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Adjustable Velcro Compression Devices, Spring Reed

MSN Capstone Projects

Venous Ulcers and edema are expensive to treat and chronic conditions that are a strain on home health care companies and decrease patient quality of life. The standard treatment is expensive multilayer compression wraps that time consuming requiring three weekly visits, a strain on home health care agencies and are often not successful in resolving edema and venous ulcers. Adjustable Velcro compression devices are proven to be successful compression therapy due to low one-time cost, patient's increased comfort and the patient or patients' family self-sufficient in their application.

Implementing A Medication App For Transplant Recipients, Allison Arnold

MSN Capstone Projects

The purpose of this benchmark, evidence-based practice project is to evaluate the utility of medication adherence app for transplant recipients to reduce rejection. Studies have shown that medication apps can improve adherence, reduce transplant rejection, and be helpful to patients. The Perx Health app rewards patients for taking their medications, provides patients with reminders, and provides healthcare providers with data from patients. The Perx app will be implemented at a single, large volume, pediatric transplant center. Historical data related to rejection rates and medication level variability indexes will be compared to data collected after app implementation. In addition, patient surveys …

Meeting The Needs Of Gen Z Nurses To Improve Nurse Retention, Ronna M. Best

MSN Capstone Projects

This benchmark project explores the unique learning styles and generational characteristics of Generation Z nurses (those born between 1995 - 2012). The need exists for a change in traditional orientation and onboarding processes to meet the needs of Gen Z nurses. Gen Y and Gen Z nurses are expected to make up 50% of the workforce by 2024. Retention of these nurses is critical to a hospital organization as it is an effective strategy in dealing with the nursing shortage. Specific strategies for engaging the gen Z nurses include incorporating more digital platforms in the orientation and onboarding process, face …

Retention Drivers Post-Pandemic, Maria Charles, Christina Gonzalez

MSN Capstone Projects

The Covid pandemic influenced the world in many ways that we still witness a need for recovery. One significant concern that remains apparent is the culture change within the healthcare system. This study is directed to cover only one aspect of this culture change but remains to be a very significant topic for the nursing workforce (AHC Media, 2021). Even though we have managed to find a downward trend of Covid cases, the pandemic has devastated nursing retention to well established facilities. There is currently an exodus of nurses in high acuity departments or simply bedside nursing entirely. This causes …

Additive Manufacturing Process Development Of Geopolymer Based Habitable Construction On Space, Husnain Khan, John Anthony, Maria Hashmi, Charudatta Mhasde

Publications and Research

Extraterrestrial travel and housing are topics that have come up in recent times. There is a possibility of living on the moon. Now geopolymers are solid ceramic-like materials at near ambient temperatures. In order to do that while keeping costs at a minimum, we are researching and developing a geopolymer using lunar dust to 3D print houses on the moon. Due to the fact we are using lunar dust, the number of materials that need to be shipped out gets cut dramatically. We are studying the composition of both lunar mares and lunar highlands in order to fully understand what …

Quantitative Measures Used In Empirical Evaluations Of Mental Health Policy Implementation: A Systematic Review, Meagan Pilar, Eliot Jost, Callie Walsh-Bailey, Byron J Powell, Stephanie Mazzucca, Amy Eyler, Jonathan Purtle, Peg Allen, Ross C Brownson

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: Mental health is a critical component of wellness. Public policies present an opportunity for large-scale mental health impact, but policy implementation is complex and can vary significantly across contexts, making it crucial to evaluate implementation. The objective of this study was to (1) identify quantitative measurement tools used to evaluate the implementation of public mental health policies; (2) describe implementation determinants and outcomes assessed in the measures; and (3) assess the pragmatic and psychometric quality of identified measures.

METHOD: Guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research, Policy Implementation Determinants Framework, and Implementation Outcomes Framework, we conducted a systematic …

Mental Health Navigators Bridging The Gap Of Care For Clients With Schizophrenia: A Review, Valentina Loreto-Ashley, Valentina Loreto-Ashley

DNP Qualifying Manuscripts

Background: Schizophrenia is a thought disorder. As such it affects an individual level of function, and often leads to acute hospitalization. When clients with schizophrenia disorders are discharged, they are a great risk for suicide and danger to others. Services aimed at bridging patients from an acute facility to their community setting could be essential in helping the client in treatment to reach functional recovery and avoid relapse.

Objective: This article explores the role of mental health peer navigators in improving treatment adherence for adult clients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder being discharged from a psychiatric facility into their unique community …

Interprofessional Practice And Handling The First Break: A Case Study, Jalen D. Clemmons

Social Work Masters Capstone Projects

Handling the first psychotic break can be a delicate process. In order to do so effectively, it is important to utilize the perspectives and disciplines offered within an inter-professional team. This paper is a case study revolving around the work done by an inter-professional treatment team at Eastern State Hospital.

The Development Of The Student Advisory Board In The Master’S Of Social Work Program At Eastern Kentucky University, Stephanie E. Burris

Social Work Masters Capstone Projects

Over the past six months, a selection of Masters of Social Work (MSW) students at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) have been diving into program development mode through interprofessional collaboration to establish a firm foundation for the new Student Advisory Board (SAB). This capstone is an overview of the program planning from one student representative's perspective within the interprofessional team. This capstone will provide an overview of the program's development process, limitations, and suggestions for future directions. Attached is a copy of the SAB Handbook that was developed simultaneously with the capstone (see Appendix). Throughout the capstone, the SAB team will …

Interprofessional Collaboration And The Use Of Social Work Competencies In Therapeutic Foster Care, Virginia Hall

Social Work Masters Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.

University Singers And University Chorale - Winter Concert, John J. Cali School Of Music

2022-2023

The University Singers proudly present Highlights from Messiah in preperation for their return to the New Jersey Symphony Orchestr performances under the baton of Maestra Xian Zhang. Join the choir, brass, and percussion for the "Hallelujah Chorus" - Alumni singers welcome on stage.

The University Chorale will perform Psalms for the Symphonic Choir featuring "Richte mich, Gott" (Mendelssohn), "Like as the hart deireth the waterbrooks" (Howells), Chichester Psalms (Bernstein), and "Jubilate Deo" from Tres Cantus Laudendi (Wiberg). Guest artists Vincent Carr (organ), Merynda Adams (harp), Taylor Goodson (timpani), plus student brass and percussion. Bernstein soli TBA.

Dance Nation, Department Of Theatre And Dance

Fall 2022

Somewhere in Harrington, Ohio, a competitive dance team of turbulent 13-year-olds are forging a dance revolution while their older selves look on. Luminous with possibility and ravaged by insecurity, the characters grapple with the rawness and agonizing tenderness of adolescence.

Women's Self-Harm In Shakespeare, Madison Harris

Fall Student Research Symposium 2022

Throughout the works of Shakespeare there are examples of women, especially wives, physically harming themselves and threatening violence to others as a way of proving themselves. My research explores how and why Shakespearean wives seek to prove their worthiness by physical acts of violence and how an early modern audience might have understood this. While there has been research about violence committed against Shakespearean women, there is little research on women utilizing violence as a method of proving their trustworthiness, loyalty, and bravery to men. These questions are particularly poignant when considered within the context of marriage. I use secondary …

Algorithms For Compression Of Electrocardiogram Signals, Yuliyan Velchev

Books

The study is dedicated to modern methods and algorithms for compression of electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. In its original part, two lossy compression algorithms based on a combination of linear transforms are proposed. These algorithms are with relatively low computational complexity, making them applicable for implementation in low power designs such as mobile devices or embedded systems. Since the algorithms do not provide perfect signal reconstruction, they would find application in ECG monitoring systems rather than those intended for precision medical diagnosis.

This monograph consists of abstract, preface, five chapters and conclusion. The chapters are as follows: Chapter 1 — Introduction …

Senior Recital Program Research, Kasey Pennington

Honors Capstones

I performed a vocal recital as part of my final requirements towards my Music Education degree and developed an additional program including research on the works I performed. The program consisted of biographies for composers Haydn, Schumann, Fauré, Obradors, and Beach, additional context on specific songs, and translations of songs not sung in English. I created this program in order to provide more detailed information for audience members who were interested in further enrichment or had particular curiosity for any performed works. This recital was a culmination of my efforts in the vocal department of the School of Music throughout …

Assets: Other: Repurchase Agreements - Foreign Official: Wednesday Level, Federal Reserve System: Board Of Governors

Documents

No abstract provided.

Bedside Nurse Shift Length: Evidence-Based Intervention On Nursing Burnout, Natalie Suzanne Medina Bsn, Kristen Morreale Bsn, Bryanna Whitehurst Bsn

MSN Capstone Projects

With the aging baby boomer population, employee burnout, and lack of quality medical training, the United States is facing one of the most detrimental nursing shortages in history. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States Health and Human Services projected the demand for nurses to be much higher than the actual number of employed registered nurses through 2030. Since 2016 the nursing population was widely composed of nurses between 25 to 34 years old. After the global pandemic hit, the number of nurses in that age group declined by 5.2 percent, and nurses aged 35 to 44 have reduced by …

Changing Hand-Off Communication In The Pacu Setting, Alisa M. Berndt

MSN Capstone Projects

Through extensive research on the importance of hand off communication in the PACU setting a correlation between patient safety and hand off report was found. Lack of a standardized hand off communication report in the PACU setting may lead to compromised patient safety and negative patient outcomes. In year 2021- 2022, the PACU there had several occurrences of miscommunication that were considered “near misses” in their incident reporting system. The objective of this capstone project is to investigate if utilizing a standardized hand off communication tool to guide healthcare professionals when transferring patient care to the next provider will mitigate …

Using Debriefs To Reduce Nursing Burnout In Nurses Caring For The Oncology Population, Courtney M. Wilkes

MSN Capstone Projects

Nurses are a critical part of healthcare and make up the largest section of healthcare professionals in the United States. According to the World Health Organization (2020), there are approximately 29 million nurses and midwives globally. The increasing need for nurses is not a new discovery. According to the American Association of College of Nurses, more registered nursing jobs will be available through 2022 than any other profession in the United States. The number of nurses leaving the workforce each year has been growing steadily from around 40,000 in 2010 to nearly 80,000 in 2020. Nursing burnout is a known …

Reducing Suicide Reattempts With A Telephone Follow Up Program, Bailey Breaux

MSN Capstone Projects

Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Most people can say they know at least one person who has committed suicide or has considered suicide. The number of deaths continues to rise, and they aren’t stopping anytime soon. Many of these patients visit emergency rooms around the country seeking help for their depression and suicidal ideation. Some are brought into the emergency department following a suicide attempt and their visit only predicts another one happening in the near future. Some hospitals around the globe has tried to stop this recurrence of suicide reattempts by …

Standard Deviations Of Mr Signal Intensities Show A Consistent Trend During Imaging Follow-Ups For Glioblastoma Patients When Corrected For Non-Biological Heterogeneity Due To Hardware And Software Variation, Subhendra N. Sarkar, Rafael Rojas, Evans Lespinasse, Xiang Fu Zhang, Ruth Zeron

Publications and Research

Introduction: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) has a poor prognosis in spite of advanced MRI guided treatments today. Routine MRI using conventional T1 or advanced permeability based MRI of GBM often does not adequately represent changing tumor phases or overall survival. In this work, region of interest (ROI) based tissue MR standard deviation (SD) is demonstrated as an important MRI variable that could be a potential biomarker of GBM heterogeneity and radioresistance. Materials and methods: MRI characterization is often qualitative and lacks reproducibility. Using standardized MRI phantoms we have normalized retrospective records of 12 radioresistant GBM patients that underwent radiation therapy (RT) …

Ed Mattos, Oral History Interview, 2022, Ellie Keys, Matt Jones

Oral Histories

In the Fall of 2022, Matt Jones’s Oral History Techniques class conducted a set of interviews documenting the stories behind the student unrest on Eastern Michigan University’s campus from 1966-1972. Ed Mattos was a student at EMU in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was a student activist, most notably as the chairman of the Student Mobilization Committee. Mattos dedicated his time at EMU to being an activist, and was involved with demonstrations on campus.

An Integrative Review: The Experiences Of Stress, Burnout, And Compassion Fatigue By Ambulatory Care Nurses, Rajean Adams

Master of Science in Nursing Final Projects

Abstract

Aim: One aim of this integrative review is to highlight workplace issues outpatient (ambulatory care) nurses experience, related to stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue. Another aim is to bring awareness to and discuss recently implemented tools and strategies to help alleviate these manifestations.

Background: Stressors in the outpatient setting date back to the 1970s when psychologist Herbert Freudenberger mentioned the burnout he experienced while in a Free Clinic. In modern-day, half of nurses experiencing workplace burnout, confess to feeling emotional exhaustion. Various studies discuss the challenges nurses endure in the inpatient setting, but only a few focus on ambulatory …

Study Of Carbon Nanotube Embedded Honey As A Resistive Switching Material, Md Mehedi Hasan Tanim, Brandon Sueoka, Zhigang Xiao, Kuan Yew Cheong, Feng Zhao

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

In this paper, natural organic honey embedded with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was studied as a resistive switching material for biodegradable nonvolatile memory in emerging neuromorphic systems. CNTs were dispersed in a honey-water solution with the concentration of 0.2 wt.% CNT and 30 wt.% honey. The final honey-CNT-water mixture was spin-coated and dried into a thin film sandwiched in between Cu bottom electrode and Al top electrode to form a honey-CNT based resistive switching memory (RSM). Surface morphology, electrical characteristics and current conduction mechanism were investigated. The results show that although CNTs formed agglomerations in the dried honey-CNT film, both switching …

Effect Of Academic Library Usage On Pre-Service Teachers’ Academic Achievement, Nneka Justina Eze Phd, Victoria Olasoji Omosowon Phd, Ifeoma Roseline Iketaku Phd, Claris Nnenna Eze Phd

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study investigated the effect of academic library on pre-service teachers’ academic achievement. Based on the purpose of the study two research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Quasi experimental design was adopted for this study. The population of the study comprised of all the pre-service teachers in the department of Arts and Social Science Education, Ebonyi State University. A sample of 67 pre-service teachers were purposively selected and used for the study. The instrument used for data collection was English Language Achievement (ELAT). The validity of the instrument was established by …

Study Protocol For First Dental Steps Intervention: Feasibility Study Of A Health Visitor Led Infant Oral Health Improvement Programme, Patricia N. Albers, Joanna G. Williams, Sarab El-Yousfi, Zoe Marshman, Reena Patel, Rebecca Kandiyali, Katie Breheny, Vocht F De, Chris Metcalfe, Robert Witton, Ruth Kipping

Peninsula Dental School

Abstract Background Dental caries in childhood is a burden on the daily lives of children and their families, and associated with poor oral health in adulthood. In England, dental caries is the most common reason for young children to be admitted to hospital. It is believed that most tooth extractions (due to decay) for children aged 10 years and under, could be avoided with improved prevention and early management. National public health policy recommendations in England include specific oral health initiatives to tackle tooth decay. One of these initiatives is delivered as part of the Healthy Child Programme and includes …

Vol. 51 No. 1/2 - Whole No. 369, Jason Fisher

Mythprint

Mythprint is the monthly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local and written discussion groups.

Vol. 50 No. 3/4 - Whole No. 368, Jason Fisher

Mythprint

Mythprint is the monthly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local and written discussion groups.

Vol. 50 No. 2 - Whole No. 367, Jason Fisher

Mythprint

Mythprint is the monthly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local and written discussion groups.

Vol. 50 No. 1 - Whole No. 366, Jason Fisher

Mythprint

Mythprint is the monthly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local and written discussion groups.