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Student Remediation In Nursing Programs: The Evidence, The Gaps, And New Directions, Cheryl L. Mee, Barb Schreiner

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014: Nursing programs and faculty have increased pressure to produce safe nursing practitioners and have turned to a variety of tools to facilitate success in NCLEX licensure exams in the United States. End-of-course and end-of-program standardized testing are tools frequently used to prepare students. Nursing educators use the results of these tests to remediate student knowledge and critical thinking skills. Students also gain additional confidence by reviewing test results and planning further study and preparation. But which strategies are most effective in producing positive outcomes on licensure examinations? This session will explore evidence-based strategies …

Carlos Da Silva Costa: Address To The Banco Espi­Rito Santo And Grupo Banco Espi­Rito Santo Parliamentary Inquiry, Carlos Da Silva Costa

Documents

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Freedom, Benefit And Understanding: Reflections On Laurence Claus's Critique Of Authority, John M. Finnis

Journal Articles

Written for a symposium in the University of San Diego Law School in September 2013 on Laurence Claus, Law’s Evolution and Human Understanding (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012), this article appears in the final issue of volume 52 of the San Diego Law Review. With new illustrations and considerations suggested by the book, the article argues for a number of theses: “Because I/we say so” is never a reasonable ground or formulation of authoritative acts such as enactments or parental or other orders. The moral authority of rule makers is never peremptory in a binary (all or nothing) as …

Each One, Teach One: A Blackprint For Mentoring Postsecondary “Twice Exceptional” Student Scholars In “Search Of Education, Elevation And Knowledge”, Selena T. Rodgers, Tiffany Cudjoe

Journal of Research Initiatives

Through the prism of a faculty-student mentoring relationship, this article highlights best practices to gain insight into resources for “twice exceptional” student scholars. Practical application stands at a position of intersecting domains—changing the tapestry of scholarly service and undergraduate research mentoring, and as an Each One, Teach One black-print model for mentoring. The article concludes with recommendations for best practices for post secondary mentors, educators, and counselors invested in developing student scholars in Search of Education, Elevation, and Knowledge.

Fourth Grade Writing Instruction: A Case Study Of Three Teachers In Title I Schools, Elsa M. Anderson, Lisa S. Dryden

Journal of Research Initiatives

The purpose of this study was to explore writing instruction provided to students in fourth grade classrooms of two Title I schools. The researchers observed the writing instruction and classroom procedures of three fourth grade teachers at these two Title I campuses. The following three research questions guided this study: (1) How do fourth grade writing teachers in two Title I schools in Texas approach the teaching of writing? (2) How does the challenge of standardized testing impact writing instruction? (3) How do these fourth grade teachers perceive their effectiveness as teachers of writing? Analysis of data led to the …

Culturally Competent Common Core Practices: A Delphi Study, Katherine Sprott

Journal of Research Initiatives

Research has shown that standards and benchmarks lack guidance for diverse learners with regard to the lesson planning and practice. The Common Core Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics, a national state-led crusade, seeks to safeguard rigorous grade level content to prepare all students for college and career readiness. This study identifies five Culturally Competent Common Core Practices that can provide anchors for informing the instructional process in culturally contextualized ways. The Delphi study shows that the educator’s self-awareness fosters the level of cognitive consciousness that facilitates effect interaction with diverse populations.

Leaders In Journalism Education: Administrators At Acejmc Accredited Programs And Non-Accredited Hbcu Programs Critique The Standards, Jerry Crawford

Journal of Research Initiatives

Administrators of journalism and mass communication units have had to make decisions on how they would lead their units into the future. For over 70 years, the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) has been the agency that provided leadership in this endeavor. This study surveyed administrators of programs of accredited and also non-accredited journalism programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), asking them to critique and discuss their thoughts on the nine standards. Nearly unanimously the administrators agreed that accreditation, or as those not accredited stated, “best practices”, are essential. The study focused on …

My Personal Teaching Philosophy: A Commentary, Sonya Curry

Journal of Research Initiatives

Beyond striving to ensure that students learn the fundamental content of the courses, the objectives as any professor should be: (a) to foster critical thinking skills; (b) to facilitate the acquisition of lifelong learning skills; and (c) to prepare students to function as highly skilled and competent communicators across the scope of their career. Furthermore, my overall teaching philosophy is based on two principles, which are supported extensively in the literature, constructivist, and social cognitive theory.

Factor Structure Of Ptsd, And Relation With Gender In Trauma Survivors From India, Ruby Charak, Cherie Armour, Ask Elklit, Disket Angmo, Jon D. Elhai, Hans M. Koot

Psychological Science Faculty Publications

Background: The factor structure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been extensively studied in Western countries. Some studies have assessed its factor structure in Asia (China, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia), but few have directly assessed the factor structure of PTSD in an Indian adult sample. Furthermore, in a largely patriarchal society in India with strong gender roles, it becomes imperative to assess the association between the factors of PTSD and gender.

Objective: The purpose of the present study was to assess the factor structure of PTSD in an Indian sample of trauma survivors based on prevailing models of PTSD defined …

Physiological And Psychosocial Nursing Approaches To Orthopedic Oncology Patients, Nursemin Unal, Mustafa Basbozkurt, Betul Tosun

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014:

Introduction: The effects of bone cancer can be devastating for skeletal homeostasis, resulting in sequelae such as bone pain, pathological fractures, hypercalcaemia, the need for palliative radiotherapy or surgery to bone, spinal cord compression, anxiety, depression, awakening of self-esteem, independence, social skills, and awareness. It is therefore important that nurses caring for patients with advanced cancer are aware of the possible effects of bone cancers to ensure prompt and effective management and help maintain patients' quality of life.

Aim: The aim of this study is to identify the effects and symptoms of bone …

Evidence Of Culturally-Tailored Diabetes Management Program For Asian-American Immigrant Population: A Systematic Literature Review, Jee Young Joo, Hae-Kyung Lee

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 25, 2014:

Background: In the United States, Asian immigrants' populations are growing rapidly. In addition, Asian immigrants have a higher prevalence of diabetes diagnosis due to change of diet and lifestyle than other ethnicities. Many hospitals and clinics have offered diabetes programs, but care to ethnic minorities still remains inadequate, ineffective, and inaccessible. Language barriers and lack of health care insurance are the main contributing factors for the lack of effective programming. For these populations, a culturally-tailored diabetes intervention is needed. Cultural tailoring is defined as "employing the native language, integrating cultural dietary preferences, encouraging …

A Nurse-Led, Evidence-Based Stroke Self-Management Program For Community-Residing Stroke Survivors: Development And Design, Hoi Shan Lo

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014:

Background: Stroke recovery is long-term and demanding. It is important to optimise stroke survivors' capability to manage their own health after stroke. Previous systematic reviews showed potential benefits of stroke self-management programs. However some programs were not well designed with a theoretical framework.

Aim: The aim of this paper is to illustrate the design and development of a nurse-led, evidence-based, self-efficacy enhancing stroke self-management program for community-dwelling stroke survivors.

Methods: The development of the program is divided into two phases. Phase I included the conduct of a systematic review to assess the best …

The Effectiveness Of Nurse-Led Pre-Operative Assessment Clinics For Patients Receiving Elective Orthopaedic Surgery: A Systematic Review, Sau Man Conny Chan, Janita Pak-Chun Chau, Wan Yim Ip

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014:

The effectiveness of nurse-led pre-operative assessment clinics for patients receiving elective orthopaedic surgery: a systematic review. Key words: nurse-led clinic, pre-operative assessment, orthopaedic nursing. Abstract:' Background: Patients are usually admitted to hospital on the day before a scheduled surgery. However, patients are often found not fit for surgery due to changes in their medical or social conditions since the last medical consultation. This results in high cancellation rates on the day of surgery. Evidence suggesting that day of surgery cancellations waste hospital resources and cause anxiety in patients. Nurse-led preoperative assessment clinic (POAC) …

Adapt Or Sink: Exploring The Nurse Educator-Student Relationship In Democratic South Africa, Theresa Sheila Mokoboto-Zwane

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Monday, July 28, 2014: Purpose: The purpose of this presentation is to provide insight into the nurse educator-nursing student relationship by describing their lived experience of interacting with one another in a large nursing college within the context of a new democratic dispensation in South Africa, and to urge policymakers in the nursing education system to introduce policies and programmes that promote adaptation to changes brought about by the socio-economic and political climate. Methods: A qualitative study was conducted in a large nursing college in South Africa. Data was collected utilizing in-depth phenomenological interviews which were transcribed …

Navigating Cultural Waters: Experience Of Western Patients Being Cared For By Chinese Nurses In Beijing, Chanell Jan C. Concepcion

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 27, 2014: Purpose: There is a paucity of studies that examine the nursing care received by patients who are considered 'foreigners' or are non-native to the country where they receive care. As China emerges as a major player in world economy, there is also a rise in the number of foreigners visiting and living in the country in the past decade. In the 2010 census, there are over one million foreign and non-mainland Chinese nationals living in China. About a quarter (23%) is from Western countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia and European …

Using Reflective Writing As A Nursing Intervention: Review Of The Literature, Monica Kennison

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Over twenty years ago in a groundbreaking study, participants who engaged in an expressive writing intervention about emotionally-laden experiences showed positive changes in health outcomes when compared with those in a neutral writing control group. The effects lasted several weeks after the writing intervention concluded. Since then, a number of studies have indicated that written disclosure about stressful experiences improves measures of physical and mental health in clinical and non-clinical populations. For instance, expressive writing has been linked to: fewer physician visits, increases in T-helper cell growth, drops in blood pressure and heart rate, and improvements in mood. Additionally, writing …

Registered Nurses Extended Work Shifts And The Association With Quality Of Nursing Care And Patient Safety: A Cross Sectional Survey In Twelve European Countries, Peter Griffiths

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014:

Purpose: In some countries, there is a move toward nurses working shifts of longer duration to reduce time and cost of shift handovers and staff overlap, and to potentially improve work life balance; 12 hour shifts have become the norm in some countries and hospitals. However, concerns have been raised as to whether nurses can perform reliably and effectively when working longer shifts. This presentation gives the results of a study that aims to describe shift patterns of European nurses and to investigate whether shift length is associated with nurse-reported quality and safety …

Not Wythe Standing (Vol. 6, Issue 1)

Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...)

No abstract provided.

Word Recognition In Noise Among Young And Older Listeners: A Combined Behavioral And Electrophysiological Study, Victoria Ann Williams-Sanchez

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Word recognition is based on the complex interplay of bottom up processing of acoustic input and corresponding top-down processing based on linguistic redundancies (i.e., contextual cues). Friedrich and Kotz (2007) investigated the timeline of integrating top-down and bottom-up processes among young adults with normal hearing using sentences presented in quiet. As a follow-up study, also with young adults with normal hearing (Experiment 1 of this dissertation), we used sentences embedded in multi-talker background noise and found similar results to Friedrich and Kotz (2007); but, with the use of principal component analysis (PCA) unveiled additional effects of phonological and semantic integration …

Analysing The Impact Of Digital Photography Projects On Student Engagement And Performance In A Higher Education Engineering Discipline, Michael Gleeson

Conference papers

Developing and implementing engaging activities aligned with the learning outcomes of a module within a higher education programme is essential to successful teaching practice in the 21^st century. Substantial research evidence indicates that student engagement plays a pivotal role in the academic performance and success of the student. The aim of this research is to compare student performance after adopting an alternative pedagogic approach utilising digital photography as a tool to engage the student in an engineering discipline. The activity was designed to promote student engagement by integrating digital photography, replicating authentic construction professional practice and focusing on images …

Mistakes Were Made - But Not By Me!:Sobering Self-Realizations About Self-Justification, John Bird, Teaching And Learning Center

The Weekly Reader

No abstract provided.

November 17, 2014 Armstrong Faculty Senate Agenda, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Faculty Senate: Armstrong Faculty Senate Agenda (Archived)

November 17, 2014 Armstrong Faculty Senate Agenda

The Free Press Vol 46 Issue 9, 11-17-2014, Sam Hill

Free Press, The

Admins continue to work on teach-out plan--Chronicling USM’s national media attention--USM combines student services for savings--USM Preservation Fund meets $10,000 goal--Student worries about value of her education--Transfer students unaware of budget crisis

November 17, 2014, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Golden Key Induction Ceremony, Kent Syverud

Chancellor's Collection

No abstract provided.

Integrating Community Service Into Scholarship: Youth Engagement By Active Participation Case Study Of Ruwwad, Eunjee Anna Koh

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This research project applies Asset-Based Community Development theory to Ruwwad, a community-based organization in Al-Natheef. As a marginalized community, the approach to community development must be investigated to ensure that it does not worsen the community dependency. Through the Myoub Khorma Youth Education and Empowerment Fund, Ruwwad provides scholarships for youth from the neighborhood and surrounding areas. The impact of the scholarship on youth was investigated through conducting student interviews and collected material culture published by the organization. Ruwwad exemplifies an example of asset-based community development in the Middle East and youth have shown that they feel empowered through an …

Deportations Violate U.S., Global Laws, Jennifer Moore

Faculty Scholarship

The detention and summary deportation of these moms and kids is in violation of U.S. and international law.

Early Music Ensemble: The Sincerest Form Of Flattery, Chapman Early Music Ensemble

Printed Performance Programs (PDF Format)

No abstract provided.

The French Of Italy Timemap, Fordham University, Center For Medieval Studies

Fordham Archived Digital Projects

The French of Italy TimeMap incorporates textual, geographic, and temporal data to plot the production of French-language texts in Italy spatially and chronographically. Mapped points link to our French of Italy database to supplement the geo-temporal visualization with bibliographical and explanatory pages on the corpus. By inviting users to interact with the data about medieval literary production across Italy in the form of map-reading, the project reveals a larger picture of this unique moment in literary history.

Cluster Models: Structural, Morphological And Thermodynamic Properties Of Bi-Metallic Particles, M Hou, A A. Dzhurakhalov

Scientific-technical journal

This article deals with the interaction between atoms in a nanoparticle and the interaction of nanoparticles with surfaces, when the interaction potentials are established as functionals of local electron density or jump integrals and parameterized based on the range of microscopic and macroscopic properties of bulk materials. Large scale computations are undertaken in order to model nanostructured Ag-Co materials synthesized by cluster deposition and to study their thermodynamic and mechanical properties. Molecular dynamic codes are developed the refore to run on parallel computers