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Reducing Nurse Burnout Through Guided Meditation: A Quality Improvement Project
Full text linkNurse burnout poses significant physical, emotional, and financial consequences to the healthcare practice, including decreased quality of patient care, staff shortages, increased risk of medical errors, and substantial costs associated with turnover. While efforts to support staff wellbeing exist, many healthcare organizations do not hold formal policies specifically addressing nurse burnout. The aim of this quality improvement project qwas to evaluate the impact of guided meditation on nurse burnout. This project followed a four-phase implementation process consisting of participant recruitment, informational preparation sessions, daily engagement in guided meditation sessions over 6 weeks, and post-intervention evaluation. Data was collected via secure Qualtrics links using pre- and post-intervention surveys, with responses analyzed to assess changes in burnout levels and determine the effectiveness of the intervention. Post-intervention results demonstrated notable reductions in client-related burnout and personal burnout, with minimal change in work-related burnout. Despite the improvement in personal burnout and client-related burnout scores, these changes did not reach statistical significance, likely due to the small sample size; however, they highlight the potential of guided meditation as a feasible intervention for future QI initiatives. . The goal of this project is to strengthen the nursing workforce by promoting awareness of the critical need to reduce nurse burnout and prioritize the mental health and well-being of registered nurses
Implementing a Standardized Protocol in Primary Care to Improve Depression Screening and Management in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Quality Improvement
Full text linkDepression is a prevalent comorbidity in individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), affecting up to 30% of this population and contributing to poor glycemic control, increased complications, and decreased adherence to treatment regimens. Despite evidence supporting the integration of mental health care in diabetes management, depression screening remains underutilized in primary care settings due to workflow challenges, insufficient provider training, and limited integration of behavioral health services. This Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) quality improvement (QI) project aimed to implement and evaluate a standardized depression screening and management protocol for adult patients with T2DM in a South Florida primary care clinic. The intervention involved patient and provider education, systematic use of the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), and insurance of streamlined referrals to behavioral health services. Screening rates, referral completion, and patient outcomes such as PHQ-9 scores and glycemic control (HbA1c, pre- and postprandial blood glucose levels) were tracked over a 4-week period. Informed by the health belief model, the project emphasized the role of perceived benefits, barriers, and selfefficacy in facilitating behavior change among patients and providers. A pre/post-test design was used. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze baseline data from 10 participants. One patient screened positive on the PHQ-2 and was found to have moderately severe depression based on the PHQ-9, resulting in a timely referral to behavioral health services. The mean HbA1c across participants was 8.08%, indicating suboptimal glycemic control. Although statistical tests revealed no significant associations between age, gender, and HbA1c levels, findings underscore the feasibility 3 and value of incorporating depression screening into routine diabetes management. This project demonstrates the potential of structured screening to improve integrated care delivery and patient outcomes in high-risk populations
The Influence of Adverse Mental Health Outcomes on Unhealthy Eating Habits among Latino/a immigrants in South Florida.
Full text linkThis analytical cross-sectional study of 493 Latino/a immigrants in South Florida examined whether fatalism moderates the relationships between depressive symptoms, immigration stress, and unhealthy dietary behaviors. While fatalism did not significantly modify these associations, higher depressive symptoms and greater immigration stress were each linked to more frequent consumption of unhealthy foods, particularly sweets. Findings highlight the need to address mental health and sociocultural factors in developing culturally tailored dietary interventions for Latino/a immigrant communities
The Heat Divide: Income, Education, and Hypertension in Florida
Full text linkExamines how income, education, and extreme heat shape hypertension risks in Florida communities
Chapters from the library: Grecia Lastra
No full textChapters from the library is an FIU library oral history project which was designed to share with the world a snapshot of the different individuals that make our FIU library special. In addition, it gives library staff & faculty a chance to show their uniqueness, intelligence, and creativeness that they bring to the library and to their own lives.
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Bach and Mozart and Space and Time
Full text linkKarol Berger’s influential study, Bach’s Cycle, Mozart’s Arrow, argues that
“what matters to Bach . . . is not the linear flow of time from past to future . . . Rather, time is made to follow a circular route or neutralized. . . . Mozart and his contemporaries “straighten[ed] the temporal cycle into an arrow.”
The present essay suggests that, in considering the music of Bach and Mozart we are not dealing with two different concepts of time but rather with two different analogies: one with space, the other with time. It argues that, for Bach, the spatial metaphor is more helpful than a temporal one.
Bach’s music is concerned with movement through a tonal “space” filled with objects of interest for us to perceive right now. Bach’s focus is generally on the present, eventful scene at any given moment. Mozart and his contemporaries, in contrast, perfected the means of dramatizing the process of harmonic modulation. The aesthetic interest is now on expectation as much as on what is happening now.
Mozart the Dramatist “relates” suspenseful stories with a beginning, middle and end. Bach, especially in his didactic instrumental compositions, “explores” intricate architectonic structures held together and put into perspective by the gravitational force of functional tonality.
The difference is not so much, a contrast of two temporal metaphors—arrows and cycles—but rather of a metaphor of time and another of space
A Journal of Our Own: Empowering Library Scholarship through Athenaeum
No full textThis presentation will explore the transformation of Athenaeum, FIU Libraries’ publishing platform, into a formal peer-reviewed journal. The editors will discuss the rebranding, creating and developing inclusive editorial policies, and updating the blind peer review process that supports the research of FIU Libraries’ faculty, staff, and occasional external collaborators. Reflecting on challenges, lessons learned, and how a sustainable editorial infrastructure contributes to long-term continuity of the new journal, the session will guide others interested in launching online journals. A call for submissions will invite attendees to contribute, reinforcing Athenaeum as a community-centered space for scholarly impact and engagement
Engage and Inspire: Presentation Mastery through Storytelling with PowerPoint
Full text linkThis presentation is used for a workshop that teaches presentation skills, including slide design, storytelling, delivery, and basic PowerPoint skills. The goal of this workshop is to help students understand their audience so they can create and deliver impactful and compelling presentations. Students will develop an understanding of persuasive storytelling and work on their professional slide creation and delivery skills