulations run from 1970 to 2050 show a reduction in environmental flows after 2010. That can …