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Engaging Older Adults With Parkinson's Disease In Physical Activity Using Technology, Melinda Hermanns Mar 2019

Engaging Older Adults With Parkinson's Disease In Physical Activity Using Technology, Melinda Hermanns

Barbara Haas

A presentation on a feasibility study at the Beta Alpha Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, in March 2017.


Using An "Escape Room" Toolbox Approach To Enhance Pharmacology Education, Melinda Hermanns, Belinda Deal, Ann M. C, Shawn Hillhouse, J. Brian Opella, Casey Faigle, Robert H. Campbell Iv Mar 2019

Using An "Escape Room" Toolbox Approach To Enhance Pharmacology Education, Melinda Hermanns, Belinda Deal, Ann M. C, Shawn Hillhouse, J. Brian Opella, Casey Faigle, Robert H. Campbell Iv

Barbara Haas

Background: Faculty are encouraged to use a variety of teaching/learning strategies to engage nursing students. While simulation and games are now common, there were no reports in the nursing literature using an “escape room” concept. Escape rooms use an entertainment approach as teams engage in critical thinking to solve puzzles and find clues to escape a room. In the classroom setting, this concept is modified to solve a mystery by finding various objects through a series of puzzles to locate clues. Some of these games involve finding numerical clues to open locks on a box, such as a toolbox. The …


Case Study Of Persons With Cancer Participating In A Community-Based Exercise Program: An Exploration Of Meaning And Change, Barbara K. Haas, Melinda Hermanns, Christina Melin-Johanson Nov 2017

Case Study Of Persons With Cancer Participating In A Community-Based Exercise Program: An Exploration Of Meaning And Change, Barbara K. Haas, Melinda Hermanns, Christina Melin-Johanson

Barbara Haas

Increasingly, research supports the importance of incorporating exercise into the cancer care paradigm. While quantitative studies have substantiated the significant effects of exercise on physical functioning, the individual’s perspective of participating in an exercise program has rarely been considered. The purpose of this study was to explain the impact of a community based exercise program on the lives of persons with cancer and their caregivers. Based on Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory, a single explanatory case study with multiple embedded units of analyses was conducted. Interviews were conducted with 10 individuals representing participants with cancer, their caregivers, and health care providers. …


Effect Of Tai Chi On Vascular Function Among Patients With Peripheral Neuropathy, Arturo A. Arce-Esquivel, Joyce E. Ballard, Barbara K. Haas, Melinda Hermanns, Carol A. Rizer, Gary T. Kimmel, Yong T. Wang Nov 2017

Effect Of Tai Chi On Vascular Function Among Patients With Peripheral Neuropathy, Arturo A. Arce-Esquivel, Joyce E. Ballard, Barbara K. Haas, Melinda Hermanns, Carol A. Rizer, Gary T. Kimmel, Yong T. Wang

Barbara Haas

Foot pain due to Peripheral Neuropathy (PN) is one of the factors affecting walking ability. It has been reported that diminished vascular function contributes to a decrease in physical function in individuals with PN. Microvascular disturbances have been reported in humans with neuropathic pain. Tai Chi, a Chinese conditioning exercise, has been associated with enhanced endothelial function. However, the effect of Tai Chi training on microvascular function in patients with PN has not been studied. This study aimed to assess the effects of Tai Chi on vascular function (i.e., vascular reactivity) and functional exercise capacity among patients with PN. Thirty-seven …


Point In Time The Fitsteps For Life Exercise Program Improves Quality Of Life Of Persons With Cancer, Barbara Haas, Gary Kimmel, Melinda Hermanns May 2016

Point In Time The Fitsteps For Life Exercise Program Improves Quality Of Life Of Persons With Cancer, Barbara Haas, Gary Kimmel, Melinda Hermanns

Barbara Haas

This poster was presented at the National Collegiate Honors College Conference in Fall of 2014 at Denver, Colorado.