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Without Ebp, Where Would The Nursing Profession Be Today?, Robin Erb

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

Evidence based practice (EBP) is used in nursing to better deliver care to patients throughout the entire United States.

Are Healthcare Workers In Hospitals Ready For Disasters In The Community?, Paige Wampole

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

Nurses go through many years of education before they start working in hospitals, but their education is never-ending. Nurses are prepared in disaster situations due to their disaster training and education. This nation has experienced many life altering disasters and surely will experience more in the future. That is why nurses have been trained and educated in disaster occurrences to be able to provide front-line care to those in need. Nurses are also becoming more efficient in adaptability/change and implement care based on the disaster’s occurrence. Nurses understanding of PPE within the COVID-19 pandemic greatly reduced the spread of the …

Nurses Can Make A Difference On The Impact The Uninsured/Underinsured Have On Health Care, Robert Burke

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

The uninsured rate has increased from 2016 to 2019 and due to the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020 and unemployment, that number has likely jumped. Health care has proven to be costly, and the uninsured/underinsured population is viewed as a vulnerable population in the community due to a financial barrier or unemployed status that hinders their ability to receive the health care they need. It is proven that the uninsured/underinsured are more likely to forgo preventative care due to financial reasons. In addition, because the uninsured/underinsured are more likely to forgo preventative care they are more likely to be hospitalized with …

The Effectiveness Of Aquatic Therapy, Robot Assisted Gait Training, And Virtual Reality On Patients With Parkinson's Disease: A Literature Review, Atasha Rehrig, Kristen Southard

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

Background & Purpose: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects a person’s central nervous system (CNS) as well as dopamine production. Most cases of PD cause the patient to have postural instability, difficulty with ambulation, as well as a resting tremor. Patients diagnosed with PD show a slow decline in overall function and therefore, need to maintain physical activity in order to plateau PD. Traditionally, patients with PD undergo conventional methods of physical therapy (PT) to help plateau their disease. Our literature review looked into the effectiveness of non-traditional methods such as aquatic therapy, robot-assisted gait training …

Good Health And Well-Being, Brianna Hischak

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

No abstract provided.

The Positive Effects Of Malpractice In Nursing Practice, Jennifer Evans

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

Malpractice to some has been viewed as a negative topic in nursing practice. However, it actually allows for positive influences to effect nursing practice. With the ongoing threat of lawsuits, it allows nurses to be better educated and learn from what not to do in their practice. It allows supervisors, and any other healthcare team member, to become more involved in the practice. Overall, it allows for the continuance of the safest care possible to patients.

Respiratory Gating In Radiation Therapy Without Adequate Breath-Holds, Ethan Snyder

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

Respiratory gating is used in radiation therapy to maximize the effect of radiation on the target area while also minimizing radiation exposure to surrounding normal tissue. This is accomplished through the use of breath-holds during treatment. This study focuses on a specific patient who had difficulty holding their breath for the required treatment time. The question being asked was, would inadequate breath-holds lead to a negative effect on the patient’s outcome? This study was conducted by following the patient’s treatment course and comparing end results with similar patients who were able to complete breath-holds to a more satisfying degree. The …

The Efficacy Of Using Blood Flow Restriction Training On Proximal Muscle And Joint Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review, Bailey Brugler, Tristan Wright, Evan Brown, Johnathan Warg, Matt Cuomo

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

Background: Blood flow restriction training (BFRT) when used with low-load exercise can improve muscular strength and recovery time in individuals attending rehab for distal extremity pathology. Current research suggests that BFRT when used proximally may elicit similar results.

Purpose: The aim of this systematic review was to analyze evidence regarding the efficacy for physical therapists to utilize BFRT for individuals attending therapy for proximal joint or trunk related injuries.

Method(s): A literature review was conducted by five reviewers using CINAHL, Medline, EBSCO, and Academic Search Ultimate. Articles were examined using the search terms (BFR or Blood flow restriction or Blood …

Technology: A Help Or A Hindrance To Healthcare?, Lauren Odell

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Hippotherapy On Postural Control In Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Review, Anamarie Rogers, Paisha Glisson

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

The Effects of Hippotherapy on Postural Control in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Study Design: Systematic Review

Purpose: The purpose of this systematic review is to summarize and evaluate the most recently published research focusing on the effects of hippotherapy on postural control in children with cerebral palsy.

Methods and Measures: Two searches of literature were performed, the first in August 2020 and January 2021, using PubMed, Academic Search Ultimate and ScienceDirect databases. Peer reviewed hippotherapy and hippotherapy simulator studies for children aged 2-25 with cerebral palsy that examined postural control were included. Articles published prior to 2010 …

Implementation Of Intravascular Ultrasound For Percutaneous Coronary Interventions, Emily Pellam

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

This poster demonstrates how intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) plays a role in the diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD). A percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a commonly performed and minimally invasive treatment that is often enhanced by the use of IVUS. Catheters are inserted into peripheral arteries and revascularization of the coronary arteries is completed with the use of angioplasty balloons and stents. IVUS is used before an intervention to diagnose and measure stenotic lesions and used after to assess stent expansion and possible complications. Definitions, indications, and contraindications are included for IVUS and PCIs as well as general …

Comparing 2d Vs 3d Mammography In Breast Imaging, Kelsey Little

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

This project offers a comparison of 2D digital mammography (DM) and 3D digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) to determine if one is more superior than the other in breast imaging. Types of mammography exams, different projections, breast cancer, equipment definitions, advantages, and disadvantages are also discussed. Breast cancer is one of the most common and most treatable types of cancer detected in women. Equipment is frequently evolving to better improve image quality and patient comfort. DM takes a stationary image of the compressed breast at one angle while DBT takes images in slices at multiple angles. This allows for better visualization …

Metallic Artifact Reduction Capabilities Of Dual-Energy Computed Tomography (Dect), Kevin Kinney

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

This project explains the artifact reduction capabilities of dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) systems, and how to maximize this when imaging patients with metallic hardware, such as spinal implants. Implants consisting of titanium alloys, cobalt alloys, or stainless steel, present difficulties when imaging due to their likelihood to cause significant shading and streaking image artifacts. These artifacts are mainly the result of beam hardening and photon starvation from the x-ray beam’s interaction with dense, metallic structures. Dual-energy image acquisition allows for the potential to utilize basis material decomposition to virtually simulate a single energy acquired image. This process, known as monoenergetic …

The Opioid Epidemic And Nursing: How Can We Help?, Julia Randazzo

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) is a problematic pattern of opioid use that causes significant impairment within a user's daily life. The opioid epidemic has led to excessive financial burdens on federal state and local governments; private health insurance; and society at large. This poster will discuss if there is a way to combat the opioid epidemic as a healthcare system and how nurses can help.

Treatment Of Orbital Lesions Using Cyberknife Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Emily Morahan

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

The purpose of the research done was to evaluate the use of CyberKnife Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) for treating orbital lesions. Efficacy and tolerability of such treatment was analyzed with data drawn from multiple sources, regarding dose and fractionation, quality of life following treatment(s) and prognosis. CyberKnife SRS is the newest, most advanced model of radiation delivery systems, featuring a robotic arm capable of manipulating the linear accelerator into thousands of unique angles. The addition of new angles allows for a more precise concentration of radiation delivered to the lesions. In the case of optic lesions, it is crucial to minimize …

Architectural Distortion With The Use Of Tomosynthesis, Madison Skwirut

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

Abstract

Architectural distortion on digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) can occur due to benign and malignant causes. DBT is a mammographic technique that incorporates multiple angular projections of the breast to enable three-dimensional reconstruction while only compressing the breast once. DBT creates a better detection of distortion compared to a 2D mammography. Architectural distortion is found when the two breasts are compared and one breast has an abnormal tissue pattern. When examining the two breast with each other they should mirror one another, so when there is architectural distortion there could be contour abnormalities, trabecular thickening, and trabecular disorganization. When architectural …

Use Of Chest Ct To Diagnose Covid-19, Ryan Gilgallon

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

Use of Computed Tomography (CT) to Diagnose COVID-19

Ryan Gilgallon

Dr. Elaine Halesey, Ed.D., R.T.(R)(QM)

This project explains COVID-19 and the role Computed Tomography (CT) can play in diagnosing patients who have infections. General equipment used, symptoms, findings and abnormalities, methods of early detection, rates of misdiagnosis, advantages of CT, and a case study are also discussed. COVID-19 originated in Wuhan, China and rapidly spread throughout the world being transmitted from human to human, affecting the respiratory system. The most common findings in this project consisted of ground-glass opacities (GGO), fibrous stripes, interlobular septal thickening, and consolidation. Computed Tomography is …

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (Tavr), Emily Wentzel

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)

Emily Wentzel

Lynn Blazaskie

Abstract

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, or TAVR, is a procedure that is performed when a patient is in need of a new aortic valve. This is a procedure done to relieve symptoms of aortic stenosis. TAVR first began in France in 2002 and came to the United States in 2005. Cardiac Catheterization is the modality that is utilized in order to perform this procedure along with a cardiac catheterization team. The team includes cardiac catheterization technologists, doctors, nurses, cardiovascular surgeons, and ultrasound technologists. Cardiac Catheterization is a minor surgical procedure that …

Are Healthcare Workers In Hospitals Ready For Disasters In The Community?, Meaghan Whelan

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

No abstract provided.

Uterine Artery Embolization, Ciara Bannon

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

Uterine Artery Embolization (UAE) is a procedure commonly used to treat post-partum obstetric hemorrhaging. Interventional Radiology is the department that utilizes the procedure in conjunction with labor and delivery as well as the nursing staff and physicians. This procedure can also be used to treat uterine fibroids, scar tissue formations, and adenomyosis. There are multiple embolization agents that can be used including coils, Gelfoam, glue, or a combination of all three. There are risks that are associated with this procedure and it is not always successful the first time it is completed. High success rates were seen in many case …

Covid-19 In The Computed Tomography (Ct) Department, Jannelle Perla

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

This research will discuss how Coronavirus (COVID-19) has severely impacted the world and the role of computed tomography (CT) department as a whole. COVID-19 is an infectious disease that is fast spreading caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outbreak began in December of 2019 in the city of Wuhan, China. COVID-19 has been declared a pandemic since March of 2020 due to the rapid spreading of the virus. The most common way to confirm coronavirus is the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) nasal swab. X-ray and CT are the two main imaging modalities that help …

Total Body Ct For Trauma Patients, Jacqueline Dottor

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

No abstract provided.

National Children's Dental Health Month Poster "Water: Nature's Drink" (2021), American Dental Association Foundation

National Children's Dental Health Month

No abstract provided.

Libro De Actividades Por El Mes Nacional De La Salud Dental Infantil [Spanish Language Version: National Children's Dental Health Month Activity Book] (2021), American Dental Association Foundation

National Children's Dental Health Month

No abstract provided.

Nursing Student’S Expectancy-Value Regarding Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Knowledge Retention, Raquel Suba

Nursing | Student Research Posters

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a sudden and unexpected death within the first year of life, which is attributable to unexplained causes after autopsies and full case investigations are unable to resolve the reason for death. Annually in the United States, approximately 3,600 infants die unexpectedly and suddenly of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) and in 2018, there were 1,300 infant deaths due to SIDS (CDC, 2018). Despite American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendations promoting the endorsement and modelling of SIDS risk-recommendations from birth, studies reveal that both nursing students and registered nurses have deficient knowledge in adequate SIDS …

A Comparison Of Sglt2 Inhibitors To Current Guideline Directed Medical Therapy For The Treatment Of Heart Failure In Non-Diabetic Patients, Rebecca R. Beyer

Physician Assistant Scholarly Project Posters

Heart failure remains a complex disease that affects an increasing number of patients annually. For heart failure, most of the research has focused on the hemodynamic changes of the heart chambers and the medications that slow the disease progression. Recent studies have investigated treatment options that may disrupt the neuro-hormonal and pathophysiologic cell changes that lead to further progression of heart failure. Although the mechanisms by which the sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are not entirely understood, they are believed to directly affect the cardiac electrolyte imbalances that trigger the cellular changes which contribute to the altered contractility, adrenergic receptor …

Active Therapies In The Management Of Concussion And Post-Concussion Syndrome, Breanna R. Krueger

Physician Assistant Scholarly Project Posters

The purpose of this research and literature review is to evaluate the recently completed literature to provide guidance to medical providers in the safest and most efficacious treatment options for adolescent patients with concussion and post-concussion syndrome. The literature was searched for studies directly related to adolescents and active therapies such as physical therapy, vestibular rehabilitation, exertional therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy. The search time frame implemented was studies completed within the last ten years. Ten studies met the final criteria. The research shows a substantial benefit for immediate cognitive and physical rest following a mTBI. The research suggests that …

Multi-Theory Model (Mtm) As A Predictor Of Mental Health-Related Treatment Seeking Behavior: The Use Of Telehealth During Covid-19, Dallion Richards

2021 Honors Symposium

The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened psychological distress, particularly in high-risk, college student populations, and required prioritization of telehealth-based care. Help-seeking is critical for harm reduction but understanding the rapid shift to telehealth services is further obscured by significant perceived and definite barriers to utilization. Although tele-mental health services improve access to care and are perceived positively by college students, a prevalence of untreated mental health disorders remains. The objective of this study was to identify psycho-social and behavioral correlates of telehealth-based, psychological help-seeking among college students and investigate the efficacy of the Multi-theory Model of health behavior change (MTM) (Figure. …

Applying The International Classification Of Functioning, Disability & Health: A Team-Based/Project Based Course For Undergraduate Students, Laurie Schroder

Open Educational Resources

This text is a complete team-based and project-based learning course focused on the application of the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to unique groups of program clients and patients. It is designed to engage undergraduate students in exploration of the different facets of the ICF, in how the ICF differs from medical and social models because of these facets, and how each applies to, and ensures, an awareness of all of the ways in which health affects and is affected by peoples’ characteristics and environments. The text includes readings, digital links, readiness assurance elements, …

Effect Of Cftr Modulators On Respiratory Function In Adults With Cystic Fibrosis, Melissa Severson

Physician Assistant Scholarly Project Posters

CysticFibrosis(CF)isanautosomalrecessivedisorderthatshortensone’slifeduetoitseffectonthecysticfibrosistransmembraneregulator(CFTR)gene.CFTRmodulatormedicationscancorrecttheCFTRgeneandconsistofapotentiator(ivacaftor),andcorrector(lumacaftor,tezacaftorandelexacaftor).ThisresearchandliteraturereviewsoughttoevaluateiflungfunctionimprovedinanindividualwithgeneticallyconfirmedCFafterbeingstartedonCFTRmodulatormedications.Tocompletethereview,sixdatabasesweresearched:CINAHL,PubMed,ClinicalKey,CochraneLibrary,EmbaseandDynamedPlus.BothkeywordandmeshtermswereusedtodefineasetoftheliteraturediscussingCFandCFTRmodulatoruse.Atotalof24studieswereincludedandmettheinclusioncriteriaof:peerreviewed,publishedwithinthepastsixyears,greaterthan20studyparticipants,andwerenotlimitedcasereports.Phase2studieswereincludedforelexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftorandtezacaftor-ivacaftor,duetolimitedresearchinthisarea.Researchindicatedthativacaftorimprovedpercentpredictedforcedexpiratoryvolumeinonesecond(ppFEV1)inindividualswithG551D,non-G551Dgatingmutations,Gly-Asp-CFTRandARG117HISmutations.Elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftorimprovedppFEV1inheterozygousandhomozygousPhe508delgreaterthanivacaftororlumacaftor-ivacaftor.Ivacaftorandlumacaftor-ivacaftormayhaveagedependentchangesonppFEV1.IndividualswithppFEV1<40%appeartohaveapositiveresponsetotreatment,howevertheymayhaveincreasedsideeffectsandresponsemaybedelayed.Additionalresearchisneededonagedependent,longitudinalresponse,andefficacyoftreatment.