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Exploring The Millennial’S Work Meaning And Job Engagement Experience: A Transcendental Phenomenological Study, Monique Simone Anderson Jan 2021

Exploring The Millennial’S Work Meaning And Job Engagement Experience: A Transcendental Phenomenological Study, Monique Simone Anderson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The millennial generation is now most of the workforce population. This generation’s engagement behaviors, expectations, and mindsets differ from those of other generations, and directly impact organizational performance. Despite existing generalizations about Millennials, there is a gap in the literature relative to how this generation experiences meaning and engagement in the workplace. The overarching research question was developed to broaden the understanding of the work experiences across this cohort, and further inform solutions that affect Millennials’ meaning and engagement with their jobs. To address this transcendental phenomenological study’s research problem and purpose, qualitative data were collected from multiple sources of …

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Perceived Learning Needs Of High School Teachers Regarding Suicide Prevention, Miranda Lynne Bevilacqua Jan 2021

Perceived Learning Needs Of High School Teachers Regarding Suicide Prevention, Miranda Lynne Bevilacqua

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among youth in Canada. Though school-aged youth are surrounded by teachers, mentors, and school mental health nurses (SMHN), little is known about what teachers want to know regarding suicide and whether the teachers have the knowledge to recognize youth at risk. The purpose of this generic exploratory qualitative study, guided by the health belief model, was to explore the perceived learning needs of high school teachers in northwestern Ontario (NWO) regarding suicide prevention. The data collection process involved semistructured virtual interviews with 14 high school teachers in NWO recruited via social media. …

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Relationship Between Criminal Behavior And High School Equivalency Program Completion, Lashawnda Cabey - Washington Jan 2021

Relationship Between Criminal Behavior And High School Equivalency Program Completion, Lashawnda Cabey - Washington

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High School Equivalency (HSE) Programs operate in response to the national increase in high school dropout rates. These alternative learning methods are attractive to nontraditional high school students because they are designed to accommodate students who are unable to complete their high school diploma via the traditional classroom setting. However, even though these programs continue to thrive in many communities, many students are still unsuccessful at completing these programs. Therefore, there is a need to research the possible factors that prevent students from earning the equivalent of a high school diploma or general education diploma (GED) via these programs. Grounded …

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Lived Experiences Of Nurses Caring For Limited English Proficient Patients During A Pandemic, Thomas Cain Jan 2021

Lived Experiences Of Nurses Caring For Limited English Proficient Patients During A Pandemic, Thomas Cain

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This study addressed the need to better understand how a patient’s healthcare is influenced by lack of health literacy for limited English proficient patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. While registered nurses are a key component in the patient care continuum, there is a lack of evidence to understand the experiences caring for this vulnerable population during a pandemic. Framed by Roy’s adaptation model and Orem’s self-care deficit nursing theory, the purpose of this interpretative phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of registered nurses who cared for limited English patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in 2020. Seven registered nurses participated …

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Formative Needs Assessment Evaluation Of Nontraditional Student-Parents At A Private 4-Year University, Athea Vanzant Jan 2021

Formative Needs Assessment Evaluation Of Nontraditional Student-Parents At A Private 4-Year University, Athea Vanzant

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Nontraditional student-parents compose approximately one-quarter of the student body on college and university campuses. Student-parents face unique challenges, have unique needs, and graduate at lower rates than other nontraditional students. Yet many campuses, like the local study site, focus support on traditional students. The purpose of this formative evaluation was to assess the needs of student-parents in their persistence to graduation at a private 4-year university in the Southeastern United States. Astin’s I-E-O model was the conceptual framework used to identify student-parents’ characteristics (input), services needed (environment), and intended outcomes. A basic qualitative design and interviews yielded narrative data from …

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Strategies To Reduce Costs Caused By Medication Errors In Us Hospitals, Janice Leah Chobanuk Jan 2021

Strategies To Reduce Costs Caused By Medication Errors In Us Hospitals, Janice Leah Chobanuk

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Medication errors result in patient harm, including deaths, costing American hospitals over $20 billion annually. The financial impact and reduced public confidence in safe patient care create a business problem for hospital leaders trying to contain costs, maintain a competitive edge, and sustain patient satisfaction. Grounded in the sociotechnical conceptual framework, the purpose of this generic qualitative study was to identify strategies hospital leaders use to reduce costs caused by medication errors in hospitals. Data collection involved semistructured interviews with 10 hospital leaders from various high-reliability hospitals across the United States and a review of documents related to medication management …

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Effective Digital Marketing Strategies For Small Businesses In The Caribbean, Nicole Renee Williams Smith Jan 2021

Effective Digital Marketing Strategies For Small Businesses In The Caribbean, Nicole Renee Williams Smith

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

A thriving small business sector is vital to Caribbean countries’ economies; however, nearly 60% of small businesses fail within the first 10 years, partially because of poor marketing. Caribbean small businesses with ineffective digital marketing strategies may fail to attract the buyers necessary to sustain their organization. Grounded in the competitive advantage theory, the purpose of this study was to explore the digital marketing strategies that Caribbean small business owners use to sustain their organizations beyond 10 years. Using the case study research design, the participants consisted of 7 small business owners who operate in a Caribbean Community and Common …

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The Relationship Between Preceptor Role Effectiveness And Retention Of Newly Hired Nurses, Janeen R. Arnett Jan 2021

The Relationship Between Preceptor Role Effectiveness And Retention Of Newly Hired Nurses, Janeen R. Arnett

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

New nurse turnover is a problem worldwide and, in the hospital, identified for this study. High nurse turnover contributes to staffing shortages in hospitals, which adversely affects health care quality for patients. The problem of high nurse turnover among newly hired nurses in a rural Indiana hospital was addressed to improve new nurses’ longevity in their jobs. The framework of new nurse orientation with foundations of socialization, preceptorship, and Benner’s transition theory for nursing grounded this mixed-methods study to explore the perceptions of 11 new nurses on their preceptor role experiences. The research questions investigated the relationship between new nurse …

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Predictors Of Community Physicians’ Digital Information Retrieval At Point Of Care, Jumana Antoun Jan 2021

Predictors Of Community Physicians’ Digital Information Retrieval At Point Of Care, Jumana Antoun

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Efficient digital information retrieval at the point of care is essential for better health care delivery. The problem is the lack of knowledge about the community physician’s digital information retrieval at the point of care. The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of the community physicians’ digital information retrieval at the point of care in eight Arab countries in the Eastern Mediterranean and whether a set of factors predicted the digital information retrieval. This study was guided by the Smith model that links professional digital practices to professional competencies, digital literacy, and technological affordances. The descriptive research …

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Exploring How Principals Make Sense As They Implement Reform, Melissa Renee Beattie Jan 2021

Exploring How Principals Make Sense As They Implement Reform, Melissa Renee Beattie

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

School principals serve a critical role with staff in leading change at their schools. School districts increasingly seek to implement system-wide reforms to improve academic achievement in all schools under their jurisdiction; yet inconsistency in application is often a problem. In a K–12 public school district in California’s Central Valley, a district-driven, science technology engineering and math (STEM) curriculum reform initiative is being implemented inconsistently. The research questions guiding this study asked how elementary school principals make sense of the content of a district-driven, STEM reform initiative to improve overall student academic achievement and how these principals use their interpretations …

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Parental Stress And Coping In U.S. And Caribbean Immigrant Parents Of Adolescents, Simone A. Wright Jan 2021

Parental Stress And Coping In U.S. And Caribbean Immigrant Parents Of Adolescents, Simone A. Wright

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The immigrant population in the U.S. is growing, and the way immigrants cope with the stress of parenting may differ from parents in their host country. There is a gap in the literature regarding knowledge about how Caribbean parents cope with parenting stress compared to U.S. parents. The purpose of this quasi-experimental quantitative study was to predict coping strategies used by Caribbean immigrant and U.S.-born parents of adolescents living in the U.S based on country of origin using transactional stress and coping theory as frameworks. Thirty-seven U.S.-born and 37 Caribbean-born caregivers living in the U.S. were recruited from social media …

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Multisensory Phonics Added To Systematic And Explicit Phonics Instruction In Kindergarten And First-Grade Classrooms, Olivia Wymer Feldman Jan 2021

Multisensory Phonics Added To Systematic And Explicit Phonics Instruction In Kindergarten And First-Grade Classrooms, Olivia Wymer Feldman

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

There is a gap in practice regarding the influence of multisensory phonics instruction, when used systematically and explicitly, as part of regular classroom reading instruction to improve reading achievement. The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference in reading achievement and automatic word reading accuracy when a multisensory component is added to systematic and explicit phonics instruction in a regular classroom setting of kindergarten and first-grade (K-1) students. Framing this study was LaBerge and Samuels’s theory of automatic information processing. The research questions addressed differences in reading achievement and automatic word reading accuracy for K-1 students who did …

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Post-9/11 Women Veterans' Experiences Transitioning Into The Civilian Workforce, Qwynn Anna Galloway-Salazar Jan 2021

Post-9/11 Women Veterans' Experiences Transitioning Into The Civilian Workforce, Qwynn Anna Galloway-Salazar

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Post-9/11 veterans’ transitional challenges have become an important topic in veteran studies. However, there was a gap in the literature regarding post-9/11 women veterans’ transitions into the civilian workforce. This interpretative phenomenological analysis explored the lived experiences, challenges, and perceptions of eight post-9/11 women veterans (four enlisted and four commissioned officers) who had transitioned from the military into the civilian workforce within the last 5 years. The study was guided by Schlossberg’s transition theory. Data from transcribed participant interviews were coded and analyzed for emergent themes. The superordinate themes included navigating the career transition, exploring identity shifts, accessibility and use …

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder In The Forensic Population, Amanda Joanne George Jan 2021

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder In The Forensic Population, Amanda Joanne George

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are overrepresented in the forensic population, but there is a lack of research explaining this phenomenon. The purpose of this quantitative nonexperimental study was to investigate if higher levels of ADHD symptoms result in higher levels of criminal thinking or reasoning and whether gender influences levels of criminal thinking when controlling for levels of ADHD symptoms. Lastly, this study was designed to determine if higher levels of ADHD symptoms correlate with higher numbers of incarcerations across the general adult population. Gestalt versus feature intensive processing theory was used in this study to better …

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The Role Of Psychological Distress In Maintaining Exercise After Cancer Diagnosis, Patrick Tertulien Jan 2021

The Role Of Psychological Distress In Maintaining Exercise After Cancer Diagnosis, Patrick Tertulien

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractCancer affects the lives of thousands of people every day and is a leading cause of death. Exercise has been shown to yield mental and physical benefits for patients and survivors, but the experiences of cancer patients who face a multiplicity of psychological stressors have not been clearly described. The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand the psychological factors that are associated with continuing to exercise after cancer diagnosis, during and/or following their treatment. The focus was on how cancer survivors maintained a regular routine of exercise while experiencing psychological distress associated with cancer diagnosis, treatment, and concerns …

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Characteristics Of Authentic Entrepreneurial Leadership Within Information Technology Startups In Kenya, Christine Mukhwana Jan 2021

Characteristics Of Authentic Entrepreneurial Leadership Within Information Technology Startups In Kenya, Christine Mukhwana

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

In Kenya, over 60% of nascent entrepreneurs start businesses with minimal leadership experience, engendering founder-CEOs who cannot sustain a business beyond its formative years. The problem is the nascent entrepreneurs’ lack of understanding of effective leadership. The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological study was to develop a more nuanced understanding of authentic leadership behavior from the perspective of nascent entrepreneurs. Authentic leadership theory and the three-factor model were used to conceptualize the study. The research question focused on nascent entrepreneurs’ lived experiences and understanding of authentic leadership. The participants in the study were entrepreneurs from the information technology industry in …

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Self-Efficacy And Gifted Teachers’ Perceptions Of Teaching Gifted Students With High-Functioning Autism, Yvette Morrell Jan 2021

Self-Efficacy And Gifted Teachers’ Perceptions Of Teaching Gifted Students With High-Functioning Autism, Yvette Morrell

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Gifted students with high functioning autism (gifted-HFA) are being excluded from gifted programs in one public school setting in the Southeastern United States designed for gifted and high-achieving students. Although the literature indicates teacher self-efficacy in working with this group can contribute to this problem, it was unclear whether teachers in this specific setting experienced self-efficacy challenges. The study’s purpose was to understand teachers’ sense of self-efficacy when teaching gifted-HFA students. The conceptual framework that drove this study was Bandura’s self-efficacy theory. Using a basic qualitative method, interviews were conducted with eight gifted endorsed teachers who had experience teaching gifted-HFA …

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Employee Perceptions Of Collaborative Communication Skills Learned In The Informal Workplace, Wendy Marie Lewis Jan 2021

Employee Perceptions Of Collaborative Communication Skills Learned In The Informal Workplace, Wendy Marie Lewis

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Collaborative communication skills are underdeveloped through higher education experiences; therefore, employees need to develop these skills while working. Current research has not focused on how employees identify collaborative communication skills developed from informal workplace learning experiences, specifically those presented as coaching, mentoring, and networking. Marsick and Watkins’s informal workplace learning theory was the conceptual framework for this basic qualitative study, which used a researcher-produced interview protocol with eight United States employees who had been in their positions longer than 6 months. Data were analyzed using three rounds of hand coding. Participants described how informal coaching, mentoring, and networking encounters influenced …

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Parents’ Perceptions On The Impact That Sros Have On School Safety, John Mayfield Jan 2021

Parents’ Perceptions On The Impact That Sros Have On School Safety, John Mayfield

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

School Resource Officers (SROs) are an essential element in school safety and an even more critical component in the field of community-orientated policing. While numerous research studies have examined SROs from many different lenses, none have examined the impact that SROs have on school safety through a parents' lens. The purpose of this quantitative nonexperimental study was to examine parents’ perceptions on the impact that SROs have on school safety through an online survey accessible to parents through SurveyMonkey. The research question's goal was to answer two fundamental questions, to examine the degree that parents support the presence of SROs …

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Workplace Experiences Of Migrant Workers In Colorado, Lynann Holly Butler Jan 2021

Workplace Experiences Of Migrant Workers In Colorado, Lynann Holly Butler

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractMigrant workers often endure a variety of abuses in the workplace, including financial exploitation, exposure to toxins, isolation, and lack of access to health care. Although researchers have demonstrated that these circumstances exist for migrant workers in other parts of the world, there was a dearth of research on the lived experiences of migrant workers in Colorado. The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological study was to better understand the lived experiences of migrant workers in Colorado, who are a growing and impactful population in Colorado. The theoretical framework was Rawl’s social justice theory, which purports that no one group of …

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Development Of A Clinical Guideline For An Emergency Department Fast Track Protocol, Cyrus C-Max Doe Jan 2021

Development Of A Clinical Guideline For An Emergency Department Fast Track Protocol, Cyrus C-Max Doe

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractDue to the large influx of patients, emergency departments (ED) across the United States strive to efficiently manage and improve workflow to increase the quality of care and reduce wait times for patients who present at the ED for care. Well-organized workflow is critical to providing efficient and time-sensitive care, beginning with the Fast Track (FT) area. The FT is a designated area of the ED where lower acuity or noncritical patients are seen and treated. Improving workflow in the FT area of the ED can help lessen wait times and overall length of patient visit and improve the delivery …

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Professional Development, Elementary School Teacher Self-Efficacy, And Instructional Strategies, Keisha Migail Gunter Jan 2021

Professional Development, Elementary School Teacher Self-Efficacy, And Instructional Strategies, Keisha Migail Gunter

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractTeacher self-efficacy is positively related to student achievement; however, the impact of specific training protocols to increase teachers' self-efficacy were unknown. The research purpose was to clarify the effect of a professional development training on elementary school teacher self-efficacy to promote better instruction. Guided by social cognitive theory, the quantitative purpose of this embedded mixed-method study related to the first research question, that investigated the difference between elementary school teachers’ perceived self-efficacy before and after attending a professional development training that was designed to improve teacher self-efficacy. Qualitatively, the study sought to unpack instructional themes that the teacher participants intended …

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Pk–12 District Administrator Perceptions About Career Readiness And Workforce Preparation Programs And Activities In Schools, Shawn Lee Dilly Jan 2021

Pk–12 District Administrator Perceptions About Career Readiness And Workforce Preparation Programs And Activities In Schools, Shawn Lee Dilly

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The lack of student career preparedness has increased the number of youths facing negative personal, economic, and social implications and have led to increased calls for public education to find solutions. The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to explore West Virginia district administrators’ perceptions about career readiness and workforce programs. Underpinning the study’s conceptual framework was educational leadership. The two research questions focused on district administrator perceptions about the value and importance and the barriers, limitations, and successes of career readiness and workforce programs. A qualitative survey and semistructured interview were employed to provide data for an iterative, …

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Attitudes Toward Seeking Counseling Of Women Residing In Public Housing, Belinda M. Newkirk Jan 2021

Attitudes Toward Seeking Counseling Of Women Residing In Public Housing, Belinda M. Newkirk

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Women living in public housing projects experience adverse outcomes because they do not seek treatment for mental illness. It is unclear whether such women have attitudes toward voluntarily accessing mental healthcare services affected by their optimism, experienced stigma, self-efficacy, and resilience. The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine whether the individual determinants of resilience, self-efficacy, experienced stigma, and optimism predicted attitudes toward seeking professional mental health services of women living in public housing based on the self-efficacy, resilience, stigma, optimism, and help-seeking behavior theories. The first research question focused on bivariate correlations among resilience, self-efficacy, experienced stigma, and …

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New Graduate Nurses’ Transfusion Training Views: Reflection On Experiences With Adverse Reactions, Hind Jaber-Daou Jan 2021

New Graduate Nurses’ Transfusion Training Views: Reflection On Experiences With Adverse Reactions, Hind Jaber-Daou

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Abstract:New graduate nursing students transitioning to becoming professionals undergo education and training to gain knowledge and competence about transfusions. Nonetheless, new graduate nurses experience stress during a blood transfusion adverse reaction, which can be associated with lack of knowledge and inadequate training. The purpose of this qualitative study was to gather data from new graduate nurses who described their lived experiences with patients exhibiting symptoms of adverse reactions, how they reflected on their emotional effects, and the influences of the training on their knowledge and confidence. The research was grounded in social cognitive theory that centers on the concept of …

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Nontransferability Of The Skills And Qualifications Among The Caribbean Diaspora In Toronto, Canada, Carla Lucia Ibanzo Jan 2021

Nontransferability Of The Skills And Qualifications Among The Caribbean Diaspora In Toronto, Canada, Carla Lucia Ibanzo

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

About 35% of the Canadian labor market is made up of highly skilled immigrants, yet they have the highest unemployment rates. This study filled a gap in knowledge related to reasons Caribbean credentials are not more widely recognized and accepted in Canada and why their skills and qualifications are nontransferable. The purpose of this qualitive research was to identify the barriers to the successful integration of Caribbean immigrants into the Canadian job market and to obtain strategies to remove them. The theoretical framework that underpinned this study was Rawls Social Justice theory. Data were collected through semi structured interviews with …

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Staff Education On Fall Prevention For Inpatient, Geriatric, Psychiatric Patients, Shannon C. Hampton Jan 2021

Staff Education On Fall Prevention For Inpatient, Geriatric, Psychiatric Patients, Shannon C. Hampton

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Falls among hospitalized, geriatric patients are a leading cause of injury. Geriatric patients with psychiatric illnesses are at an even greater risk of falls. The project site was experiencing an increase in the number of patient falls and identified a need for staff education on fall risk assessment and implementation of interventions specific to the hospitalized, geriatric, psychiatric patient. Thus, the practice-focused question for this project was whether an educational program on evidence-based assessment and fall prevention strategies would improve nurses’ knowledge and skills to assess risk for falls and implement appropriate interventions for inpatient, geriatric, psychiatric patients. Knowles’s adult …

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Novice Secondary Teachers’ Perceived Efficacy And Projected Responses To Bullying Behaviors, Jennifer L. Greineder Jan 2021

Novice Secondary Teachers’ Perceived Efficacy And Projected Responses To Bullying Behaviors, Jennifer L. Greineder

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This study was a quantitative exploration of the relationship between novice secondary teachers’ perceived levels of self-efficacy and their projected responses to specific bullying behaviors. The theoretical foundation was Bandura’s self-efficacy theory. The relationship between novice teachers’ perceived levels of self-efficacy, their reported ability to recognize different types of bullying behaviors, their responses to these bullying behaviors, and importance of a mentoring program were explored in this quantitative study. The sample was a convenience sample consisting of 159 teachers in different school settings in Pennsylvania. Vignettes about different types of bullying behaviors were presented to the participants. Likert scale questions …

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Evaluation Of A Telehealth Program For Heart Failure Patients, Virginia Elizabeth Lucas Jan 2021

Evaluation Of A Telehealth Program For Heart Failure Patients, Virginia Elizabeth Lucas

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractHeart failure (HF) is a progressive and life -threatening disease that places a large burden on the health care systems worldwide with increased rates of re-hospitalization, readmissions, and outpatient visits. With the use of telehealth monitoring and support from nursing case managers, HF patients are able to manage this disease at home. The focus of this project was to evaluate a home health agency (HHA) telehealth program, exploring if there was an improvement in 30-day readmission rates, and patient satisfaction scores for the HHA telehealth program one year after revising the program incorporating nursing virtual case managers. This project used …

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Effects Of Cultural And Lived Experiences On Health Access Of Chamorro People On Saipan, Esther Lizama Muna Jan 2021

Effects Of Cultural And Lived Experiences On Health Access Of Chamorro People On Saipan, Esther Lizama Muna

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

More than half of the population of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands had not visited their primary care provider for a year in 2016. The Chamorro people are less willing to seek or access care than other ethnic groups. This qualitative study aimed to understand the Chamorro people's access and utilization of Saipan's health care services to improve their access and, ultimately, their health. The theoretical frameworks included Penchansky and Thomas's theory of access to explore the Chamorro people of Saipan's lived experiences with availability, accessibility, accommodation, affordability, and acceptability of health care services, as well as Spector's …

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