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Handoff Communication In The Emergency Department, Kristen Matichko

DNP Forum

The communication of patient information through use of handoff ensures continuity of care and patient safety. A study of hand-off reports between pre-hospital personnel and staff in the emergency department revealed a lack of complete or formal information dialogue. Nurses play a vital role in the process of communication and information exchange through the use of handoff despite minimal guidelines for that exchange in current nursing practice. The pre-hospital hand-off informational exchange impacts patient safety as well as the planning and implementation of nursing care based upon that information.

The sample used was from a convenience sampling of patients arriving …

In Memoriam, No Author

Verbum

In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay's first paragraph.

The Office of Campus Ministry continues to mourn the loss of Fr. Joe Lanzalaco, who passed away a little more than three months ago. We have each written an open letter to share what Fr. Joe meant to us.

Assessing The Leadership Of The General Secretary Of The Central Committee Of The Communist Party Of China: Xi Jinping, Michael Montemalo

The Review: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Research

President Xi Jinping is a pivotal actor on the world stage and holds powerful positions within both the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party. Assessing the president of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) is an increasingly important subject as the United States shifts more diplomatic and military resources to Pacific to implement their Pivot to Asian strategy. The aim of this paper is to evaluate academic literature that focuses on Xi Jinping as the current leader of the People’s Republic of China. That information will then be analyzed using techniques derived from literature on political leadership studies such …

Editor's Note, Amy Sidorakis

The Review: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Research

No abstract provided.

Full Issue, No Author

Verbum

This is the full issue of Volume 12, Issue 2 of Verbum, published in Spring 2015 by the REST Club at St. John Fisher College. Articles from this issue are available as separate PDFs at http://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/verbum/vol12/iss2/

The Absolutely Relevant Remedy For Part-Time Readers: Pairing Classic And Ya Literature, Claire Sauter

3690: A Journal of First-Year Student Research Writing

Overview: During seventh and eighth grade, I read seventy-six young adult novels aside from required reading, with book logs from middle school to prove it. But, ask me what I enjoyed reading in high school, and I would have to think for a while. High school curricula forced me to read Shakespeare and classic novels without a hint of modern young adult literature involved. Not only did the uninteresting and outdated novels make classroom reading and assignments excruciating, but the distance between my life and the books that I was required to read discouraged my willingness to read much more. …

St. Michael’S Woodshop, Janet Korn

Verbum

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"There is a very special ministry that serves teenagers living in the City of Rochester. It is located in the heart of Rochester in the sub-basement of the old Bausch and Lomb building at 691 St. Paul St. It is called St. Michael’s Woodshop."