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Health Care Providers’ Perception Of The Barriers In Practice In Addressing Childhood Obesity, Ernestine Iona Brown

Nursing Masters

Childhood obesity has been identified as a major health problem in America. It has been deemed a social and economical problem that has significantly impacted the health of American youth (Small, Anderson, & Melnyk, 2007). The prevalence of childhood obesity has been associated with the development of chronic illnesses in the pediatric population, such as diabetes type 2 and hypertension, which more commonly impacted adults. Health care providers are essential to intervening with obese children in an appropriate environment. Currently there are barriers in communication on this topic dilemma between parents and health care providers.

Allied Health, Carol L. Watwood

DLPS Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Undergraduate Nursing Students' Perceptions Of Preparedness As They Prepare To Graduate, Julie Simmons

Nursing Masters

Background: Nursing students in their final semester before graduation often have feelings of anxiety as they face unique challenges that come with the transition from a protective educational environment to the roles and responsibilities of a new graduate staff nurse. Factors such as increasing responsibility and clinical workload and the continuing development of clinical and time management skills may contribute to feelings of anxiety and insecurity. New graduate nurses are recognized as a valuable resource due to the chronic and increasing shortage of registered nurses as seasoned nurses approach retirement, baby boomers age, and the need for health care grows. …

Identification Of A Phytase Gene In Barley (Hordeum Vulgare L.), Fei Dai, Long Qiu, Lingzhen Ye, Dezhi Wu, Meixue Zhou, Guoping Zhang

Publications

BACKGROUND: Endogenous phytase plays a crucial role in phytate degradation and is thus closely related to nutrient efficiency in barley products. The understanding of genetic information of phytase in barley can provide a useful tool for breeding new barley varieties with high phytase activity. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis for phytase activity was conducted using a doubled haploid population. Phytase protein was purified and identified by the LC-ESI MS/MS Shotgun method. Purple acid phosphatase (PAP) gene was sequenced and the position was compared with the QTL controlling phytase activity. A major QTL for phytase activity was mapped to …

Opinions About Anti-Tobacco Marketing Strategies From The Undergraduate Student Perspective, Kara Jachcinski, Meranda Block, Caitlin Berry, Lauren Paczkowski, Emily Bernhard, Nathan Matejczyk

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

The purpose of this project was to assess undergraduate college students’ opinions of anti-tobacco marketing strategies. The college environment offers an excellent setting for implementation of smoking abstinence interventions for young adults. Freshmen students at Valparaiso University were invited to join group sessions in the residence halls to evaluate anti-tobacco YouTube videos, print materials, and Quit Kit materials. Undergraduate nursing students functioned as group session facilitators. Participants (N = 39) included: 59% males, 87% non-smokers, and 92% who chose to attend for CORE credit. YouTube videos were found to be effective if a dramatic, age appropriate, simple message was connected …

Beyond The Volcanoes: A Community Partnership For Health In Rural Nicaragua, Chelsea Zeman, Cathy Wingstrom

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

Background: Health inequities related to gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and geography exist in rural Nicaragua due in part to lack of access to health services. The purpose of this ongoing project is to improve health equity in rural Nicaragua through social transformation using community-based participatory action research. Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model of human development, school health, and primary health care theories provided the framework for this research. Methods: Community-based participatory action research involves six phases: partnership, assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination. In the implementation phase, the goal was to build stoves that would remove smoke from the homes and in …

Crossing The Border: Improving Therapeutic Relationships Between First Generation Mexican Americans And Western Health Providers, Meg Petron

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

In health care, the needs of the patient are always first and determine the course of patient care. Due to the strong presence of Mexican Americans in the United States, and consequently the nation's hospitals, their expectations may be influenced by cultural norms. The aim of this presentation is to give health care providers the information they need to deal with Mexican cultural norms, traditional Mexican folk remedies, and general preexisting notions about Western health care. This information is necessary to create patient-client trust and, subsequently, a therapeutic relationship between patient and practitioner.

Best Practice For Insomnia Patients At A Sleep Center, Jennifer Bronnenberg, Rachshun Hampton, Kelli Martin, Rachael Mckay, Jessica Sneed

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

Sleep disorders affect millions of people worldwide. The purpose of this project was to determine if individuals with sleep disorders can achieve better outcomes with treatment that includes education classes and cognitive therapy than with current treatments which utilize medication and equipment. Seven articles, obtained from a search of CINAHL, JBI, Medline, and Psych Info, were reviewed and critiqued. Studies contained samples of men and women with sleep disorders, reviews of previous studies, and reviews of effective alternative treatments. Designs included systematic reviews, meta-analysis, randomized control, longitudinal two group pre-test posttest, and a narrative review. Findings showed that when traditional …

Relationship Between Health Literacy And Educational Materials, Jacqueline O'Reiley, Jennifer Bronnenberg, Brittany O'Reiley, Jennifer Sechrist, Katherine Jankauski, Carole Pepa, Constance Lemley

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

No abstract provided.

Structured Algorithm For Error Reduction In Chemotherapy Administration, Marianne Bundalian Tejada

Nursing Faculty Presentations

Purpose. To develop an evidence-based structured algorithm tool that might be used by nursing leaders at a cancer center to decrease chemotherapy medication errors.

Background. In spite of available technology and known factors resulting in medication errors, chemotherapy errors remain the major cause of iatrogenic patient morbidity in hospitals (Gilbar, 2001; Heidt et al., 2001 ). A major risk factor for chemotherapy errors is lack of standardization in administration (ordering, dispensing, administration, monitoring). Failure to identify necessary staff skills/aptitude required to prevent errors may also be problematic.

Significance. Use of the developed algorithm may lead to development of evidence-based strategies …

Pain Quality Descriptors In Persons With Limb Loss, Angelica I. Garcia, Cecile B. Evans

College of Health Sciences Poster Presentations

Background: Phantom limb pain is very common, and its pain quality descriptors give insight to the lived experience of phantom limb pain.

Significance: This study reports unique phantom limb pain quality descriptor categories.

Student Behaviors In A Virtual Reality-Based Clinical Setting: Lessons Learned, Jane Elizabeth Classen, Kelley Connor, Maximillian Veltman

College of Health Sciences Poster Presentations

Nursing simulations in Virtual Reality (VR) are increasingly becoming a valuable tool utilized in nursing education world-wide to enhance learning and provide additional contextual learning experiences. Although technology is becoming more user-friendly, there is still a need for technological support being provided to nursing students. This project identified student support needs that were necessary for VR nursing simulations.

Acceptance Of The Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Amount College Age Adults: Survey Research, Emily Pippo

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduation requirement for BSU Honors Program.

Barriers & Incentives To Obtaining A Bachelor Of Science Degree In Nursing, Tiffany Boring, Brianna Burnette

Graduate Research Projects

No abstract provided.

Chhs April 2011 E-Newsletter, Dr. John Bonaguro, Dean, Vashon S. Wells, Editor, Wku College Of Health & Human Services

College of Health & Human Services Publications

No abstract provided.

The College Of Health & Human Services [Annual Report], Wku College Of Health & Human Services, Dr. John Bonaguro, Dean

College of Health & Human Services Publications

No abstract provided.

Colorful Perspectives: Caring For Sick Children In Pune, India, Rachael Butterfield

Inquiry Journal 2011

No abstract provided.

Sleeping In Safety: A Study Of Nurse Anesthetists In Ghana, Lauren Kasparian

Inquiry Journal 2011

No abstract provided.

Caring For Women: A Profile Of The Midwifery Workforce In Massachusetts, Christa M. Kelleher, Dorothy Brewin

Publications from the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy

This profile of the Commonwealth’s midwifery workforce provides state-level data on the demographic characteristics, employment context, and practice scope of midwives. It also offers a snapshot of populations served by mid-wives and public policy issues that affect midwives and midwifery care in Massachusetts. The report is based on a survey administered to midwives living and/or working in the state supplemented by in-depth interviews with five midwives, one obstetrician, and one state public health official. This report uniquely analyzes data collected from both certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) and directentry midwives (DEMs), including certified professional midwives (CPMs); this summary distinguishes between these two …

Fibromyalgia Self-Care Management: Use Of Essential Oils, Regina Ann Sacco Izu Phd

Dissertations

Fibromyalgia is a female dominant chronic syndrome of diffuse muscle pain on palpation of at least 11 of 18 syndrome-associated tender points present for 3 months or longer. There is no cure. Self-care management involving multimodal integrative medicine approaches may increase treatment involvement resulting in a sense of control and pain relief. This embedded, single case study explored 'how' and 'why' an informant with fibromyalgia chose to initiate and continue self-care management using essential oils over several years to treat symptoms within context reality. Orem's Self-Care Deficit Model and the Principles of Integrative Medicine from the University of Arizona formed …

Uh-Oh To Oh Yeah: A Nurse Driven Urinary Catheter Removal Protocol, Nancy Dirico Msn, Rn, Cmsrn, Bonnie Kosman Msn, Rn, Ne-Bc, Nha

Patient Care Services / Nursing

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of A Community-Based Hospice Experience On Attitudes And Self Perceived Competencies Of Senior Nursing Students, Irene Gilliland

Nursing Theses and Dissertations

Death is a universal phenomenon. Of all health professionals, the nurse is the most likely one to be present at the time of death. Although nursing curricula provide mandatory clinical experiences in labor and delivery, pediatrics, psychiatry and adult medical surgical areas, there is no mandatory requirement for a clinical experience with death. In fact, before 1999, there was not even a requirement to teach about death and dying in undergraduate nursing curricula. As a result, students (who later become nurses), feel unprepared to take care of dying patients. Because death has meanings beyond just the cessation of vital signs, …

Compassionate Care, The Patient Perspective, Lori Burnell Phd

Dissertations

Professional mandates call for nurses to respond with compassion (e.g., American Nurses Association [ANA] Code of Ethics, International Council of Nurses [ICN]) and countless hospital mission and vision statements prominently display compassion as their fundamental purpose. As a component of healthcare and nursing models, however, defining characteristics and standards are inconsistent. Compassion as a means of establishing a connection on a spiritual level abounds in the literature (Buck, 2006; Grant, 2004; O'Brien, 2008; Schultz et al., 2007) and is documented as a nursing requirement (e.g., ANA, ICN); however, it remains virtually uncharted from the lens of the patient. Through interpretive …

Data Transparency To Get Results, Donna Farley Rn, Cmsrn, Saranya Phadungchevite Bsn, Rn, Tami Meltsch Bsn, Rn, Pccn, Cnml.

Patient Care Services / Nursing

No abstract provided.

Patient And Family Centered Care Within Our Older Adult Population, Diana Pabon-Hurtzig Msn, Mba, Rn, Cmsrn

Patient Care Services / Nursing

No abstract provided.

Can Water Professionals Transform Pharmaceutical Disposal Practices Of Hospice Nurses?, Jennifer L. Mccoy, Kimberly P. Holland

Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects

This project is an explanatory case study that illustrates the problems associated with pharmaceutical disposal in regard to water quality. The purpose of the study is to investigate the current pharmaceutical disposal practices of hospice nurses, the attitudes of hospice nurses regarding current pharmaceutical disposal practices, and explore ways to educate the hospice community about the concerns associated with flushing pharmaceuticals. The study consisted of reviewing secondary research, completing a survey, forming a focus group, implementing a pilot study, and developing an education plan and outreach materials.

The researchers partnered with two local nonprofit organizations, Georgia Association of Water Professionals …

Balancing The Scale: Directions For Future Research For Perinatal Advanced Practice Nurses, Lisa Hanson, Leona Vandevusse, Heidi Paquette

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Quality And Cost Analysis Of Nurse Staffing, Discharge Preparation, And Postdischarge Utilization, Marianne E. Weiss, Olga Yakusheva, Kathleen Bobay

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

Objectives. To determine the impact of unit-level nurse staffing on quality of discharge teaching, patient perception of discharge readiness, and postdischarge readmission and emergency department (ED) visits, and cost-benefit of adjustments to unit nurse staffing.

Data Sources. Patient questionnaires, electronic medical records, and administrative data for 1,892 medical–surgical patients from 16 nursing units within four acute care hospitals between January and July 2008.

Design. Nested panel data with hospital and unit-level fixed effects and patient and unit-level control variables.

Data Collection/Extraction. Registered nurse (RN) staffing was recorded monthly in hours-per-patient-day. Patient questionnaires were completed before discharge. Thirty-day readmission and ED …

Fit Into College: A Program To Improve Physical Activity And Dietary Intake Lifestyles Among College Students, Robert V. Topp, Jean S. Edward, S. Lee Ridner, Dean E. Jacks, Karen Newton, Patricia Keiffner, Deborah Woodall, Kathleen P. Conte

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

The purpose of this study was to determine whether a 10-week program could improve physical activity, physical fitness, body weight, dietary intake, and perceptions of exercise and diet among college 30 healthy college freshmen. Outcomes were measured at baseline, and following the 10-week program. The weekly sessions incorporated constructs of the Transtheoretical Model of Health Behavior Change and were administered by fitness interns who were junior or senior college students enrolled in health-related majors. The participants presented with low physical activity, physical fitness, and poor dietary intake, and 50% were overweight/obese (BMI > 25). Participants demonstrated gains in their physical fitness …

The Adverse Effects Of The Cardiopulmonary Bypass Machine, Shannon Renee Steidl

Senior Honors Theses

Throughout the United States, the use of the cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) machine during cardiac surgery has become a widely employed practice. Although this machine has simplified cardiac surgery by allowing the heart to be stopped, the technology also causes adverse effects on a patient’s body and cognitive functions. These include complications of the inflammatory system, heart, lungs, kidneys, and brain. Using the CPB can not only cause physical harm, but it can also lead to cognitive decline that can affect the patient’s quality of life. Studying the CPB in terms of its adverse effects is imperative to making any effort …