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Ksu Symphony Orchestra Featuring Helen Kim, Violin And Ksu Women's Choir, Helen Kim

Bailey School of Music Concert Programs

Kennesaw State University School of Music presents Symphony Orchestra featuring Helen Kim, violin and the KSU Women's Choir.

The Spinnaker [Vol. 33 No. 99], University Of North Florida

Spinnaker

Student newspaper for the UNF community.

The Arts Online

News Releases

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Parlez-Vous Engineering?

News Releases

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Investigation Of The Role Of Tnf-A Converting Enzyme (Tace) In The Inhibition Of Cell Surface And Soluble Tnf-A Production By Acute Ethanol Exposure., Kristine Von Maltzan, Wei Tan, Stephen B. Pruett

CVM Publications

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play a fundamental role in the immune system by detecting pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) to sense host infection. Ethanol at doses relevant for humans inhibits the pathogen induced cytokine response mediated through TLRs. The current study was designed to investigate the mechanisms of this effect by determining whether ethanol inhibits TLR3 and TLR4 mediated TNF-? secretion through inhibition of transcription factor activation or post-transcriptional effects. In NF-?B reporter mice, activation of NF-?B in vivo by LPS was inhibited by ethanol (LPS alone yielded 170,000?35,300 arbitrary units of light emission; LPS plus ethanol yielded 56,120?16880, p = …

Daily Eastern News: September 12, 2012, Eastern Illinois University

September

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Emu Today, September 12, 2012, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Platinum Nanocatalytic Combustion Of Methanol-Air Mixture, James Applegate

Theses and Dissertations

Catalytic combustion's ability to release the potential energy of high energy density fuels could transform the portable electronic device market by removing the reliance on batteries. Catalytic combustion is a generally well understood combustion technique, but the effects of specific experimental conditions (catalyst loading, flow rates and substrates) on catalyst performance are not as well known. Systhesized catalytic Pt nonoparticles (dp ~ 11.6 nm) were dispersed on a cordierite substrate and were characterized using TEM, XRD and SEM. Experimental results were obtained in a miniature-scale continuous flow reactor. Subsequent studies report the effect catalyst loading and reactor flow parameters have …

Unh Professor Discusses Future Of Teacher Education At Kimball Lecture Sept. 28, Lori Wright

Media Relations

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Membership Minutes 09/12/2011, Membership Committee

Membership Committee

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Post Mortem Nursing Care Efficacy As Perceived By Licensed Funeral Directors, Mikel W. Hand

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the efficacy of physical post mortem nursing care provided by hospital staff nurses, as perceived by Licensed Funeral Directors. The aim of the study was to gain understanding into how the physical post moretm care that nurses provide is perceived to help or hinder further physical preparation of the deceased that may be provided by the Licensed Funeral Director.

Methods: A descriptive phenomenological approach will be used. A purposive sample of twenty Licensed Funeral directors were contacted via an email solicitation forwarded by the State Funeral Directors Association. Each participant was …

Liaison Nurse Role Development: Intensive Care Unit Discharged Patients Follow Up During The First Year Of An Acute Care Facility, Laura Alberto, Jose Emilio Baca Niklas, Maria Del Carmen Martinez, Haydee Zotarez, Angel Canete

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: To describe liaison nurses (LN) interventions of care provided to intensive care unit (ICU) discharged patients (pts), To identify LN education interventions delivered to ward nursing (WN) staff that was caring for ICU discharged patients and ward patients needing complex care.

Methods: Two frameworks of intervention for ICU LN were defined, direct care (DC) and ward staff assistance and education. Experienced adult critical care nurses, with strong communication and education skills were appointed as ICU LNs. LNs were asked to: a) assess and provide complex care to ward patients transferred from ICU once per shift and, b) provide education …

Adolescent Stress Trajectories In Arab Muslim Immigrant Families, Karen Aroian, Thomas Templin, Edythe Hough

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Despite research findings that indicate that adolescent daily hassles are ubiquitous and relevant to adolescent functioning, little is known about how daily hassles vary over the course of adolescence. Variability is important because daily hassles affect functioning through repetitive or sustained effects. Even less is known about daily hassles in Arab Muslim adolescents in immigrant families. This longitudinal study investigated which daily hassles (parent, peer, school, neighborhood, resource) were perceived by Arab Muslim American adolescents in immigrant families as most stressful and how these stress perceptions changed at three time points during early, middle, and later adolescence.

Methods: A …

The Use Of Preparedness For Care Giving Scale On Family Caregivers And It's Outcome, Hui Chin Chua, Sujata Rajaram

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Aim: Family caregivers provide care at home equivalent to that of nurses. They monitor patient's condition, recognize impending problems such as side effects of medication and change the dressings of patients. They provide a high level of skill at home, they are not prepared for care-giving and lack the knowledge and skills required to provide care. Nurses evaluate caregiver preparedness before patient's transition from acute care settings to other settings.

Method: Preparedness for Care giving scale created by Archbald, et.al in 1990 is a caregiver self rated instrument that consists of 8 items that asks caregivers how well prepared they …

Shock Index And Injury Severity Score: Predictors Of Mortality After Multi-System Trauma, Kathryn Moore

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare calculated shock index in the field and the Emergency Department with the calculated injury severity scores in their ability to predict death from trauma within 48 hours of sustaining traumatic injuries. In trauma, injury severity scoring is a process that reduces complex and variable patient data collected over varying periods of time to a single number. Patient triage decisions are based on the calculated score.

Methods: This study was a secondary analysis of baseline data from the 2009 National Trauma Data Base. The data were analyzed for descriptive information and logistic …

Clinician Engagement In Point Of Care Audit, Stephanie F. Sutherns, Rebecca Kimble, Jacinta Lee, Jackie Doolan, Lyndel Gray, Keppel W. Schafer

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Disseminate learnings about the importance of clinician engagement in clinical guideline implementation. It is generally accepted that clinical guidelines on their own do not change patient care outcomes and that additional implementation strategies are required. However, there is a paucity of detailed information on what strategies are effective in translating clinical guidelines into everyday clinical practice and increasing clinician knowledge of guideline recommendations Forsner, 2010 #2, 1. Methods: The Queensland Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Guidelines Program conducted a multifaceted implementation strategy at three Queensland maternity facilities for the clinical guideline Obesity. The strategy incorporated clinician engagement, education on guideline …

Nurse Practitioners Reshaping Health Care: From Roots To Shoots, Karen Anne Wolf

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The purpose of this historical case study is to describe the development of the first nurse practitioner programs in Massachusetts, analyzing the socio-historical context and factors that contributed to the successful program development and role implementation. Methods: This historical qualitative case study includes the use of primary documents resources and interview of more than twenty key informants. Primary resources include program materials and records, records from the Massachusetts General Hospital and School of Nursing, MGH/Bunker Hill program and Peter Bent Brigham Program, literature from professional journals, governmental reports and the local press. Results: Historical documents and interviews revealed the …

I Want My Mommy: Sibling's Experience With Childhood Cancer, Yuan-Ju Liao

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: To explore and describe the experience of healthy sibling who have brother or sister with cancer.

Methods: Qualitative study using phenomenology approaches was conducted. Interview was audio taped four healthy siblings aged 5 to 14 years and their family member 'and analyzed according to Colaizzi's guidelines and data analysis method proposed by the Nvivo 8.0 qualitative software.'

Results: Four domains were generated by Colaizzi (1978) method as follows: Encountering the impact of siblings with cancer, inevitable changes of the family life, mood fluctuation in daily life and reconstruction of the family life.

Conclusion: The study findings indicated that parents …

Expanding The Scope Of Nursing Practice: Attitudes And Quality Of Care, Hana Kerzman, Limor Eizenberg, Shoshy Goldberg

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: To describe the differences in attitudes toward expanding the scope of nursing practice among nurses and physicians. To examine the correlation between attitudes regarding expansion of the scope of nursing practice and variables including job satisfaction, job burnout, professional autonomy, perceptions of quality care and quality care outcomes. Methods: Cross-Section Study. Eight hundred and thirty-three nurses together with 415 physicians from 89 departments at three large general hospitals completed structured questionnaires. Data on quality care outcomes was obtained from a computerized data and a survey. Results: In general, nurses and physicians reported positive attitudes toward expanding the scope of …

Contributory Elements In The Introduction Of New Health Care Delivery Models To Health Care Systems Globally, Andrea Sonenberg

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe influential factors in the introduction of expanded nursing roles to existing health-care systems for improving access to care in health workforce shortage areas globally.

Methods: Comparative analysis of several studies and commentaries was made to summarize critical factors impacting the introduction of nurse practitioners, or nurses with expanded roles, into existing health-care systems globally.

Results: Key contributory elements for consideration in the introduction of new health-care models to existing health-care systems include: 1) population health needs; 2) readiness of the profession; 3) innovation; 4) roles; 5) education/expertise; 6) environment 7) policies …

Surprise Findings From Tower Of Hanoi Research On Executive Cognitive Function In Older Adults: Assess, Intervene, Or Both?, Whitney G. Mildren, Mary A. Cazzell, James Daniel Holland

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The purpose was to determine feasibility, reliability, and item difficulty of the 22-task Tower of Hanoi (TOH), an executive cognitive function (ECF) puzzle game, in adults > 65 years. Neuroimaging research has documented prefrontal cortex (PFC) changes in aging: deficits in abstract thinking, problem solving, and loss of inhibitory control over irrelevant information. The 22-task TOH, a 4-disk transfer game across 3 vertical pegs, has never been administered to or scored on older adults nor has TOH psychometrics been established in this population.

Methods: In this quantitative descriptive design, a convenience sample of 50 cognitively-intact independent-living older adults (> 65 …

Public Health Issues On Global Nursing Migration: An Integrative Literature Review, Ronaldo Verian

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The purposes of the study are: (1) to identify the different factors that cause migration among nurses; (2) to identify major public health issues in global nursing migration and; (3) to develop evidence-based solutions to the global nursing migration problem.

Methods: After progressive and rigid review of the databases, the publications list under the Research Centre of the International Centre on Nurse Migration with 30 out of 128 listed publications were chosen because of its sole dedication to the study of nurse migration including the most recent and updated work commissioned by the centre.

Results: The International Centre on …

Evaluating And Obtaining Annual Competencies Utilizing Simulation In Pediatric Intensive Care, Charles Randall Stennett, Sharon Decker, Gwen Davis, Shannon Shuttlesworth

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: A pilot project was initiated in an 18 bed PICU to evaluate nurses' competencies using simulation. Competencies were selected based on staff needs assessment and a root-cause-analysis of critical incidents occurring over a 12 month period. These competencies included; IV starts, IO insertions, EKG interpretation, airway management (especially related to unplanned extubation), and communication (among team members). Staff were provided an orientation to the simulator and opportunities for practice prior to the competency assessment were made available within the unit. Scenarios were developed based on realistic situation and hospital quality indicators. An expert panel reviewed all scenarios to support …

Smokeless Tobacco Use Among Rural Women In The Southeast Usa, Brenda Talley, Deborah Allen, Alison Rushing, Dellaire Shilling, Rose Mary Gee

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The purpose is to share patterns of smokeless tobacco in women derived from qualitative research and to underscore the need to assess and discuss the health risks of smokeless tobacco. Target audience is nurses, other health care providers, and researchers interested in exploring smokeless tobacco use in other populations. Methods: A qualitative approach elicited personal descriptions of patterns of smokeless tobacco use in women in rural South East U.S.A. Ten women participated in 1-5 interviews. Data collected included medical history, onset of use, duration of use, and frequency and quantity of tobacco use. Results: Analysis identified family history and …

Evolution Of Nursing Credentialing System At Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Amina K. Lakhani

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Since inception in 1985 The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi has stressed upon continuing nursing education activities and credentialing of nursing staff working at the bedside. However, it was realized in 2002 that there is a lack of system placement for monitoring of re-credentialing of nursing staff in order to check for its validity. The change process: An in house online credentialing monitoring system was developed by Department of Nursing Education Services for which the initial data was obtained manually from each of the nursing unit and then was entered into the system. The access for individual units was …

Self-Management Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes In Vietnam, Hanh T. T. Dao, Debra Jane Anderson, Anne M. Chang

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The purposes of this study were to describe the extent to which adults with type 2 diabetes in Vietnam perform their diabetes self-management and to examine the association between demographic, health-related characteristics and diabetes self-management in this population.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey with convenience sampling was conducted on 198 adult out- patients with type 2 diabetes in an endocrine clinic in a tertiary hospital in Vietnam. A structured interview was used to collect data about demographic characteristics and health-related characteristics and the extent to which the participants perform their diabetes self-management. Diabetes self-management was measured by the Vietnamese version …

The Lived Experience Of The Transition Of The Clinical Nurse Expert To The Novice Nurse Educator, Natalie A. Weidman

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: This study was to describe and interpret the experience of nurses without any educational theory as they transition from the role of the clinical nurse expert (CNE) to the novice nurse educator (NNE) in the academic and clinical settings. This study sought to determine if the clinical nurse expert was adequately prepared and supported through this role transition.

Methods: A qualitative design with a phenomenology method was used for this study. This was a convience sample with eight informal contacts. The tool was a composite of several questions developed by the researcher to elicit discussion of their experience in …

Bpinsa: The Knowledge Broker For Nursing In South Africa, Karin C. S. Minnie, Hester C. Klopper

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Worldwide there is growing interest in evidenced-based practice, knowledge to action and implementation science as a whole. In developing countries access to published research is often difficult as some databases are restricted and internet facilities are not widely available. Due to severe work pressure, registered nurses seldom have time to read the latest research, resulting in an overload of new information, lack of access and limited time to keep up-to-date, that lead to late adaptation of the available best practices. Internationally there are several examples that is considered best practice of researchers working with clinical partners (research users) to …

Predictors Of Fatigue In Patients With Stable Coronary Disease, Michelle M. Fennessy, Holli A. Devon, Catherine Ryan, Julie Johnson Zerwic

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Fatigue is a pervasive problem in cardiovascular populations; however, there is limited research examining symptom patterns and predictors of fatigue in patients with stable coronary disease (CAD). The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether fatigue was predicted by gender, depressive symptoms, age, and prior history of heart failure. Leventhal's self-regulation model was used as the conceptual basis for this study.

Methods: In this prospective design, a convenience sample of patients (n=180) with stable CAD were recruited after treatment. Data collection occurred during hospitalization at baseline (post procedure) and 30-days after discharge using mailed surveys. At 30-days, 52.8% …

Variations In Utilization Of Clinical Preventive Services In Older Adults With Near Universal Health Coverage, Sandra C. Bibb

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between potential access (characteristics of the delivery system and population at risk) and realized access (utilization of clinical preventive services [CPS]) in a homogeneous (race, income, education, place of residence) sample of older adults with near universal health coverage (health insurance, regular place of care). Variations in utilization of clinical preventive services in older adults in developed economies are attributed primarily to variations in health coverage (health insurance, place of care) and social determinants of health (income, education, race, ethnicity, or geographical location). Progress is being made in eliminating …