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A Time Demand Theory: A Case Study Of One Charter School, Farhan A. Hussein

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Ecological Factors In Social Skills Acquisition: High School Students With Emotional And/Or Behavioral Disorders In The United States And Norway, Sarah K. Anderson

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The purpose of my study was to develop a grounded theory of the underlying social processes and/or other ecological factors that impact the effectiveness of skill acquisition for students with emotional and/or behavioral disorders (EBD) in "sister" cities located in the United States (Site One) and in Norway (Site Two). Theory development was based on in-depth investigation of 10 students with EBD, five at each research site. This study looked at ecological factors impacting the learning of a new social skill, the socialization skills of students with EBD, and differences in skill acquisition between the two research sites.

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Learned Communication Within A Patient Centered Medical School Curriculum, Susan J. Splichal

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A Case Study Of The Impact Of A Modified Joplin Plan In Elementary Mathematics At A Rural School In Northern Minnesota, Marcella Lavoi Melby

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Immunizations And Autism: Educating The Public, Lori L. Slaubaugh

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Research has shown that the avoidance or delay of immunizations can lead to significant outbreaks of diseases previously thought eradicated. Recent outbreaks of diseases, such as measles, have emphasized the need for immunizations to protect each child, which in turn protects the population as a whole. Although research has not substantiated a link between the occurrence of autism and thimerosal , a preservative used in many vaccines since 1930, many parents continue to avoid immunizations out of fear that those containing thimerosal may cause autism in their child. Educating parents on the evidence related to thimerosal as a preservative in …

Optimum Vitamin D Concentrations And Corresponding Vitamin D Supplementation For Health Promotion Among Adults In Primary Care, Michelle K. Hunt

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The objective of this independent study is to review current evidence-based research to identify optimum vitamin D concentrations and vitamin D supplementation options for health promotion among adults in primary care. Vitamin Dis an essential prohormone necessary for proper bone mineralization, with new research indicating it is also associated with lower risk for many chronic diseases and prevention of infectious processes. Since vitamin D deficiency is widespread across the world, it is important to prevent vitamin D deficiency before the clinical implications are apparent. With optimal vitamin D defined as serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D greater than 75 nanomole per liter, the …

Nurses Attitudes And Borderline Personality Disorder, Stacie Olson

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Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) patients are one of the most common personality disorders encountered by psychiatric nurses. BPD patients present as difficult and are often considered frustrating by psychiatric nurses. BPD presents several clinical , challenges for psychiatric nurses such as anger, hostility, manipulative interpersonal styles, and self mutilation

These behaviors may affect a number of psychiatric nurses and cause negative attitudes to develop towards caring for BPD patients. Negative attitudes by psychiatric nurses could influence their interactions with BPD patients and patient care outcomes. More education is needed for psychiatric nurses about the negative attitudes on the care of …

An Independent Study: Simulation In Minnesota Professional Schools Of Nursing, Amy Goman

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As education moves into the 21 51 century technology has become an integral part of the classroom. While simulation has always been part of the nursing education curriculum, new technology has changed how simulation is being used as a teaching method. Nursing programs nationwide are creating expanded simulation sections of learning centers and trying to keep up with the new aspects of technology. At the same time as the application of high-fidelity simulation is being embraced by a large number of nurse educators, the evidence-based research to support the establishment of student learning outcomes is lacking. Without the research to …

What Is The Evidence That Increasing The Length Of Breastfeeding Has On Risk Reduction Of Breast Cancer, Jaci K. Phillips

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The focus of this study was to review the literature to determine if breast cancer incidence was reduced by breastfeeding duration. It is important for health care providers to present the benefits of breastfeeding to women of childbearing age and especially to those who are pregnant. This literature review will result in a pamphlet that will be available to health care providers to present to prenatal patients. Informing women about the benefits of breastfeeding and breast cancer risk reduction will promote their ability to make an informed decision on breastfeeding. The Health Belief Model is the framework that was used …

Progression And Remediation Policies For At-Risk Nursing Students, Amy J. Falck

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The purpose of this independent project is to examine the efficacy of the implementation of progression and remediation policies in nursing students who are "atrisk" for failing the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX). Nursing educators can identify the at-risk student and determine which type of guidance would be appropriate to help them achieve success. Issues addressed consist of the severity of the nursing shortage, identifying what characteristics place a student at-risk, when and how to intervene by utilizing progression and remediation policies, and a review of five policies implemented in nursing schools in a tri-state area. An extensive review of …

Normalizing The Immediate And Early Postpartum Period: A Teaching Module For Nursing Students, Cate Edlebeck

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The Effectiveness Of Worksite Breastfeeding Programs On Breastfeeding Initiation, Duration, And Exclusivity, Amy Roberts

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No abstract provided.

Quality Of Life In Palliative Home Care: Education For Nurses, Lorene Gray

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Palliative care has expanded beyond just caring for people at end-of-life to improving quality of life for all people living with serious, complex, and eventually terminal illnesses. Because of these changes, the need for palliative care services is increasing and nurses must be prepared to understand and provide care for this population. It has been difficult to develop quantifiable outcome measures to define the patients' perception of quality of life because of the difficulty conducting research at endof- life.

The purpose of this review of literature and subsequent independent study project is to better understand, identify and describe the quality …

Assessment Of Mature Rural Adults Experiencing Depression, Penny Briese

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Depression is well recognized worldwide as a leading cause of disability which reduces quality of life, particularly among mature adults. The purpose of this paper is to disseminate the finding of a graduate project which explored depression in mature adults, with a focus on how to improve healthcare for this population in rural communities in North Dakota. A literature review was performed in order to compare rural versus urban practices in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of depression in mature adults. Medical professionals working in the fields of clinic, hospital, and emergency department healthcare were surveyed as to their current …

Metal On Metal Total Hip Resurfacing Surgical Intervention Versus Nonintervention, Tobey D. Schall

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Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is a debilitating condition severely limiting functional ability and long term health outcomes. It is important to understand what may be the best way to help an individual with DDH in preventing further joint dysfunction. The purpose of this project is to increase the awareness of DDH by the nurse practitioner to help promote adequate screening and treatment of this condition. This project identified reasons why a young adult with DDH should have metal-on-metal total hip resurfacing surgical intervention versus nonintervention in achieving and maintaining functional ability. The Health Belief Model (HBM) was the …

Nonadherence To Venous Compression Garments In Patients With Recurrent Venous Ulcers, David Sundberg

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It is well known venous insufficiency and venous ulcers affect long term health outcomes. People with recurrent leg ulcers frequently suffer years or decades of decreased quality of life and costly treatments. Current research findings emphasize the importance of compression therapy in healing and preventing venous ulcerations. The purpose of this project is to gain expert knowledge related to the barriers to adherence of compression garments in patients with recurrent venous ulcers and to investigate substantive ways to promote usage. This project identified reasons why patients stop using compression garments once a venous ulcer is healed, leading to a recurrent …

Volume 47, Number 36: April 28, 2010, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Volume 47, Number 35: April 21, 2010, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Perceived Factors Affecting Nurse Recruitment In Northwest Minnesota, Garth J. Kruger

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The primary purpose of this study was to identify factors that influenced nurses to work in a rural, 14-county region of NW Minnesota. Having a greater understanding of recruitment factors is important because high vacancy rates can be costly and adversely affect patient outcomes in rural communities. Vacancy rate estimates for the region in the present study ranged from 3.5% to 4.6% annually (among the highest for professions in Minnesota). In order to identify influential recruitment factors, a survey was developed that encompassed six domains: individual, community, finance, opportunity, affinity/exposure, and workload. The survey was administered to three hundred nurses …

Adrenergic Receptor Modulation Of Hippocampal Ca3 Network Activity, Christopher W. D. Jurgens

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Norepinephrine (NE) is an endogenous neurotransmitter distributed throughout the mammalian brain. NE has demonstrated proconvulsant and antiepileptic properties. In higher cortical structures such as the hippocampus, a region often involved in temporal lobe epilepsy, NE has been shown to reinforce the cognitive processes of attention and memory. However, the specific mechanism of these actions has not been clearly established. To address this, the effects of NE were studied on hippocampal CA3 network activity. Frequency changes of burst discharges in response to NE were biphasic; low concentrations increased the number of bursts, while higher concentrations suppressed the number of bursts, suggesting …

The Meaning Of Development Of Filipinos By Filipinos In Diaspora: Rhetorical Vision In Participatory Communication, Louella Lim Lofranco

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Development is currently one of the drivers of international migration resulting in south-to-north or third-to-first world movements of immigrants seeking for a better life in more developed countries. Consequently, new economic diaspora communities are being formed, most of which help alleviate poverty of relatives back home through regular remittances, now considered an important source of foreign capital in many developing economies. Amidst new challenges for the field of development is the question of the relevance of development communication in migration and diaspora. This exploratory study investigates the role of participatory development communication in expanding diaspora contributions to their home countries. …

Even Satan Spoke Hebrew, Gilad Elbom

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A novel preceded by a scholarly introduction, EVEN SATAN SPOKE HEBREW employs a variety of metafictional devices—collage, appropriation, borrowing, minoring, framing, indeterminacy, textual parody, obtrusive narration, structural constraints—in an attempt to propose a deliberate departure from the concepts of mimetic art, verisimilitude, and believability. Set in Jerusalem and Los Angeles, it revolves around an aspiring writer who insists on working in a foreign language, a self-professed exile accused of betraying her homeland, national identity, and mother tongue. When her first novel disappears—somehow she manages to misplace the only copy of her manuscript—she embarks on an intertextual journey in search of …

Predicting Functional Protein Complexes In The Glycolytic Pathway: Computer Simulations Of Compartmentation And Channeling In Glycolysis, Neville Y. Forlemu

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Functional protein-protein interactions are essential for many physiological processes. For example, the association of glycolytic enzymes to F-actin is proposed to be one mechanism through which glycolytic enzymes are compartmentalized, and as a result, plays essential roles such as regulation of the glycolytic pathway, substrate channeling and increasing glycolytic flux. An accurate molecular picture describing such interaction, however, is not yet generalized. Similarly, questions about the specificity and extensive nature of such functional complexes in a variety of cells, tissues, or organisms, still remain ambiguous. Examination of these interactions in various animal species tests this hypothesis by observing whether binding …

The Development And Initial Validation Of A Relational Health Scale, Darcie M. Sell

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The characteristics of healthy relationships are an important area of study that have received increasing amounts of attention in recent years. John Gottman has developed a theory of healthy relationships that includes constructs relating to conflict management and everyday interactions. Most researchers (including Gottman) focus on relational health in the context of marriage. While the dynamics in a marriage are certainly important to study, including the examination of the relational quality of other dyads (e.g. dating partners, friends, siblings) provides an opportunity to better understand how people relate to the closest person in their life, regardless of relationship status. This …

Response To Intervention: A Study Of The Implementation Of Response To Intervention In North Dakota Schools, Cheryl M. Wold

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The purpose of this study was to explore the implementation of the Response To Intervention (RTI) model in North Dakota. This model consists of tiers of interventions that are systematically implemented to help students who are identified at-risk. Under this model, if students fail to respond to interventions over time, they may be identified as having specific learning disabilities (SLD).Many special educators working in North Dakota have not been trained in the RTI approach. The investigator attempted to determine which approach for the identification of learning disabilities in school—age children was most prevalent in North Dakota. Attitudes and opinions concerning …

Volume 47, Number 34: April 14, 2010, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

April 8, 2010, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the April 8, 2010, meeting of the University Senate. 14 pages

Volume 47, Number 33: April 07, 2010, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Vol. 35, No. 2-3: Spring 2010, School Of Medicine & Health Sciences

North Dakota Medicine Archive

No abstract provided.

North Dakota Law, Rob Carolin

North Dakota Law

Alumni Magazine of the University of North Dakota School of Law