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Interventions To Prevent The Incidence Of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, Taylor Arnett

Symposium of Student Scholars

Background: Healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) such as ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) are common complications patients can acquire after being hospitalized. These complications can be preventable through the implementation of appropriate methods of prevention. Objective: This study was designed to discover interventions healthcare facilities and staff can implement to help prevent the incidence of VAP. Method: Research was conducted using CINAHL, EBSCO, and PubMed. The commonly used phrases to find search results include “prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia” and “methods to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia.” Articles were excluded if they were published prior to 2017 or were not written in the English language. Results: Five articles …

Interventions To Prevent Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries, Astrid Geronimo

Symposium of Student Scholars

Background: Hospital acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) are the most common preventable complication among critical care patients. This project is conducted to compare the effectiveness between the current implemented preventative measure versus the new measures that have data supporting their effectiveness. Brief Significance: Five articles were chosen that outlined the prevalence of hospital acquired pressure injuries in critical care patients and alternative interventions that have been effective in the prevention of HAPIs. These evidence-based interventions include: The application of multilayered foam dressing with hypo oxygenated fatty oils which would reduce sheer and provide support from the pressure of laying in the …

Hide And Shriek: Short Film Script, Kaylin Clarke

Symposium of Student Scholars

This short screenplay is about two monsters at a loss of what to do when a fearless ten-year-old is left behind in their haunted mansion. The story explores the notion of family with a unique blend of childhood wonder and thriller themes. With this creative work, I aim to examine the complicated nature of found family and death through cinematic storytelling.

Insect Availability And Parental Care Behavior In A Common Bird, Cole Bourque

Symposium of Student Scholars

Populations of aerially insectivorous birds are declining throughout North America. Urbanization may indirectly contribute to this decline through its negative effects on populations of insects, an important food source in insectivores' diets, where low insect availability may be especially challenging for birds during breeding. How fluctuations in insect populations impact various species at higher trophic levels is an important area of current study for future conservation biology. Here, we examine whether nestling provisioning, brooding and guarding behaviors in a breeding bird—the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)—may be altered depending on the relative insect availability in the environment. We found …

Maternal And Child Health Research, Delaney Harris

Symposium of Student Scholars

Breastfeeding infants is arguably the best way for an infant to receive not only their nutrition but also build up their antibodies and their immune health. Exclusively breastfed infants are also at a lower risk for sudden infant death syndrome as well as decreased risks for infant malnutrition. Being exclusively breastfed after the age of six months is proven to reduce the child’s susceptibility to sinus infections past infancy as well as protect against autoimmune diseases and respiratory allergies. As the number of children in a single household increases the likelihood of an infant being exclusively breastfed after 6 months …

Nurse Role In Preventing Substance Abuse, Catherine Williams

Symposium of Student Scholars

Background: Pain is the number one reason why people seek medical attention, meaning pain management is an important intervention in caring for patients. However, over prescribing opioids has caused a major problem in healthcare. The United States is facing a crisis related to opioid abuse and opioid overdose deaths. A major contribution to this crisis is from an over prescription of opioids, which has caused a four-time increase in prescription opioid overdose death since 1999. It is the nurse’s responsibility to screen, assess, monitor, and educate patients about substance abuse. All patients while being triaged should be screened for abuse; …

Effectiveness Of Distraction Techniques In Reducing Pain And Anxiety During Pediatric Venipuncture, Gina Hernandez

Symposium of Student Scholars

Abstract

Venipuncture is consistently identified as one of the most painful and feared experiences of hospitalized children, often resulting in traumatic memories and resistance to future procedures. Currently, standard practice for pediatric venipuncture involves physical restraint, either by another person or by utilizing a restrictive tool. This proposal will explore the efficacy of various distraction techniques in mitigating pain and anxiety experienced by pediatric patients undergoing venipuncture. Current research shows that procedural pain and anxiety can be significantly reduced by implementing distraction techniques such as bubble-blowing, deep breathing, audiovisual distraction, and immersive virtual reality. Effectiveness of each technique varies based …

Impact Of Morphology, Reflectance, And Hairs On The Physiological Limits Of Bees And Their Response To Climate Warming, Theresa Wolff

Symposium of Student Scholars

Climate change is an ongoing process and will continue to impact species globally. Refining our ability to predict species’ response to changing environmental conditions is of increasing importance. Physiological limits, such as an organism’s critical thermal maximum (CTmax) and minimum (CTmin), are strong predictors of how organisms respond to climate warming. These limits are relatively well studied, however heat-tolerant species may have physical characteristics that better enable them to survive extreme temperatures. To investigate the relationship between heat tolerance and morphological traits, this research will be looking at data from a larger USDA project collecting bees in urban community gardens …

Post-Stroke Patients’ Rehabilitation Exercise Assessment From Vicon-Based Skeletal Angle Displacement Using Convolutional Neural Network, Manohar Murikipudi, Kyle Hillhouse, Cesar Lucena, Christopher Dargan, Ibrahima Gueye, Jaterien Walker, Md Abdullah Al Hafiz Khan

Symposium of Student Scholars

Stroke is one of the leading causes of neurological disorders, and around 1 million people suffer from stroke in the United States. Two-thirds of these individuals survive and requires rehabilitation exercise in their daily life to improve their quality of life. Automatically assessing these performed rehabilitation movements is inherent to improving post-stroke patients' overall physical condition. With the recent growth in computer vision research, people are using motion capture systems to perform physical exercises, workouts, and training at their preferred place, as these systems occupy less space but provide flexibility to the users. This work assesses post-stroke patient rehabilitation movement …

Nurse-Initiated Protocols Leading To Improved Patient Flow, Shanyne Douglas

Symposium of Student Scholars

As we grow and age as a population, more people are frequenting the emergency department (ED). Leading to an increase in ED capacity and longer wait times. These long wait times have been shown to lead to increased length of stay, decreased patient satisfaction, and increased mortality. There are many studies on ways to improve these ED challenges. The most common consensus is to improve patient flow. Patient flow is the patient's movement from admission to discharge. The best way to improve patient flow in the ED is to have a competent triage system. The Emergency Severity Index is what …

Implementation Of A Nurse Led Bereavement Committee To Show The Effects On Increased Nursing Confidence In Providing Care And Increased Patient Satisfaction In A Women’S Services Department., Payton Ethridge

Symposium of Student Scholars

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to understand the importance of comprehensive education and appropriate resources when providing care to bereaved patients. Within the department of women’s health, fetal demise and maternal/infant mortality are unforeseen circumstance that nurses and patients can experience. Families that experience such tragedies deserve proper care regarding their grief and confident staff to care for them. These patient situations can be some of the hardest cases that nurses care for in the settings of women’s services and nurses need support and proper access to resources to provide this care. If this situation is not addressed, …

Educating Parents On Infant Safe Sleep To Reduce Sleep-Related Deaths, Marleni Cervantes

Symposium of Student Scholars

During my pediatric clinical rotation, I saw parents practicing unsafe sleeping practices with their infants. Infants would sleep with their pillows, blankets and in non-supine positions. There are around 3000 sleep related infant deaths annually in the United States (Patrick et al., 2021). To combat this issue a safe sleep education program should be implemented in labor and delivery and NICU units to ensure parents are getting the proper training before discharge. Parents will attend an education program before discharging from the hospital. The program will be completed in 2 days to ensure the parents are able to ask questions …

Reduction Of Analgesia Delivery Time Based On Pca Data, Jonathan Lynch

Symposium of Student Scholars

Evidence based practice changes motivated by reduced time between patient's reported pain onset and analgesia administration as shown by PCA research.

Preventing Clabsi In Bedside Nursing, Ashlyn Winegarner

Symposium of Student Scholars

Abstract

Central line associated blood stream infections, better known as CLASBIs, are a prominent problem in the hospital setting. Due to the direct connection between the blood stream and the outside world, these catheters are at great risk for growing infections that can spread to the bloodstream within hours. Research has been done on how compliant registered nurses are in regards to keeping these catheters sterile. A survey was conducted on one hundred and seventy-one nurses that concluded only seventy percent of the nurses were compliant in following the proper central line protocol. Another study was performed that introduced five …

Best Practice For Confirmation Of Nasogastric Tube Placement In Pediatric Patients, Joey Gondhalekar, Hannah Baines, Jacob Barcenas, Kaci Giles, Katie Crocker

Symposium of Student Scholars

Abstract

Background: Nasogastric (NG) tubes are used to provide nutrition or charcoal to patients who cannot swallow or are intubated. For pediatric patients, auscultation confirmation is often used to confirm placement despite the evidence that x-ray confirmation is a more accurate way to confirm placement. Incorrect placement leads to incidents of higher rates of healthcare acquired infections, financial strain on the hospital, and longer lengths of stay for patients.

Objectives: The objective of this evidence-based review is to review relevant published studies in determining the best practice for confirmation of NG tubes in pediatric patients.

Methods: A database search was …

Voice Assistant For Improving Patient's Lives: The Implementation And Case Study, Anh Duong

Symposium of Student Scholars

Over the last few years, the adoption of voice assistants in IoT devices has experienced rapid growth as a result of advanced technology alongside the development of artificial intelligence. According to a survey conducted by Juniper Research, over 2.5 billion digital voice assistants were being used in devices around the world by the end of 2018. By 2023, the number is expected to triple to 8 billion. Voice assistants (VA) have integrated into and become a part of human’s modern life with the purpose of making things more accessible and easier to use, hence, improving the users’ living experience. VA …

Motor Imagery Detection Toward Non-Invasive Brainwave Based Typing, Abm. Adnan Azmee, Manohar Murikipudi, Cesar Lucena, Ibrahima Gueye, Bryce Wishart, Yuliana Pacheco, Md Abdullah Al Hafiz Khan

Symposium of Student Scholars

Electroencephalography (EEG) signals can be captured non-invasively with the help of Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI). These EEG signals contain many essential information that can serve a great purpose when used correctly. By the appropriate interpretation of this EEG signal, we can provide people with limited ability to perform certain actions which they are unable to do due to their current condition. Paralyzed and semi-paralyzed people who are often found struggling to express themselves due to their medical condition can greatly benefit from the application of EEG. Typing or writing a letter requires functional motor movement. If we can detect the motor …

Second Reaction: Voices Of Melanin, Carlota Holder

First Opinions, Second Reactions

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First Opinion: Words Are More Powerful When Shared, Allison Segarra Hansen

First Opinions, Second Reactions

No abstract provided.

Prenatal Care: Access For All?, Jasmin Stewart

Symposium of Student Scholars

Prenatal care is an essential part of a woman’s pregnancy journey. It ensures that both mother and child are doing well, and helps to locate and diagnose any issues before they become complications. Without regular check ups, mothers will not be aware of life-threatening complications such as preeclampsia or placenta previa. Women in low socioeconomic brackets often do not have good access to prenatal care. Research studies have interviewed women and have stated many times there are no providers in the area where they live and they have to make long trips to see a doctor, which they cannot afford. …

Does Triage Education Reduce Classification Errors In The Ed?, Rachel Abukhdeir

Symposium of Student Scholars

IN A METRO ATLANTA LEVEL TWO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, DOES THE APPLICATION OF TRIAGE EDUCATION REDUCE TRIAGE CLASSIFICATION ERRORS?

Abstract

Incorrect triage of patients leads to excessive wait times, an increase in length of stay, and escalating medical conditions. One of the most common triage systems in the United States is the Emergency Severity Index (ESI), a five-level triage system that focuses on prioritizing patient care based on the urgency of the patient’s illness. An assessment is performed by nurses to determine patients’ level of acuity. This method is subjective to the nurse performing triage. Currently, nurses have no or minimal …

Secure Cloud-Based Iot Water Quality Gathering For Analysis And Visualization, Soin Abdoul Kassif Baba M Traore

Symposium of Student Scholars

Water quality refers to measurable water characteristics, including chemical, biological, physical, and radiological characteristics usually relative to human needs. Dumping waste and untreated sewage are the reasons for water pollution and several diseases to the living hood. The quality of water can also have a significant impact on animals and plant ecosystems. Therefore, keeping track of water quality is a substantial national interest. Much research has been done for measuring water quality using sensors to prevent water pollution. In summary, those systems are built based on online and reagent-free water monitoring SCADA systems in wired networks. However, centralized servers, transmission …

Detecting Bacterial Species From Ancient Human Skeletal Samples, Ariel Owens, Daisy Mcgrath, Tsai-Tien Tseng

Symposium of Student Scholars

Diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) via morphological analysis is difficult and often inconsistent. With next-generation sequencing (NGS), ancient host microbiomes can be subjected to metagenomic analyses for the detection of TB in silico. Suitable bioinformatic workflows are needed for reliable ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis of causative agents. This study aims to enhance available bioinformatic screening methods to create more suitable bioinformatic processes and generate insights in relation to TB.

This research utilizes publicly available NGS data accessed through the Sequence Read Archive (SRA) of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Initial quality control steps included adapter trimming with Trim …

Making Strides To Improve Quality Nursing Care, Arielle Holland

Symposium of Student Scholars

Background: Over the last few decades America’s non-English (predominantly Spanish) speaking population has significantly increased and is predicted to continue rising in the coming years. With an increase in Spanish speaking patients and low numbers of nurses who are fluent, miscommunications between nurses and non-English speaking patients are inevitable. These language barriers lead to increased sentinel events, mistrust, and dissatisfaction with nursing care for patients and their families. The purpose of this research study is to call for reevaluation of current practices and implementation of more reliable techniques for communication between nurses and their non-English speaking patients. Methods: Two acute …

Improved Sleep In Acute Care Settings, Bryce Lyons

Symposium of Student Scholars

Background

Patients in the cardiac telemetry unit report poor sleep quality and sleep satisfaction.

Significance

Having quality sleep can make a huge impact on patient recovery and length of stay.

Purpose

The purpose of this project is to find methods that promote patient sleep and satisfaction while in the hospital.

Literature Review

After researching, the best evidence for improved sleep quality in an acute care setting are methods that reduce or minimize the number of disturbances. A sleep menu can be easily incorporated in the cardiac telemetry and provides clients with items to block out sleep disturbances. A nightime protocol …

Relation Between Emotions And Students’ Code Quality Using Iot, Lisero Mugula

Symposium of Student Scholars

Programming can be a mentally demanding exercise. The objective of this study is to explore the effects emotions have on a programmer’s quality of code. Programmers in the study are given a Rainfall Problem to solve as their emotional data is collected simultaneously. Emotional data is collected using EMOTIV’s neuroheadset. There are 6 emotions tracked in this study: engagement, excitement, focus, interest, relaxation, and stress. One control group is relaxed prior to beginning the programming problem. An EEG-powered relaxation device called Muse is used to accomplish this task. Coding quality is measured based on 6 parameters: average, sum, count, sentinel, …

Cauti Prevention In The Icu, Kai Zheng, Christie Emerson, Nerma Redcross

Symposium of Student Scholars

Project Proposal Abstract

Background: ICU patients are often bedbound for extended periods. Routine insertion of a urinary catheter, lack of proper Foley care techniques, and reluctance to remove the urinary catheter increase the risk of CAUTI. Each day a catheter is left in place, the patient's risk for CAUTI increases by 5%.

Brief Literature review: The incorporation of the Plan-Do-Study-Act approach helped to reduce CAUTI by deliberately layering single interventions over an extended period of time, it allowed the nurses to fully adopt each intervention before moving on to the next.

Methods: Interventions included considering alternatives to indwelling urinary catheters, …

Impacts Of Thermally Conductive Coating On Super Coiled Polymers, Lakshay Battu, Siddharth I Sanghav, Mitchell Karwisch, Brandon Yang, Charles Brubaker

Symposium of Student Scholars

In this research, we created supercoiled polymer with a nylon fishing line, conductive thread, silver paste, graphite, and graphene. The silver paste was used for conductive properties on crimping joints to allow electrical connections. Graphite and graphene help stimulate heat dissipation, resulting in quicker muscle motion, contraction, and elongation. Supercoiled polymer (polymer coil) actuators have many uses and are inexpensive compared to other actuators as they can be made of cheap materials such as sewing threads and fishing lines. Compared with recent actuators consist of memory shape alloys for their unique crystal structure, however they are expensive to produce, and …

Brain-To-Text Communication Through A Non-Invasive Bci, Cesar Lucena Trujillo, Abm. Adnan Azmee, Hafiz Khan, Manohar Murikipudi, Christopher Dargan

Symposium of Student Scholars

The purpose of the current study is to investigate the functionality of BCI’s to decode the attempted handwriting thoughts from neural activity in the motor cortex and translates it to text in real time. While there have been past studies regarding the efficacy of BCI’s the practical realization has been proven difficult due to limitations in accuracy and speed. Previous studies have approached this problem by using neural signals to choose from a limited set of possible words, this study seeks to have a more general model that can type any word in the vast English vocabulary. In this study, …

Reducing The Effects Of Sleep Deprivation On Nursing Staff, Haley Huckaby

Symposium of Student Scholars

Reducing the Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Nursing Staff Abstract

Bedside nurses overcome many obstacles during their weekly shifts, but one very preventable problem is still an issue. Sleep deprivation in nursing staff can lead to medication errors, decreased reactivity times leading to treatment delays, and subpar overall patient care; all of which directly compromises patient safety. Recent studies have found that the majority of nurses report fatigue interfering with their cognition and memory during their shifts and additionally even more nurses report having made a math error when drawing up and preparing medication for their patients. Despite sleep deprivation …