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Building A World-Class Learning System: Insights From Some Top-Performing School Systems, Geoff N. Masters

School and system improvement

The result of a multi-year study, this book explores how five school systems - British Columbia, Estonia, Finland, Hong Kong and South Korea - have been rethinking and reforming their schools systems. It addresses questions including: What policies need to be in place for every child to experience an engaging and supportive learning environment that motivates not only high performance but a desire to keep learning? What do students really need to know and be able to do to thrive in a changing world? How can systems engage in ongoing improvement while also cultivating innovation? The book provides a framework …

Gnsi Decision Brief: Nuclear Weapons On The Battlefield: Arriving Sooner Rather Than Later?, Tad Schnaufer Ii

GNSI Decision Briefs

Imagine a Russian Colonel receiving an order from Moscow to deploy a tactical nuclear weapon (TNW) on the Ukrainian frontline. His next order – “Nuke ‘em” – rapidly changes the battlespace and in fact, the world. Since the inception of nuclear weapons in 1945, the threat of nuclear war has loomed over the globe. J. R. Oppenheimer, after the first successful test of an atomic bomb, recalled the Hindi scripture Bhagavad Gita: "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." The power of nuclear weapons, along with the possibility of their use has only escalated since then. Starting in …

Internships Help Senior Biology Major Determine Her Career Path, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Senior biology major Karson Dean, of Dallas, N.C., has cared passionately about animals for as long as she can remember. When she graduates from Gardner-Webb University in December 2023, she plans to pursue a career in veterinary technology.

Uab Music Students Perform Internationally During Summer Tours, Shannon Thomason

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Associations Between Occupational Heat Stress And Surgeons' Thermal Comfort, Body Temperature, And Cognitive Performance, Christopher Burant, Jill E. Byrne, Susan Ludington-Hoe, Nora Nock, Joachim G. Voss

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

The learner will identify the physiological and psychological impact occupational heat stress has on operating room personnel during real-time orthopedic surgeries. Hence, nurses will then be able to identify individuals at risk for heat stress and interventions to alleviate discomfort to preserve cognitive performance.

Clinical Nurses' Perceptions Of The Night Shift Nurse Work Environment, Ulanda Marcus-Aiyeku, Susan H. Weaver

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This session will discuss what is known about working night shift and the work environment, recent research on clinical nurses' perception of the night shift work environment, and conclude with initiatives implemented to foster a healthy work environment on the night shift.

Covid-19 Outbreak: Advocating For Healthcare Workers Facing Moral Distress In The Workplace, Esther Alonso Prieto, Agnes T. Black, Holly Longstaff, Alice Virani

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This study sought to understand healthcare workers' experiences of moral distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, identify their preferred coping strategies, and share these findings with healthcare leaders to advocate for workplace improvements.

Nurse Externships Promote Interprofessional Collaboration, Enhance Resiliency, And Foster Nurse Self-Advocacy, Emma R. Cawood, Madeline R. Mann, Lisa A. Ruth-Sahd

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Nursing externships augment the student's undergraduate clinical education and focus on reinforcing safe patient care. However, externships have the ability to do more than reinforce theoretical knowledge. When immersed in the clinical environment for 8 to 10 weeks, externships benefit students' knowledge of interprofessional collaboration, personal resilience, and self-advocacy.

Increasing Lower Division Nursing Student Engagement In Professional Socialization, Mason Aldridge, Michael Callihan, Sara K. Kaylor, Haley F. Townsend

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Nursing schools that have a division in the interaction of upper and lower division students can pose a barrier to professional socialization. Many lower division students express a disconnect with faculty and organizations. In order to bridge this gap, the team implemented a successful nursing open house to increase socialization.

The Individualized Multidisciplinary Immediate Fall Response Program, Adenike Y. Awotundun

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Utilizing a five-step process that included the use of the AHRQ's Tracking Record for Improving Patient Safety (TRIPS), aimed at improving fall care processes and reducing falls in older nursing home residents.

Sustaining Healthy Environments Through An Annual Running Event, Emefa Butler, Michael Callihan, Aidan Conway, Jay Haley, Sara K. Kaylor

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This presentation will: a.) illustrate how a running event was developed to serve as an annual sustainable fundraiser for a non-profit organization; and b.) demonstrate the effectiveness of a group training program for the annual running event by considering aspects related to participants' overall health and wellness.

The Impact Of Team-Building On Job Enjoyment In Nursing, Janelle F. Sarnevitz

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This work utilized a personality test in which participants' dominant personality traits are described as one of four colors, delineating different personality styles. Additionally, a drawing/communication exercise was implemented to help foster communication and team building to help staff recognize how their communication impacts their work and thus job enjoyment.

Minimalizing Needlestick Injuries, Susan Somers

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This is a poster, along with a 500 word abstract, on best practise to reduce needlestick injuries and reduce blood borne illness, if an injury occurs, among the multidisciplinary team.

Why We Are Tired Of Being Resilient And What Comes Next, Kahlia Anderson, Bethelehem Mengstu

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

In January 2021, we were given a glimpse of what this nation was built upon. As a catalyst for a change, myself and six other Black female employees created a diversity committee. Resilience was no longer an image we could uphold. Resilience died that day.

Working From Home: Nurse Educators And Lifestyle Choices During The Pandemic, Karyn Boyar, Karla Rodriguez

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Two Nursing faculty from a large Northeastern university launched surveys to explore our colleague's lifestyle choices during the pandemic. We hoped to identify any gaps in health and lifestyle behaviors and to gauge faculty interest in attending webinars focused on improving overall diet and health during the pandemic.

Promoting Well-Being Through Engagement, Martha Nelson, Sheila Delong

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This project demonstrates that a single leadership strategy that engages and connects staff can effectively boost healthcare workers' well-being and positively impact the work environment.

Community Involvement: A High Impact Practice In Associate Degree Programs, Debbie H. Amason, Paula Stover

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This presentation demonstrates how students are actively engaged in collaborative learning experiences through involvement in community health education. While teaching local teens about the consequences of risky behaviors, students learn to collaborate, lead, communicate, and practice ethically while learning the benefits of collaboration.

Holy Cross Magazine, Vol. 57, No. 3, Summer 2023, College Of The Holy Cross

Holy Cross Magazine

“There’s No Chance That Two Women Would Win”
Spurred by the same challenge more than two decades apart, four female trailblazers proved the naysayers wrong and won election to the highest office in Holy Cross student government.
By Rebecca Smith ’99

“Your One Wild and Precious Life”
Alumnae in ministry: where faith and mission meet
By Marybeth Reilly-McGreen ’89

Holy Cross’ New Superpower
Beyond Marvel and DC, faculty are using the College’s burgeoning graphic novel collection as a centerpiece to teaching.
Story by Michael Bonner
Illustrations by Chris Escobar

The Unexpected Economists
For Holy Cross economics and accounting faculty, students …

Toward A Comprehensive, Data-Driven Model Of American Political Goals: Recognizing The “Values” And “Vices” Within Both Liberalism And Conservativism, Brian P. Meier, Benjamin Wilkowski, Emilio Rivera, Laverl Williamson, Erika Dimariano, Adam Fetterman

Psychology Faculty Publications

When a person indicates they are “liberal” or “conservative,” an important part of what they are communicating is their goals for how they would like society to be structured. However, past theories have described these goals in dramatically different fashions, suggesting that either conservativism or liberalism reflects a divisive or unifying goal. To help overcome this impasse, this research team systematically compared a broad, representative sample of all possible higher-order goals (drawn a previous lexical investigation of more than 1,000 goals) to the political ideology of American adults (total n = 1,588). The results of five studies suggested that proposals …

2023-August-02-Service To Success- How Etsu Assists Veterans, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

ETSU is passionate about serving veterans 

Veterans, you probably have lots of questions.

How does ETSU support me? What community support is available? What financial opportunities are out there? Find those answers here.

You served us. Now, it’s our honor to serve you.

Military Friendly®

After almost 12 years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps, Jake Berens wanted to pursue a career in medicine.

The health sciences major, now the president of the ETSU Student Veterans of America, started classes at ETSU in January 2022.

“The Office of Military and Veteran Services at ETSU consists of an …

Persistence To Anti-Cgrp Monoclonal Antibodies And Onabotulinumtoxina Among Patients With Migraine: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Larry Charleston, Brian Talon, Christine Sullivan, Carlton Anderson, Steven Kymes, Stephane A. Regnier, Seema Soni-Brahmbhatt, Stephanie J. Nahas

Department of Jefferson Headache Center Papers and Presentations

BACKGROUND: To date, real-world evidence on persistence to anti-calcitonin gene-related peptide (anti-CGRP) monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) or onabotulinumtoxinA have excluded eptinezumab. This retrospective cohort study was performed to compare treatment persistency among patients with migraine on anti-CGRP mAbs (erenumab, fremanezumab, galcanezumab, or eptinezumab) or onabotulinumtoxinA.

METHODS: This retrospective study used IQVIA PharmMetrics data. Adult patients with migraine treated with an anti-CGRP mAb or onabotulinumtoxinA who had 12 months of continuous insurance enrollment before starting treatment were included. A "most recent treatment episode" analysis was used in which the most recent episode was defined as the latest treatment period with the same …

Sick From Freedom: The Untold Story Of A Smallpox Epidemic Among Formerly Enslaved People, Jim Downs

Rondel V. Davidson Endowed Lecture Series

Emancipated from slavery, former bondspeople entered into an environment in which more soldiers died from disease than from battle. This talk explores the high rate of illness and mortality that devastated formerly enslaved people during the Civil War and Reconstruction. In particular, it provides the first analysis of the smallpox epidemic that began in Washington, DC in 1862 and then spread to the Lower South in 1863 and Mississippi Valley in 1864-65. By 1865, the epidemic plagued the entire South and began to move west and infected Native Americans on reservations. Due to the unexpected and inordinate mortality, the federal …

Und Leads Implementation Team Meeting Agenda — August 2, 2023, University Of North Dakota

LEADS Implementation Documents

Agenda for the August 2, 2023 meeting of the UND LEADS Implementation Team. The agenda includes subgroup reports, discussion of the SERVICE pillar, implementation next steps, and general discussion related to UND LEADS planning.

The Role Of Occupational Therapy Practitioners In The Care Of Pets And Animals: A Guide To Aging In Place With Pets And Animals, Blake Randell, Mary Jan Greer, Sherry Pidgeon

Summer 2023 Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium

This capstone project explored the role of occupational therapy practitioners in the care of pets and animals among older adults which has been referred to as the forgotten instrumental activity of daily living (or IADL) for this population. A needs assessment was conducted to determine how to provide facilitators and remove barriers or hindrances to occupational performance in the care of pets and animals among a group of older adults (with a variety of disability- and non-disability-related needs) in independent living communities. This needs assessment identified compounding health disparities of physical and/or cognitive impairments and lack of financial and necessary …

Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: A Prenatal Approach Through An Occupational Therapy Lens, Gaby Hogg, Monica Watford Phd, Otr, Jessica Snow Pt, Dpt

Summer 2023 Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium

This is a poster presentation on the workshop development, Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: A Prenatal Approach Through an Occupational Therapy Lens. Women who experience pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) often do not understand that what they are experiencing can be managed through rehabilitation (Chen et al., 2019). This capstone project aimed to educate women about the pelvic floor and pelvic floor dysfunction as a proactive approach to rehabilitation. Additionally, the project provides educational information on pregnancy and birthing positions.

Health Literacy Barriers And Occupation Based Education For Healthcare Providers Serving Hispanic Americans, Serina Subedi, Rocio Alvarenga, Lisa Griggs-Stapleton

Summer 2023 Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium

The purpose of the program was to shed light on addressing health literacy barriers and provide occupation-based education for healthcare providers serving Hispanic Americans, specifically in rural areas. Additionally, the purpose of the program was to close the gap by providing healthcare practitioners with tools and resources to assist in combating the barriers faced to include the lack of occupational therapy services. The pre-and post-survey during the needs assessment helped determine the participant's baseline understanding of various aspects related to health literacy and guided the development of the educational modules and informative resources. Based on the outcomes of the survey, …

The Effects Of Covid-19 On Cognition In The Pediatric Population, Mia Ramirez, Hope Mccarroll, Lisa Griggs-Stapleton

Summer 2023 Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium

Coronavirus disease or COVID-19, is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. COVID-19 can affect adults and children by causing long-term symptoms such as difficulty concentrating, anxiety, depression, long-term breathing problems, and even heart complications. Children represent about 19% of all reported COVID-19 cases since the pandemic first began. Children also can have trouble concentrating, which can impact their ability to attend school and do their daily activities that require concentration, such as dressing, showering, and social participation. Cognitive deficits due to COVID-19 can impact the pediatric population as they may have decreased occupational performance in desired occupations, such …

Program Development In Pediatric Prosthetic Training For Occupational Therapists, Paulina Alas, Monica Watford, Grace Evasco

Summer 2023 Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium

This project delves into the necessity for professional tools designed to assist occupational therapists (OTs) in readying themselves for the treatment of pediatric patients requiring upper limb prosthetics. The endeavor encompasses an examination of various diagnoses that warrant prosthetic intervention, an exploration of diverse prosthetic variants, and a comprehensive manual detailing pre-prosthetic and prosthetic functional training.

A 'Big Potty' With My Big Sister, Paul Stelzer

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

The summer of ‘82. It was going to be the best vacation ever! I was 10 years old. After the hard knocks and heartbreak of fourth grade, I needed a vacation.

Gwu Rising Senior Achieves Third Place In National Future Business Leaders Of America Competition, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Gardner-Webb rising senior Cyrus Richer represented the University’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Collegiate Chapter at the National Leadership Conference held recently in Atlanta, Ga. Richer competed in the Social Media Marketing category and earned third place in the highly-competitive event.