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Educators’ Perceptions Of The Implementation And Influence Of The Middle School Concept, Carri Burns Jun 2024

Educators’ Perceptions Of The Implementation And Influence Of The Middle School Concept, Carri Burns

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The problem addressed in this study was that teachers struggle to apply the middle school concept in three middle schools in the U.S. region of New England. This study was a qualitative investigation of teachers’ perceptions of the middle school concept and their needs for additional support to effectively apply it. The conceptual framework for this study was the middle school concept itself, which theorizes five essential attributes of effective middle schools: responsive, challenging, empowering, equitable, and engaging. The research questions were about teachers’ perceptions of their knowledge about and application of the middle school concept, the extent to which …


Exploration Of Final-Year Teacher Preparation Through The Lens Of Emotional Intelligence, Dorina Sackman-Ebuwa Jun 2024

Exploration Of Final-Year Teacher Preparation Through The Lens Of Emotional Intelligence, Dorina Sackman-Ebuwa

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Although research has suggested that emotional intelligence (EI) is an important factor in career and life success, teacher preparation programs often fail to include topics for developing EI. The college of education that participated in this study sought to explore EI development in its teacher preparation program. This multimodal descriptive qualitative study explored the EI experiences of final-year preservice teachers to determine the extent to which their teacher preparation program developed EI from the participants’ perspectives. The conceptual framework combined transformative emotional intelligence (TEI), the emotional learning system (ELS), and an EI self-assessment of TEI skills. A normed EI profile …


Increasing Nurses’ Knowledge Of Cultural Preferences Influencing Diabetes Self-Management Among Sierra Leoneans, Winstina Aminata Taylor Jun 2024

Increasing Nurses’ Knowledge Of Cultural Preferences Influencing Diabetes Self-Management Among Sierra Leoneans, Winstina Aminata Taylor

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The practice problem identified at the project site was the lack of nurses’ knowledge of how cultural preferences influence diabetes self-management practices among African Americans with diabetes mellitus. An educational program focused on the cultural preferences of Sierra Leoneans that influence diabetes self-management practices was provided for 48 nurses who worked in the agency. The doctoral project included concepts from nursing education and cultural competence theories to inform the approach. The project followed the ADDIE model process steps to develop and implement the educational program. The sources of evidence included pre- and posteducation surveys administered to participating nurses to assess …


Increasing Nurses’ Knowledge Of Cultural Preferences Influencing Diabetes Self-Management Among Sierra Leoneans, Winstina Aminata Taylor Jun 2024

Increasing Nurses’ Knowledge Of Cultural Preferences Influencing Diabetes Self-Management Among Sierra Leoneans, Winstina Aminata Taylor

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The practice problem identified at the project site was the lack of nurses’ knowledge of how cultural preferences influence diabetes self-management practices among African Americans with diabetes mellitus. An educational program focused on the cultural preferences of Sierra Leoneans that influence diabetes self-management practices was provided for 48 nurses who worked in the agency. The doctoral project included concepts from nursing education and cultural competence theories to inform the approach. The project followed the ADDIE model process steps to develop and implement the educational program. The sources of evidence included pre- and posteducation surveys administered to participating nurses to assess …


Strategies For Revenue Growth In The Trucking Industry, John Kelly Jun 2024

Strategies For Revenue Growth In The Trucking Industry, John Kelly

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Declining revenue can negatively impact business owners in the commoditized trucking industry because it impacts longer-term business performance in an industry with historically low margins. Grounded in Porter’s theory of building competitive advantage and Schneider’s person-organization fit theory, the purpose of this qualitative single case study design was to explore the strategies leaders in the southeast U.S. trucking industry use to increase revenue without sacrificing their employee-centric culture and longer-term business performance. The participants were two leaders of a micro trucking company who have extensive knowledge of the trucking industry. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and a review of …


Managing Patient Complaints In Primary Health Care Practices, Launia Orelus Jun 2024

Managing Patient Complaints In Primary Health Care Practices, Launia Orelus

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Within the primary health care setting, addressing patient concerns and complaints effectively is vital to improving patient satisfaction and quality of care. This integrative review provided information on management processes within primary health care settings, demonstrating best practices within the industry for addressing patient complaints. The review included the Donabedian model to provide perspectives on how primary health care leaders handle patient complaints to enhance the quality of care. The review examined the characteristics and effective resolutions of patient complaints and explored how such complaints can be used to enhance the quality of primary health care practices. The integrative review …


Elementary School Teachers’ Lived Experience Teaching Remotely During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Natasha Gorman Jun 2024

Elementary School Teachers’ Lived Experience Teaching Remotely During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Natasha Gorman

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Teaching experiences changed during COVID-19 from face-to-face to online, and teachers encountered numerous challenges. Considerable research has been conducted on many of the issues that teachers at different grade levels faced in this transition. The experiences of elementary school teachers, however, have not received much attention. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the lived experiences of elementary school teachers who taught remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding their challenges may lead to the development of appropriate resources and specific training for teachers in these early grades. The theoretical foundation that grounded this study was Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems …


Elementary School Teachers’ Lived Experience Teaching Remotely During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Natasha Gorman Jun 2024

Elementary School Teachers’ Lived Experience Teaching Remotely During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Natasha Gorman

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Teaching experiences changed during COVID-19 from face-to-face to online, and teachers encountered numerous challenges. Considerable research has been conducted on many of the issues that teachers at different grade levels faced in this transition. The experiences of elementary school teachers, however, have not received much attention. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the lived experiences of elementary school teachers who taught remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding their challenges may lead to the development of appropriate resources and specific training for teachers in these early grades. The theoretical foundation that grounded this study was Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems …


Managing Patient Complaints In Primary Health Care Practices, Launia Orelus Jun 2024

Managing Patient Complaints In Primary Health Care Practices, Launia Orelus

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Within the primary health care setting, addressing patient concerns and complaints effectively is vital to improving patient satisfaction and quality of care. This integrative review provided information on management processes within primary health care settings, demonstrating best practices within the industry for addressing patient complaints. The review included the Donabedian model to provide perspectives on how primary health care leaders handle patient complaints to enhance the quality of care. The review examined the characteristics and effective resolutions of patient complaints and explored how such complaints can be used to enhance the quality of primary health care practices. The integrative review …


Effect Of Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Program On Fourth Graders’ Foundational Reading Skills, Kathleen Michelle Fox Jun 2024

Effect Of Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Program On Fourth Graders’ Foundational Reading Skills, Kathleen Michelle Fox

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The problem is that fourth-grade students in the United States are not meeting reading proficiency benchmarks. Phonemic awareness is a strong predictor of reading success; however, few studies have investigated its effectiveness for intermediate elementary students who are at risk or struggling readers. The purpose of this quantitative quasi-experimental causal-comparative study was to find whether fourth-grade students who are identified as at-risk or struggling readers will show improvement in phonemic awareness and word recognition skills when taught with the Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Program as a supplement to regular reading instruction as compared to students who received traditional core reading instruction. …


Employee Engagement In The Rio Grande Valley Border Regions Of Texas, Thomas Ruseell Ferry Jun 2024

Employee Engagement In The Rio Grande Valley Border Regions Of Texas, Thomas Ruseell Ferry

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This qualitative phenomenological study focused on the lived experiences of employees living and working in the Rio Grande Valley Texas border regions. The overall research problem was the general lack of employee engagement that has been highlighted in several studies. This research problem was further investigated to understand the lived experiences of employees in the healthcare industry and residing in border regions of Texas and how those experiences intersected with employee engagement. The purpose of this study was to explore and apply those lived experiences so that managers can use the information to better engage employees. The conceptual foundation consisted …


Exploring The Relationship Between Organized Sports Participation And Alcohol Experimentation In Children Aged 9 And 10, Kristina Johnson Jun 2024

Exploring The Relationship Between Organized Sports Participation And Alcohol Experimentation In Children Aged 9 And 10, Kristina Johnson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Children experimenting with alcohol is a phenomenon that has been occurring for decades, with the assumption that most children begin to experiment during adolescence. Research has addressed children over the age of 12 in numerous studies; however, little research has been directed at children between the ages of 9 and 10. In this study, the relationship between alcohol experimentation and sports participation was explored in children between the ages of 9 and 10 years old through a social learning theory lens. The study sample consisted of children aged 9-10 from across the country participating in the ABCD study. Many factors …


Employee Engagement In The Rio Grande Valley Border Regions Of Texas, Thomas Ruseell Ferry Jun 2024

Employee Engagement In The Rio Grande Valley Border Regions Of Texas, Thomas Ruseell Ferry

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This qualitative phenomenological study focused on the lived experiences of employees living and working in the Rio Grande Valley Texas border regions. The overall research problem was the general lack of employee engagement that has been highlighted in several studies. This research problem was further investigated to understand the lived experiences of employees in the healthcare industry and residing in border regions of Texas and how those experiences intersected with employee engagement. The purpose of this study was to explore and apply those lived experiences so that managers can use the information to better engage employees. The conceptual foundation consisted …


Exploring The Relationship Between Organized Sports Participation And Alcohol Experimentation In Children Aged 9 And 10, Kristina Johnson Jun 2024

Exploring The Relationship Between Organized Sports Participation And Alcohol Experimentation In Children Aged 9 And 10, Kristina Johnson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Children experimenting with alcohol is a phenomenon that has been occurring for decades, with the assumption that most children begin to experiment during adolescence. Research has addressed children over the age of 12 in numerous studies; however, little research has been directed at children between the ages of 9 and 10. In this study, the relationship between alcohol experimentation and sports participation was explored in children between the ages of 9 and 10 years old through a social learning theory lens. The study sample consisted of children aged 9-10 from across the country participating in the ABCD study. Many factors …


Inpatient Length Of Stay, Readmission Rates, And Cost Burden: Financial Implications, Patricia Nneka Igboneje-Asor Jun 2024

Inpatient Length Of Stay, Readmission Rates, And Cost Burden: Financial Implications, Patricia Nneka Igboneje-Asor

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The purpose of this quantitative descriptive correlational study was to investigate the financial implications of Length of Stay (LOS) and Readmission Rates (RR) on the cost of patient care (C) and to determine the extent of the relationship between the variables in Texas, United States. A secondary dataset from the Texas hospital data collection database of 920 hospitals was used, where 65 hospitals were included in the study following a G*Power analysis. Pearson correlation and regression analyses were conducted to explore the relationship between the variables at a 95% confidence interval. The findings showed a significant negative relationship between average …


Effect Of Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Program On Fourth Graders’ Foundational Reading Skills, Kathleen Michelle Fox Jun 2024

Effect Of Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Program On Fourth Graders’ Foundational Reading Skills, Kathleen Michelle Fox

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The problem is that fourth-grade students in the United States are not meeting reading proficiency benchmarks. Phonemic awareness is a strong predictor of reading success; however, few studies have investigated its effectiveness for intermediate elementary students who are at risk or struggling readers. The purpose of this quantitative quasi-experimental causal-comparative study was to find whether fourth-grade students who are identified as at-risk or struggling readers will show improvement in phonemic awareness and word recognition skills when taught with the Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Program as a supplement to regular reading instruction as compared to students who received traditional core reading instruction. …


Nursing Staff Shortages In Veterans Health Administration Hospitals, Bobbie Jo Campbell Jun 2024

Nursing Staff Shortages In Veterans Health Administration Hospitals, Bobbie Jo Campbell

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Appropriate nurse staffing levels are necessary to maintain the safety of the nurses, the patients, and the organization. The Veterans Health Administration continues to have severe occupational shortages year after year and needs to identify better recruitment and retention strategies to improve the deficits. This integrative review aims to provide strategies to address nursing staff shortages in the Veterans Health Administration hospitals. For this integrative review, empirical and non-empirical sources were utilized to identify best practices for improved recruitment and retention strategies and to better understand this healthcare issue. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs was the framework for this review. The …


Nursing Staff Shortages In Veterans Health Administration Hospitals, Bobbie Jo Campbell Jun 2024

Nursing Staff Shortages In Veterans Health Administration Hospitals, Bobbie Jo Campbell

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Appropriate nurse staffing levels are necessary to maintain the safety of the nurses, the patients, and the organization. The Veterans Health Administration continues to have severe occupational shortages year after year and needs to identify better recruitment and retention strategies to improve the deficits. This integrative review aims to provide strategies to address nursing staff shortages in the Veterans Health Administration hospitals. For this integrative review, empirical and non-empirical sources were utilized to identify best practices for improved recruitment and retention strategies and to better understand this healthcare issue. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs was the framework for this review. The …


Best Practices To Reduce Nurse Fatigue In Hospital Intensive And Critical Care Units, Decrease Nurse Turnover, And Improve Quality Care, Alejandra Quinones-Otal Jun 2024

Best Practices To Reduce Nurse Fatigue In Hospital Intensive And Critical Care Units, Decrease Nurse Turnover, And Improve Quality Care, Alejandra Quinones-Otal

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Nursing is an occupation with extensive duties affecting patient safety and extensive patient practices. The purpose of this integrative review was to search the existing body of knowledge related to intensive care or critical care nurses to assess work hours and other contributors to nurse fatigue and how this relates to quality patient outcomes. The review question explored the best practices to reduce nurse fatigue in intensive care or critical care related to long shifts and other factors and the relationship to patient outcomes. Methods involved thoroughly analyzing current empirical and nonempirical literature to determine themes for answering the review …


Teachers’ Perspectives Of Using Assistive Technology When Writing Individual Education Plans With Parents, Garland Keith Voss Jun 2024

Teachers’ Perspectives Of Using Assistive Technology When Writing Individual Education Plans With Parents, Garland Keith Voss

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Teachers of children with disabilities are not providing consistent opportunities for assistive technology (AT) services, even when mandated to do so. This phenomenon contributes to children with disabilities not receiving services that help their educational growth and development. The purpose of this study was to explore perspectives of K-2 teachers of children with disabilities in a rural Western school district about using AT when writing individualized education plans (IEPs) with parents. The conceptual frameworks for this study were Piaget’s constructivism theory and Bandura’s social cognitive theory. Eleven K-2 teachers of children with disabilities participated in semistructured recorded interviews. Data were …


Human And Social Services Professionals’ Perception Of Service Delivery For African Immigrants, Krystal N. Jossell Jun 2024

Human And Social Services Professionals’ Perception Of Service Delivery For African Immigrants, Krystal N. Jossell

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

African immigrants face various barriers when accessing and utilizing health care and social support services. The challenges associated with migration and the intersectionality of being a Black immigrant can significantly exacerbate African immigrants’ physical, mental, and social well-being. The purpose of this generic, qualitative inquiry was to explore the perceptions and experiences of human and social service providers regarding the barriers and challenges of African immigrants when accessing and using health and social services, the role of cultural competency in the quality-of-service delivery, and how both affect overall service delivery. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with seven human and …


An Analysis Of A Pilot Program: Oral Fluid Testing Of Drugged Drivers In Michigan, Amber L. Libby Jun 2024

An Analysis Of A Pilot Program: Oral Fluid Testing Of Drugged Drivers In Michigan, Amber L. Libby

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Law enforcement officers are charged with the responsibility of interpreting complicated social situations of the public every day. Adding difficulty is rapid cannabis legalization across the United States, including Michigan; encompassed in medicinal legalization in 2008 and recreational legalization in 2018, which has brought with it many changes, affecting economic, social, safety, and criminal elements. Michigan has seen an approximate 45% increase in traffic crashes with drivers who tested positive for cannabis over a five-year time frame (2013 – 2018). The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to determine the accuracy of roadside oral fluid testing introduced in Michigan …


Gender Differences In Kindergarten Students’ Internalizing And Externalizing Behaviors And The Role Of Inhibitory Control, Joy Ann Stickney-Mcdonald Jun 2024

Gender Differences In Kindergarten Students’ Internalizing And Externalizing Behaviors And The Role Of Inhibitory Control, Joy Ann Stickney-Mcdonald

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Disruptive classroom behaviors are on the rise in U.S. classrooms. Children with early behavior difficulties are at an increased risk of school dropout, incarceration, and mental illness. A review of the literature indicates gender is a significant variable that can influence students’ behaviors, social skills, and academics. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine teachers’ perceptions of gender differences in externalizing behaviors and internalizing behaviors and the role of inhibitory control in a sample of neurotypical and neurodiverse kindergarten students. Bem’s gender schema theory was the structural framework used in this non-experimental study. The research question explored the …


Strategies For Human Capital Development In An Oil And Gas Organization, David Ebamije Akpieyi Jun 2024

Strategies For Human Capital Development In An Oil And Gas Organization, David Ebamije Akpieyi

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Some oil and gas (O&G) leaders lack strategies to promote human capital development (HCD) training to increase employees’ productivity in their organizations, impacting their overall productivity. Therefore, O&G organizational leaders need to take deliberate steps to monitor and improve their human capital productivity continuously. Grounded in human capital theory, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry was to explore strategies O&G leaders use to promote HCD training. The participants comprised six business leaders from O&G multinational organizations who successfully implemented strategies to promote HCD training to increase employees’ productivity. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and analyzed through thematic analysis. …


The Experiences Of Seeking Help For Intimate Partner Violence In Latin Lesbian Relationships, Patricia Cepero Jun 2024

The Experiences Of Seeking Help For Intimate Partner Violence In Latin Lesbian Relationships, Patricia Cepero

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a social and public health problem that affects millions of people each year regardless of race, ethnicity, culture, and sexual orientation. Although heterosexual IPV has been a topic of academic research, researchers have turned their attention to same-sex IPV. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals experience rates of IPV equal to or higher than rates reported by heterosexual individuals and have challenges seeking support. A qualitative case study approach was used to fill the identified gap in the literature about how Latina lesbians experience seeking support for IPV. The minority stress model provided a …


Teachers’ Perspectives Of Using Assistive Technology When Writing Individual Education Plans With Parents, Garland Keith Voss Jun 2024

Teachers’ Perspectives Of Using Assistive Technology When Writing Individual Education Plans With Parents, Garland Keith Voss

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Teachers of children with disabilities are not providing consistent opportunities for assistive technology (AT) services, even when mandated to do so. This phenomenon contributes to children with disabilities not receiving services that help their educational growth and development. The purpose of this study was to explore perspectives of K-2 teachers of children with disabilities in a rural Western school district about using AT when writing individualized education plans (IEPs) with parents. The conceptual frameworks for this study were Piaget’s constructivism theory and Bandura’s social cognitive theory. Eleven K-2 teachers of children with disabilities participated in semistructured recorded interviews. Data were …


Human And Social Services Professionals’ Perception Of Service Delivery For African Immigrants, Krystal N. Jossell Jun 2024

Human And Social Services Professionals’ Perception Of Service Delivery For African Immigrants, Krystal N. Jossell

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

African immigrants face various barriers when accessing and utilizing health care and social support services. The challenges associated with migration and the intersectionality of being a Black immigrant can significantly exacerbate African immigrants’ physical, mental, and social well-being. The purpose of this generic, qualitative inquiry was to explore the perceptions and experiences of human and social service providers regarding the barriers and challenges of African immigrants when accessing and using health and social services, the role of cultural competency in the quality-of-service delivery, and how both affect overall service delivery. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with seven human and …


Inpatient Length Of Stay, Readmission Rates, And Cost Burden: Financial Implications, Patricia Nneka Igboneje-Asor Jun 2024

Inpatient Length Of Stay, Readmission Rates, And Cost Burden: Financial Implications, Patricia Nneka Igboneje-Asor

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Walden University September 2023 The purpose of this quantitative descriptive correlational study was to investigate the financial implications of Length of Stay (LOS) and Readmission Rates (RR) on the cost of patient care (C) and to determine the extent of the relationship between the variables in Texas, United States. A secondary dataset from the Texas hospital data collection database of 920 hospitals was used, where 65 hospitals were included in the study following a G*Power analysis. Pearson correlation and regression analyses were conducted to explore the relationship between the variables at a 95% confidence interval. The findings showed a significant …


Best Practices To Reduce Nurse Fatigue In Hospital Intensive And Critical Care Units, Decrease Nurse Turnover, And Improve Quality Care, Alejandra Quinones-Otal Jun 2024

Best Practices To Reduce Nurse Fatigue In Hospital Intensive And Critical Care Units, Decrease Nurse Turnover, And Improve Quality Care, Alejandra Quinones-Otal

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Nursing is an occupation with extensive duties affecting patient safety and extensive patient practices. The purpose of this integrative review was to search the existing body of knowledge related to intensive care or critical care nurses to assess work hours and other contributors to nurse fatigue and how this relates to quality patient outcomes. The review question explored the best practices to reduce nurse fatigue in intensive care or critical care related to long shifts and other factors and the relationship to patient outcomes. Methods involved thoroughly analyzing current empirical and nonempirical literature to determine themes for answering the review …


An Analysis Of A Pilot Program: Oral Fluid Testing Of Drugged Drivers In Michigan, Amber L. Libby Jun 2024

An Analysis Of A Pilot Program: Oral Fluid Testing Of Drugged Drivers In Michigan, Amber L. Libby

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Law enforcement officers are charged with the responsibility of interpreting complicated social situations of the public every day. Adding difficulty is rapid cannabis legalization across the United States, including Michigan; encompassed in medicinal legalization in 2008 and recreational legalization in 2018, which has brought with it many changes, affecting economic, social, safety, and criminal elements. Michigan has seen an approximate 45% increase in traffic crashes with drivers who tested positive for cannabis over a five-year time frame (2013 – 2018). The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to determine the accuracy of roadside oral fluid testing introduced in Michigan …