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Analysis Of Phlebotomy Training Implementation To Reduce Lab Errors In The Clinical Setting, Sandy King

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

The primary responsibility of a laboratory technician is to obtain patient blood samples through venipuncture as well as collect, transport, and store other clinical specimens. Poor blood collection can lead to erroneous and misleading results for the provider in addition to the annoyance of repeat testing for the patient. The lack of formal phlebotomy training provided to nurses could be contributing to laboratory rejections. For patients receiving lab services, how effective is an implementation of formal phlebotomy training for nurses compared to non-formal phlebotomy-trained nurses, in reducing failed lab results? The purpose and aim of this quality improvement project are …

Inspire : Vol 6, Issue 12, Department Of Medicine

INSPIRE – Department of Medicine Archives

• Message from the Chair
• Medicine at National and International Forums Health Economics | 3-days workshop
• MENA-SINO Stroke Service Award
• Annual Asian Oceanian Myology (AOM) Meeting
• Collaboration | AKU & NICVD
• In Full Swing
• COPD Seminar
• Clinical Simulation Educator's Program
• Our Superheroes
• Featured Faculty: Dr. Sumera Batool | Endocrinology section “...Hard work always pays off so never get disheartened with occasional failures …”
• Poem’s Section

Palliative Care And Quality Of Life Improvement: A Benchmark Study, Rebecca Daniels

MSN Capstone Projects

This project provides an overview of the standard and regular implementation of palliative care versus early implementation of palliative care in patients with chronic or terminal illnesses. Palliative care is an essential component of healthcare that focuses on improving the quality of life and providing support to patients through holistic elements to patients and their families facing chronic and terminal illnesses. With evidence-based research, many articles have been published with implementation of early palliative care showing improvement in patient and even caregiver quality of life. This project includes evidence gathered from mixed methods of systematic review of existing literature, randomized …

Fostering Critical Thinking Through Simulation: An Integrative Review, Sarah Knapp, Raymonta Green

Master of Science in Nursing Final Projects

Over the past decade simulation has become a staple of nursing education with increasing use during the COVID-19 pandemic. Both manikin-based and virtual simulation are used to increase the preparedness of nursing students for their roles at the bedside. With the increasing experience-complexity gap, it is important that students enter the workforce prepared to effectively care for patients. Simulation allows students to work with a patient scenario without the possibility of injury; in simulation, mistakes are opportunities instead of harm. This integrative review searched the literature questioning if in pre-licensure Bachelor of Science in Nursing students, do virtual simulation and …

Advancing Discovery With Two New Mass Spectrometers, Beth Potier

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Medication Overrides In Emergency Departments Defy Safety Culture, Jennifer Holt

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Medication errors are a growing problem in healthcare systems. Emergency Departments (ED) are especially susceptible to this. Automated dispensing cabinets (ADC) help promote patient safety, but ED nurses commonly override the safety steps built into that workflow. This quality improvement project aims to reduce the number of medication overrides in three rural emergency departments. Data was compiled for the six months before the education and then for the four-week time frame post-education. Education was developed concerning the effects of medication override and errors were presented to all ED nursing staff at the three facilities. Implementation occurred over four weeks and …

Planty: The Fitness App With A Plant, Zixin Alice Ouyang

Theses

It is common knowledge that physical exercise has multiple physical and mental benefits, yet many often find it challenging to maintain a consistent exercise habit. How can we design a more motivating exercise experience so more people would exercise? The proposed solution is Planty, an innovative fitness app. Planty aims to change the user’s exercise habits by providing an alternative motivation behind physical exercise by locking a live plant inside a terrarium. Users can only care for the plant through the Planty app through exercise. By linking users’ behavior to the livelihood of a live plant, Planty forces its users …

From New Hampshire To Maryland: A Kiwiberry Road Trip, Nicholas Gosling

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Exploring The Adoption Of Multiple Intelligences In Micro Credentials By Educators In Malaysian Higher Education, Mohd Elmagzoub Eltahir, Nagaletchimee Annamalai, Samer H Zyoud, Najah Rajeh Al Salhi, Bilal Zakarneh

The Qualitative Report

This study explored the multiple intelligence representation in the micro-credentials designed by Malaysian educators and the reasons for integrating multiple intelligences in their course materials. The study was guided by the eight indicators of multiple intelligences suggested by Howard Gardner. We conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with 20 educators from a university in the northern region of Malaysia. The thematic analysis guided by Braun and Clarke shows a number of reasons why educators included the indicators in designing their content for micro-credential. Educators generally demonstrated that they used all the multiple intelligences indicators in designing the micro-credentials. The findings are encouraging …

Experiencing Transformative Learning During Participatory Needs Assessment Of A Public School: Journeys And Arrivals To Relational Ontology(Ies), Shree Krishna Wagle Dr., Parbati Dhungana Dr., Bal Chandra Luitel Prof., Erling Krogh Prof., Niroj Dahal

The Qualitative Report

This paper discusses experiences from school-based needs assessment within a Participatory Action Research (PAR) project aimed at facilitating quality education in public schools of rural Nepal. Being often a first stage in the process of research-action, Participatory Needs Assessment (PNA) offers space for community members’ perceptions and attitudes toward their collective needs. In this light, this paper takes evidence from the first and the second authors’ Ph.D. experiences, under the supervision of the third and the fourth authors to initiate PNA of a school. Also, incorporating the reflections from the fifth author as a critical friend, it observes the political, …

Students’ Optimal Engagement In Efl Large Classes: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study In East Nusa Tenggara, Yohanis Nurak Siwa, Yazid Basthomi

The Qualitative Report

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in researching students’ engagement in English as foreign language (EFL) classes as students’ language learning achievement is shaped by their engagement in class. Yet, the study of students’ engagement in EFL large classes has received relatively little empirical attention. This qualitative phenomenological study aims at exploring how teachers perceive the factors boosting students’ optimal engagement and what strategies they use to boost students’ optimal engagement in EFL large classes. Ten university teachers with adequate experience of teaching EFL large classes in East Nusa Tenggara-Indonesia participated in this study. Semi structured interviews …

Music For The Holidays: Ensemble Concerts: Concert Choir And Belle Voix; Treble Choir; University Glee; December 3, 2023, Andrew Bruhn, Mark Grizzard, Tim Fredstrom

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
December 3, 2023
Sunday Afternoon
3:00 p.m.

Weapon Of Choice: A Neoliberal Institutional Perspective On Italy’S Decision To Procure A Sixth Generation Fighter Aircraft, Lorenzo Cladi

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

In 2018, Italy decided to join the British-led Team Tempest to develop a sixth generation fighter aircraft. This decision came at the expense of a rival project, the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), led by France and Germany. The Italian decision to join Tempest raises a theoretical question overlooked by the existing literature: when states have different cooperative procurement options, what makes them choose one rather than another? The aim of the article is to provide an analytically informed account of the process that led Italy to join Tempest. In doing so, we adopt a neo-institutionalist perspective, as it allows …

Interest In And Barriers To Online Esol Instruction For Adults During And Beyond Covid-19: Exploring Relationships With Sociodemographics And English Proficiency, Jessica G. Cox, Lauren Y. Chen, Harriet Okatch

College of Population Health Faculty Papers

Digital divides mean that marginalized groups such as adults who speak English as a second or other language (ESOL) are less likely to have access to online instruction. Higher levels of English proficiency are associated with better health and employment; therefore, access to ESOL classes is essential. We investigated how sociodemographics and English proficiency relate to adult learners' preferences for, and barriers to, online instruction of ESOL during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Sixty-one adults completed a survey on their pandemic experiences, demographics, and ESOL classes. Analyses showed nonsignificant relationships between interest in online instruction and internet access, education, income, …

Student Pianists Recital

Printed Performance Programs (PDF Format)

No abstract provided.

Chapman Early Music Ensemble, Chapman Early Music Ensemble

Printed Performance Programs (PDF Format)

No abstract provided.

Perceived Effect Of Awareness And Use Of Open Access Journals By Library Users For Research Efficiency In Margaret Lawrence University, Delta State, Nigeria, Obande Bonnie Obeka

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of the present study was to examine the Perceived effect of awareness and use of Open Access Journals by Library users for research efficiency in Margaret Lawrence University. Three hundred and twenty nine Library (329) users were selected in the study. A specifically designed questionnaire was administered to gather information about the awareness and use of open access journals by library users for research efficiency in Margaret Lawrence University. Data collected were analyzed using mean () and standard deviation (SD) to answer research questions. The Results revealed that library users of MLU are much aware of open access …

The Influence Of Body Mass Index On Ready-To-Wear Clothing Preferences Of Young African-American Female Consumers, Jung-Im Seo, Vadel Shivers

Faculty Publications

Although consumers’ body shapes are various, the sizes of bust, waist, and hips of ready-to-wear (RTW) are fairly standardized in the apparel manufactures’ sizing charts, leading to clothing fit issues for many consumers. Body Mass Index (BMI) is an important factor that has an impact on body image perception, but there is little research on the influence of the obesity prevalence on RTW clothing preferences. The purposes of this study are to examine the correlation between African-American women’s obesity prevalence represented by BMI and RTW clothing preferences such as store preference and clothing benefit sought as well as clothing fitting …

E-Tourism: A Communication Strategy Of Yogyakarta’S Tourism Potential Marketing In Industrial Revolution 4.0 Era, Suranto Aw, Danu Eko Agustinova, Kurnia Nur Fitriana, Nursida Arif, Nur Lailly Tri Wulansari

Informasi

Digital technology development during the industrial revolution 4.0 era can be a way to promote tourism. Nowadays, the concept of e-tourism (electronic tourism) has become popular in Indonesia. E-tourism in itself is an IT-based system applied in tourism sector that provides various information digitally. This research aims to describe a communication strategy in marketing Yogyakarta’s tourism potential through e-tourism. This research uses descriptive-qualitative approach with library research method. The Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY) has a vast variety of tourist attraction, ranging from historical places to shopping districts. Those tourism potential have drawn many tourists, locals and foreigners alike. As …

Young Infants Display Heterogeneous Serological Responses And Extensive But Reversible Transcriptional Changes Following Initial Immunizations., Nima Nouri, Raquel Giacomelli Cao, Eleonora Bunsow, Djamel Nehar-Belaid, Radu Marches, Zhaohui Xu, Bennett Smith, Santtu Heinonen, Sara Mertz, Amy Leber, Gaby Smits, Fiona Van Der Klis, Asunción Mejías, Jacques Banchereau, Virginia Pascual, Octavio Ramilo

Faculty Research 2023

Infants necessitate vaccinations to prevent life-threatening infections. Our understanding of the infant immune responses to routine vaccines remains limited. We analyzed two cohorts of 2-month-old infants before vaccination, one week, and one-month post-vaccination. We report remarkable hetero- geneity but limited antibody responses to the different antigens. Whole-blood transcriptome analysis in an initial cohort showed marked overexpression of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) and to a lesser extent of inflammation- genes at day 7, which normalized one month post-vaccination. Single-cell RNA sequencing in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from a second cohort identified at baseline a predominantly naive immune landscape including ISGhi cells. On …

Self-Management Intervention For Reducing Epilepsy Burden Among Adult Ugandans With Epilepsy (Smart-U): Randomised Clinical Trial Protocol, Jennifer B. Levin, Carolyn Still, Christopher J. Burant, Martha Sajatovic

Faculty Scholarship

Background:Epilepsy is a common chronic brain disorder globally affecting people of all ages, with the majority living in developing countries. The introduction of epilepsy self-management approaches to help people with epilepsy is urgently needed to influence epilepsy-related outcomes. This 2-site randomised controlled trial building on promising preliminary data is intended to explore this further. Methods: A total of 188 adult people with epilepsy (PWE) attending the neurology clinics at Mulago and Mbarara hospitals and consent to participate in the study will be recruited. They will be randomised into intervention versus enhanced treatment control (eTAU) study groups. The intervention group will …

Design And Implementation Of A Software System For Measuring Cookstove Emissions In Peru, Cody Arvonen

Undergraduate Honors Theses

The particulate matter (PM), carbon monoxide (CO), and carbon dioxide (CO₂) emitted from cookstoves cause many potential health and environmental risks. This work outlines the design of a sensor system to accurately and affordably measure these gas quantities to aid in the certification of cookstoves for a laboratory in Peru. Our team was able to design and build this system at a price ten times reduced than the current commercial sensor unit in use. The performance of our sensor system was verified by comparing its PM and CO trends to that of the commercial unit. After testing, we …

Problem Behavior In Early Childhood Special Education, Morgan N. Giola

Masters Projects

Research has revealed an increasing number of instances of problem behavior exhibited by students with special needs in early childhood classrooms. This project explores the problem of increased problem behavior in early childhood special education (ECSE) classrooms and how to decrease the prevalence of this challenge. Through an extensive literature review, this project concludes that providing ECSE educators with professional development and resources on research-based approaches and strategies to addressing problem behavior is the key to tackling this problem. The professional development included in this project informs the importance of solving this problem, including short- and long-term implications of students …

Ensemble Concerts: Music For The Holidays: Jazz Combo I; Student Brass Quintet; Symphony Orchestra And Philharmonia Strings; December 2, 2023, Kevin Hart, Glenn Block

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
December 2, 2023
Saturday Evening
7:00 p.m.

Unpacking Online Collaborative Learning In Teaching Efl Speaking: Insights From Three Rural Area Case Studies, Ranta Butarbutar, Fentry Hernaningsi Ruing, Nurfajriah Basri, Varissca Utari Tuharea, Seli Marlina Radja Leba

The Qualitative Report

The collaborative use of technology and online teaching and learning is a new pedagogical trend following the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. This pedagogy has created flexible learning modes for teachers and students to practice and develop their speaking skills in English as a foreign language through collaborative activities, interactive group projects, and peer feedback. Despite the plethora of studies pertinent to online learning, online collaborative learning (OCL) insights in rural areas are not well-documented, leaving knowledge gaps. Thus, a study of teachers' and students' perceptions of OCL in rural areas of Papua, Indonesia, is needed. Researchers have …

Poetic Representations Of Covid-19 Narratives: An Exploration Of Emotional Experiences During The Pandemic, Isha Harshe, Lindy Davidson

The Qualitative Report

In pivotal moments of history like the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical to attend to and preserve the stories of different people experiencing the same phenomenon in their own ways. This project analyzed the public’s emotional experiences during the pandemic using methods of narrative and poetic inquiry. After reading 105 entries from the Pandemic Journaling Project, an online platform where people anonymously published journal entries reflecting on their pandemic experiences, narratives were categorized based on ten prominent emotional themes: anger, anxiety, fatigue, fear, loneliness, longing, loss, loss of control, stress, and uncertainty. Found poems were constructed for each emotion …

The Experience Of Faculty Strikers: Factors That Could Impact Higher Education Strikes, Giovanna Follo, Diane Huelskamp

The Qualitative Report

Higher education is being challenged as is the unionization of faculty. This combination could create a climate where faculty may need to strike. The purpose of this research is to describe the lived experiences of striking faculty to bring a greater understanding of what faculty may incur. This research utilized a phenomenological approach with a combination of composite narratives and in vivo coding to describe the lived experiences of striking. With the number of layoffs, strikes and threats of striking, this research is timely in understanding what striking entails and how it can best be navigated for the benefit of …

Guidelines For The Integration Of Large Language Models In Developing And Refining Interview Protocols, Jessica L. Parker Edd, Veronica M. Richard, Kimberly Becker

The Qualitative Report

Rapid advancements in generative artificial intelligence (AI), specifically large language models (LLMs), offer unprecedented opportunities and challenges for qualitative researchers. This paper presents comprehensive guidelines for the ethical and effective use of LLMs in the development and refinement of interview protocols. Through a multidisciplinary lens, this paper explores potential pitfalls, ethical considerations, and best practices to ensure the responsible integration of LLMs in the research process. The guidelines proposed serve not only as a methodological roadmap for researchers but also as a catalyst for dialogue on the ethical dimensions of LLMs in qualitative research. Furthermore, the authors describe and share …

The Effects Of Emotional Intelligence On Students’ Foreign Language Speaking: A Narrative Exploration In China’S Universities, Chenyang Zhang

The Qualitative Report

In countries where people see English as a foreign language (EFL), English is merely used in public communication and EFL learners usually experience emotional issues like speaking anxiety and reflect a lower level of emotional intelligence (EI). Although previous studies have found a positive correlation between EI and EFL speaking, few studies explain how EI affects learners’ EFL speaking in terms of their contextual influence. This study aims to explore the effects of EI on English speaking in the context of China’s universities. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with two participants and was analysed through thematic narrative analysis. Findings …

Ensemble Concerts: Music For The Holidays: Symphony Orchestra And Philharmonia Strings; Civic Chorale; String Project Sinfonia Class; December 2, 2023, Glenn Block, John Koch, Katherine Lewis

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
December 2, 2023
Saturday Afternoon
3:00 p.m.