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Discovering Real-World Usage Scenarios For A Multimodal Math Search Interface, Keita Del Valle Wangari

Theses

To use math expressions in search, current search engines require knowing expression names or using a structure editor or string encoding (e.g., LaTeX) to enter expressions. This is unfortunate for people who are not math experts, as this can lead to an "intention gap" between the math query they wish to express, and what the interface will allow. m_in is a search interface that supports drawing expressions on a canvas using a mouse/touch, keyboard and images. We designed a user study to examine how the multimodal interface of m_in changes search behavior for mathematical non-experts, and discover real-world …

Digital Divide Déjà Vu: Examining Second-Level Digital Literacy, Lisa Nicole Barber

Theses

Since the advent of the Internet, the diffusion of computers has narrowed the gap between the digital "have" and "have-nots," however researchers have identified a new disparity beyond computer accessibility as a result of the growing dependence of information on the Internet. This study will explore people's differences in online skills among users in the city of Rochester, N.Y. Based on a quota sample and a survey computer tasks are administered to evaluate internet skills. Findings suggest that there are significant differences in the amount of time it took to complete each task, while differences in education level, sex, age, …

Timothy Abram Hopes To Help Solve State's Problems, Misty Cowherd

University of Mississippi News

UM student leader addresses teacher shortage, joins Teach For America

Implementation And Evaluation Of A Falls Reduction Pilot, Jennifer L. Kitchens

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Poster presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013, Tuesday, November 19, 2013:

Problem: Falls are a key patient safety measure and can lead to increased injury, length of stay, and cost. Increasing patient and staff awareness is one way to reduce incidence of falls. Purpose: The purpose is to implement and evaluate a fall pilot program on a medical-surgical unit.

Methods: The fall intervention selected for the pilot is a 'Call don't fall' sign that will be placed in the patients' room and bathroom with the rationale of increasing patient and staff awareness via implementation of a visual reminder. The sign …

Rn-Bs Education: Facilitators And Barriers, Laura Marie Schwarz, Nancyruth Leibold

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on: Tuesday, November 19, 2013:

Purpose: A strong movement led by agencies invested in nursing and healthcare outcomes exists in the United States to increase the numbers of baccalaureate (BS) and higher degreed nurses and along with it a fervent advocacy for seamless academic progression. Outcomes are found to be more favorable with BS prepared RNs. Yet the current percent of associate degreed (AD) RNs who go on for BS and higher education is relatively low. What encourages some AD RNs to return for BS level education, while many more do not to return? This presentation aims to …

Developing A Culturally Sensitive Seminar Assessing Attitudes Toward Advance Care Planning In Chinese Americans, Katherine A. Hinderer, Mei Ching Lee

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on: Tuesday, November 19, 2013:

Purpose: Develop a culturally sensitive advance care planning (ACP) seminar for a community of Chinese Americans (CA). The aim of the study was to examine the relationship of a culturally sensitive ACP seminar and attitudes toward advance directives (AD) in CA. Background: Advance directives are documents that guide end-of-life (EOL) decisions when decision-making capacity is lost. Research about ADs is limited in minority populations. Chinese Americans represent the third largest immigrant group in the United States. Interventions to increase awareness and knowledge of ACP in CA are important in promoting quality EOL care. …

The Diversity Of Quantitative Trait Loci In Yeast Sporulation Efficiency, Kimberly Lorenz

All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

A complex trait is one that exhibits continuous phenotypic variation due to genetic variation in many quantitative trait genes: QTGs). The ultimate goal of genetics is to relate genotype to phenotype; in the case of complex traits this requires a better understanding of what types of genes harbor causal natural variation, and what form the variation takes. Here I describe two experiments using the model complex trait of sporulation efficiency in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, one to specifically investigate how small effects contribute to a quantitative trait and the other to determine whether certain types of genes are more likely …

Reflecting On This Issue, Robert Schroeder

Communications in Information Literacy

Introduction to this special issue, Reflecting on the Standards.

Rethinking The 2000 Acrl Standards: Some Things To Consider, Carol C. Kuhlthau

Communications in Information Literacy

I propose three "rethinks" to consider in recasting the ACRL Standards for information literacy for the coming decades. First, rethink the concept of information need. Second, rethink the notion that information literacy is composed of a set of abilities for "extracting information." Third, rethink the holistic process of learning from a variety of sources of information that is central to information literacy. The necessity for these "rethinks" are grounded in my extensive studies of students' experience in the information search process that reveal an evolving, dynamic, holistic process incorporating a series of feelings (affective), thoughts (cognitive) and actions (physical) as …

Minding The Gaps: Exploring The Space Between Vision And Assessment In Information Literacy Work, Heidi L.M. Jacobs

Communications in Information Literacy

The current "ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standard Review Task Force" presents information literacy practitioners with an engaging intellectual endeavor: how might these standards be revised, rethought, re-envisioned? Regardless of what the review yields, the process is an excellent opportunity for us to think broadly and creatively about the Standards and to remember that they are not a fixed set of rules but a malleable and evolving document. Asking questions about the practical, pedagogical, and theoretical implications of the Standards and considering alternative approaches will yield engaging, fruitful, and necessary conversations not only about the teaching of information literacy but about …

The New Acrl Information Literacy Competency Standards: Revising Reception, Benjamin R. Harris

Communications in Information Literacy

The publication of educational standards inspires a variety of responses---from wholesale acceptance and deployment to criticism and blame. The author of this paper contends that the revision of the ACRL's Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education must be accompanied by a critical, conscious, and conscientious reception by librarians and information literacy advocates.

Refreshing Information Literacy: Learning From Recent British Information Literacy Models, Justine Martin

Communications in Information Literacy

Models play an important role in helping practitioners implement and promote information literacy. Over time models can lose relevance with the advances in technology, society, and learning theory. Practitioners and scholars often call for adaptations or transformations of these frameworks to articulate the learning needs in information literacy development. This study analyzes four recently published models from the United Kingdom. The initial findings were presented in a report for an ACRL taskforce reviewing the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. This article presents complementary, yet distinct findings from the same dataset that focus on reoccurring themes for information literacy …

Affective Learning And Personal Information Management: Essential Components Of Information Literacy, Ellysa Stern Cahoy

Communications in Information Literacy

No abstract provided.

A Method To Enhance Nurses Knowledge About Falls Reduction Strategies, Jennifer L. Kitchens, Shaunte Moore, Lisa Johnson

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Poster presented on: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, Monday, November 18, 2013

Purpose: To increase knowledge about the hospital's fall policy in Medical-Surgical nurses via implementation of a falls educational intervention. Nursing knowledge plays an important role in preventing and managing falls in acute hospitals. Background: An educational needs assessment indicated a falls educational intervention was needed. Additional supporting information included audits indicating fall risk interventions were not being implemented consistently, improperly completed fall causation reports, and other documentation issues.

Methods: The intervention consisted of an educational poster based on evidenced-based hospital policy and included: fall risk assessment; high risk alert …

Transforming Education Through Reflection: Pedagogies In Action, Sara Horton-Deutsch

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013:

The challenges and opportunities in developing nurses for practice have never been greater. New quality and safety science, advances in knowledge and technology, increased patient involvement, market driven health care, and altered care settings where nurses practice mandate transformation in how we educate and prepare students for practice. A new vision for transforming education that prepares nurses with advanced knowledge, judgment, skills and ethical standards calls for teaching approaches that are strong in situated and experiential learning ( Benner et al, 2010). Educational strategies that engage students in deeper understanding of classroom material …

Addressing National Research Priorities In Improvement Science, Kathleen R. Stevens

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on: Tuesday, November 19, 2013:

Healthcare experts, administrators, researchers, and clinicians across multiple disciplines are developing and testing new strategies to improve the safety and quality of patient care; however, national capacity to study improvement falls well behind the need to discover 'what works'. The study of complex healthcare service delivery and microsystems requires new skills in research methods, new partnerships across academic and clinical traditions, and multi-site research approaches to account for scale-up and spread of tested strategies. This symposium explores nurse-led nationally-funded achievements toward national advancing improvement science. The underlying foundations of the design of the …

International Nursing Service: At Home And Abroad, Safiya George Dalmida, Shannon E. Perry, Patrice Kenneally Nicholas, Jennifer Foster, Benson C. Wright, Karen M. Pehrson, Roxanne Amerson

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013:

The purpose of this session is for the International Service Taskforce members to discuss various aspects of international nursing service and volunteerism, within local, regional, national, and international/global contexts. The session presenters will provide attendees with information about engaging in, evaluating and sustaining service and service-related partnerships -- at the member, chapter and regional level. During this session, presenters will discuss and provide ideas and practical examples of ways that international service activities help to address Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). We will provide attendees with guidelines and recommendations for international nursing service …

Open Access: Myths And Misconceptions In Scholarship And Publishing, Kimberly S. Thompson, Renee M. Wilmeth

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013:

Everyone in academe, publishing and research seems to be discussing Open Access, but the more information that becomes available, the more questions academics, scholars, writers, publishers and researchers have. What is green road? Should scholars pay to publish in journals? How does peer review fit in? What about libraries? Copyrights? Hybrid journals and other publishing options? This unique session will provide an overview of open access from STTI's lead informatics/librarian (and designer of the Henderson full-text repository) and STTI's publisher who leads the journal publishing program. The two will describe the current …

Professional Development: Through Continuing Nursing Education?, Matthew S. Howard, Bruce R. Williams, Marcy Strine, Mary Mcadams

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013:

Lifelong professional development consists of planned learning experiences designed to augment ones knowledge, skills or attitudes. In today's world of high and low tech education, opportunities for augmenting a nurses knowledge and attitude vary. We will discuss the process to provide continuing nursing education (CNE) through international accrediting bodies. We will also compare the pros and cons of some of today's current CNE opportunities in an attempt to define what type of education is best working for the bedside nurse.

Mentoring Nurses For Success: A Global View, Susan M. Baxley, Kristina S. Ibitayo, Mary Lou Bond

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013:

Mentoring will be defined in this presentation, including mentoring within educational and healthcare settings, with a global view on mentoring. Discussion of the challenges within the educational system for students at all levels of their education provides thought for mentoring strategies. Practical advice for both mentors and proteges will be presented, on how to maximize their mentoring experiences in today's climate. TIPS will consist of thoughts, ideas, and presenting strategies specific to each mentoring structure. Faculty members can also benefit from mentoring. Understanding the challenges and having TIPS to negotiate the system, …

Legacy Building: Telling Stories That Inspire, Doris S. Edwards, Eileen Wilson Richardson, Margret Lepp, Evelyn R. Hayes, Ainslie Nibert, Scott Emory Moore, Katheryn B. Arterberry, Anita Bella Collins, Rebekah Salt

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Tuesday, November 19, 2013: Legacy is what one leaves behind for those who follow. STTI regularly honors the accomplishments of colleagues but we still know too little about our shared global inheritance and the legacy builders working among us today. Legacy, as stories remembered and stories told, has the power to affirm and to motivate those who hear the stories. Many kinds of inheritances of can facilitate the accomplishment of one's goals and help in the overcoming of diverse barriers. STTI members and groups have created legacies in practice, education, service, scholarship, leadership and philanthropy. We …

No Books, Just Bytes: The Virginia Henderson Global Nursing E-Repository!, Kimberly S. Thompson

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Tuesday, November 19, 2013:

The Virginia Henderson Global Nursing e-Repository has transitioned from the Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library. Are you interested in hearing a brief history of the library's transition to an online, open-access repository? Do you want to know more about the repository and the benefits it offers to nurse authors who are eager to share their clinical and academic scholarship on a global basis, thus furthering the growth of the profession as a whole? Are you looking for an alternative publishing resource to submit your evidence-based practice and research related works to? Do …

Research Abstracts, Proposals And Grant Writing: Basics From Start To Finish, Lois Sarah Marshall

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Saturday, November 16, 2013 and repeated on Monday, November 18, 2013: This presentation will provide the novice researcher the basics to write a research abstract, proposal, and/or grant for submission. This session will enable participants to gain a basic understanding of the steps of the abstract/proposal/grant writing process in order to enable them to put forth a submission in the future. Participants will be able to interact with some past recipients of STTI small research grants who will provide practical information on the writing, submission, and follow-up process.

The Learner's Perspective Of Webquests As A Teaching/Learning Strategy In Nursing Education, Nancyruth Leibold, Laura Marie Schwarz

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Poster presented on: Sunday, November 17, 2013, Saturday, November 16, 2013:

Purpose: WebQuests are instructional webpages that have unique designs to engage learners in higher order thinking, such as analysis, critical thinking, evaluation and synthesis in learners. Consistent with constructivist philosophy, a WebQuest can be used for staff development, continuing education, and/or academic education. There are six main components to a WebQuest: introduction, task, process, conclusion, evaluation and resources/credits (Dodge, 1995). Educators can design probing questions into the Nursing WebQuest and use simulation in the design. There is a gap in the literature of research related to the effectiveness and …

The Cope On-Line Intervention For Prevention Of Depression And Anxiety In College Freshmen: Implications For Future Research And Clinical Practice, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Despite the high prevalence of depression and anxiety disorders in college students, there are few experimental studies that have tested preventive interventions for this high risk population. The purpose of this symposium is to describe the baseline and immediate post-intervention findings from a randomized controlled pilot trial that tested the efficacy of the COPE (Creating Opportunities for Parent Empowerment) Program, an on-line self-paced 7 session cognitive behavioral skills building intervention, on stress and anxiety/depressive symptoms in college freshmen enrolled in a required one credit survey course during their first semester of college. The second paper will describe the study's post-intervention …

Advancing Million Hearts Tm: Interprofessional Education And Practice Initiatives To Prevent 1 Million Heart Attacks And Strokes Across The U.S., Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013: Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of mortality in the United States. In order to raise awareness and provide education as well as resources to prevent morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease, the Department of Health and Human Services launched the Million Hearts TM initiative in 2011 with the goal of preventing one million heart attacks and strokes over a 5 year time period. This symposium is designed to (1) describe the Million Hearts TM initiative and demonstrate a Million Hearts TM screening, (2) highlight the National Interprofessional Education Consortium to advance …

Taking The Road Less Traveled: An Innovative Approach To The Clinical Nurse Leader Role, David H. James, Angela J. Jukkala

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013:

In response to the growing concern over patient safety, quality, and health care outcomes, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), created the role of the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL). CNL practice involves team development, microsystem assessment, process development, treatment, and ongoing evaluation. Implementing the role at the microsystem level has resulted in role ambiguity, increased cost, and lack of quantifiable measures of influence. By strategizing how to integrate the role in practice, nursing utilized two CNLs in a different manner than what was recommended by the AACN white paper. The purpose …

Caring For A Global Society: The Impact Of Latino-American Health Beliefs And Behaviors On Health Outcomes, Safiya George Dalmida, Scott Emory Moore, Constance Sobon Sensor

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013:

This three-part symposium will provide an overview of migrant Latino/Latina beliefs and practices related to metabolic disorders, birth, and health promotion, in their new environment. The first presentation explores the current status of academic and clinical research regarding Latino Migrant Seasonal Farm Workers, specifically, findings that impact culturally appropriate lifestyle modification, health education, and the nursing management of metabolic disorders. Additionally, this presentation seeks to offer interactive case study examples featuring implementation of culturally appropriate patient education and intervention in this population. The second presentation examines the relationship between acculturation, spiritual/religious and psychosocial …

Getting Published In Nursing Journals: Strategies For Success, Susan Gennaro, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013 and repeated on Tuesday, November 19, 2013:

This session will be participatory and enable those attending to ask specific questions of the editors of Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing and the Journal of Nursing Scholarship about writing and getting published. The broad issues that will be covered include: - getting started in the writing process - the publication process - how to respond to peer reviews - ethics of publication.

The Maternal-Child Health Nurse Leadership Academy: Celebrating 10 Years Of Improving The Health & Wellbeing Of Mothers & Babies Worldwide, Leeann Taylor, Katheryn B. Arterberry

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Saturday, November 16, 2013:

Through the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International's Maternal-Child Health Nurse Leadership Academy (MCH NLA), nurses develop personal leadership skills via the creation and implementation of innovative clinical projects in their home communities and clinical agencies which benefit the nursing care of maternal-child clients throughout the health care continuum. This session will offer a synopsis of the MCH NLA goals, objectives, structure, learning activities, and outcomes. In addition, participants who have transitioned from Fellows to Faculty Advisors will feature their personal perspective of the leadership journey.