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Implementation of a Decision Tree to Address Moral Distress
No full textProblem: According to the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), moral distress (MD) is a major issue in the healthcare profession (2015). Many healthcare workers (HCW) are not aware of MD. The inability to recognize MD may lead to departing the profession.
Purpose: To offer an educational workshop about MD 1) explore the frequency and level of MD (2) establish a decision tree to mitigate MD.
Background: MD occurs when a person understands what they should do but cannot, due to organizational policies. The pandemic has exacerbated MD.
Design: A mixed-method study: Measure of Moral Distress for -Healthcare Professionals (MMD-HP) tool to collect frequency and level of MD before and after education. An assessment of the utility of the decision tree was conducted using a qualitative survey.
Major Findings: The participants displayed a range of 0-253 as the level of moral distress. This study revealed no difference in the level of moral distress before (M= 0.99, SE= 0.17) or after (M =1.6, SE = 0.14) education t(44)= -2.60. p 0.012. Data indicated that age (rs= .35, p\u3e .05), level of education (rs 0.04 p=0.7), and years of experience (rs=0.31, p.03), did not correlate with level and frequency of moral distress. Results indicated the nursing group had significantly higher moral distress as compared to administration, and the ancillary group (Welch\u27s F (2, 24.03) = 17.45, p \u3c .001). The decision tree that the participants created during the intervention was found to be user-friendly.
Keywords: [Moral distress, Decision Tree, MMD-HP
Analyzing Student Self-Efficacy Between Ensembles
No full textStudent self-efficacy is vitally important to skill-building in a performance-based classroom. Unlike other disciplines, band students are expected to publicly perform the work they have done in class. While self-efficacy is a qualitative property, Zelenak has designed the Music Performance Self-Efficacy Scale (MPSES) to quantify the importances of these sources of self-efficacy in instrumental music students (Zelenak, 2015, 391). Looking at what motivates students to excel is an important task for any educator. My research looks to answer the questions, do students in auditioned ensembles exhibit higher levels of self-efficacy than those in non-auditioned ensembles? Using the results of my research and others, I also look at tasks for instrumental music educators to apply to their classroom in order to further build self-efficacy for all students
Middle School Choir Class Advocacy
Get PDFThis research is based on a survey given to surrounding middle school choir teachers regarding if their choir is a class or not in their district. The study looks into the benefits of having choir during the day and as a graded class. The study also analyzes school schedules and how they affect choir during the day. Choral advocacy is addressed and suggestions are given for how to grow a program that isn’t a class; which is the current problem at my school. This study also addresses how choir directors can gain more choral advocacy in their district and increase enrollment in their program if it’s extracurricular. My research results demonstrate that if choir is a class during the day, then enrollment will increase. My research results also highlighted that a new schedule would be needed in order for my school district to do this successfully
Creating a Holistic Music Classroom
Get PDFThis research aimed to investigate if a holistic classroom setting would be beneficial to a music classroom. A holistic classroom focuses on cognitive, social, and emotional needs. By meeting these needs of the students, educators meet the overall learning needs of the students. The following research helps music educators understand that there is a need to create a holistic learning environment for students and create this environment for the student\u27s learning capabilities. The research methods included peer-reviewed journals that focused on creating a holistic environment in a classroom. The research questions used to guide this study were how can teachers create a holistic atmosphere in their classroom and is it important to create this atmosphere ? The research resulted in three different findings. These findings included multiple perspectives, performance indicators, and strategies for implementing a holistic classroom experience. A holistic classroom caters to all the learning needs those students to need to succeed. It is the responsibility of the music educator to create the atmosphere to teach students to become life-long musicians. By utilizing some of the recommendations offered by the research, teachers can cater to the needs and create a safe learning environment for students to grow into future musicians
Idiosyncrasies: Detail 3
No full textIdiosyncrasies: Detail 3 2022 Acrylic, gel medium, and mica powder
Idiosyncrasies is the first triptych I have done in which my artistry has been fully immersed in the work. After experimenting with many different ideas and mediums, I build my canvases, primed them, and then painted them.
While creating these works, I was thinking about unity and balance within color and form. Simultaneously, I wanted each of these works to have different details and stroke to follow the theme of difference between human perspectives. All works are fully painted with a palette knife, adding hue only to scrape it away to reveal underlying colors. The process of my work is heavily influenced by Gerhard Richter’s Abstracts from the 1980s to 2000s.
Outside of painting, these pieces incorporate holographic mica powder – after trial and error with many color changing mediums, I decided the powder achieved my goal. As I want this work to be open to interpretation by every eye met, using a material that literally changed from different point of views was vital. The first layer of mica powder is placed by brushing the powder over areas with applied leaf adhesive. The second and last layer is affixed with a palette knife and mixture of mica, varnish, and media gel. Once the works were complete, I hand-crafted the floating frames using poplar wood.https://kb.gcsu.edu/abundance/1026/thumbnail.jp
Idiosyncrasies: Detail 2
No full textIdiosyncrasies: Detail 2 2022 Acrylic, gel medium, and mica powder
Idiosyncrasies is the first triptych I have done in which my artistry has been fully immersed in the work. After experimenting with many different ideas and mediums, I build my canvases, primed them, and then painted them.
While creating these works, I was thinking about unity and balance within color and form. Simultaneously, I wanted each of these works to have different details and stroke to follow the theme of difference between human perspectives. All works are fully painted with a palette knife, adding hue only to scrape it away to reveal underlying colors. The process of my work is heavily influenced by Gerhard Richter’s Abstracts from the 1980s to 2000s.
Outside of painting, these pieces incorporate holographic mica powder – after trial and error with many color changing mediums, I decided the powder achieved my goal. As I want this work to be open to interpretation by every eye met, using a material that literally changed from different point of views was vital. The first layer of mica powder is placed by brushing the powder over areas with applied leaf adhesive. The second and last layer is affixed with a palette knife and mixture of mica, varnish, and media gel. Once the works were complete, I hand-crafted the floating frames using poplar wood.https://kb.gcsu.edu/abundance/1025/thumbnail.jp
Idiosyncrasies
No full textIdiosyncrasies 2022 Acrylic, gel medium, and mica powder
Idiosyncrasies is the first triptych I have done in which my artistry has been fully immersed in the work. After experimenting with many different ideas and mediums, I build my canvases, primed them, and then painted them.
While creating these works, I was thinking about unity and balance within color and form. Simultaneously, I wanted each of these works to have different details and stroke to follow the theme of difference between human perspectives. All works are fully painted with a palette knife, adding hue only to scrape it away to reveal underlying colors. The process of my work is heavily influenced by Gerhard Richter’s Abstracts from the 1980s to 2000s.
Outside of painting, these pieces incorporate holographic mica powder – after trial and error with many color changing mediums, I decided the powder achieved my goal. As I want this work to be open to interpretation by every eye met, using a material that literally changed from different point of views was vital. The first layer of mica powder is placed by brushing the powder over areas with applied leaf adhesive. The second and last layer is affixed with a palette knife and mixture of mica, varnish, and media gel. Once the works were complete, I hand-crafted the floating frames using poplar wood.https://kb.gcsu.edu/abundance/1023/thumbnail.jp
Wired: Better Days
No full textWired: Better Days 2022 Mixed media works consisting of resin, acrylic, and three-dimensional objects
In Wired, a series of mixed media works consisting of resin, acrylic, and three-dimensional objects, I bring awareness to mental health by illustrating pills in patterns. Scattered pills are a common thread among the works to illustrate that medication is the primary route as opposed to nontraditional therapy, such as cognitive behavioral. With this, I briefly delve into chemical imbalances as a side effect. My work invites the viewer to think and experience second hand the life of the one in five adults who live with mental illness. I chose to work symbolically to keep the viewer’s attention on the important message rather than the intricacy of my work. My work is easy to digest but facilitates discussion as it lingers in the mind.https://kb.gcsu.edu/abundance/1020/thumbnail.jp