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Illinois Wesleyan University

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2014

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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Henry '14 Selected For Moma Internship, Kim Hill Apr 2014

Henry '14 Selected For Moma Internship, Kim Hill

News and Events

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Evans '14 Tapped For Library Of Congress Internship, Kim Hill Apr 2014

Evans '14 Tapped For Library Of Congress Internship, Kim Hill

News and Events

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Duffee ’14 Named Technos Award Winner, Tia Patsavas Apr 2014

Duffee ’14 Named Technos Award Winner, Tia Patsavas

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Carving The Perfect Citizen: The Adventures Of Italian Pinocchio In The Soviet Union And The United States, Rachel Branson Jan 2014

Carving The Perfect Citizen: The Adventures Of Italian Pinocchio In The Soviet Union And The United States, Rachel Branson

Honors Projects

Approaches to what exactly a fairy tale should accomplish and how it accomplishes it are varied. Nevertheless, however diverse the conclusions of different fairy-tale genre studies may be, they all come to a similar result: a fairy tale is a representation of cultural perspective and understanding that acts as an important socialization tool, whether it teaches its audience how to understand and mitigate basic fears and human functions or reinforces an existing moral and social structure. Maria Tatar, a contemporary folktale and fairy tale scholar, writes that the "staying power" of fairy tales "suggests that they must be addressing issues …


Development Of A Measure Of Nurse Vigilance From The Patient ' S Perspective: A Content Validity Study, Jennifer Boll Jan 2014

Development Of A Measure Of Nurse Vigilance From The Patient ' S Perspective: A Content Validity Study, Jennifer Boll

Honors Projects

Problem: Since the landmark Institute of Medicine report, To Err is Human, was published in 1999, patient safety has become a major concern in healthcare systems. Although attention is being given to patient safety and preventing patient morbidity and mortality, experts indicate that little progress has been made in decreasing healthcare errors. Vigilance is a phenomenon often identified in the literature as a means to promote patient safety and well-being. Purpose: The aim of this study was to establish content validity in a newly developed instrument designed to measure nurse vigilance from a patient perspective. Method: Generated 130 items and …