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Education And The Development Of On-Farm Identity: Dairy Farm Women's Experiences, Amy Leigh Spangenberg
Education And The Development Of On-Farm Identity: Dairy Farm Women's Experiences, Amy Leigh Spangenberg
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Women throughout the world have found emancipation through education. Yet, there has been no research on the role that education plays in dairy farm women's primary, on-farm identity development and how farm women's identities develop. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine dairy farm women's perceptions of previous learning (education) and its influence on their primary, on-farm identity development. The feminist standpoint theory provided the framework for this study. A homogeneous, purposeful sample of 10 active dairy farm women were interviewed using individual, face to face, semistructured questions to answer the question: What are dairy farm women's perceptions …
Impact Of Staff Education On Geriatric Polypharmacy, Valerie Ikemefuna
Impact Of Staff Education On Geriatric Polypharmacy, Valerie Ikemefuna
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Polypharmacy, the simultaneous use of multiple drugs to treat a single ailment or condition, is a
major health problem among the elderly population that contributes to adverse drug side events,
health risks, hospital readmissions, morbidity, and mortality. Therefore, a staff education
program geared toward reduction of such adverse drug events was implemented at a single site.
The purpose of the project was to determine if the staff education program would increase
knowledge of adverse drug events due to geriatric polypharmacy. The Orem theory provided the
theoretical support for the project, and the Iowa model guided the evidence-based practice
change process. …