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Support Their Sleep: Enhancing Nurses' Knowledge And Implementation Of Non-Pharmacological Sleep Protocols To Improve Patient Rest, Recovery, And Reduce Cognitive Impairment., David C. Barry

Master's Theses and Capstones

Background: Sleep and rest play an influential role in promoting recovery and healing in humans. Hospitalized patients are at risk for altered sleep from hospitalization, illness, and stimulation from a hospital environment. Non-pharmacologic interventions preformed by nurses can help to improve sleep and sleep environment for patients.

Local problem: There was no protocol or available information regarding patient sleep promotion for nurses to references when caring for patients.

Methods: Nurses in the microsystem (n=8) were administered a pre/post questionnaire containing Likert scales and a short quiz containing knowledge-based questions. Questionnaires were distributed to nurses prior to and after …

Registered Nurse Competencies And The Implementation Of Self-Care Interventions Among Surgical Patients With Type Two Diabetes: A Quality Improvement Project, Elizabeth Fossum

Master's Theses and Capstones

Background: Type 2 Diabetes is a chronic disease that requires a holistic approach, an in-depth understanding of self-care, education comprehension, and an effective relationship between healthcare professionals and the individual patient (Saeed et al., 2018). Due to a variety of factors such as increased nurse-to-patient ratios, inconsistent education methods, and limited confidence levels among registered nurses, important treatment measures and discussion of one’s T2DM diagnoses are often not addressed. Initiatives to improve education methods and nursing confidence levels will create more effective treatment measures and discharge education. Local Problem: Registered nurses spend minimal time educating patients on the severity of …

Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Update, December 14, 2022, Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

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Low-Income New Hampshire Parents’ Food Acquisition Decisions, Sarah Boege, Jess Carson

Carsey Publications

Drawing on interviews with 16 low-income New Hampshire parents in 2022, this paper explores the complex decisions that families make in choosing what foods to buy and where (and how) to shop.

Determining The Role Of Environmental Variability On Marine Megafauna Abundance Trends: A Case Study Of Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Julia Saltzman

Master's Theses and Capstones

Despite being economically, ecologically, and culturally important many species of marine megafauna are threatened with extinction. The reasons for the imperiled state of many marine megafauna include overfishing, habitat loss, pollution, and climate change. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are often proposed as a management tool for marine megafauna. However, it is difficult to monitor the efficacy of marine protected areas when it is unclear if abundance trends are due to management or environmental variability. Indeed, many studies to date on the efficacy of MPAs fail to account for environmental variability, or account for limited covariates. In this thesis, I examine …

Physiology And Biochemistry Of Cold-Hardy Table Grapevines, Annasamy S. Chandrakala

Master's Theses and Capstones

Grapes are grown worldwide to produce wine, grape juice and are also popular as fresh table grapes or dried raisins. Due to their nutritional value and importance in the multibillion-dollar wine industry, grapes are considered the most commercially important berry crop. Grape production has primarily concentrated on European wine grapes, Vitis vinifera, in the dry, hot Mediterranean and Central Asian climates. V. vinifera is not cold tolerant enough to endure winter temperatures below -15°C. The introduction of several interspecific hybrids (of both wine and table grape) cultivars in the 20th century and selection of a training system has helped propel …

Spatiotemporal Patterns Of Dissolved Organic Nutrient Lability Across The Subtropical North Pacific, Jessica Quinn Gray

Master's Theses and Capstones

Net biologically produced organic matter integrated over an annual cycle in the euphotic zone of the global ocean is equal to annual net community production (ANCP). ANCP is limited by the rate of delivery of essential nutrients (nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and iron (Fe)) to the sunlit surface ocean and the efficiency with which these nutrients are either metabolized or returned to the ocean’s interior. In subtropical oceans, which are regions of large-scale downwelling and consequently characteristic of nutrient-depleted surface waters, ANCP remains comparable to more nutrient replete ecosystems (~2 – 5 mol C m-2 yr-1). To understand what may …

Alternative Forages For Seasonal Slumps, Nicholas Gosling

UNH Today Archive

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Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Update, November 16, 2022, Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

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Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Update, November 2, 2022, Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

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Healthy Food For All, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

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Research That Makes A Difference For New Hampshire, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

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Hunger For Change, Sarah Schaier

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Write Free Or Die: Vol. 09, No. 01, Unh Writing Programs

Writing Program Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Fall 2022 B Impact Clinic Cohort Announced, Sustainability Institute

Sustainability Institute Blog

No abstract provided.

Grass-Fed Organic Dairy Management May Be Key To Sector’S Resilience In New England, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Update, September 7, 2022, Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

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Do We Really Know What Is In Our Food? The Connection Between Dietary Mycotoxin Exposure And Pediatric Crohn’S Disease, Susan L. Gonya

Master's Theses and Capstones

AbstractBACKGROUND: The incidence of pediatric Crohn’s disease (CD) has increased over the past few decades. The etiology of CD has not yet been elucidated. Still, researchers have identified variables associated with the disease process, including genetic predisposition, environmental triggers like a poor-quality diet, air pollution, water pollution, and a dysbiotic microbiome with increased fungal diversity as predisposing factors. Fungal mycotoxin contamination in the food supply from toxicants like Deoxynivalenol (DON), a highly prevalent gastrointestinal irritant, has largely been ignored as a potential factor influencing the fungal dysbiosis and symptoms associated with the disease process. It is hypothesized that global and …

Building Community Resilience Education & Training Series - Fall 2022, Molly Donovan

UNH Cooperative Extension

No abstract provided.

The Concept Of Amateurism: How The Term Became Part Of The College Sport Vernacular, Robert J. Romano Esq.

UNH Sports Law Review

No abstract provided.

Sizing Up Cover Crop Seeding Rates, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Leaders Of Tomorrow Make Impact Today, Sustainability Institute

Sustainability Institute Blog

No abstract provided.

Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Update, July 13, 2022, Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

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Making A Living Producing Food?, Jeremy Gasowski

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Update, June 29, 2022, Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

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Serving New England Farmers, Nicholas Gosling

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Health & Wellness Earns 8th National Accreditation, Jeremy Gasowski

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Dedicated To Health Disparities Research, Nicholas Gosling

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Raising The Bar, Keith Testa

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Unh: The Magazine Of The University Of New Hampshire, Summer 2022, Unh Magazine

UNH Magazine

No abstract provided.