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Implementing An Rn-Driven Proactive Roaming Rapid Response Team, Elizabeth Avis, Msn, Rn, Ccrn, Pccn, Marybeth Foy, Msn, Rn, Nicholas Collins, Bsn, Rn, Ccrn, Kristine Irvin, Rn, Lois Grant, Rn

Department of Nursing papers and presentations

Poster presented at: UHC Annual Conference 2012, Orlando Florida.

Goal: Redesign RRT to create a permanent team of RNs and an RRT focused on patient care and improving RRT process.

Effect Of Concomitant Medications Affecting Gastric Ph And Motility On Posaconazole Tablet Pharmacokinetics, Walter K. Kraft, P. Chang, Mlps Van Iersel, H. Waskin, G. Krishna, W. Kersemaekers

Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Faculty Papers

Poster presented at: Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (52^nd ICAAC) held in San Francisco 9/9-9/12

Background: Posaconazole (POS) oral suspension is an extended-spectrum triazole that should be taken with food to maximize absorption. A new POS tablet formulation has demonstrated improved bioavailability over oral suspension in healthy adults in the fasting state. This study evaluated the effect of concomitant medications altering gastric pH (antacid, ranitidine, and esomeprazole) and motility (metoclopramide) on the pharmacokinetics of POS tablet.

Methods: This was a prospective, open-label, 5-way crossover study in 20 healthy volunteers. In each treatment period, a single 400-mg (100 …

The Rattler (Volume 100, Issue 7, Edition 1), St. Mary's University

The Rattler (Previous issues)

Founded in 1919, The Rattler is the student voice of St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. The newspaper documents campus life, academic and social issues, student opinion, and local and national events as they relate to the University community. Content typically includes news articles, editorial commentary, arts and culture coverage, sports reporting, and advertisements.

A Qualitative Approach To Understanding The Study Abroad Experience, Charlotte Cuss

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of the study abroad experience on selected students, using a qualitative approach. The participants in this study consisted of six full-time Rowan University students, during the spring 2012 semester. All six students had studied abroad for a full academic semester, within the last calendar year. Three separate interviews were conducted to examine students' goals and motives, cultural learning, transformational learning, and alcohol use and risky behavior, in regards to study abroad. The interviews were transcribed and content analysis was used to analyze the data. The study found that all students …

Public Relations 'Tech'niques: Vocational School Recruitment, Rachel Graeff

Theses and Dissertations

The problem is that the large majority of high school graduates pursue four-year college degrees when there are not enough professional jobs that require four-year degrees but rather require workers to have job-specific skills. These skills are taught by vocational schools at both the high school and the post-secondary levels. The purpose of this study was to determine what public relations techniques vocational schools use and how they can improve on these techniques to increase enrollment. Six in-depth interviews were conducted with PR/marketing practitioners at vocational schools to find out what techniques and channels their school uses to attract students. …

In-Text And Out-Of-Text Engagement: Interactional Features In Students' Academic Writing And Academic Engagement, Florette Press

Theses and Dissertations

While student engagement theory recognizes writing as an engaging activity, there have been few studies that explore the levels of engagement within college students' academic writing. Analyses of in-text interactions between writers and their imagined reader(s) can uncover writers' attitudes about themselves as writers and as participants in the academic community. This study looked specifically at students' in-text interaction in the context of overall student engagement. Making a connection between interactional features in writing and overall student engagement provided a new perspective by which professors and administrators can evaluate students' academic integration. This study combined text analysis and interviews with …

Outside Colby (2012 - September 12), Colby College

Outside Colby

No abstract provided.

Minutes, College Of Business Council Meeting, September 12, 2012, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Kate Tiedemann College Of Business. College Of Business Council

Kate Tiedemann College of Business College Council Meeting Minutes

The minutes of the September 12, 2012, meeting of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg's College of Business Council.

09-12-2012 Swosu Tailgate Challenge For Big Money Starts This Saturday, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2012

Area residents and Southwestern Oklahoma State University students have the chance to win big money this fall for just enjoying food!

09-12-2012 Swosu Marching Band & Spirit Squads Plan Pre-Game Concerts Starting Saturday, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2012

Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s marching band will once again provide pre-game concerts during football game days on the Weatherford campus.

Unh Police Make Arrest In Weekend Assault, Paul Dean

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

The Lumberjack, September 12, 2012, The Lumberjack Staff

2012

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University

Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On “The Citizens United Court And The Continuing Importance Of The Voting Rights Act”, Anthony Johnstone

Faculty Journal Articles & Other Writings

My testimony today concerns the role of the Supreme Court in reviewing the constitutionality of “laws of democracy,” including campaign finance regulation, election administration, and voting rights enforcement. I will compare the different approaches the Court has taken toward two controversies, corporate campaign spending and voter identification laws, and attempt to draw some lessons from the comparison for the Court’s pending review of the Voting Rights Act.

Sky Canyon Properties, Llc V. The Golf Club At Black Rock, Llc Clerk's Record V. 4 Dckt. 39831

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

September 12, 2012 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

An Almost-Eyewitness Account - New Evidence About Mary Meyer’S Murder, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.

Popular Media

This article, appearing in the Flagpole on September 12, 2012, is a follow-up to the mysterious murder of Mary Pinchot Meyer. It provides a statement of Harold Libermann who was with Mary Meyer on the date of her murder.

Hotline Press Newspaper- September 2012 Vol 29 No 16, Hotline Press Newspaper

Hotline Press Newspaper 2012

No abstract provided.

Faculty Budget Priority Committee Meeting Minutes, September 12, 2012, Faculty Budget Priority Committee

All Faculty Senate 2007-2014 Committee Minutes and Reports

Minutes from the Faculty Senate Faculty Budget Priority Committee meeting held on

Banner News, Cainon Leeds, Taylor Baggett, Jonathan Rangel, Lori Harvey, Joshua Stevens

Banner News

No abstract provided.

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

Spinnaker

Student newspaper for the UNF community.

The Arts Online

News Releases

No abstract provided.

Parlez-Vous Engineering?

News Releases

No abstract provided.

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 = …

Community Engagement Curricular Strategies To Reduce Health Disparities, Marjorie A. Schaffer, Carol Hargate

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: A nursing department implemented a revised nursing curriculum that integrated community engagement learning experiences to address health disparities. Nursing faculty aimed to prepare nurses who will: 1) contribute to reducing health disparities, 2) develop cultural sensitivity and competence, and 3) develop commitment to serving diverse and vulnerable populations.

Methods: Focus groups with community partners, racial reconciliation lunches and dialogue with nursing faculty members, and lunch and learning sessions with community partners provided a foundation for development of the community engagement curriculum. Nursing students are matched to community engagement sites (churches, schools, and non-profit organizations) for community engagement learning experiences …

Evidence-Based Clinical Practice On The Interventions For Oral Mucositis For Patients With Cancer Receiving Treatment, Wang Yan

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Objectives: This article is to develop a practical guideline on the interventions from prevention, treatment to nursing for the oral mucositis induced by anti-cancer treatment.

Methods: Using keywords "mucositis, cancer", search in the databases including National guideline clearinghouse, Cochrane library, Joanna Briggs institute, Registered nurses' association of Ontario, and Chinese Bio-medical literature database, etc. Only the clinical guideline, systematically review and best practice are included.

Results: Mainly, one clinical practice guideline, five systematic reviews, and one best practice are found.

Conclusion: 1 It is a systematic and continuous process to intervene with the oral mucositis induced by anti-cancer treatment. 2 …

Removal Of Codeine In Pediatric Oncology: A Qualitative Evaluation Of Success And Attitudes, Karina L. Black, Mary Anne Venner, Jennifer Shepherd, Marcel Romanick, Mark Belletrutti, Shirley Perry

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Codeine is an opioid analgesic requiring hepatic conversion to morphine via CYP2D6 to provide analgesic effect. CYP2D6 population polymorphisms cause unpredictable conversion to morphine. Multiple reports of death or adverse events in children receiving codeine has led to increased calls for discontinuation of use in children. Our Pediatric Oncology Program volunteered to pilot codeine removal. When looking for implementation strategies for this practice change, neither successful implementation nor barriers to change had been reported. Objectives: To evaluate whether prescription of codeine was reduced, assess the attitudes of health professionals at different points during practice change, determine if our educational …

Cultural Pain Relief Measures During Labour And Childbirth And Prophylactic Taboos During The Childbearing Process: A Case For Mozambican Women Living In Swaziland, Cynthia Zodwa Vilakati

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The study sought to describe the cultural-pain relief measures during labour and childbirth and prophylactic taboo practices for pain relief by Mozambican women living in Swaziland.

Methods: An exploratory, descriptive and contextual phenomenology design was utilized for the purpose of this study. Purposive conveninence sampling was done. Data saturation was achieved with a sample size of five (5).

Results: The study presents the themes and categories that emerged from the data. Data are presented from the most general (themes) to the most specific (data units/chunks). All data units relate to the cultural pain relief measures during labour and delivery …

Building A Sustainable Nurse-Managed Clinic System Through Faculty Practice And Technology Integration, Julie Cowan Novak

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Scope/Significance: Over the past four years, the UTHSCSA School of Nursing has developed, implemented, and evaluated a viable alternative to the failing, mismanaged US healthcare delivery system. Two nurse-managed clinics are currently in operation with two in development. Client visits exceeded 7,000 in 2011. The clinics are sustained through a mosaic of support from a variety of funding sources including private, state and federal insurance, billing, and grants. Faculty and students develop an integrated model of discovery, learning and engagement focused on evidence-based health promotion/disease prevention, client, family, and community education, acute, episodic illness care, management of stable chronic conditions …

Use Of Risk Scoring Tools To Determine Risk Of Secondary Cardiac And Non-Cardiac Events During Hospitalization For St Elevation Myocardial Infarction In A Cohort Of Women, Elizabeth Ann Scruth, Eugene Cheng, Linda Worrall-Carter

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: GRACE, TIMI and CADILLAC are risk scores designed for predicting short term outcomes after acute coronary syndromes. The aim of our study was to test their utility for prediction of a secondary major cardiac and non cardiac event in a cohort of women treated invasively for an ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

Methods: Our sample size consisted of consecutive patients with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention. A retrospective approach was utlized.

Results: In general the CADILLAC, TIMI and GRACE risk scores all had relatively high predictive accuracy for major cardiac events in hospital, with C …

Caregiving Through The Eyes Of Hispanic Caregivers, Lyda Consuelo Arevalo-Flechas

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: To offer a culturally informed conceptual orientation of caregiving as an example of a research product that reflects methodologies that have taken into consideration differences in the meaning of concepts across cultures and the challenge of using translated instruments.

Methods: Mixed methods incorporating semi-structured bilingual interviews and the administration of the Screen for Caregiver Burden caregivers of relatives living with Alzheimer's disease were randomly assigned to 4 different groups with different sequences for interviews and administration of the SCB.

Results: Discrepancies in the meaning of concepts and differences in subjective burden scores according to the language in which the …