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Brilliance In The Margins: An Exploration Of The Lived Experience Of Black Women Faculty In Stem, Mykella C. Mitchell Jan 2026

Brilliance In The Margins: An Exploration Of The Lived Experience Of Black Women Faculty In Stem, Mykella C. Mitchell

West Chester University Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Final Projects

This qualitative research study explores the lives of Black women STEM faculty at Ivy and Ivy+ institutions. The existing literature reveals a distinct gap in research as it pertains to this demographic, due to the limited number of Black women who hold faculty positions and the limited research that centers their voices. This study intentionally centered the voices of Black women scholars using portraiture, which helped to avoid the creation of deficit‑based stories. Furthermore, this research was guided by the conceptual frameworks of whiteness as smartness and meritocracy. Portraits were created from the lives of six tenured and tenure‑track Black …


Adult Healthy Habits, Belinda E. Vicuna, Mahtab Soleimani, Yvonnie Baik, Elena Martinez, Theresa H. Cruz Jan 2026

Adult Healthy Habits, Belinda E. Vicuna, Mahtab Soleimani, Yvonnie Baik, Elena Martinez, Theresa H. Cruz

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No abstract provided.


Legislating Equity: A Qualitative Policy Analysis Of Healthcare Access And Health Literacy In Medically Underserved Communities In New Jersey, Korlu Y. Howard Jan 2026

Legislating Equity: A Qualitative Policy Analysis Of Healthcare Access And Health Literacy In Medically Underserved Communities In New Jersey, Korlu Y. Howard

West Chester University Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Final Projects

Access to healthcare has always been a major policy challenge in the United States and contributes to ongoing disparities. Reform efforts have focused on expanding insurance coverage, yet less attention has been focused on whether the healthcare system is navigable. This study examines three New Jersey statutes using Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Framework and the Health Equity Framework. The purpose of this examination is to better understand how statutory language shapes healthcare access. The findings show that access is primarily structured through coverage requirements, procedural protections, and established legal rights. At the same time, these systems often involve added complexity, requiring …


Arts Enriched Head Start Preschool And School Readiness: Are Benefits Accentuated For Children Facing Greater Economic Hardship?, Isabella Capera Jan 2026

Arts Enriched Head Start Preschool And School Readiness: Are Benefits Accentuated For Children Facing Greater Economic Hardship?, Isabella Capera

West Chester University Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Final Projects

Children growing up in impoverished and low-income households face opportunity gaps that limit their school readiness (Blair & Raver, 2015). Head Start preschool, which serves families facing economic hardship, has been demonstrated to reduce these gaps and enhance school readiness. Further, multiple studies have suggested that arts enriched Head Start may offer particular benefits (e.g., Brown et al., 2010, 2018; Lobo & Winsler, 2008). Yet research to date is limited and has not examined whether the benefits of arts enriched preschool may be uniquely helpful for children facing the greatest economic risk. The present study examines growth in school readiness …


Looking Beyond Minimalist Pedagogies: Rhetorical Listening As A Framework For Ethical Collaboration And Student Empowerment In The Writing Center, Abby M. Samella Jan 2026

Looking Beyond Minimalist Pedagogies: Rhetorical Listening As A Framework For Ethical Collaboration And Student Empowerment In The Writing Center, Abby M. Samella

West Chester University Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Final Projects

Since its establishment, the Writing Center has strived to solidify its institutional presence as a space of student-centered pedagogy, minimalist directive approaches, and collaborative learning. However, students frequently perceive Writing Centers as the polar opposite of collaboration, frequently seeking out this support for a transactional, ‘remedial’ fix to their writing product. As Writing Centers grapple with this tension that threatens their process-driven pedagogies, scholars recognize a gap in Literature regarding collaborative approaches that empower the student through the implementation of rhetorical listening. Using the foundational framework of Rhetorical Listening as a strategy to reassert the collaborative identity of the Center …


Beyond Compliance: Creating A Disability Self-Advocacy Summit For Higher Education Using Critical Disability Pedagogy, Katie Manwiller Jan 2026

Beyond Compliance: Creating A Disability Self-Advocacy Summit For Higher Education Using Critical Disability Pedagogy, Katie Manwiller

West Chester University Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Final Projects

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has been in place for over 35 years, yet the systems it created to ensure equity are riddled with inherent barriers and often fail to provide equal access because of the ableism baked into American society. Institutions of higher education exemplify this failure as they largely treat disability as a compliance-issue, not as a marginalized identity that deserved dedicated inclusion efforts. Most institutions provide disability inclusion solely through the ADA-mandated accommodation process for students and employees, which falls far short of creating fully accessibility cultures. Crucially, these case-by-case processes isolate disabled people and do …


Connecting Classroom Physics To Real-World Research: A Citizen Science Approach In Ap Physics 1, Heather M. Landgarten Jan 2026

Connecting Classroom Physics To Real-World Research: A Citizen Science Approach In Ap Physics 1, Heather M. Landgarten

West Chester University Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Final Projects

Advanced Placement (AP) Physics 1 emphasizes evidence-based reasoning, quantitative modeling, and scientific inquiry. However, secondary science instruction often remains focused on procedural problem solving and standardized assessment rather than authentic scientific practice. This study examined the integration of citizen science projects into an AP Physics 1 curriculum to provide students with authentic research experiences while reinforcing physics concepts during the post-AP examination instructional period.

Using a classroom-based mixed-methods pre–post design, students participated in citizen science activities through publicly available research platforms, including Zooniverse. Students collected and classified authentic scientific data, analyzed real-world datasets, developed research questions, compared observations with theoretical …


Democratizing Our Public Schools Through Student-Led Curriculum, Abigail Claycomb Jan 2026

Democratizing Our Public Schools Through Student-Led Curriculum, Abigail Claycomb

West Chester University Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Final Projects

The purpose of this thesis is to position a traditional public school as an adultist and authoritarian institution and correct its orientation to that of education with a democratic role. I am attempting to democratize public education for teachers and students by creating an emergent, integrated youth participatory action research academic program during the school day that reorients school to have a democratic role. First, I orient myself in this work by introducing some of my teaching experiences in the public and private domains. These experiences have led me to question the structure of school and how students are dehumanized …


Aging Out: Life With Autism After School Ends, Emily Katherine Brown Jan 2026

Aging Out: Life With Autism After School Ends, Emily Katherine Brown

West Chester University Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Final Projects

This thesis examines the challenges autistic individuals face after graduating from the school system, a transition often marked by a sudden loss of structured support. During school aged years, students are guaranteed services such as individualized education programs (IEPs), therapies, and transition planning through age 21 or 22. However, once these protections end, many autistic adults encounter what is commonly referred to as the “service cliff,” where access to essential supports becomes limited, inconsistent, or entirely unavailable.

The absence of adult services creates significant barriers in areas such as employment, housing, healthcare, and community integration. Many individuals who relied on …


Teaching For Meaning: Life, Death, Self And Purpose, Stephen Diromualdo Jan 2026

Teaching For Meaning: Life, Death, Self And Purpose, Stephen Diromualdo

West Chester University Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Final Projects

Teaching for Meaning is fundamentally a paper about the need for a philosophical shift in current educational goals. The current institution of public education relies on “job training skills” and ideas of “global competitiveness” as its most important outcomes. This thesis argues that not only are these goals insufficient but actually detrimental to human development. The thesis seeks a method to shift to a more humanistic approach of education through the inclusion of several potential methods. Those methods include the implementation of democratic schooling, youth participatory action research and death studies.  In order to establish those methods the thesis the …


Refining The Fiat: Exploring The Vocations Of Four Women Catholic Educators Through Narrative Inquiry In The Archdiocese Of Philadelphia, Kaitlyn A. Rodgers Jan 2026

Refining The Fiat: Exploring The Vocations Of Four Women Catholic Educators Through Narrative Inquiry In The Archdiocese Of Philadelphia, Kaitlyn A. Rodgers

West Chester University Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Final Projects

Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has a long history of integrating faith and education. While research often focuses on school efficacy and Catholic identity, less attention has been given to the educators who sustain these institutions. This qualitative narrative inquiry explored how Catholic faith shapes the professional identities and vocational commitments of four women educators in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Guided by Catholic Social Teaching and feminist theology, the study examined how participants understood their vocation, or “fiat,” through personal and professional narratives. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with both vowed religious and lay educators.

Three themes emerged. First, …


The Role Of Growth Mindset As A Mitigating Factor On Teacher Burnout In The Secondary Math Classroom, Grant Butler Jan 2026

The Role Of Growth Mindset As A Mitigating Factor On Teacher Burnout In The Secondary Math Classroom, Grant Butler

West Chester University Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Final Projects

This mixed methods sequential explanatory study examined how secondary mathematics teachers’ mindsets relate to burnout tendencies, and how schools can support staff mindset to prevent burnout. Using a two-phase design, Phase 1 gathered survey data from 94 secondary math teachers, measuring mindset and burnout with descriptive statistics, correlations, chi-square tests, and regression analysis to quantify associations between mindset orientation and burnout risk. Phase 2 employed semi-structured interviews with a subsample of teachers and open and axial coding to explain and contextualize the quantitative patterns. Quantitative analyses revealed that teachers with more fixed mindset tendencies reported significantly higher burnout scores across …


Beyond The Game: Career Readiness Development At The Nirsa Championship Series, Samantha A. Wary Jan 2026

Beyond The Game: Career Readiness Development At The Nirsa Championship Series, Samantha A. Wary

West Chester University Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Final Projects

Understanding the students' perceptions of the career readiness skills they develop and how they develop is critical in higher education. This allows campus recreation professionals to better understand and create opportunities for student development related to career readiness. A convergent mixed-methods design was employed to investigate students’ perceptions of the career readiness development of student officials who have participated in the NIRSA Championship Series flag football tournaments. Informal and Incidental Learning Theory and Experiential Learning Theory guided the study. The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) career readiness competencies were used as a standardized tool to define career readiness. …


Updating Order Set Review Policy To Improve Adherence To Evidence-Based Practice In A Multi-Hospital System, Corynne Lurie Jan 2026

Updating Order Set Review Policy To Improve Adherence To Evidence-Based Practice In A Multi-Hospital System, Corynne Lurie

West Chester University Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Final Projects

Ensuring that clinical order sets reflect current evidence-based practice is essential to delivering safe, high-quality, and consistent patient care across health systems. In multi-hospital organizations, maintaining alignment across facilities presents additional challenges, including variability in workflow, stakeholder involvement, and policy adherence. This quality improvement project evaluated the existing order set review process within a three-hospital health system to determine whether current policies effectively support system-wide needs and promote best practices. Guided by Lewin’s Change Theory, a qualitative descriptive design was used to assess current workflows and gather feedback from stakeholders involved in order set development and review. Survey data, with …


Fit Ideal Internalization And Muscularity-Oriented Disordered Eating Among College Women: Examining Social Comparisons And Body Dissatisfaction As Serial Mediators, Nicole Graumann Jan 2026

Fit Ideal Internalization And Muscularity-Oriented Disordered Eating Among College Women: Examining Social Comparisons And Body Dissatisfaction As Serial Mediators, Nicole Graumann

West Chester University Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Final Projects

Muscularity-oriented disordered eating (MODE) comprises rigid eating behaviors driven by a desire to be toned and muscular (Cunningham et al., 2021; Murray et al., 2019). While MODE has been widely studied among men, it is increasingly prevalent among women, and it is vital to explore its associated risk factors. In particular, the fit ideal (thin but also toned) is an emerging issue among women’s body image and could be a factor for women engaging in MODE; however, there is limited research exploring this relationship. The present study examined the relationship between the fit ideal internalization and MODE among college women …


Seeing Through Their Lenses: Perspectives Of Kindergarten Teachers On Implementing Purposeful Play For Children’S Academic And Developmental Learning, Subarna Basu Jan 2026

Seeing Through Their Lenses: Perspectives Of Kindergarten Teachers On Implementing Purposeful Play For Children’S Academic And Developmental Learning, Subarna Basu

West Chester University Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Final Projects

The purpose of this study was to examine the kindergarten teachers’ perceptions of using purposeful play for children’s academic and developmental learning, and the benefits and challenges they perceive in implementing purposeful play. The study utilized a qualitative, visual arts-based, participatory action research (PAR) design, in the form of Photovoice methodology. This qualitative study focused on the kindergarten teachers’ lived experiences and voices on the importance of implementing purposeful play and employed Paulo Freire’s Critical Pedagogy and Constructivist theories. Utilizing this methodology, six kindergarten teacher participants collected photographs based on photo prompts, provided narratives to their photographs, and reflected and …


Stories Of Strength, Struggle, And Unchecked Boxes: An Intersectional And Mestiza Consciousness Study Of Testimonios From Latina College Students, Stephanie Pinel Jan 2026

Stories Of Strength, Struggle, And Unchecked Boxes: An Intersectional And Mestiza Consciousness Study Of Testimonios From Latina College Students, Stephanie Pinel

West Chester University Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Final Projects

Latina college students remain the fastest-growing student population within the United States higher education system. However, when discussing the Latina identity, monolithic assumptions remain at the forefront. When faced with systems of oppression, Latinas experience intersectional struggles that ultimately render their college experiences invisible. Using the theoretical frameworks of Mestiza Consciousness (Anzaldúa, 2021) and Intersectionality (Crenshaw, 1989) this testimonio-qualitative study explored how Latina college students made sense of their racial/ethnic identity and the intersectional forces that then shaped their testimonios of strength and struggle within higher education. I interviewed eleven Latina-identifying students utilizing a testimonio method and analyzed the data …


Where Joy Lives: Black Students, Faculty, And Staff At Pwis, Chyna Hart Jan 2026

Where Joy Lives: Black Students, Faculty, And Staff At Pwis, Chyna Hart

West Chester University Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Final Projects

Matriculating into Predominately White Institutions (PWIs) can be challenging for Black students due to racism. However, Black faculty and staff play an important role in combating these challenges and creating supportive and joyful spaces for these students. Using Narrative Inquiry, this study examined the role that Black faculty and staff played in fostering Black Joy for Black students at Predominately White Institutions (PWIs). Participants were self-identified Black students, faculty, and staff who are 18 years or older and were affiliated with a mid-size four-year PWI in the northeastern region of the United States. The study utilized two data collecting instruments …


Examining The Stories Of Early-Career Student Affairs Professionals And Free Speech Issues On College Campuses, Kimberly C. Farrer Jan 2026

Examining The Stories Of Early-Career Student Affairs Professionals And Free Speech Issues On College Campuses, Kimberly C. Farrer

West Chester University Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Final Projects

This qualitative research study explored the stories of early-career student affairs professionals on their experiences responding to free speech issues on college campuses. Additionally, this studied explored how they were prepared for those responses. This study was important because early-career student affairs professionals are managing free speech issues on college campuses but lack the training and preparation to do this (Duran Leftin & Duran, 2021; Harris & Ray, 2014). This study utilized both authentic leadership theory (Avolio & Gardner, 2005; Gardner et al., 2005; Luthans & Avolio, 2003; May et al., 2003; Northouse, 2025) and Kohlberg’s (1976) theory of moral …


Wellness Participation Of Student-Serving Staff: The Impact On Well-Being And Student Support, Ashley L. Oostveen Jan 2026

Wellness Participation Of Student-Serving Staff: The Impact On Well-Being And Student Support, Ashley L. Oostveen

West Chester University Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Final Projects

This study examines the relationship between student-serving staff’s wellness engagement and overall well-being, their job satisfaction, and their perceived support for students. A convergent mixed-methods approach was applied while maintaining a theoretical framework rooted in Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985), integrating the concepts of Hettler’s Six Dimensions of Wellness (1976). Forty-one student-serving staff across universities in a public university system in Pennsylvania participated in this study. A quantitative survey was used to measure overall well-being, wellness engagement, and support to students, while concurrent focus groups were conducted to gather insight on work-life well-being and staff’s perceived support to their …


"They Just Gave Me The Syllabus": A Mixed Methods Study Of Music Therapy Educators' Preferred Pedagogies, Christina Danielle O'Brien Jan 2026

"They Just Gave Me The Syllabus": A Mixed Methods Study Of Music Therapy Educators' Preferred Pedagogies, Christina Danielle O'Brien

West Chester University Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Final Projects

In 2022, the workforce analysis of music therapists, the American Music Therapy Association reported that approximately 80% of all board-certified music therapists are white/Caucasian-European (Iwamasa, 2025). However, the AMTA does not determine the origins of race or ethnicity among postsecondary music therapy faculty in the U.S., nor does it assess their potential impact on the expansion of multicultural curricula for preservice professionals. The purpose of this convergent mixed-methods dissertation is to examine the perception of lived experiences as a pedagogical tool to enhance effective teaching practices. Twenty-six postsecondary faculty from the U.S. were recruited. Quantitative data were collected via Qualtrics …


A Call To Action: Engaging With The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel On Chemicals, Waste And Pollution, Miriam L. Diamond, Gabriel Sigmund, Marlene Ågerstrand, Michael G. Bertram, Alex T. Ford, Rainer Lohmann, Andreas Schäffer, Maria Clara V.M. Starling, Anna Soehl, Noriyuki Suzuki, Penny Vlahos, Marta Venier, Martin Scheringer Jan 2026

A Call To Action: Engaging With The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel On Chemicals, Waste And Pollution, Miriam L. Diamond, Gabriel Sigmund, Marlene Ågerstrand, Michael G. Bertram, Alex T. Ford, Rainer Lohmann, Andreas Schäffer, Maria Clara V.M. Starling, Anna Soehl, Noriyuki Suzuki, Penny Vlahos, Marta Venier, Martin Scheringer

Graduate School of Oceanography Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Global Inventory Of Fluoropolymer Production Plants And Their Associated Pfas Environmental Contamination, Anna J. Miller, Kevin Kleemann, Juliane Glüge, Rainer Lohmann, Ian T. Cousins, Dorte Herzke, Mark F. Miller, Amanda Rensmo, Xenia Trier, Zhanyun Wang, Martin Scheringer Jan 2026

Global Inventory Of Fluoropolymer Production Plants And Their Associated Pfas Environmental Contamination, Anna J. Miller, Kevin Kleemann, Juliane Glüge, Rainer Lohmann, Ian T. Cousins, Dorte Herzke, Mark F. Miller, Amanda Rensmo, Xenia Trier, Zhanyun Wang, Martin Scheringer

Graduate School of Oceanography Faculty Publications

Fluoropolymers are widely used across sectors, but their production is associated with emissions of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), which are mobile, persistent, and toxic. In this work, we compiled a global inventory of fluoropolymer production plants (FPPs) and assembled PFAS concentration measurements for various media in their vicinity. We identified 52 currently operating FPPs across 11 countries and 41 cities. For 12 FPPs, in 12 different cities, there are peer-reviewed site-specific PFAS measurements specifically attributed to the FPP. At these 12 sites, at least 236 individual PFASs have been detected across multiple environmental media, including surface water, groundwater, air, …


Peaks Island Star : January 2026, Vol. 46, Issue 1, Service Agencies Of The Island Jan 2026

Peaks Island Star : January 2026, Vol. 46, Issue 1, Service Agencies Of The Island

Peaks Island Star, 2026

The Peaks Island Star is the newsletter of the island's service agencies and other community news.


Case Report: Suspected Rupture Of A Papillary Thyroid Tumor In A Patient With Graves' Disease Who Experienced Airway Narrowing Without Respiratory Distress., Daniel Goodman, Samuel Bosco, Bradford Davison Smith Jan 2026

Case Report: Suspected Rupture Of A Papillary Thyroid Tumor In A Patient With Graves' Disease Who Experienced Airway Narrowing Without Respiratory Distress., Daniel Goodman, Samuel Bosco, Bradford Davison Smith

Otolaryngology (ENT) Resident Research

This case report describes a 55-year-old woman presenting with acute dysphagia and neck swelling after a "popping" sensation in her neck. CT and MRI revealed a large retropharyngeal cystic mass and a left thyroid lobe mass, causing airway displacement. Despite significant effacement of the oropharyngeal and supraglottic airway on flexible nasopharyngolaryngoscopy, the patient remained asymptomatic regarding respiratory distress. Subsequent ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy diagnosed malignant papillary thyroid carcinoma. Concurrently, previously undiagnosed Graves' disease was identified. The clinical presentation was attributed to suspected rupture or hemorrhage of the malignant thyroid tumor, leading to a serosanguineous fluid collection and inflammatory edema. …


Cultural Crossroads: Dubai's Cultural Influence On Mobility & The 20-Minute City Feasibility, Hiba Malik Jan 2026

Cultural Crossroads: Dubai's Cultural Influence On Mobility & The 20-Minute City Feasibility, Hiba Malik

Theses

The research explores the feasibility of the 20-minute city concept in the context of Dubai, an idea that was first proposed by Professor Carlos Moreno in 2016. While this model, which is based upon the theory that residents should be able to reach essential services within a certain time (i.e., 15 or 20 minutes), has been adopted globally in various cities across the world, its application within non-Western, high- income, car-dependent settings remains largely unexplored. For this reason, this study analyzes the 20- minute city concept in Dubai s unique context within its sociocultural, climatic, and cultural settings in the …


Leveraging Open-Source Llms For Infrastructure Drift Detection And Correction, Kemoy S. Campbell Jan 2026

Leveraging Open-Source Llms For Infrastructure Drift Detection And Correction, Kemoy S. Campbell

Theses

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) enables organizations to provision and manage infrastructure at scale using version-controlled, declarative specifications. Despite these advantages, infrastructure drift where deployed resources diverge from their intended configuration remains a persistent operational challenge and is often addressed manually and reactively. Recent advances in Large Language Models (LLMs) have accelerated their adoption within software engineering and DevOps workflows; however, the sensitive nature of IaC artifacts, particularly Terraform state files, has limited organizational willingness to rely on public LLM services for drift detection and remediation. This thesis investigates the feasibility of using open-source, self-hosted LLMs to assist with IaC drift …


Design Thinking For Corporate Social Responsibility Program Proposal Creation, Michelle "Mindy" D. Danovaro Jan 2026

Design Thinking For Corporate Social Responsibility Program Proposal Creation, Michelle "Mindy" D. Danovaro

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative study used action research to explore how the use of design thinking engaged employees in the creation of a corporate social responsibility (CSR) program proposal in a small- to medium-enterprises (SME) in the Sacramento region of California. The purpose of the study was to assess whether employee participation in a design thinking exercise could improve employee perception of engagement, inclusion, and reciprocity during the CSR program proposal creation. The study was grounded in social exchange theory, stakeholder theory, and design thinking methodologies. The iterative research process followed action research cycles (i.e., plan, act, observe, and reflect) integrated with …


สมรรถนะพยาบาลเฉพาะทางการบำบัดทดแทนไต : แนวทางการพัฒนาคุณภาพการดูแลผู้ป่วยโรคไตเรื้อรังระยะสุดท้าย, ชลชญา บุญจันทร์ตรี, ณัฐชมนต์ วรพัฒน์วัชรกุล Jan 2026

สมรรถนะพยาบาลเฉพาะทางการบำบัดทดแทนไต : แนวทางการพัฒนาคุณภาพการดูแลผู้ป่วยโรคไตเรื้อรังระยะสุดท้าย, ชลชญา บุญจันทร์ตรี, ณัฐชมนต์ วรพัฒน์วัชรกุล

Journal of Nursing Research, Innovation, and Health

บทความวิชาการนี้เป็นการสังเคราะห์องค์ความรู้เกี่ยวกับสมรรถนะของพยาบาลเฉพาะทางการบำบัดทดแทนไตและแนวทางการพัฒนาคุณภาพการดูแลผู้ป่วยโรคไตเรื้อรังระยะสุดท้ายโดยทบทวนวรรณกรรมและเอกสารทางวิชาการที่เกี่ยวข้องทั้งในและต่างประเทศรวมถึงแนวปฏิบัติทางคลินิกและมาตรฐานวิชาชีพพยาบาลเพื่อนำเสนอกรอบสมรรถนะหลักที่จำเป็นสำหรับพยาบาลเฉพาะทางในการให้การดูแลผู้ป่วยที่ได้รับการบำบัดทดแทนไตทั้ง3รูปแบบได้แก่การฟอกเลือดด้วยเครื่องไตเทียม การล้างไตทางช่องท้อง และการปลูกถ่ายไต  ผลลัพธ์ที่ได้จากการศึกษาพบว่าสมรรถนะหลักของพยาบาลเฉพาะทางการบำบัดทดแทนไตประกอบด้วย 9 หัวข้อสำคัญ ได้แก่ 1)สมรรถนะด้านการปฏิบัติการพยาบาลทางคลินิก 2)สมรรถนะด้านเทคโนโลยีและทักษะการใช้เครื่องมือฟอกไต 3)สมรรถนะด้านการสอนและการให้คำปรึกษา 4)สมรรถนะด้านจริยธรรมและความเป็นมืออาชีพ 5)สมรรถนะด้านการใช้เทคโนโลยีสาร 6)สมรรถนะด้านการสื่อสารและการทำงานเป็นทีม 7)สมรรถนะด้านการป้องกันและควบคุมการติดเชื้อ 8)สมรรถนะด้านคุณภาพและงานวิจัย 9) สมรรถนะด้านผู้นำและบริหารจัดการการพัฒนาคุณภาพการดูแลสามารถดำเนินการผ่าน4แนวทางหลักคือการพัฒนาศักยภาพบุคลากรอย่างต่อเนื่องผ่านการฝึกอบรมและการพัฒนาทางคลินิกการจัดทำและใช้แนวปฏิบัติทางคลินิกที่เป็นมาตรฐานการพัฒนาระบบติดตามประเมินผลและตัวชี้วัดคุณภาพและการส่งเสริมการทำงานเป็นทีมสหสาขาวิชาชีพ ซึ่งส่งผลให้ผู้ป่วยได้รับการดูแลที่มีคุณภาพ ลดภาวะแทรกซ้อน และมีคุณภาพชีวิตที่ดีขึ้น

คำสำคัญ:โรคไตวายเรื้อรังระยะสุดท้าย/การบำบัดทดแทนไต/สมรรถนะพยาบาล/คุณภาพการดูแล


ปัญญาประดิษฐ์ : พลิกโฉมบทบาทใหม่พยาบาลวิชาชีพ, เสาวณีย์ เม่าทับ, ชนัดดา จำปาพันธ์ุ, จิราพร ธิมาเกตุ, ฉัตรตราภรณ์ หวังสาและ, นิรมล วงศ์ใหญ่, วาสินี วิเศษฤทธิ์ Jan 2026

ปัญญาประดิษฐ์ : พลิกโฉมบทบาทใหม่พยาบาลวิชาชีพ, เสาวณีย์ เม่าทับ, ชนัดดา จำปาพันธ์ุ, จิราพร ธิมาเกตุ, ฉัตรตราภรณ์ หวังสาและ, นิรมล วงศ์ใหญ่, วาสินี วิเศษฤทธิ์

Journal of Nursing Research, Innovation, and Health

ในยุคแห่งการเปลี่ยนผ่านสู่เทคโนโลยีดิจิทัล ปัญญาประดิษฐ์ (Artificial Intelligence: AI) มิได้เป็นเพียงเครื่องมือที่ช่วยวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลเท่านั้น แต่กำลังพลิกโฉมบทบาทของวิชาชีพพยาบาลอย่างรอบด้าน บทความนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อวิเคราะห์ผลกระทบของปัญญาประดิษฐ์ต่อบทบาทของพยาบาลระดับปฏิบัติการขึ้นไปผ่านกรอบแนวคิด 3 มิติ ได้แก่ มิติด้านการปฏิบัติงาน มิติด้านความสัมพันธ์และจริยธรรม และมิติด้าน อัตลักษณ์ทางวิชาชีพ  ผลการวิเคราะห์พบว่า มิติด้านการปฏิบัติงาน ปัญญาประดิษฐ์ปรับบทบาทพยาบาลจากผู้ปฏิบัติตามกระบวนการสู่ผู้วิเคราะห์และกำกับการใช้ข้อมูลเพื่อสนับสนุนการตัดสินใจทางคลินิกมิติด้านความสัมพันธ์และจริยธรรมแม้ปัญญาประดิษฐ์จะเพิ่มความแม่นยำในการประเมินและเฝ้าระวังภาวะสุขภาพแต่ยังมีข้อจำกัดในด้านความฉลาดทางอารมณ์ ซึ่งไม่สามารถทดแทนความเข้าอกเข้าใจ การสัมผัสและเอาใจใส่ต่อผู้ป่วยได้ สำหรับมิติด้านอัตลักษณ์ทางวิชาชีพ การประยุกต์ใช้ปัญญาประดิษฐ์นำไปสู่การปรับขอบเขตความเชี่ยวชาญของพยาบาลโดยจำเป็นต้องพัฒนาสมรรถนะด้านดิจิทัลและการคิดเชิงวิพากษ์ควบคู่กับการดูแลที่ยึดผู้ป่วยเป็นศูนย์กลาง บทความนี้เสนอแนวคิดว่า พยาบาลควรเป็นผู้ใช้ปัญญาประดิษฐ์อย่างมีวิจารณญาณ โดยยึดหลักแนวคิดการบูรณาการระหว่างศักยภาพมนุษย์และปัญญาประดิษฐ์เพื่อยกระดับบทบาทของพยาบาลให้ สามารถคิด วิเคราะห์ และสร้างนวัตกรรมการดูแลที่ผสมผสานระหว่างเทคโนโลยีและหัวใจของความเป็นมนุษย์ได้อย่างสมดุล