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Further Validation Of The Body-Mind-Spirit Wellness Behavior And Characteristic Inventory For College Students, Nicole Mareno, Kathy James Nov 2010

Further Validation Of The Body-Mind-Spirit Wellness Behavior And Characteristic Inventory For College Students, Nicole Mareno, Kathy James

Nicole Mareno

Health promotion is a vital component of college health programs. College health professionals are challenged to find cost-effective, comprehensive measures to assess wellness and risk behaviors. Hettler’s 1979 Six Dimension of Wellness Model guided this inquiry. Physical, emotional, intellectual, occupational, social, and spiritual wellness dimensions were measured by the Body-Mind-Spirit Wellness Behavior and Characteristic Inventory (BMS-WBCI). This study aimed to further validate the BMS-WBCI by reporting reliability as internal consistency of the scale when used to measure wellness in a sample of college students. A descriptive cross-sectional design was utilized. A convenience sample of 106 college students from a small, …

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Interdepartmental Simulation Collaboration In Academia: Exploring Partnerships With Other Disciplines, Janet Willhaus Oct 2010

Interdepartmental Simulation Collaboration In Academia: Exploring Partnerships With Other Disciplines, Janet Willhaus

Janet Willhaus

Multidisciplinary collaboration provides opportunities for growth in any simulation program. Simulation coordinators pursuing excellence may find unlikely partners among health care and non–health care professionals. Non-nursing collaborations can offer students, faculty, and simulation coordinators fresh views about simulation in an interdisciplinary climate. Examples of cooperative work with instructors and researchers in radiology, sports medicine, and criminal justice studies are described. Sports medicine students participated in scenarios involving a school-aged child with a spontaneous pneumothorax, a coach who was having a stroke, a pregnant yoga instructor experiencing an asthma attack, and a football player who had been momentarily unconscious after a …

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Ways To Enhance Children's Activity And Nutrition (We Can)--A Pilot Project With Latina Mothers, Kathy James, Cynthia Connelly, Luz Garcia, Nicole Mareno, Janice Baietto Sep 2010

Ways To Enhance Children's Activity And Nutrition (We Can)--A Pilot Project With Latina Mothers, Kathy James, Cynthia Connelly, Luz Garcia, Nicole Mareno, Janice Baietto

Nicole Mareno

PURPOSE.  This article presents the feasibility and acceptability of the 4-week Ways to Enhance Children's Activities and Nutrition (WE CAN) program.

DESIGN AND METHOD.  Mixed methods were utilized. Quantitative data were collected from Latina mothers using self-administered surveys.

RESULTS.  The program was positively received, although attrition was a concern. Mothers were concerned about their children's weight and were receptive to being key role models for being more active, limiting screen time, buying less junk food, and increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables.

PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS.  Findings provide nurses with knowledge on how mothers view appropriate nutrition and activity as important to …

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The Use Of Audience Response Systems In Nursing Education: Best Practice Guidelines, Nicole Mareno, Marie Bremner, Christie Emerson Aug 2010

The Use Of Audience Response Systems In Nursing Education: Best Practice Guidelines, Nicole Mareno, Marie Bremner, Christie Emerson

Nicole Mareno

The use of Audience Response Systems (ARS) or 'clickers' as an active learning strategy in nursing education has been steadily on the rise. ARS technology allows the dynamic engagement of students in the classroom by providing immediate two-way communication between faculty and students. ARS can be used to explore knowledge and common misconceptions, act as a springboard for classroom discussions, and can be used for testing or evaluation. The aim of this paper is to present best practice guidelines for both novice and experienced ARS technology users. A summary of the state of the research in this area will be …

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The Rising Rates Of Hiv Among Black And Latio Men: What's Going On?, Sheldon Fields Jun 2010

The Rising Rates Of Hiv Among Black And Latio Men: What's Going On?, Sheldon Fields

Sheldon D. Fields

No abstract provided.

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Devastatingly Human: An Analysis Of Registered Nurses’ Medication Error Accounts, Linda Treiber, Jackie Jones May 2010

Devastatingly Human: An Analysis Of Registered Nurses’ Medication Error Accounts, Linda Treiber, Jackie Jones

Linda A. Treiber

Despite many safeguards, nurses make the majority of medication administration errors. The purpose of our research was to investigate the perceived causes for such errors and to better understand how nurses deal with them. We performed an interpretive analysis of 158 accounts by nurses who made self-identified medication errors. We found common themes among these accounts. First, although nurses admitted responsibility for errors, they simultaneously identified a variety of external contributing factors. Second, nurses’ accounts were often framed in terms of "being new," with the underlying background expectancy of inexperience. Third, emotionally devastating visceral responses to errors were common and …

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Multiple Myeloma: A Textbook For Nurses, Joseph Tariman Apr 2010

Multiple Myeloma: A Textbook For Nurses, Joseph Tariman

Joseph D Tariman PhD

No abstract provided.

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Giving Community Voice To Health Promotion, Leonie Sutherland, Dawn Weiler Apr 2010

Giving Community Voice To Health Promotion, Leonie Sutherland, Dawn Weiler

Dawn Weiler

The authors describe a community partnership to pilot a health education project to address metabolic syndrome in an Idaho Hispanic community.

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Sailing The Stormy Seas: The Illness Experience Of Persons With Parkinson’S Disease, Melinda Hermanns Feb 2010

Sailing The Stormy Seas: The Illness Experience Of Persons With Parkinson’S Disease, Melinda Hermanns

Melinda Hermanns

Parkinson’s disease is a chronic, progressive disorder with no known cause or promising cure. While substantial information is known about the pathophysiology, little is known about the illness experience of living with the disease. A qualitative study using an ethnographic approach was conducted to provide a rich understanding of the illness experience. The illness experience was apprehended through field work in two support groups and the personal accounts of 14 participants with Parkinson’s disease. The metaphor, “Sailing the Sea in The Eye of the Storm,” is the overarching theme and was chosen to conceptualize the voyage of persons living with …

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Helmke Library Guide To Complementary And Alternative Medicine Resources, Shannon Johnson Dec 2009

Helmke Library Guide To Complementary And Alternative Medicine Resources, Shannon Johnson

Shannon F Johnson

This guide is designed for use by IPFW students, staff, and faculty looking for information on complementary and alternative health topics.

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Measuring Self-Efficacy: Development Of The Physical Activity Assessment Inventory, Barbara K. Haas, Sally Northam Dec 2009

Measuring Self-Efficacy: Development Of The Physical Activity Assessment Inventory, Barbara K. Haas, Sally Northam

Barbara Haas

Self-efficacy focuses on an individual's self-assessment of his or her ability to perform a particular behavior. Existing self-efficacy scales for physical activity address exercise, a subset of physical activity. The Physical Activity Assessment Inventory (PAAI) scale was developed to specifically address the broader paradigm of self-efficacy for physical activity, which includes all structured and unstructured energy expenditure. The purpose of this article is to describe the development and evaluation of the PAAI. Initial psychometric testing was conducted with a sample of 219 women. A second study of 73 women with breast cancer and 55 women without cancer confirmed reliability and …

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