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Sga 57 Senate 2025-11-07 Minutes, Niu Student Government Association Senate

Student Government Association Archives

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Sga 57 Senate 2025-11-07 Agenda, Niu Student Government Association Senate

Student Government Association Archives

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November 7, 2025 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

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Michigan Academician Volume 50, Issue 1

Michigan Academician

2025 Michigan Academy Conference abstracts.

Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse, Ana Bonilla, Vanessa Montes De Oca

One Map, Limitless Destinations 2.0

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Clinical Informatics Nurse, Julia Bowman

One Map, Limitless Destinations 2.0

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Utilization Management Nurse, Yoandra Colon, Elizabeth Scott-Shafer, Natalie Garriga

One Map, Limitless Destinations 2.0

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Occupational Health Nurse, Maryann Jensen

One Map, Limitless Destinations 2.0

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Clinical Diabetic Educator, Skarlet Santana, Veronica Nicholas, Jennyffer Hansson Hansson, Mercy Molina, Catalina Mendoza, Maria Pilar Gough, Elva Diaz, Martha Bertin, Clarinda Hefner, Raquel Kipler

One Map, Limitless Destinations 2.0

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Vascular Access Nurse, Elizabeth Ring

One Map, Limitless Destinations 2.0

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Nurse Scientist, Natalie Bermudez, Nohemi Sadule Rios, Phd, Aprn, Catherina Chang Martinez, Arvinder Singh, Yuki Asakura Strempek, Stephen Breazeale

One Map, Limitless Destinations 2.0

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Perceived Risks, Reasons For Use, And Barriers To Cessation Among Youth Who Use Multiple Tobacco Products, Sierra L. Patterson, Isabellle Duguid, Sonia A. Clark, Seth M. Noar, Allison J. Lazard, Jim F. Thrasher Ph.D., Ma, Ms, Adam O. Goldstein, Sarah D. Kowitt

Faculty Publications

Background

Many interventions aim to reduce youth tobacco use, but few have focused on youth who use multiple tobacco products (MTPs). This qualitative study sought to understand how youth who use MTPs view tobacco product risks, describe reasons for MTP use, and perceive barriers and facilitators to cessation.

Methods

We conducted seven virtual focus groups with 30 US youth ages 14–20 years who reported using e-cigarettes and smoking a combustible tobacco product in the past 30 days. We used a semi-structured focus group guide to ask youth about perceived health risks of tobacco products, reasons for MTP use, and thoughts …

Executive Summary: Clinical Practice Guideline Guideline For Identifying Patients At Risk For Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Ptsd), Doris Chinazo Dibia

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

In this Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project, I developed a clinical practice guideline to address the absence of a standardized process for identifying adult outpatients at risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a community-based mental health clinic. Without such a process, delays in trauma-focused care and inconsistent referrals may occur. The evidence base supports the use of brief, validated screening tools, such as the Primary Care PTSD Screen for DSM-5, for accurate risk identification in routine practice. The practice-focused question that I used to guide this project was: Will an evidence-based guideline for PTSD risk identification be approved …

Supports And Barriers Experienced By African American Men Aspiring To Become Elementary School Principals, Douglas Handy

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

African American male elementary school principals are rare in diverse public school settings across the United States. The problem investigated was the limited awareness of how African American male elementary principal aspirants experience and understand supports and barriers related to becoming a principal. Guided by Hallinger and Murphy’s instructional leadership theory, the purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore how African American male elementary school principal aspirants understand the supports and barriers to becoming principals. Data were collected using semistructured interviews with nine participants from a school district in the mid-Atlantic region who were state-certified and had been …

Junior-Level Women Experiences Influencing Their Departure From The U.S. Coast Guard, Jill Lynn Lazo

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Despite increasing attention to public service motivation (PSM) in organizational research, there is a notable absence of studies examining the experiences of women in military contexts, particularly within the United States Coast Guard (USCG). This generic qualitative study, grounded in PSM theory, explored why junior-level women in the USCG prematurely exited military service. While existing research on PSM and women is limited and none specifically focused on women in the USCG, this study addressed that gap by interviewing 16 junior-level women who had separated from the USCG between four and eight years prior. The purpose of the study was to …

Staff Education To Improve Provider Knowledge On Antibiotic Prescribing, Jessica Nicole Jaimez

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Summary This Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) staff education project addressed a gap in guideline-based antibiotic prescribing among advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) in an urgent care setting. The practice problem identified at the local project site was inconsistent adherence to Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) outpatient stewardship expectations, resulting in unnecessary antibiotic use for viral conditions and contributing to antimicrobial resistance. The practice-focused question for this project was as follows: In urgent care APRNs, does implementing a staff education program on guideline-based antibiotic prescribing improve provider-reported knowledge on antibiotic prescribing use? The purpose of this doctoral project …

High School Teachers' Use Of Project-Based Learning To Address Issues Of Equity, Social Justice, And Cultural Relevance, April Serenity Riser

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

In many educational settings, marginalized populations—African American or Black students, Hispanic students, students in special education programs, and economically disadvantaged students—struggle with traditional assessments, which may create learning gaps. Grounded in Dewey, Vygotsky, and Bruner’s theories, the research problem and purpose of this qualitative single context exploratory case study was to explore high school teachers use of PBL as an innovation to address issues of equity, social justice, and cultural relevance to engage marginalized high school students. Purposeful sampling was utilized to identify 11 high school teachers who employ PBL from multiple campuses in a single school district. Data sources …

U.S. Government Software Development Entity Implements A Hybrid Of Waterfall And Agile To Address Failures, Dwight Jerome Peters Jr.

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Although organizations allocate substantial resources to software development process initiatives, a significant portion of these projects fail. The U.S. government software development leaders and managers need to understand the disadvantages of both waterfall and agile methodologies as leading indicators of project failure. Grounded in the diffusion of innovation theory, the purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the consequences in government software development fostered by a hybrid approach of waterfall and agile methodologies pertaining to the inherent shortcomings of each methodology. The participants consisted of four current and four former team members from the U.S. government software development …

Depression Screening In Veterans And Active-Duty Service Members With Chronic Pain, Lynelle Marie Endsley

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This Doctor of Nursing Practice project addressed the absence of evidence-based depression screening among military members and veterans with chronic pain. Contrary to national guidelines, no standardized depression screening process was in place. This gap in practice was attributed to inadequate staff knowledge and understanding in using such tools. The purpose of this project was to evaluate whether staff education on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) improved knowledge and confidence, in evaluating for and identifying depression in a high-risk population. The practice-focused question asked: Will staff education on the importance and consistent use PHQ-9 increase knowledge and confidence in depression …

Finding Solutions: Meeting Essential Needs To Overcome Health And Educational Inequities Among College Students, Nicholas Freudenberg, Rashida Crutchfield

Publications and Research

Many economic, academic, and social factors influence college completion, and scholars have documented that a significant cause of students leaving school before graduation is that many do not have their basic needs for food, housing, and health care met. These barriers undermine their academic success by forcing students to reduce the time spent on their studies, work more hours, or stop out of school to support themselves or their families. Unmet essential needs jeopardize academic and life success for students in higher education across the United States and widen racial/ethnic and class inequities in college completion and health. Our review …

How Relationship Dissolution Shapes Domestic Violence Outcomes, Jordan Karnbach

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The breakup of a personal relationship can bring hurt feelings, tension and confrontation, and sometimes even violence. But predicting which ones are most volatile is a complex matter.

An Institutional Repository's Journey Through Title Ii Web Accessibility Standards, Jennie Tobler-Gaston

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

In April 2024, the implementation of Title II web accessibility standards for government entities prompted immediate reflection on accessibility practices within our institutional repository, DigitalCommons@UNO. This presentation will discuss the Title II standards and their implications for university repositories, describe the development of workflows for ensuring repository content meets these standards, and discuss the ongoing challenges for remediation.

Standardizing And Scaffolding Health Care Ai-Chatbot Evaluation: Systematic Review., Yining Hua, Winna Xia, David Bates, George Hartstein, Hyungjin Tom Kim, Michael Li, Benjamin Nelson, Charles Stromeyer Iv, Darlene King, Jina Suh, Li Zhou, John Torous

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Health care chatbots are rapidly proliferating, while generative artificial intelligence (AI) outpaces existing evaluation standards.

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to develop a structured, stakeholder-informed framework to standardize evaluation of health care chatbots.

METHODS: PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses)-guided searches across multiple databases identified 266 records; 152 were screened, 21 full texts were assessed, and 11 frameworks were included. We extracted 356 questions (refined to 271 by deduplication and relevance review), mapped items to Coalition for Health AI constructs, and organized them with iterative input from clinicians, patients, developers, epidemiologists, and policymakers.

RESULTS: We developed the Health …

Law Review Symposium: Prisoners' Rights: Protecting Civil Liberties Behind Bars & Beyond 11-7-2025, Roger Williams University School Of Law

School of Law Conferences, Lectures & Events

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Saudi Early Childhood Teacher Educators’ And Preservice Teachers’ Perspectives Of Early Field Experiences, Amani M. Alodwani

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative descriptive study explores how teacher educators perceive the integration of field experiences within the curriculum and their perspectives on the preservice early childhood education (ECE) teachers they supervise. It also examines preservice teachers’ views regarding their field experiences and how these experiences contribute to their professional preparation. The Ministry of Education (MOE) emphasizes that teacher preparation programs should provide extended field experiences that connect theoretical coursework with practical application. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with three Saudi teacher educators and four preservice teachers from Kingdom University. Thematic analysis using inductive coding was employed to identify recurring themes and differences …

Sound Practices In Human Resources: A Critical Analysis Of How Ai Applicant Screening Tools Are Used With Deaf Individuals In The Hospitality And Tourism Sector, Sherry L. Gaynor

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study explores the intersection of Career and Workforce Education, Deaf Education, and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies used in hiring practices. The purpose of this research is to identify potential barriers to equitable employment for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) individuals and to propose effective methods for evaluating and assessing AI and machine learning applications utilized in recruitment and selection processes. Although AI is increasingly embedded in human resource management (HRM), there remains a significant lack of research addressing its use with special populations. In particular, no prior studies have examined how voice recognition software, facial analysis, psychometric testing, and virtual …

Building Oregon's Statewide Multimodal Transportation Inventory With Ai And Interagency Collaboration, Ben Stabler, Theresa Conley

PSU Transportation Seminars

ODOT and 48+ local agencies are collaborating on the development of a multimodal data set for transportation planning within metropolitan areas. Revisions to Oregon's Transportation Planning Rules (TPR) set in motion the need for more multimodal data and analysis in local plans. The multimodal data inventory includes vehicle and freight facilities, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, transit facilities, and other relevant data such as key destinations and crashes. Starting from the local agency GIS systems and supplemented with real world use of AI for developing bicycle and pedestrian facilities, the team is defining and constructing a shared statewide multimodal data set. …

Safe And Sound: A Polyvagal Intervention For Trauma And Therapeutic Engagement, Rebecca Nelson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2020 - Present

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) affects approximately 5 to 8 percent of the U.S. population annually, contributing to significant healthcare costs and high psychotherapy dropout rates (Kessler et al., 2005; Kilpatrick et al., 2013; National Center for PTSD, 2023a). Understanding the factors that contribute to treatment attrition and identifying effective interventions that promote safety, engagement, and sustained participation in therapy are critical priorities in trauma counseling.

This study examined the impact of a polyvagal theory-informed intervention, the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), on trauma symptoms, autonomic reactivity, and the quality of the therapeutic relationship in adult clients diagnosed with trauma- and …

Increasing Knowledge And Awareness Of Cultural Competency Among Providers, Veronica Rodriguez

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

In today’s challenging healthcare environment, coupled with increasing global migration, healthcare delivery has become more diverse, and providers must deliver high-quality, patient-centered care across diverse populations. Cultural competency, the ability to understand and effectively interact with patients from diverse backgrounds, is essential for reducing health disparities, improving patient satisfaction, and enhancing health outcomes. However, many providers struggle to integrate these practices into daily care due to limited or inconsistent knowledge on applying these concepts in real-world settings. Thus, the purpose of this Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project was to determine whether an educational intervention focused on cultural competency increased …

Development And Implementation Of A Treatment History And Authorization Checklist To Improve Access To Spravato Therapy For Treatment-Resistant Depression, Margaret Mae Scott

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Background: Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) presents a significant clinical and administrative challenge, delaying access to evidence-based therapies such as intranasal esketamine (Spravato). Inconsistent documentation and lack of standardized clinical pathways contribute to insurance authorization delays, exacerbating health inequities and care fragmentation. Purpose: This DNP project aimed to develop and implement a standardized Treatment History Checklist and Clinical Practice Guideline to streamline documentation, support timely insurance authorization, and promote equitable access to Spravato therapy for patients with TRD. Methods: Using a systems change framework, the project employed gap analysis, stakeholder engagement, and iterative validation to design tools aligned with payer requirements and …