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Exploring The Impact Of A Medical Mission Trip On Graduate Nurse Practice Perceptions, Ideals And Practice Implementation, Cindy Ford, Brenda Kinning, Amanda C. Raymundo, Charalene Ruble

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015:

There is little debate about the significance of nursing educational experiences to promote cultural understanding as the population requiring care becomes increasingly diverse. Faculty are aware of the study abroad research results yielding positive learning outcomes such as participants reporting increased understanding of other cultures and a commitment to being a positive force for improvement of healthcare abroad and in their own community (Saenz & Holcomb, 2009); gains in substantive knowledge, changes in values and communication skills (Carpenter & Garcia, 2012) and increased understanding as well as uncomfortable, …

Providing Health Education And Disaster Preparedness Training In The Usa And Haiti: A Global Collaboration, Jacqueline Cassagnol

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015:

The purpose of this presentation is to describe how a Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) Region 14 member collaborated with STTI members and nurse leaders to provide health education and disaster preparedness training in the USA and Haiti. The STTI Region 14 member initiated community health projects and disaster preparedness projects in the United States of America (USA) and Haiti, in collaboration with STTI members and nurse leaders. From 2012 to 2014, over 15 projects were initiated in New York, USA and Leogane, Haiti. The projects were conducted through Worldwide Community First Responder, …

Hybrid Fnp Education In Haiti: A Global Collaboration, Steven Baumann, Joanna F. Hofmann, Jacqueline Cassagnol

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015:

The purpose of this presentation is to describe how Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) Region 14 members and nurse leaders developed and operated two Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Master's Degree programs in Haiti. The significance of this program is great as there is a huge need in Haiti for quality prenatal care, newborn care and graduate nursing education. 70% of Haitians live on less than $2 a day. Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world and has one of the highest infant and maternal mortality rates. It, also, has a …

The Lived Experience Of Nurses In Rural Uganda, Linda S. Johanson

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015:

In order to investigate the lived experience of nurses in rural Uganda this qualitative study was conducted in the summer of 2014. The researcher traveled to three bush villages in rural Uganda and interviewed seven nurses working in community clinics until data saturation was achieved. The interviews were taped and transcribed, then analyzed for themes. Three major themes emerged. Nurses in rural Uganda maintain a positive outlook in spite of harsh realities, they persevere out of a desire to help others, and they perceive nursing to be a notable and respected career in …

Stti Region 14: Connecting And Engaging Members Locally And Globally, Teresa Torsney, Ronn M. Callada, Jacqueline Cassagnol, Kirstin Patragnoni-Sauter

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015:

The purpose of this presentation is to describe how the Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) Region 14 Coordinator and Chapters incorporated STTI Mission and the 2013 Presidential Call to Action in their events and activities. The mission of STTI is to advance world health and celebrate nursing excellence in scholarship, leadership, and service. The 2013 STTI Presidential Call to Action challenged the organization and its members to "serve locally, transform regionally, and lead globally" incorporating themes of Servant Leadership, Connectedness, Transformation and Gratitude. This presentation will describe how the Region 14 Coordinator disseminated …

Understanding The Lived Experience Of Nursing Practice In Haiti, Lorraine E. Emeghebo, Judith C. James-Borga

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015:

With 80% of its population living below the poverty line, Haiti remains one of the lowest resource countries in the Western hemisphere. Compounding the high morbidly and mortality rates is the shortage of all levels of healthcare personnel including nurses. Most of the health care in Haiti is delivered by Registered Nurses (RN), the overwhelming majority of whom are diploma educated. Research shows that better nursing consistently leads to better outcomes for patients. Increasing the number of nurses with the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree is central to reducing morbidity and …

The Petal Project: Bringing The Community Together Through Service, Karen M. Parker, Natalie Ann Masco

Biennial Convention (CONV)

As we increasingly become a global community, one of the challenges faced by schools of nursing today is building awareness of and an opportunity for responsiveness to global healthcare needs (Memmott, et. al., 2010; Burgess, et. al, 2014). Since May of 2011, the student nurses and faculty at the Wegmans School of Nursing (WSON) at St. John Fisher College (SJFC) have been involved in an initiative to keep young girls in the developing world in school. The Petal Project began following a medical mission trip with undergraduate students to a school and health clinic in a rural town in the …

Kick The Bucket: Reduce Hai Exposure With Easier Bedside Toileting, Molly Delaney

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 25, 2015:

Introduction: The purpose of this research is to review the literature regarding the multiple challenges that contribute to ED bedside toileting and examine best practices that will reduce fecal exposure, cross-contamination among patients, and employee splash injuries.

Methods: We searched the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, MEDLINE, and Cochrane database for information about the multiple challenges involved in bedside toileting, using the following search terms: bedside toileting, gastroenteritis, macerator, sluice machine, fecal pathogen exposure, and splash injury. In addition, costs and benefits of reusable versus disposable bedside toileting equipment were …

Outcomes Of An Immersion Experience In The Dominican Republic, Marie O. Etienne, Patricia R. Messmer, Guerna Blot, Patrick Manos, Marjorie Williams, Nancy Henri

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015:

Introduction: The Haitian American Nurses Association (HANA) joined forces with the Haitian Professional Coalition (HAPC) and the Bejamin Leon School of Nursing Miami Dade College (MDC) since 2005 to care for the migrant workers in the Dominican Republic. HANA organized and conducted medical missions in various 'Bateyes' (sugarcane plantations) in the Dominican Republic to provide healthcare and supplies to the migrant workers living in impoverished conditions. On March 16-23, 2013, 15 RNSN participated in the immersion project, similar to Gonzalez's (2013) immersive experience. Students collected over 375 book bags filled with school supplies …

Hope And Wellbeing Among Belizeans, Tauna Fleming Gulley

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015: Purpose: The purpose of most medical mission trips is to instill hope among the hopeless and foster physical, emotional and spiritual wellness among the population served. This objective is difficult to achieve during short-term missions. However, instilling hope in those who are hopeless is possible when there are others willing to intervene during the time period between medical mission team visits. By obtaining a better understanding of the subjective wellbeing of the population served, providers can further explore the nature of the satisfaction or dissatisfaction that is informing the subjective wellbeing of the …

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - March 13, 2016, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the March 13, 2016 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's newsletter - Watercooler.

Contents Include:

• USA Senior Medical Students Celebrate Residencies at Match Day 2016
• March Med School Café - 'Hard to Breathe? Let's Talk about COPD'
• Register Now: 25th Annual OBGYN Conference
• ‘An Amazing Place with Precious People’
• March 17 DSS to Feature Dr. Michael Matthay
• Mark Your Calendar: Greater Gulf Coast Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Symposium
• William A. L. Mitchell Endowed Lectureship to Feature Dr. L.D. Britt
• 2016 Match Day - Watch Live March 18

Spring 2016: People Of The Street, Maggie Mcconnaha

St. Norbert College Magazine 2013-2018

This essay by Maggie McConnaha ’18 appeared in the Dec. 7 edition of America Magazine, the national Catholic publication. “People of the Street” reflects on the way that the life of a vibrant thoroughfare can foster relationships and strengthen a healthy community. It grew out of a humanities course she took freshman year that looked at the intersection of faith, art, beauty and community.

Agnus Dei, Kanani Fong

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Agnus Dei (2016) directed by Anne Fontaine.

Los Baños Times, Vol. 36, No. 2, College Of Development Communication, University Of The Philippines Los Baños

Los Baños Times

No abstract provided.

Full, Conscious, And Active…Listening?, Heather Josselyn-Cranson

Northwestern Review

Active participation by Christian laity in singing is a goal assumed by all liturgical leaders, scholars, and musicians. Is singing, though, the only form of active participation in liturgical music? What about listening? Drawing on discussions of listening by Aaron Copland, Frank Burch Brown, and Ronald J. Allen, it becomes clear that listening well is an active task, one for which musical leaders must prepare their congregations. Lay people should be encouraged to both receive music as a gift and to search out what it means in relationship to the congregation, the day, and the liturgical context. Congregations also need …

Report To The Community: 2016, Centracare Health

Annual Report

• 3 Welcome
• 4 Addressing Alzheimer’s in Paynesville
• 6 Feeling Good MN
• 8 A Bright Future for Long Prairie
• 10 Project H.E.A.L. Expands to Sauk Centre
• 11 Bouncing Back in Monticello
• 12 Project Brain Safe: Collaborating on Concussions
• 13 Making a Difference In Melrose
• 14 Serving Our Communities
• 15 CentraCare Health Financials
• 16 CentraCare Health Foundation
• 17 Ways to Give
• 18 A Center for Cancer Survivors
• 19 Running the Streets of St. Cloud
• 21 CentraCare Health Foundation Financials
• 21 Donors with gifts of $10,000 and more
• 27 Capital Campaign Spotlight: Long Prairie and Melrose

Does Theory Translate In The Trenches Of Short Term Mission Work?, Rhonda D. Hensley

Journal of Health Ethics

Despite numerous criticisms in the literature on the ethics and sustainable outcomes of short term international mission trips, there can be positive outcomes for volunteers and for recipients of short term mission care efforts. Utilizing a theoretical framework that addresses efforts to promote sustainability can lead to a structured, productive, and satisfying experience. With effective host country partnerships and an organized model of care delivery, international mission volunteers can provide highly effective health care services that are specific to the health and cultural needs of the host community.

Com Outlook Winter 2016, College Of Osteopathic Medicine

COM Outlook

No abstract provided.

Southeastern Alumni Magazine- Winter 2016, Southeastern University - Lakeland

Southeastern Alumni Magazine

Dr. Aimee Franklin '07 returned to Southeastern in 2014 as an assistant professor of biology. Prior to returning, she earned her Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the University of Alabama Birmingham where she studied Fragile X Syndrome, the leading known genetic cause for autism. One of her articles published in Biological Psychology was one of the most cited articles in that journal in 2014.

Linfieldpdx, 2016, Mardi Mileham, Laura Davis

Linfieldpdx Newsletter

Linfieldpdx, an annual newsletter for Linfield College's nursing and health sciences alumni and friends, features stories about alumni, the campus, and programs. Included in this issue:

• notes from the dean
• Taylor's new role
• medical mission
• celebrating a partnership

2016 Nsu Fact Book, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Fact Book

This 24th edition of the Nova Southeastern University Fact Book reflects an expanding body of data and information that provides perspective on the university’s character, growth, and accomplishments.

The 2016 Fact Book includes narrative, numeric, and graphic representation of the university, including history, characteristics, and development of the institution. Data are presented in both tabular and graphic formats to provide pertinent detail, and general trends are highlighted.

The View From Ventress - 2016, University Of Mississippi. College Of Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts Newsletters

Special Section: Collabortions. To better understand the world and to tackle its complex problems, collaboration between disciplines offers a critical path forward. Faculty research and teaching interests to give students multidisciplinary educational opportunities. In this special section, we present the latest offerings in the College—two new minors, a new integrated fine arts course, and integrated science courses—along with a glimpse of the other multidisciplinary majors and minors.

A Global Endeavor: Honors Undergraduate Research, Mimi Killinger, Kate Spies, Daniella Runyambo

Honors in Practice Online Archive

Like many other universities of its kind, the University of Maine has a centralized body, the Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR), charged with engaging motivated students in independent learning and in the creation of new knowledge. UMaine furthermore has an honors college that is likewise committed to fostering undergraduate research, particularly research that is rooted in active learning under the guidance of a faculty mentor (University of Maine Honors College Mission Statement). Consistent with national trends, UMaine highly values the work that both CUGR and the honors college do in promoting undergraduate research. UMaine’s current strategic plan lists the advancement …

Honors In Practice, Volume 12 (2016), Editorial Material, Ada Long, Dail Mullins, Karen Lyons

Honors in Practice Online Archive

Masthead
Editorial Board
Production Editors
Contents
Editorial Policy, Deadline, and Submission Guidelines
Dedication to Patrice Berger
Editor’s Introduction
About the Authors .
NCHC Publication Order Forms

Health Professions Division 2016-2017 Catalog, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.

Infection With The Sand Flea Tunga Penetrans (Tungiasis) In A Traveller Returning From Cameroon, Africa, D. J. Richardson, A. M. Mangili

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Tungiasis refers to human infection with adult fleas, Tunga penetrans. Although common throughout the tropics, tungiasis is rarely encountered by physicians in the United States such that it may be improperly diagnosed and inappropriately treated. We provide a case report of tungiasis in a traveler from Cameroon and a brief review of reported cases in the United States and Canada.

Learning About Healing In Family Medicine: Making Doctors In An American Medical Residency Program, Edward John Rohn

Wayne State University Dissertations

This ethnographic study identified and described healing and the making of healers in the context of an American family medicine residency training program. The project goal was to describe the training of family medicine physicians through observation and interviews with resident and faculty physicians. The project investigated discourses and practices around healing. The aims of this study included: (1) to identify and describe the educational processes in a residency training program towards professional socialization of residents into family medicine. (2) To describe how the habitus of the residency informed the ways in which residents came to embody of the role …

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (Winter 2015-2016), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The Winter 2015/2016 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• Message from the President
• PCOM Updates
• Inauguration of the eighth President, Jay S. Feldstein, DO '81
• Trained for Trauma Care: PCOM Alumni Were Well Prepared to Treat the Mass Casualties of May's Amtrak Derailment
• Remembering Camille DiLullo, PhD, Professor of Anatomy
• Class Notes
• My Turn

Partnership, Maine Medical Center

Annual Reports

Biennial Report on Nursing, 2015-2016

Lifelines Winter 2016, Southern Adventist University

Lifelines - Biology Department Newsletter

The Winter 2016 issue of Lifelines contains articles on research on air pollutants, an alumni feature, student mission in Peru, and a pictorial directory of the 2016 biology and allied health graduates.