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How To Address Tobacco Use In Minnesota's Mental Health And Substance Use Disorder Services: Tips From The Field, Meghan Bown, Jamie Andycha, Sophie Burnevik, Ruth Tripp, American Lung Association, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Leadership Academy Collaborative

Articles

The American Lung Association, Upper Midwest Region, developed and facilitates the Leadership Academy Collaborative, bringing together various health care stakeholders in Minnesota to collaborate on a shared vision to reduce commercial tobacco use among people living with mental illness and/or substance use disorders. The following areas were identified as strategies that would benefit from further collective action: social norms, delivery, policy

A Comparative Study Of Critical Thinking Scores In Teacher Evaluations, Ronald M. Bennett

Selected Full Text Dissertations, 2011-

New York State’s Education Law §3012-c (2010) calls for rigorous performance reviews of classroom teachers to assess how curriculum is disseminated in the classroom as part of the educational process. Teacher ratings in New York are derived from a combination of measures, including a state component based on student tests, and a heavily weighted district component that is often more subjective. The current debate about evaluation systems is that student test scores have been used as a measure of teaching abilities that can and has had a detrimental effect on a teacher’s career. Because of such a heavy focus on …

Perceived Roles Of Vice President Of Student Affairs In U.S. Colleges And Universities, Gerald T. Russo-Stannard

Selected Full Text Dissertations, 2011-

Literature describing the role of the Vice President for Student Affairs (VPSA) is plentiful, but research studies describing the perceptions of those serving as VPSA with regard to the nature of the position and its changes have proven to be fewer in quantity. This study developed a deeper understanding of the perceived role of the VPSA by exploring how its role is construed by current, experienced VPSAs. Q-Methodology was employed to elicit personal constructs from VPSAs as a means of identifying a set of shared viewpoints about the VPSA role. Background information on the participants was collected and was associated …

Interactions, Iteration And Early Institutionalization: Competing Lessons Of Globalgap’S Legitimation, Donal Casey

Transnational Business Governance Interactions Working Papers

Since its inception, GLOBALGAP has transformed from an informal grouping of retailers into a highly elaborate regulatory organisation. This chapter critically examines GLOBALGAP’s development. I argue that, through an iterative process of legitimation, actual and anticipated interactions with state, market and civil society actors led GLOBALGAP to develop structures, practices and processes that sought to enhance representation and participation of structurally weaker parties such as smallholders, whilst also addressing concerns relating to the exclusionary effect of its standards. I tease out how, as non-state regulatory organisations emerge and develop, they respond to actual and anticipated governance interactions in order to …

Virginia Commonwealth University Courses [2019], Virginia Commonwealth University

VCU Bulletins

Listing of courses for the 2019-2020 year.

Increasing Hospice Nurses’ Knowledge And Improving Attitudes On Pain Assessment In Dementia Patients, Lyn Marie Peugeot

Student Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Background: Patients with dementia have difficulty articulating pain due to cognitive deficits incommunication, sensation, and overall physical decline due to the aging and disease process. Patients who have dementia are considered at-risk for uncontrolled pain due to under-assessment, under-treatment, or untreated pain. Current research notes gaps exist in pain assessment among nurses’ due to knowledgedeficits and attitudes on pain assessment for dementia patients. Barriers regarding the utilization of evidence-based behavioral pain assessment tools are related to nurses’ knowledge deficit and skills competency.

Purpose: The purpose of this evidence-based practice (EBP) project was to increase hospice nurses’ knowledge and improve attitudes …

The Burden Of Public Debt On The United Kingdom: Analyzed With Var Approach, Yuvraj Duggal

Empirical Economic Bulletin, An Undergraduate Journal

The study aims to find the relationship in between economic growth and public debt in the United Kingdom using a Vectoral Autoregression approach in between 1999 till 2017. The study aims to examine the impact of public debt on interest rates, inflation rates, Real GDP growth rate, and interest debt payments in the UK. The results show a positive and statistically significant impact of public debt on inflation rates and interest rates. It is also found that the variables affect each other as a consequence in the model and therefore public debt also influence the real GDP growth rates and …

Care Team Perspectives And Acceptance Of Telehealth In Scaling A Home-Based Primary Care Program: Qualitative Study, A. Kozikowski, J. Shotwell, E. Wool, J. C. Slaboda, K. A. Abrashkin, K. Rhodes, K. L. Smith, R. Pekmezaris, G. J. Norman

Journal Articles

No abstract provided.

A Grounded Theory Investigation Of Supervisors’ Perspectives On Multicultural Strength-Based Supervision, Erica D. Wiley

ETD Archive

This study addressed an area of supervision that is important to the identity of Counseling Psychologists: multicultural strength-based clinical supervision. Clinical supervision is instrumental to the development of psychological skills and knowledge and is an essential component of masters and doctoral training in psychology. This research explored the ways that clinical supervisors attempt to incorporate strength-based clinical supervision in conjunction with multicultural supervision strategies and concepts into their work with students, which has not previously been done. This study was a qualitative investigation using grounded theory and adapted consensual qualitative research methodology and analysis. Participants included 14 diverse licensed psychologists …

Exploring Resistance To Change And Intolerance To Ambiguity In Higher Education Institutions

International Journal of Leadership and Change

No abstract provided.

Improving Human Rights Compliance In Supply Chains, Kishanthi Parella

Scholarly Articles

Corporations try to convince us that they are good global citizens: “brands take stands” by engaging in cause philanthropy; CEOs of prominent corporations tackle a variety of issues; and social values drive marketing strategies for goods and services. But despite this rhetoric, corporations regularly fall short in their conduct. This is especially true in supply chains where a number of human rights abuses frequently occur. One solution is for corporations to engage in meaningful human rights due diligence that involves monitoring human rights, reporting on social and environmental performance, undertaking impact assessments, and consulting with groups whose human rights they …

Initiating Change: An Investigation Of Elementary Educators' Perspectives For Implementing Stem Innovation, Jodie Leean Witherspoon

Education Dissertations and Projects

STEM education has become a preferred curriculum design for integrating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics into k-12 instruction (Meyrick, 2011). Nonetheless, many elementary schools do not utilize the curriculum design and the benefits of learning it may provide, even though elementary educators understand the importance of science literacy starting in early childhood (Cafarella, McCulloch, & Bell, 2017; Worth, 2010). For many educators, the traditional instruction received as a child was instruction in isolation. This vision has led educators themselves to teach in isolation. Research has shown educators had little or no direction in how to switch their instructional practices from …

Graduate School News Highlights, Otterbein Office Of Graduate Programs

Graduate School

Newsletter that provides updates and highlights from the Graduate School at Otterbein University.

Campus Report, Vol. 46, No. 2, University Of Dayton

Campus Report

The publication for faculty and staff of the University of Dayton. Highlights of this issue include: A profile about Shelley Inglis, the director of the University's Human Rights Center; news about the first University of Dayton giving day (April 10, 2019); a schedule of events to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.; a report from the Diversity Task Force; information about the Global Voices Symposium (Jan., 29-31); upcoming speakers; a description of the University's new chart of accounts; and profiles about the 2019 Lackner Award honorees, Corinne Daprano and Bill Fischer.

Improving Nurse-To-Nurse Handoff Communication At The Bedside Through Simulation-Based, Lisa Thornsberry Mrs.

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Communication among nursing staff is crucial to the outcome of patient care. Poor handoff and communication among professionals can have a negative impact on the safety of patients. The systemic nature of the problem with miscommunication among healthcare clinicians supports the necessity of standardization of communication among nursing as a handoff of care.

Change of shift report, or nurse-to-nurse report ensures the transfer of critical information to promote patient safety and best practices. Transferring and communicating pertinent information from one shift to the next is one factor in providing continuity of care. Bedside Shift Report (BSR) is an opportunity to …

Ksu Library System Annual Report, Manda Sexton

Library Reports and Surveys

No abstract provided.

Thriving In Students Of Color At A Predominantly White Institution, Travis J. Trotman

Master of Arts in Higher Education (MAHE) Theses

Every year, students of color across the United States diversify their university campuses; in return, many of them fail to engage with their peers or succeed in their class work due to feelings of neglect or fear that contribute to a lack of engagement and success. To begin to explore the challenges students of color face when enrolled at a predominantly white institution, one must look into how their experiences help or hinder their thriving.

Beyond surviving in a college environment, thriving conveys a student’s full engagement in his or her intellectual, social, and emotional experiences. A sense of psychological …

Annual Report 2018-2019, Student Affairs And Enrollment Management

Student Affairs Reports

Welcome to our 2018-19 annual report. On the cusp of concluding our divisional strategic plan entitled Reaching Vision 2020, the division refreshed its strategic focus areas to reflect organizational changes since 2015 when the plan was first authored. In that process, we realized the tremendous momentum towards accomplishing our goals and objectives. Since 2015, Reaching Vision 2020 has provided us with focus and accountability, creating opportunities and possibilities for our division while ensuring we keep our eye on our contributions to GSU’s Vision 2020. As we near the end of our plan’s implementation, we also focus on the future, and …

Increasing The Sustainability Of Action Learning In The Beta Corporation, Sheila Person-Scott

Education Dissertations and Projects

The Talent Development and Organization Effectiveness group of the Beta Corporation, (pseudonym), introduced action learning (AL) as an enterprise solution in 2014. The group envisioned AL would become a key leadership development lever and assumed the business leaders would embrace the opportunities associated with AL; however, it was discovered that organic embracing of AL did not happen. A few of the reasons interfering with wider adoption were

a) Clarification of AL was difficult

b) Lack of understanding between key stakeholders

c) Undefined outcomes and measures

d) Delivered solely to an exclusive audience of senior leaders

e) Shortage of AL coaches …

Implementing An Injury Prevention Program And Its Impact On Warehouse Operations, Michael E. Chapman

Education Dissertations and Projects

The implementation of an injury prevention program in the industrial and supply chain setting provides a great challenge within the emerging world of ergonomics and human factors engineering with limited peer-reviewed resources to guide organizational leadership. Building a program that focuses on education, individualistic behavior, and ergonomic engineering has the implications for reducing reported work-related injuries and work-related workers compensation cases and increasing overall workplace production. As provided in the case for ACME (pseudonym), work-related injuries and work-related musculoskeletal disorders were focused on to improve the overall health and well-being of warehouse workers. Concentrating on education and process improvement, with …

News From The Graduate School - Masters Of Business Administration, Otterbein Office Of Graduate Programs

Graduate School

Newsletter that provides updates from the Graduate School and the MBA Graduate Program.

Signals For The Future: New Ways To Tackle Nuclear Risk, Erika Gregory, Editor, Tim Maly, Editor, Center For Complexity

N Square Innovators Network

N Square is a hands-on alliance between staff, funders, and advisors working together to bring new ideas, people, and perspectives to nuclear arms control. At the heart of N Square is the Innovators Network, a vibrant community of cross-sector leaders prototyping and piloting breakthrough approaches including open intelligence platforms, movement-building tools, and innovative uses of technologies such as blockchain, AI, and machine learning to verify arms control agreements. Innovators Network fellows are visionary leaders who recognize the opportunities embedded within tough challenges. They're scientists, game designers, Hollywood screenwriters, global security gurus. They're inventors, branding specialists, diplomats, Gen-Y satellite imagery analysts, …

Staff Nurses’ Perception Of Standardized Bedside Shift Report And Safety Assessment, Lara Scarborough

Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects

This study was conducted to explore a group of Medical-Surgical staff nurses’ perception of a unit-based procedure change, which included implementation of a standardized bedside shift report with a comprehensive safety assessment. The goal was to gain insight from the staff nurses via a qualitative survey to provide data for nurse leaders to examine common perception themes associated with implementation of bedside shift report with a standardized safety assessment. Themes derived from data analysis indicated that nurses perceived bedside shift report to increase patient safety but felt that some nurses were not willingly participating in bedside shift report. Staff nurses …

Basic Organizational Skills And Structure For New Nurses: The Boss Method. Using Simulation To Teach Management And Organizational Skills, Kathy W. Locklear

Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program had a deficiency in teaching graduating senior nursing students in the areas of managing and organizing care for an assigned group of patients. By the last semester of the senior year, most of the senior nursing students had no exposure to caring for more than one patient during clinical rotations. In 2017, the senior nursing students’ performance in Team Nursing and Focused Care experiences, which occur during the last semester of the graduating year, demonstrated a lack of ability to care for more than one patient at a time. In 2018, there …

Supportive Supervision And Resiliency Ohio - Coach Ohio Flyer 2019, Ohio Department Of Job And Family Services, Quality Improvement Center For Workforce Development

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What is Resilience? Resilience is a person’s ability to “bounce back” from hardship or a difficult situation. What is Resilience Alliance? Resilience Alliance is a series of weekly group sessions to create an improved, healthier work environment and help staff develop skills and behaviors that promote their physical and psychological well-being. The goals are to: • Decrease stress by enhancing resilience skills, increasing social support and changing the organizational culture • Help participants regulate their emotions and not engage in avoidance behaviors in response to traumatic situations • Reduce symptoms of secondary traumatic stress • Increase self-efficacy, collaboration and job …

Retention Of Child Welfare Caseworkers: The Wisdom Of Supervisors, Austin G. Griffiths, Patricia Desrosiers, Jay Gabbard, David Royse, Kristine Piescher

Social Work Faculty Publications

Child welfare supervisors have a unique vantage point, leading local service delivery efforts while representing a larger organizational bureaucracy. They also play a key role in workforce stability, as high caseworker turnover remains a real problem that affects clients, communities, and agency budgets. Using a qualitative thematic content analysis to analyze data collected from a sample of public child welfare supervisors in a southern state (n=117), findings from this study provide suggestions for systematically addressing workforce turnover through the unique perspective of the child welfare supervisor. Supervisors made recommendations to improve agency infrastructure, organizational climate, and organizational culture as areas …

Alliances And Accomplices Rise: A Critical Look At A Partnership With A School Serving An Indigenous Community, Alicia Brianna Saxe

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Conventional research in the social sciences roots itself in the colonial surmise behind the supremacist ideologies of Western and White knowledge, ways of living, people, and institutions. The well-established hegemony of the Western positivist research paradigm encourages a paternalistic and asymmetrical researcher-researched relationship, which reserves “legitimate” knowledge creation for an elite few. In this way, research traditions have largely functioned to uphold the status quo, especially when conducted with Indigenous peoples. Community-based research challenges the positivist empire by emphasizing community knowledge in researcher-community collaborations for the sake of taking action on community-identified issues. Mutually-beneficial researcher-community partnerships are especially relevant to …

The Role Of The State In International Trade Theory And Policy: Historical Evidence From South Korea And Brazil, Sumaiya Nehla Saif

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Since the early 1980s, the economic performance of individual countries has been increasingly dependent on global dynamics. Neoliberal policies, including free trade, have been fostered by the global community for both mature and developing economies, led by the view that free markets constitute the driving force of economic growth and development. Accordingly, the World Trade Organization (WTO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) - in addition to the developments within mainstream economic theory - have contributed to portray the state as the carrier of inefficiencies and market distortions, which prevent the unfolding of economic freedom and …

The Education And Social Reform Of Al-Azhar University: A Short Historical Commentary, Basil H. Aboul-Enein

Health & Wellness Department Faculty Publications and Research

The concept of the university is perhaps one of the oldest social institutions in the world and plays an intricate and pivotal role in societies in various cultures. Every university has a unique story in its history, growth, controversies, and its on-going survival. The role of each respective university's faculty and academic leadership has a certain level of professional interaction in terms of their role and contract with society. This paper examines the historical evolution, challenges, reforms, and proposed prediction of the renowned Al-Azhar University of Cairo, Egypt.

Glass Ceiling Breakthrough A Phenomenological Study Of African American Female Principals Leading Predominantly White Schools, Crystal Thorpe

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to explore how African American female principals leading predominantly White schools experienced their leadership role and to provide a narrative of those findings identifying barriers and successes in their position. Numerous scholars have noted a lack of research pertaining to African American women in leadership and have encouraged further research to be completed. Specifically, this study identified successful African American principals leading predominantly White schools and provided a voice for their experiences. Findings from this study could provide critical information in understanding African American leadership style and create a discourse for those in Educational …