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Implementation Of A Scripted Education On Comfort Goals To Improve Patient Perception Of Pain Control, Vicki F. Mclean

Doctoral Dissertations and Scholarly Projects

Pain management is the culmination of physician, nurse, and patient expectations. Successful pain management is impacted by the patient’s perception and expectation of the provided interventions, as well as the perception of the care provider of the patient’s pain. Pain assessment tools have been utilized for decades and still pain control is rated as inadequate. Providing scripted education to the patient on the purpose and utilization of these tools impacts the patient’s perception of pain management. This project implemented the evidence-based practice intervention of education to improve the relationship of comfort goals to pain management. Nurses’ knowledge of pain management …

Spiritual Development Among Christian Athletes At A Large Christian University, Jonathan Powell, Calista Kern-Lyons, Erin Clarke, Karina Holt, Katelynn Wortendyke

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Applied

A Phenomenology Of The Current State Of Drama Therapy, Calista Kern-Lyons, Elizabeth Krantz, Emma Maurer, Jessica Grove, Kyler Keeley

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Applied

Stress Is Enhancing Mindset And Potential Links To Cardiovascular And Neuroendocrine Responses, My Viet Ha Nguyen

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Basic

Pharmacological Pain Management In Pediatric Sickle Cell Pain Crisis: An Integrative Review, Brenda Middlebrooks

Doctoral Dissertations and Scholarly Projects

Pain management among pediatric patients with sickle cell disease continues to pose a challenge to healthcare providers. Underlying disease processes, family perceptions of painful events, and injury add to the complexity of effective pain management in this population. Sickle cell disease is the most common variant of the many hemoglobinopathies in the world, with painful episodes as the most common presentation to emergency departments for treatment beginning as early as 6 to 8 months of age. Sickle cell pain crisis continues to receive less-than-effective pain management treatment resulting in frequent hospitalizations, chronic pain, and increased morbidity and mortality. This integrative …

Servant Learners: Short-Term Missions As An Effective Strategy, Abigail Chennells

Senior Honors Theses

Short-term missions (STM) is a phenomenon that is quickly growing; each year more and more teams are sent out from North America to locations across the globe to share the gospel and do work projects in another culture. However, there are some significant issues with the current execution of STM, ranging from its ineffectiveness in accomplishing helpful projects to its heavy financial cost to the potential negative impact on host communities. In order to push the impact of STM in a positive direction, there are two major shifts in the way it is carried out that must take place. First, …

The Influence Of Self-Esteem On The Relationship Between Perceived Addiction To Pornographic Materials And Spiritual Doubt, Arielle Driggers

Liberty University Research Week

Graduate

Applied

Student Population Awareness And Utilization Of University Provided Mental Health Resources, Connor Weisman, Julia Jackson

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Applied

The Positive And Negative Impacts Of Sports On Collegiate Student Athletes, Karis Hicks

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Applied

A Mediation Model Linking Divine Struggles, Seeing God As Cruel Or Distant, And Depression, Christopher Floyd

Liberty University Research Week

Graduate

Applied

An Exploratory Study Of The Role Of Interpersonal Religious And Spiritual Struggle In The Relationship Of Sexual Attraction And Religious Committment, Bethany Fox

Liberty University Research Week

Graduate

Applied

An Exploratory Analysis Of The Role Of Self-Compassion And The Relationship Between Attachment And Body Appreciation, Carrie Logie, Rebekah Morris

Liberty University Research Week

Graduate

Applied

An Exploratory Analysis On Self-Esteem And Body Appreciation By The Moderation Of Self-Compassion, Mikalah Beveridge

Liberty University Research Week

Graduate

Applied

A Moderation Model Associating Bas And Emotional Intimacy With Stress Among Bi-Sexual And Heterosexual Women, Clark Eaton

Liberty University Research Week

Graduate

Basic

Autism Researched And Autism Lived: A Shifting Paradigm, Zoe Sargent

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Theoretical

Political Marketing: How Social Media Influenced The 2008-2016 U.S. Presidential Elections And Best Practices Associated, Morgan Swartley

Senior Honors Theses

Political marketing has become a growing facet of marketing that has infiltrated the campaigning of U.S. presidential elections. Within this cognate of marketing, social media has become a major component of predicting election outcomes starting with the 2008 U.S. presidential election. An analysis of the social media performance of candidates from the 2008 to 2016 U.S. presidential elections reveals how the power of social media can be harnessed to increase voter participation, connect voters to offline political activity, and engage voters with candidates on a more personal note. Social media political marketing should further emphasize the candidate’s brand and build …

Evaluating A Christian Approach To Mindfulness Practice, Fernando Garzon, Kristy Ford

Faculty Publications and Presentations

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The Doctrine Of Man: How Can Near-Death Experiences (Ndes) Be Explained?, Harold Willmington

The Adam File

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Developing A Discipleship-Training Model For Equipping The Laity With Both Emotional And Spiritual Maturity In Korean Churches, Jongsik Hwang

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

There are a lot of discipleship training programs in South Korea, but there is no discipleship-training program that focuses on both emotional maturity and spiritual maturity at the same time for mature believers. By focusing so much on spiritual maturity, churches have neglected the parts of emotional maturity since the churches were planted in South Korea. Emotionally unhealthy believers cause conflicts in church and struggle with serious individual troubles. Therefore, Korean churches should have a discipleship program which focuses on the emotional aspects as Jesus came to the earth as a perfect human and an incontestable God. The purpose of …

Prolepsis Through Poe's Narrators: The Prophetic Demise Of The Obsessive Protagonist, Bailey Jarnagin

Masters Theses

Edgar Allan Poe was a pioneer of psychological fiction. His stories center around characters whose reliability is questionable and who are mentally troubled in some way. Poe crafted stories that invoke terror because their subject is the horror of the mind. While readers of other types of horror fiction can finish a story and step away from the monsters with little to no fear of being followed by them, readers of Poe cannot forget the tales they read so readily because the horror of the mind is ever present. Poe crafted such horrific stories because of the haunted palace of …

The Importance Of Language In Cross-Cultural Interaction, Lacy Norton

Senior Honors Theses

Language and culture are connected. Because of this connection, people have a preferred language with which they have an emotional or cultural connection. In Latin American cultures, it is beneficial to speak to a person in their preferred language. Using a person’s preferred language as opposed to any other language will facilitate a deeper connection with that person, cross cultural barriers that may separate them, and be more effective when attempting to share the gospel.

Pediatric Type Ii Diabetes Mellitus: Examining The Upward Trend, Allison Foering

Senior Honors Theses

In recent years, there has been a significant increase in pediatric onset of type II diabetes. This paper will examine elements contributing to this trend. Type II diabetes will be discussed, including related pathophysiology, manifestations, diagnosis, and complications, with differentiation between adult and pediatric onset. Possible prevention and treatment methods appropriate for pediatric patients will also be discussed, along with possible outcomes in pediatric patients that could result from this disease. Overall, this paper will provide insight on the causes of this growing trend, and ways to improve the risks imposed on pediatric patients.

Lewis In The Rye: An Approach To Controversial Literature, Abigail Griffiths

Senior Honors Theses

This thesis aims to coalesce literary criticism with Christian theology to provide a guideline for how Christians, who uphold a certain moral logic, should interact with literature that sparks controversy among readers. An analysis of J.D. Salinger’s novel Catcher in the Rye (1951) will be considered through the lens of C.S. Lewis’ commentary on good reading, good critique, and good art. Catcher in the Rye, an American novel, contains elements of derogatory language, promiscuous scenes, and insinuations of nihilism. How would C.S. Lewis, a British novelist and a prominent figure in Christian thought, read Salinger’s work: would he find …

Prosocial Behavior As A Stress Moderator: The Physiological And Psychological Components, Jessica Vannelli

Senior Honors Theses

Stress is a major part of everyday life for the majority of people, especially college students. Stress has a physiological response and serves an important purpose in the body. If an individual does not take the proper measures to reduce stress and it continues for long periods of time, the outcome can be damaging to the stressed individual. Stress can cause problems both physically and mentally. There are many different ways to reduce stress and to counteract the damage that stress can cause on the body. Prosocial behavior is an action that elevates others’ needs over an individual’s needs. Studies …

An Examination Of Children’S Ministry Volunteer Development From Pastors And Laity In The Local Church, Kenneth Warren

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Developing children’s ministry volunteers in the local church is crucial to the sustenance of the body of Christ. Children’s ministry volunteers should be viewed as capable partners with both parents and church leaders in fulfilling the Great Commission. All volunteer ministries of the church matter, but those serving in children’s ministry have the unique opportunity to shape the lives of individuals who could serve the kingdom for a lifetime. Children’s ministry volunteer development is valuable because kingdom advancement hinges on lay ministry development as described in Ephesians 4:11–16. For this project, the researcher surveyed children’s ministry volunteers and pastors in …

Relationship Between Authentic Happiness And Servant Leadership In A Midwestern State, Michelle Lynn Clemons

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this correlational research study was to investigate the relationship between authentic happiness and servant leadership among college professors. The study sought to close a gap in the research by examining the connection between authentic happiness as a positive psychological construct and servant leadership orientation by teachers in the classroom. Participants in the study included 71 faculty in a Midwestern state. Participants completed the Authentic Happiness Inventory, the Servant Leadership Profile-Revised, and demographic information on SurveyMonkey®. The results were analyzed using SPSS and a Spearman’s rho was calculated to determine the relationship between servant leadership and authentic happiness …

A Study Of The Relationship Between Students' Self-Reported Self-Esteem Levels And Their Perceptions Of Teacher Behaviors, Shane Grant

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Research has shown that self-esteem, particularly among female students, can decline during the elementary school years and beyond. Self-esteem is a very important indicator of how well students will adapt to their surroundings and perform in and outside of the classroom setting. Very little research identifying the impact of students’ perceptions of teachers’ controlling or supportive behaviors in relation to self-esteem has been studied among middle school high-ability math students in the United States. The purpose of this quantitative, predictive, correlational study was to examine the effect of the criterion variable of self-esteem based on the multiple predictor variables of …

Relationships Between Job Satisfaction, Gender, Marital Status, And Parental Status Of Pk-12 Administrators Identifying As Christian, Alanna Staton

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This quantitative non-experimental correlational study involved the investigation of the relationships between job satisfaction, gender, marital status, and parental status among educational leaders who identify as being Christian. A multiple regression analysis was utilized to determine how accurately job satisfaction, as measured by the Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS), can be predicted from a linear combination of gender, marital status, and parental status for Pre-Kindergarten through twelfth-grade school administrators identifying as Christian. A sample size of 573 educational leaders in Pre-Kindergarten through twelfth-grade schools who identified as being Christian participated in this study. The gender distribution in this study was relatively …

Male And Female Middle School Students' Attitudes Toward Science, Michelle Schpakow

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Women continue to be underrepresented in certain disciplines of science. Differences in male and female students’ attitudes toward science have been observed down to the middle school level. Attitudes, however, may be formed through the integration of multiple constructs: attitudes toward school science, desire to become a scientist, value of science to society, and perceptions of scientists. To fully understand the problem of the underrepresentation of females in science, differences in male and female middle school students’ attitudes toward science were analyzed across these constructs. A causal-comparative design was used to compare students’ attitudes toward science based on biological sex. …

Teacher Factors And The Impact On Student Success In Algebra I, Kalee Mcmullen

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Algebra I proficiency is an important aspect of a solid foundation in mathematics. Teachers play a critical role in the failure or success of students. Different teacher characteristics are thought to have a significant impact on the potential for student success. This non-experimental correlational research study seeks to examine the potential relationships between specific teacher characteristics and student success in Algebra I as measured by the Algebra I End of Course Exam scores. This study uses ordinary least squares regression analysis to examine the effects of independent variables on successful Algebra I scores. The independent variables in this study include …