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Juan and Manuelita Galvan
No full textPortait of Husband Juan and Wife Manuelita Galvan posing for the pictur
Nursing graduates’ preparedness for practice: Substantiating the call for competency-evaluated nursing education
No full textPractice readiness continues to be a challenge in healthcare. This was especially evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. This focused descriptive–correlational study examined nurses’ perceived preparedness for practice during the pandemic. One hundred and eighty-four registered nurses (RN) responded to Qualtrics survey questions addressing the competencies they perceived they had and the competencies they felt they needed that would have better prepared them to care for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results demonstrated that although these nurses felt competent in certain areas, they perceived that they needed more education in those same areas to feel better prepared. Bivariate correlations and linear regression analysis indicated that institutional competency development, education, and work experience influenced perceived competency.This research received no external funding
Alicia and Bobby Galvan with Bobby Jr
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The relationship between ego resiliency, social support, and religousness/spirituality of African American college students attending non-historically Black colleges and universities
Get PDFA dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in COUNSELOR EDUCATION from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas.Many African American college students who attend non-Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) face daily overt and covert racism. Many can approach the situation all while controlling their emotions. When faced with unexpected interruptions in the day, it is helpful to access one’s ego resiliency. The primary purpose of this quantitative study was to determine if social support (SS) and religiousness/spirituality (RS) could predict ego resiliency (ER). A second purpose of the study was to determine the magnitude of relationship between variables. The sample for the study consisted of 79 African American college students attending non-HBCUs. The participants included both undergraduate and graduate students. The students were enrolled part time or fulltime at 2- or 4-year colleges and universities, face-to-face or online. All participants received a Qualtrics link to complete the study. The survey link included (a) the informed consent, (b) demographic information, (c) The Ego Resiliency Scale, (d) Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and (e) three scales from the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness and Spirituality. The findings of a linear multiple regression analysis indicated that ego resiliency (ER) can be predicted by having social support (SS) and religiousness/spirituality (RS) and it is a statistically significant model. The analysis also indicated that there is a moderate relationship between ER and SS, ER and RS, and SS and RS.Counseling & Educational PsychologyCollege of Education and Human Developmen
A health literacy education initiative to improve breast cancer knowledge in minority women
Get PDFA dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Nursing Practice.Background: Patient education is essential for ensuring compliance with screening mammograms and is a crucial tool for healthcare providers supporting preventative health measures with Breast Cancer Screening (BCS). Purpose: To combat low health literacy related to breast cancer (BC) in primary care settings, a health literacy education initiative was introduced to minority female patients within the ages 40-74. Methods: A pre- and post-design was used to implement an educational initiative, based on the Breast Cancer Health Literacy Assessment Tool (BCLAT), which assesses women’s knowledge regarding prevention, knowledge and screening, and awareness. Results: This Quality Improvement (QI) project’s findings reflect a 6.7% increase in knowledge overall during a three-month period compared to pre-intervention. Of the 26 female participants, 17 (65%) completed their mammogram and 9 (35%) did not have a mammogram done at the end of the 12-weeks. Implications: This QI project proved positive outcomes for increasing breast cancer knowledge through an education initiative and increasing screening mammogram completion rates.Nursing PracticeCollege of Nursing and Health Scienc
Long range gene flow beyond predictions from oceanographic transport in a tropical marine foundation species
No full textThe transport of passively dispersed organisms across tropical margins remains poorly understood. Hypotheses of oceanographic transportation potential lack testing with large scale empirical data. To address this gap, we used the seagrass species, Halodule wrightii, which is unique in spanning the entire tropical Atlantic. We tested the hypothesis that genetic differentiation estimated across its large-scale biogeographic range can be predicted by simulated oceanographic transport. The alternative hypothesis posits that dispersal is independent of ocean currents, such as transport by grazers. We compared empirical genetic estimates and modelled predictions of dispersal along the distribution of H. wrightii. We genotyped eight microsatellite loci on 19 populations distributed across Atlantic Africa, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, Brazil and developed a biophysical model with high-resolution ocean currents. Genetic data revealed low gene flow and highest differentiation between (1) the Gulf of Mexico and two other regions: (2) Caribbean-Brazil and (3) Atlantic Africa. These two were more genetically similar despite separation by an ocean. The biophysical model indicated low or no probability of passive dispersal among populations and did not match the empirical genetic data. The results support the alternative hypothesis of a role for active dispersal vectors like grazers.This work was funded by Portuguese National Funds from FCT—Foundation for Science and Technology, through UIDB/04326/2020, UIDP/04326/2020, LA/P/0101/2020, PTDC/BIA-CBI/6515/2020, and fellowships SFRH/BD/138182/2018, SFRH/BSAB/150485/2019, the transitional norm-DL57/2016/CP1361/CT0035, the Individual Call to Scientifc Employment Stimulus 2022.00861.CEECIND, project MARAFRICA: AGA-KHAN/540316524/2019, and by a Pew Marine Fellowship to EAS. Te sampling collections were supported by projects LuandaWaterFront AGKN -FCT-333191101, by the MAVA Foundation projects ResilienSEA, "Consolidation of sea turtle conservation at the Bijagós, Guinea-Bissau" granted to the Instituto da Biodiversidade e das Áreas Protegidas da Guiné-Bissau (IBAP), "PNBA-site emblématique pour les tortues" granted to the National Park of the Banc d’Arguin, project "Survie des Tortues Marines” PRCM/STM POOOA4/OA9 by PRCM (Partenariat Régional pour la Conser vation de la zone côtière et Marine en Afrique de l’Ouest), EU-H20202 854248 (Tropibio), EU-BiodivERsA program, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência para o Desenvolvimento (Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian), FCT scholarship attributed to RLF (SFRH/BD/73947/2010), the Scientifc Council of the National Park of the Banc d’Arguin (funded by BACOMAB) and by the BLUE ROUTE project (PT-INNOVATION-0072—Preparing the new OCEAN economy 2030: the blue route of discovery). Tis study received support from the Portuguese node of EMBRC-ERIC, specifcally EMBRC.PT ALG-01-0145-FEDER-022121 and funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme through project Assemble Plus under grant agreement No. 8329
Concert in Artesian Park
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Tagging Pelicans at Mustang Island
No full textBlankinship (on the left)preparing the tag , Emilie Payne (in the center)and R. Pirke King (on the right) holding a pelican as they tagging Pelicans at Mustang Islan
Close Angled View of Funeral flowers
No full textLeft Angled View of Funeral flowers wreaths and piles of bouquet covering a caske