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Law And Religion: Sharia Law And The First Amendment, Joseph A. Williamson

Senior Honors Theses

America has long been seen as the capital of religious freedom and individual rights. In recent years a debate has arisen over whether an individual can personally adhere to the legal concept of sharia law under the protections of the first amendment. At the center of this debate is precedent that can be drawn from previous interactions between religion and American ideals. Two similar issues that have been settled both judicially and legislatively are the conscientious draft objector and the federal prohibition of polygamy. By studying the roots of Islamic law and then the basis of these two concepts, a …

Knowledge And Perception Of Coronary Artery Disease In High-Risk Women, Summer Kottsick

Student Projects for Graduate Degrees

Background: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in America and kills more women each year than all other cancers combined. While women’s level of awareness of heart disease has increased, they often do not perceive their risk of heart disease accurately, nor do they understand the importance of adopting heart-healthy behaviors to reduce risk. Objective: By implementing a combination of counseling from a health care provider and computer-based tailored education, this project aimed to test the effectiveness of using the Go Red for Women™ Heart CheckUp as an educational intervention for high-risk women to increase the …

Crow's Nest, November 17, 2014, Crow's Nest Staff

Crow's Nest

The November 17, 2014, issue of the Crow's Nest.

Trumpet And Trombone Choirs, "Doc" John Marcellus

Bailey School of Music Concert Programs

KSU School of Music presents Trumpet and Trombone Choirs.

Motivating Nursing Students To Intervene With Their Psychiatric Clients Who Use Tobacco, Rhonda Garrett Schwindt

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 25, 2014:

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of a hybrid, online education program using Self-Determination Theory as a guiding framework, on the autonomous motivation and perceived competence of baccalaureate nursing students (BSN) to intervene with psychiatric clients who are tobacco dependent.

Methods: A one-group, pre-test/post-test study design was employed with a purposive sample of 120 junior BSN students enrolled in a three-credit hour psychiatric/mental health nursing course at a large university-affiliated school of nursing.

Results: The integration of the tobacco education program significantly improved the perceived competence and autonomous …

A Place At The Table: Voices Of Nursing At The Un, Bringing The Voice Of The Un To Nurses, Holly Shaw

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014:

The UN System serves as the world's main transnational forum. While only the governmental representatives make decisions, civil society, through its representatives, have an opportunity to offer voice and input into the deliberative process. STTI and NIGH (Nightingale Initiative for Global Health) are affiliated with the Department of Public Information (DPI) and accredited with Special Consultative Status by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), assuring a voice and a place at policy discussions. This symposium includes presentations by a NYC based panel that will share their experience participating in UN activities, events and …

Sustaining Global And Local Nursing Voice At The United Nations, Raissa Lynn Sanchez, Gloria Chan

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014:

Purpose: This presentation will describe the development of chapter and regional programs and projects that focus on UN goals and initiatives, highlighting the STTI Region 14 UN Interest group and the NIGH UN Interest Group Team. The response among STTI and NIGH members to these initiatives has been positive and enduring, with members demonstrating interest in pursuing meaningful opportunities to collaborate on global health and nursing issues. Programs have included evening education and all day symposia, networking, and fundraising events held at universities and UN Headquarters. UN goals and activities have provided young …

Youth Un Representatives: Emerging Roles For Youth At The Un, Timothy Shi, D. J. Schnabel

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014:

Purpose: This purpose of this presentation is to describe the newly established Youth Representative role within the UN System, and activities associated with the DPI NGO (Department of Public Information) and ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council). Youth engagement in the UN is regarded as a crucial focus for developing leadership and particpation in the resolution of transnational issues. Activities and opportunities for youth participation (18-24) will be explored and discussed.

Methods: The experience of the UN Youth Representatives will be highlighted for STTI members interested in enagement of young members. Mentorship and collaboration …

Engaging Colleagues: Improving Global Health Outcomes, Hester C. Klopper

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 25, 2014:

Health is central in development and has been identified as a critical indicator for sustainable development. Three of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) focused specifically on health. The question and debate for the future is how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) post-2015 should reflect health, as these goals shape agendas and determine resource allocation. In this session the status of the achievement of the MDGs will evaluated, the changing global health agenda will be explored and some insights shared into how health could be linked to the SDGs post-2015. Specific attention will be …

Reduction Of Childhood Obesity Via The Web-Based Programs In School-Aged Children, Natalya Fazylova

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 27, 2014:

Purpose: This review aimed to to identify the current evidence on the effectiveness of web-based programs on the reduction of childhood obesity.

Methods: A three-step search strategy and search terms were formulated based on the selection criteria. This review considered studies that included school age children regardless of gender, ethnicity, or national origin from 4-18 years of age. The outcomes measured in this review include overweight and obesity among school aged children as measured by valid and reliable measurements including but not limited to BMI, body weight, and/or waist circumference. Independent critical appraisals …

Teen Pregnancy: A Multi Method Community Evaluation, Ainat Koren, Krissy Naugton, Jennifer Stanton

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 25, 2014:

Purpose: Teen pregnancy is a complex issue, which attracted a great deal of attention from service providers, educators, and policy makers in recent years. Science-based teen pregnancy prevention programs are funded in select high-risk communities in Massachusetts to provide evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention services. This presentation will share one-community multi method assessment related to teen pregnancy and teen pregnancy prevention programs.

Methods: The process consisted of five components: a youth online survey; focus groups with parents; teen mom survey; stakeholder interviews; and Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping.

Results: Evaluation outcome show that teen …

Development Of An Evidence-Based Surgical Decision Making Algorithm For Bladder Exstrophy Related Continence Procedures, Marlo Ann Michelle Eldridge, Zeina Khouri-Stevens, John Phillip Gearhart

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 25, 2014:

Bladder exstrophy (BE), is a rare congenital malformation that occurs 1:40,000 live births, (Nelson, 2005). Occurring during the tenth week of pregnancy, BE manifests as failure of the abdominal wall to close and results in the protrusion of the anterior bladder through the lower abdominal wall. In the modern staged repair, the abdominal wall portion of the defect is ideally closed in the first 72 hours of life. The staged approach then requires a continence procedure, typically undertaken in the middle elementary years. There are two main continence procedures, the bladder neck reconstruction …

The Impact Of Parent Reaction To Sexual Orientation On Depressive Symptoms And Sex Risk Among Hispanic Men Who Have Sex With Men, Victoria B. Mitrani, Brian E. Mccabe, Natalie M. Leblanc, Joseph P. De Santis, Diego Deleon

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 25, 2014:

Purpose: The study aimed to examine the impact of parents' reaction to their sons' sexual orientation on the son's depressive symptoms and sexual risk behaviors among Hispanic adult men who have sex with men (MSM). We also sought to examine whether the son's level of acculturation would moderate the relationship between parental reaction and the outcome variables. The study tested the following hypotheses: Lower parental acceptance will be related to depressive symptoms; Lower parental acceptance will be related to sexual risk behavior behaviors; The relationship between lower parental acceptance and depressive symptoms will …

On The Ground And From Afar: Stti & Global Nursing Organization Representatives To Un Ngo Community: A Place At The Table, Holly Shaw

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014:

Purpose: In the inception of the UN, civil society was included to participate through representatives of NGOs. This presentation will focus on the experience of STTI representatives inside the UN NGO community and in the transnational CoNGO (Conference of NGOs in Consultative Status with the UN). Through DPI-NGO (Department of Public Information) and ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) programs and NGO Committee participation, a voice for the nursing profession is emrging, providing an opportunity to contribute to global health issues.

Methods: STTI members will learn about the NGO UN Committees in the UN …

Obtaining Required Childhood Vaccinations: The Latino Immigrant Experience, Barbara Derose

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Monday, July 28, 2014:

Vaccinations are an important step in preventing childhood illnesses and disease outbreaks in the community. Complete immunizations before school assure eligibility for enrollment and protect children against severe illness. The fact that foreign-born children of Latino immigrants face health disparities in receiving vaccinations is well documented. However, there is little information in the literature about the actual experience of immigrants facing the complexities of the health system, and through their eyes, which factors ultimately affect vaccination rates of immigrant Latino children. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to give voice to Latino …

Evaluation Of A Government Deployment Project For Unemployed Nurses As Input To Policy And Programmatic Directions, Josefina A. Tuazon

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The purpose of this presentation is to evaluate implementation and outcomes of a government deployment project for unemployed nurses called Projects RNHEALS to underserved hospitals and community centers in terms of enhancing clinical and public health competencies and potential employability of deployed nurses as input to policy and programmatic directions.

Growing The Flowers: Preparing Undergraduate Nursing Students For A Community Healthcare Placement In A Neoliberal Economy, Eleanor S. Horton

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 25, 2014:

Purpose: Our objective was to engage and develop initiatives with our community partners to better prepare our nursing students for a community clinical placement in their Undergraduate Nursing Degree program thus increasing our clinical placements and stimulating students to consider community nursing as a viable career option. Many nursing degree programs have made the decision that to maintain a Primary healthcare community focus within the curriculum that addressees not just the theoretical component but the practicalities of a community placement is a very expensive exercise and one that in the current neoliberal economic …

Understanding Workplace Reciprocity Of Emergency Nurses: A Qualitative Study, Christine Marie Corcoran

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Emergency Departments (ED) are unpredictable environments and are well-known for instantaneous change. At one moment, the ED may be relatively quiet and then suddenly ambulances and helicopters arrive with multiple patients from a serious car accident. Typically, nurses are the first healthcare provider encountered by the patient. Given the rapid changes, this is an environment with high levels of stress and more so for the ED nurse (Browning, Ryan, Thomas, Greenberg, & Rolniak, 2007; Spence, Laschinger, & Havens, 1997). EDs are open for patient care all day, every day. The flow of patients and their reasons for presenting to the …

Researching With Young People As Participants: Issues In Recruitment, Ainsley M. James

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 27, 2014:

Purpose: An essential element of human research is the successful recruitment of participants, because without participants there can be no research. Many researchers appear to be able to recruit participants quickly and without significant issues, while other researchers encounter challenges. When researching the lived experience of young people aged 16-24 years, with type 1 diabetes living in a rural setting, we assumed that gaining ethics approval to interview the 16-18 year old participants would be a challenge. Ethics approval was granted following minimal changes to the application. Participant recruitment however presented a significant …

Nursing Students' Perceptions Of Knowledge And Training During The Medication Administration Process, Kelly J. Betts

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014:

Medication administration in nursing programs is a key skill that nursing students must master prior to graduating and entering the nursing workforce. Lack of pharmacology knowledge, safety, and skill proficiency is detrimental to the safety and welfare of patients. At the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing baccalaureate program nursing students have demonstrated a lack of performance of the medication administration process as evidenced by anecdotal feedback from students and faculty, and post course evaluations. The purpose of this study was to examine nursing students' perceptions of their knowledge, skill …

Evidence-Based Outcomes To Detect Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Identify Co-Existing Factors, And Compare Characteristics Of Patients Discharge Disposition, Joseph F. Burkard

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014:

Introduction: According to the American Heart Association, fifteen million adults are affected by obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is the most common disturbance during sleep affecting 30% of the population. The occurrence of moderate/severe OSA is estimated at 11.4% in men and 4.7% in women. This outcomes project included three completed bodies of work designed to evaluate the effects of implementing the STOP BANG tool in preoperative clinics to identify undiagnosed OSA surgery patients, examine the duration of recovery and the impact of co-factors and evaluate patient characteristics of discharged …

Reflections Of Second Year Nursing Students In Australia On Improving Their Cultural Competence In Relation To Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Health, Glenda E. Mcdonald, Leanne Hunt, Sharon Patricia Hillege

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Monday, July 28, 2014:

Purpose: Nursing students around the world require the capacity to provide nursing care in a culturally competent manner, given the complex patterns of migration and the increasingly multicultural nature of our societies and health system populations. In particular, nursing students need to understand the social and political aspects of majority and minority groups within societies and the impact they have on health access and outcomes.

Methods: This qualitative research study investigated the development of cultural competence in 76 culturally diverse, second-year nursing students in a metropolitan region of Australia, while they studied a …

Exposing Quality Of Life And Deadly Health Disparities: Using Research To Change Health Care Policy, Carol Estwing Ferrans

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 25, 2014:

At this meeting in Hong Kong, Dr. Carol Ferrans will be inducted into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame of Sigma Theta Tau International. The purpose of this presentation is to trace her research trajectory from its earliest beginnings in quality of life and health disparities, over 30 years, including how she used research findings as a tool to strategically to shape and create changes in healthcare policy and legislation. Since the early 1980s when quality of life was a new concept, she has been an advocate for the voice of the …

Non-Urgent Emergency Department Use In An Urban Pediatric Primary Care Population, Mei Lin Chen-Lim

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 24, 2014:

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the reasons that families use the Emergency Department (ED) for their child's non-urgent care when primary or after hours care is available. Background and Significance: Garcia et al (2010) reported approximately 20% of patients nationwide, with at least one Emergency Department (ED) visit, were children (ages 0-17 years). Past studies reported that approximately half or more of these visits were for non-urgent conditions (Zandieh, 2009). Ambulatory Care Nurses provide primary well child and illness care to assist patient and families to better manage health …

Nurses And Tobacco Control: An Intersection Of Research And Health Care Policy, Linda Patti Sarna

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This presentation will highlight the evolution and intersection of an international program of research in lung cancer and tobacco control as model for changing nursing practice and health care policy. Dr. Sarna's initial program of research focused on the quality of life and symptoms experienced by patients with lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Dr. Sarna was one of the first to publish about the quality of life concerns experienced by women with lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer death among women in the U.S. since the mid 1980's, and about issues faced by lung cancer …

An Evaluation Of Motivators For Colonoscopy Screening Compliance, Holly Marcusen Wright

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 27, 2014:

Purpose: Polyp removal, which is done during a colonoscopy screening, has been shown to reduce colorectal cancer by as much as 90%. Only 53% of Americans who are age 50 comply with colorectal cancer screening guidelines. More people need to have colonoscopy screenings. This study aims to learn what motivators are working to get people to comply with colonoscopy screening so that this information can be used to motivate more people to have the screening done.

Methods: We used mixed-methods with qualitative and quantitative features in a one-on-one interview and a questionnaire with …

Publishing: A Career Road For You?, Susan Gennaro, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 27, 2014: The editors of Journal of Nursing Scholarship and Worldviews on Evidence Based Practice will discuss how being involved in publications help an academic career trajectory. How to become a reviewer, editorial board member, associate editor and editor will all be discussed.

Teaching/Learning Strategies To Integrate Genetics And Genomics Into Undergraduate Nursing Education, Leighsa Sharoff

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 25, 2014:

Genetic and genomic science is redefining the understanding of the continuum of human health and illness. As a new required competency for 21st century baccalaureate nursing students, providing crucial information as outlined by the AACN Essential Competencies for Genetics and Genomics is paramount for the nursing practice. How a nursing curriculum prepares these millennial nurses to function at their highest capacity depends on how genetics and genomics are integrated into the curriculum. Integrating genetics and genomics as a stand-alone course needs to be innovative and creative while teaching the scientific content. The implications …

Designing Service Learning Projects For An Online Course In Healthcare Delivery, Linda E. Jensen

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 27, 2014: Service learning has become an important part of many academic healthcare programs as it has been shown that service learning helps students become more aware of the needs of populations frequently involved in healthcare disparities. Volunteer organizations are an important part of healthcare delivery however, most students and many health care professional are unaware of many of the important resources for their patients which can be found in these community service organizations. However, a service-learning strategy is more difficult to design for an online course, as the instructor cannot know the organizations involved …

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 …