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Msw Portfolio, Daisy Marie Sells Alexander

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

MSW Portfolio

Law Professor Recognized For Work With Student-Athletes, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame has recognized University of Mississippi law professor Ronald Rychlak among 16 faculty athletics representatives nationwide.

The Diamond, December 13, 2024, Dordt Unversity

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Defenders Dominate the Ice in Weekend Tournament; New NCDC Voting System Causes Controversy; "More Than a Headline:" Inside Kinsey Elementary's School Performance Profile
• News: Student-Made Short Film, Remember What's Important to Make Its Debut Tonight; Swing Dance Club and the High School Musical Moon; Trump Restocks His Cabinet: A Rundown of the President-Elect's Picks; Pastor Carlos and Raquel Perez Answer the Call to the U.S.
• Feature: From Rubble to Hope: Missionary to Lebanon Shares Testimony and Experience and Dordt; Overview of the Film You're Not Alone; Underclassmen Women Decorate their Doors in "Deck the …

Assessing Ocean Attitudes, Decision-Making, And Learning Of Oceanography Camp Especially For Girls Participants, Serenity Poston-Hymel

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

The ocean provides many important economic, nutritional, and cultural resources and ecosystem services to human populations. However, many anthropogenic activities are threatening ocean ecosystems and these vital resources (Inniss et al., 2016). Ocean literacy is the knowledge, attitude, and behaviors that pertain to the ocean, its systems, and its relationships with humans (Brennan et al., 2019; Schoedinger et al., 2005). A key goal of ocean literacy is encouraging informed decisions and behaviors pertaining to the ocean, leading to responsible management and use of ocean resources (Santoro et al., 2018). Ocean attitudes and environmental moral reasoning are vital in influencing positive …

Exploring Strategies To Reduce Physician Turnover And Costs During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Ne'kecha Pellam Brabham

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Hospitals face the risk of adverse business outcomes due to physician turnover, which can lead to increased costs and poorer patient care. C-suite executives, in collaboration with human resources managers (HRMs), are struggling to develop strategies to reduce turnover and burnout, while also enhancing key factors like job satisfaction and employee engagement. Grounded in the job demands-resources theory. The purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry was to explore the strategies employed by HRMs in the healthcare industry to effectively reduce physician turnover and associated costs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The participants were 13 HRMs in the health care industry in …

Retrieving The Information Stored In The Donated Organ May Cause The Patient’S Personality To Change After The Transplant Operation, Jamal Al-Karaki, Muhammad Al-Zafar Khan, Phoka Rathebe, Raul Valverde, Alireza Sepehri, Massimo Fioranelli

All Works

The results of some scientific research show that organ transplantation, especially heart transplantation, causes changes in the patient’s personality and even memory. These changes can be due to the recovery of information stored in the donor’s molecules and cells. In fact, as in the orchestrated objective reduction model, information in the form of polarization or spin of molecules, electrons, and photons is stored in microtubules due to the connection between the brain and the heart through blood vessels and nerves, and waves. A copy of the information is stored in molecules and heart cells and possibly through the induction of …

Parent And Primary Care Clinician Perceptions About Pediatric Hypertension, Abbas H. Zaidi, Erica Sood, Sarah De Ferranti, Samuel Gidding, Varsha Zadokar, Jonathan Miller, Anne Kazak

Department of Pediatrics Faculty Papers

IMPORTANCE: Despite published guidelines and a prevalence of pediatric hypertension of approximately 3%, less than 25% of affected children are identified, with 60% not receiving any intervention despite detection. Understanding the knowledge and perceptions of parents or caregivers and health care teams is crucial to identify factors that may contribute to these unacceptably low detection rates.

OBJECTIVE: To examine the knowledge and perceptions of parents and health care teams regarding pediatric hypertension to identify common themes contributing to low hypertension detection.

DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This qualitative study, interviewed parents of children diagnosed with hypertension who did not follow up …

Training Staff Members And Caregivers On Utilizing Allen Cognitive Levels To Aid Individuals Living With Alzheimer's And Dementia To Maintain Activities Of Daily Living, Kristy Boyd

Student Capstone Papers

This capstone is about training caregivers and staff members on utilizing the Allen Cognitive Levels to help individuals living with Alzheimer's and Dementia to maintain their ADLs.

Journey To Baby-Friendly: Standardizing Patient Breastfeeding Education In The Postpartum Microsystem, Emily Korwin

Master's Projects and Capstones

Problem Low breastfeeding rates remain a global challenge and a cause of adverse infant health outcomes despite the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding. In response, UNICEF and the WHO developed the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) to promote, protect, and support breastfeeding for infant growth and development. Context Hospital A is a mid-size hospital in Northern California. It has 24 labor, 13 antepartum, and 33 postpartum beds and serves a diverse population of patients. Intervention After a literature review, microsystem assessment, stakeholder survey, and root cause analysis, a standardized infant feeding nurse patient education checklist was developed and aligned with Baby-Friendly teaching …

Msw Portfolio, Andrea E. Anderson

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

The portfolio narrative includes a brief introduction to my academic journey including field related work. The ten social work competencies are used as a guide while I reflect on the required appendices, theoretical frameworks and orientation to practice throughout the narrative.

Where I’M Meant To Be: Reflections From My Msw Experience, Brittany Nicole Mathena

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.

Is Home Environment Predictive Of Early Grammar Development?, Michelle White, Frenette Southwood

School of Psychology

Research shows that children’s home environment (e.g., the composition of their householdand the resources available in it) has an impact on children’s language development.However, this research has mostly been conducted among English speakers from theminority world and has often only considered vocabulary size. This exploratory studyinvestigated whether home environment factors are predictive of grammar development inAfrikaans-speaking (n = 117) and English-speaking (n = 102) toddlers in South Africa.Moreover, potential differences between these two language groups were explored. Resultsshowed that home environment factors pertaining to family stability predicted two of thethree grammar scores, namely total grammar and complex phrases. Cluster analysis …

Subcutaneous Electroencephalography Monitoring For People With Epilepsy And Intellectual Disability: Co-Production Workshops, Rohit Shankar

Peninsula Medical School

Background Nearly 25% of people with intellectual disability (PwID) have epilepsy compared to 1% of the UK general population. PwID are commonly excluded from research, eventually affecting their care. Understanding seizures in PwID is particularly challenging because of reliance on subjective external observation and poor objective validation. Remote electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring could capture objective data, but particular challenges and implementation strategies for this population need to be understood. Aim This co-production aimed to explore the accessibility and potential impact of a remote, long-term EEG tool (UnEEG 24/7 SubQ) for PwID and epilepsy. Method We conducted six, 2-hour long workshops; three …

The Digital Divide Among Urban University Students In The Post-Pandemic Era, J. B. Oleet

Theses and Dissertations

This survey study, N = 44 university students, from an urban campus, measured post-pandemic digital divide perceptions, focusing on motivational, physical, skills, and usage access to ICTs through the lens of van Dijk’s resources and appropriation theory. Statistical tests, including one-sample t-tests, correlation analyses, one-way and repeated measure ANOVAs, and independent sample t-tests, highlighted both the perceptions and relationships among different dimensions of digital divides. The findings showed that participants perceive their post-pandemic digital divide perceptions positively. Intrinsic Motivational Access (IMA) mean scores were particularly high, suggesting a strong internal drive among students to engage with ICTs, significantly surpassing extrinsic …

An Open-Source, Student-Centric Approach To The Cyber Kill Chain, Justin Lane Wooten

Theses and Dissertations

The cybersecurity landscape demands professionals with practical skills and a deep understanding of attack methodologies. However, many institutions face significant challenges in providing comprehensive cybersecurity education due to the high costs associated with commercial tools and platforms. This thesis presents a student-centric, open-source curriculum for teaching the Cyber Kill Chain, designed to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and real-world application while addressing the financial constraints faced by many educational institutions. Our approach leverages freely available tools and hands-on exercises to cover each phase of the Cyber Kill Chain, emphasizing ethical considerations and collaborative learning. We detail the curriculum development …

Faculty And Staff Pay Satisfaction And The Impact On Organizational Commitment And Retention, Jennifer Hennings

Dissertations

This mixed-method study explored the relationships between pay satisfaction, organizational commitment, retention, and seniority among faculty and staff at a private, four-year institution in the Midwest. The research investigated how satisfaction with a compensation program influences organizational commitment and turnover intentions. The researcher used a quantitative method to study the impact of pay satisfaction on organizational commitment and turnover intention. Additionally, a quantitative method explored relationships between seniority and turnover intention. Findings revealed positive relationships between pay satisfaction and organizational commitment, along with pay satisfaction and turnover intention. Findings also revealed positive relationships between seniority, measured as years of service, …

Msw Portfolio, Elizabeth Helen Brenneman J.D.

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.

Msw Portfolio, Nichole Nuehring

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.

The Fundamentals Of Advocacy, Tiffany Borland

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

A portfolio on a compilation and a celebration of my work throughout my MSW program.

Prescription Pattern Analysis In Patients Of Alcohol Use Disorder Coming To The Psychiatry Opd Of A Tertiary Care Hospital: A Single Centre, Cross Sectional, Observational Study., Pradnya Satav, Abhilasha Rashmi, Sharmada Nerlekar, Sudhir Pawar, Sahana S

Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy Research

Alcohol is the commonest psychoactive substance used by Indians. The prevalence of alcohol dependence in India is estimated to be 2.7%. In Maharashtra, the prevalence of Alcohol Use Disorders (AUD) is about 4.9%. Prescription pattern monitoring studies are a tool for assessing the prescribing, dispensing and distribution of medicines. They promote appropriate use of drugs and reduction of their misuse. With changing guidelines and availability of newer drugs, it is the need of time to monitor the prescriptions. So, this study was done from October 2019 - January 2021 in a tertiary care teaching institute in western India on 100 …

Black Mothering: Experiences Of Black Mothers In Safety Conversations With Black Sons, Theresa Libios

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Black mothers raising Black sons in the United States face the immense challenge of preparing their Black sons for a society where police violence pose significant threats to their safety. The critical safety conversations, commonly referred to as "The Talk," highlight the need for culturally informed interventions to address the psychological toll on Black mothers. This study explored the lived experiences of Black mothers navigating these safety conversations, with the goal of fostering empathy and developing culturally competent mental health services. This qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological study, grounded in intersectionality theory, examined the interconnected influences of race, gender, and systemic oppression …

Fictional And Historical Narratives Of African American Soldiers Of Wwii, Abigail Rae Stewart

Honors Theses

This thesis examines the experiences of African American soldiers during World War II through the dual lenses of oral histories and fictionalized accounts, arguing that both are essential to fully understanding their multifaceted journeys at home and abroad. Oral histories provide direct, personal narratives from veterans themselves, capturing their voices, emotions, and reflections on the discrimination, camaraderie, and resilience that defined their wartime and postwar lives. These firsthand accounts offer invaluable insights into the structural realities of systemic racism within the military and society, as well as the personal sacrifices these soldiers made in the name of a country that …

A New Perspective

DePaul Magazine

The DePaul Art Museum foregrounds inclusiveness, partnership and social justice to reframe the role of cultural institutions.

A Kid's Guide To Infectious Disease, Abby Carroll

Honors Theses

A Kid’s Guide to Infectious Disease is an educational illustrated book intended for young pediatric patients, ages three to five. This project was inspired by my personal interests, involvement at the University of Mississippi, and experience as a medical assistant. Over the past couple of years, I have had the opportunity to work as a medical assistant, interacting with many pediatric patients and their families at HealthPointe Primary Care. As a pre-physician assistant student studying biology, I was inspired to create a resource for these kids by both my classes at the University of Mississippi and my passion for pediatric …

Calls Grow To Give New York's Ccrb More Power, Despite Police Resistance, Stephen Wentzell, Anastasia Tomkin, Moses Bustos, Olivia Graffeo

Capstones

This group capstone project, which was completed in the Criminal Justice Reporting Lab, is an investigative article exploring the current state of New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB). Through more than a dozen interviews with complainants, board members, politicians, law enforcement, and others, the article highlights the push for the CCRB to have the authority to enforce disciplinary measures against police who are found to have engaged in misconduct. The article is accompanied by a video, with captions available in English and Spanish, that features bodycam footage from an incident involving police and our central compelling character who …

Ni Reprimir, Ni Rezar, Ni Traducir: Latinos En Nueva York Piden Cuidados De Salud Mental Incluyentes, Laura Rojas Aponte

Capstones

In New York City, only three out of ten Latinos diagnosed with depression receive treatment, compared to over half of white adults with the same condition, according to the latest Department of Health report. Despite the clear need for mental health care, access remains limited, with a lack of culturally competent services further widening the gap.

While mental health has become a more open topic in recent years, many Latinos still face significant barriers to therapy, including high costs, limited insurance coverage, cultural stigma, and disconnects between patients and providers. However, there are ongoing efforts to address these challenges, ranging …

The Evidence Is In: Breast Implants Are Making People Sick Increasingly Women Find When They Have Their Implants Removed, Their Symptoms Improve—Or Disappear., Pamela J. Appea

Capstones

Over the years, breast implants have been associated with a wide range of health issues, including cancer and autoimmune diseases, but surprisingly these issues are not well known to the public. In 1992, health concerns led the FDA to halt the use of silicone gel breast implants for cosmetic surgeries, although implants containing saline remained available (it was during this period that the Oprah segment that Gmitro remembered ran on TV). In 2006, after more research, which some experts believe was insufficient, the FDA re-approved the use of silicone implants. In 2019, a novel “textured” breast implant manufactured …

Integrating The Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool (Bmat): Increasing Compliance With Assessments And Charting In Medical Surgical Units, Khaterah Sayed

Master's Projects and Capstones

Objective: Decreased patient mobilization is associated with poor patient recovery and increased hospital costs. Complications include decreased functional capacity, pressure injuries, deep vein thrombosis, and infections. Aim: The Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool (BMAT) is a mobility assessment tool designed to help healthcare providers safely mobilize patients (Boynton et al., 2020). In a 244-bed California hospital, preliminary data from three medical-surgical units indicate an average daily patient census of 23.7 of which only 31.3% were assessed using the BMAT. This quality improvement intervention aims to increase compliance with the BMAT by 10%. Interventions: Over a six-week period, staff received …

Improving Documentation Compliance And Patient Mobility Using The Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool, Hayley M. Bernard

Master's Projects and Capstones

Objective: Patient immobility during hospitalization contributes to avoidable complications including increased length of stay, pressure injuries, thromboembolic events, reduced functional capacity, and increased rates of discharge to rehabilitation facilities. The Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool (BMAT) was developed to empower Registered Nurses to safely assess and mobilize patients without a physical therapy evaluation. Aim: This quality improvement projects aims to enhance nurse compliance with BMAT documentation by 10% in three medical-surgical units of a 244-bed Northern California Hospital. Preliminary findings indicate an average daily patient census of 23.7 of which only 31.3% are assessed using the BMAT. Methods: Across a six-week …

Peloton Tries To Pedal Its Way Back To The Top And Appoints New Ceo, Diana X. Escamilla Fuentes

Capstones

This is a corporate strategy on Peloton's CEOs and their strategies to return the company to their pandemic success.

https://github.com/descamillafuentes28/capstone