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Volume 51, Number 17: December 11, 2013, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

December 5, 2013, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the December 5, 2013, meeting of the University Senate. 25 pages

Volume 51, Number 16: December 04, 2013, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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The Long-Term Effects Of Childhood Malnutrition On Cognitive Development: The Case Of Famine In Ghana, Ampaabeng K. Samuel, Chih Ming Tan

Economics & Finance Faculty Publications

We examine the role of early childhood health in human capital accumulation. Using a unique data set from Ghana with comprehensive information on individual, family, community, school quality characteristics and a direct measure of intelligence together with test scores, we examine the long-term cognitive effects of the 1983 famine on survivors. We show that differences in intelligence test scores can be robustly explained by the differential impact of the famine in different parts of the country and the impacts are most severe for children under two years of age during the famine. We also account for model uncertainty by using …

General Anesthesia And The Importance Of Smoking Cessation, Katie R. Pence

Theses and Dissertations

Despite the known consequences of cigarette smoking, one third of the population of industrialized countries continue to smoke (Rodrigo, 2000). Cigarette smoking alters nonnal physiologic function of the cardiac and respiratory systems and increases risks in the perioperative period for general anesthesia. Systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials have reached the following conclusion: smokers who stop smoking four to eight weeks prior to a scheduled surgery are less likely to develop complications post operatively. Eight weeks of smoking cessation prior to anesthesia is considered to be optimal. Smokers have been noted to possibly need increased analgesia, sedatives, and non-depolarizing muscle …

Parental Role In Educating Adolescents About Alcohol And Chemical Substances: What Is The Best Evidence?, Patricia L. Dumonceaux

Theses and Dissertations

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Traditional To Evidence-Based Psychiatric Nursing Practice: Use Of The Transformative Learning Theory To Promote A Change In Psychiatric Nursing Practice, Jean M. Dahlke

Theses and Dissertations

Background: Nursing leaders, regulatory and government agencies insist nurses incorporate evidence-based nursing interventions into their practice. Nurse educators are challenged to change nurses' use of interventions from those based on tradition to those based on science. Providing adults with new infom1ation does not guarantee learners will actualize or even remember new infonnation. Objective: This ai1icle describes the use of Transformative Leaming theory as framework for an educational event to change current practice of psychiatric nurses. Design: Qualitative, descriptive surveys evaluated the effectiveness of the education to motivate learners ' change in practice. Results: Participants recognized gaps between current nursing interventions …

Responding To A Community Tuberculosis Outbreak: Public Health Nursing Interventions, Deborah J. Swanson

Theses and Dissertations

The role of the public health nurse in responding to a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak is instrumental in controlling the disease and preventing further spread in a community. This paper focuses on the interventions carried out by public health nurses in Grand Forks, ND where a TB outbreak occurred from 20 IO until 2013 with a peak in cases identified in late 2012. The population affected had unstable housing, low socioeconomic status, and other risk factors for TB. A total of 26 adult and pediatric cases of TB were identified among a closely connected social network with multiple and prolonged exposures …

Medication Adherence: To Have Is To Hold, James A. Benn

Theses and Dissertations

Nature of the problem: Medication non-adherence is consistently the most frequent cause of mental health decompensation, relapse of mental illness, and hospitalization. The solution to non-adherence remains quite elusive, despite it being relatively easy to identity as the most major obstacle to successful control of mental illness.

Method: Eighteen documents published between years 2002-2012 were rated using the AACN’s evidence leveling system. The 18 studies were examined to better understand what is known and not known about the challenge we face in trying to effect recovery and to prevent relapse of mental illness in the United States.

Results: Various study …

Five Factor Model Personality Profiles Of University Of North Dakota Unmanned Aircraft Systems Students, Zachary Peter Waller

Theses and Dissertations

A great deal of effort has been made to quantify personality characteristics in the pilots of manned aircraft. However, analysis of similar characteristics of individuals interested in piloting Unmanned Aircraft (UA) remains relatively unexplored. This research examined the Five Factor Model (FFM) personality profiles of individuals pursuing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) studies at the University of North Dakota (UND). Using the Big Five Inventory (BFI) general personality index, the responses of a UAS Student group (N=65) were compared to a Normative sample group (N=248) previously collected by Petros (2013). Apart from the two highest scoring factors in each group (i.e. …

Anesthetic Considerations For Phantom Limb Pain, Robert B. Kari

Theses and Dissertations

Title: Anesthetic Considerations for Phantom Limb Pain

Background: Phantom limb pain (PLP) is a phenomenon where pain develops or is perceived in a body part that has been removed. With the prevalence of peripheral vascular disease secondary to diabetes, amputation rates are expected to increase in the next decade. Chronic pain syndromes such as phantom limb pain are difficult to manage and treat

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to detennine if preemptive analgesia for limb amputation is effective in the prevention of PLP

Process: A comprehensive review of the literature was perfonned using multiple …

November 29-30, 2013, Vs. St. Lawrence, University Of North Dakota

UND Athletics Publications: Men's Hockey

Program for the November 29-30, 2013, 12th Annual Subway Holiday Classic against the St. Lawrence Saints.

Volume 51, Number 15: November 27, 2013, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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Volume 51, Number 14: November 20, 2013, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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November 15-16, 2013, Vs. Minnesota Duluth, University Of North Dakota

UND Athletics Publications: Men's Hockey

Program for the November 15-16, 2013, weekend series against the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs.

Volume 51, Number 13: November 13, 2013, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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November 7, 2013, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the November 7, 2013, meeting of the University Senate. 24 pages

Volume 51, Number 12: November 06, 2013, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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Lidocaine As An Adjunct In Perioperative Pain Management, Nathan Opland

Theses and Dissertations

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Volume 51, Number 11: October 30, 2013, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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Volume 51, Number 10: October 23, 2013, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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Volume 51, Number 9: October 16, 2013, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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October 11-12, 2013, Vs. Vermont, University Of North Dakota

UND Athletics Publications: Men's Hockey

Program for the October 11-12, 2013, weekend series against the Vermont Catamounts.

Volume 51, Number 8: October 09, 2013, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

October 3, 2013, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the October 3, 2013, meeting of the University Senate. 13 pages

Volume 51, Number 7: October 02, 2013, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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164th Infantry News: October 2013, 164th Infantry Association

164th Infantry Regiment Publications

October 2013 edition of the 164th Infantry News. A total of 56 pages, containing news articles, event notices, photographs, and personal memories from the veterans of the 164th Infantry Regiment.

Vol. 38, No. 3: Fall 2013, School Of Medicine & Health Sciences

North Dakota Medicine Archive

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Rain Rhythms: Fall 2013 - Summer 2014, College Of Nursing & Professional Disciplines

RAIN Rhythms

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Volume 51, Number 6: September 25, 2013, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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