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Empowering Maternal Resilience: A Prenatal Education Program for Mothers and Their Chosen Support Persons for Postpartum Depression
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Maternal Postnatal Depressive Symptoms and Its Effects on Infant Bonding
Get PDFThe objective of this thesis is to gain insight on precipitating factors that increase postpartum mother’s depressive symptoms, including stress and anxiety, and how attachment is influenced. Maternal-infant bonding is defined as the emotional relationship and interaction between mother and infant. Postnatal depressive symptoms typically are under-diagnosed due to a lack of education and the stigma of believing that the effects are “normal” consequences of motherhood. Those affected may not seek professional help. Unrealistic expectations about bonding with their infants can have a negative mental health impact on mothers and influence infants’ behaviors. High expectations of needing to be a perfect mother or not meeting certain goals for their child’s care can make mothers feel unaccomplished, increase stress and frustration, lead to parental burnout, and in severe cases, resentment towards their infant. Many factors impact maternal experiences in the postpartum phase, including economic stressors and marital differences, but most importantly infant behaviors. Mothers who struggle to meet their infant’s needs, such as feeding, diaper changes, or sleeping arrangements may encounter negative infant reactivity emotions, which only deepens their depression.
To investigate, primary research articles about mother-infant attachment and bonding and causes of ineffective attachment were examined. A plan for future study will include the Maternal Role Attainment Theory by Ramona Mercer. The study will use a prospective longitudinal mixed methods design. Two hundred pregnant women will be followed until one-year postpartum. Quantitative data collection will include surveys asking about mother’s anxiety on a rating scale. Qualitative data will be gathered on infants’ emotional reactivity when stressed and interventions used by mothers to console them. This research may offer insights that aids nurses in providing effective care for mothers with postpartum depression and their newborns.https://scholar.dominican.edu/nursing-student-research-posters/1009/thumbnail.jp
Comprehensive investigation of the role of CD38 in ovarian NAD+ metabolism and reproductive aging
No full textNicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is a cofactor and coenzyme found in all living cells and is crucial for energy metabolism and tissue homeostasis. It is well documented that several tissues exhibit an age-related NAD+ decline which is strongly associated with aging and age-associated diseases. While the underlying cause of NAD+ decline is unknown, one possibility is that the major NAD+ consuming enzyme, CD38, may drive tissue NAD+ decline during aging. Several studies have previously reported that NAD+ precursor supplementation or CD38 inhibition increased tissue NAD+ levels, overall health, and lifespan in mice.
Women experience an irreversible decline in reproductive health with advancing age; however, the underlying mechanisms contributing are largely unknown. Recent studies report that NAD+ levels decrease with age in the ovary and may contribute to declining oocyte quality and infertility. Importantly, restoring ovarian NAD+ levels via precursor supplementation increased ovarian NAD+ levels, oocyte quality, and rescued fertility in aged female mice. These studies emphasize the importance of NAD+ within the ovarian microenvironment. However, the mechanisms responsible for the ovarian NAD+ decline remain unclear.
For the first time, we report the localization of ovarian CD38 and its impact on the immune profile during aging. Breeding trials, follicular counts, and NAD+ measurements comparing CD38 KO and WT mice indicate a strong phenotypic difference in young mouse ovaries and fertility, however, this phenotypic change was not maintained during reproductive aging. In addition, we have found that the lack of CD38 impacts the timeline of the initial ovarian reserve establishment. We find that the genetic ablation of CD38 may be beneficial in young reproductive life, but is not protective in female fertility during aging
The Course of COVID: How Has the Pandemic Changed the Ways Therapists Use Art in Their Therapeutic Practice?
Get PDFIn 2020, the global pandemic fundamentally changed our everyday lives personally and professionally. The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of COVID-19 on the art therapy profession: the challenges of shifting to telehealth, managing work/life balance, confronting new realities around notions of privacy and confidentiality, and adapting the materials used in sessions. The necessary innovations and adjustments also revealed the unexpected benefits the pandemic and online therapy platforms provided. The researcher was interested in exploring the challenges and benefits of telehealth, the changes to the practical and essential qualities of the art therapy session, the therapeutic relationship, and the overall effectiveness of art therapy under new and very different circumstances. This research study strove to explore these questions through both quantitative and qualitative measures and to connect with art therapists around the world in order to include their experiences in the data. Seventy-four art therapists responded to an online demographic survey and questionnaire of which nine participated in a 60-minute one-on-one online interview. Results were gathered from the quantitative and qualitative data. Inferential statistical analysis employed a Chi-square test to determine statistically significant differences in frequency of response to the online survey questions. The interview data were interpreted using a reflexive thematic analysis approach. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the necessity and importance of technology for the art therapy profession. Future research will be crucial to take what art therapists have learned about the importance of flexibility and adaptability in their approach to art therapy practice, at the same time maintaining high standards of ethical and effective treatment. Hopefully, this study has made a small but useful contribution
Caffeine Usage and Effects on Quality of Life, Clinical Performance, and Safety Among Nurses
Get PDFBackground: The purpose of this investigation is to examine the effects of caffeine consumption on the nurse’s quality of life. It also will explore the relationship between caffeine consumption, nurses\u27 clinical performance, and patient safety. Nurses often endure long hours with demanding tasks to ensure client health and safety. Long work shifts and low margins for error can be taxing, which could result in fatigue, poorer sleep, and increased risk for mistakes. Caffeine is an accepted and effective option for combating fatigue and boosting alertness short term. Questions arise about whether caffeine is beneficial or if consumption causes a decrease in the nurse’s clinical performance and safety over time.
Literature Review: A literature review was conducted to explore relationships between caffeine consumption, sleep, alertness, and education about caffeine usage. Primary articles, related to caffeine, nursing, sleep, fatigue, and alertness, were found using university databases. Overall patterns were found, including: a need for further education on high-energy drink usage; higher perceived stress and sleep disturbances with caffeine usage; and lower alertness levels with changes in sleep quality.
Proposed Study: The proposed study is a quantitative, comparative approach that will use an online self-reported survey to collect data. The targeted population includes working registered nurses. The sample involves 100 critical care nurses within Northern California’s Bay Area hospitals. There will be questions, using a numeric scale, about their background, demographics, caffeine consumption habits, sleep habits, perception of clinical performance, perception of work fatigue and stress, and perception of clinical safety. Descriptive and comparative statistics will be used to examine connections between caffeine consumption and perceptions of sleep, stress, fatigue, clinical performance, and patient safety.
Clinical Significance: Results of this investigation may have potential for increasing knowledge about relationships between nurses\u27 quality of life, caffeine use, clinical performance and patient safety
Brief Sermons on Controversial Topics
Get PDFLecture notes on a series of talks by Scott G. Sinclair\u27s on his version of the Historical Jesus
Measuring Outcomes of Occupational Therapy Facilitated in Natural Settings with Young Children
Get PDFTo date, there is limited evidence to support the effectiveness of Occupational Therapy (OT) services delivered outside in nature. This study explored the benefits of OT intervention in Natural Settings (NS) for children by examining development in the areas of self-regulation, social skills, sensory processing, confidence, and motor skills. A quantitative, quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test design was used in this study. Researchers partnered with a local outpatient OT clinic that offers an 8-week outdoor program. Seven children and their parents were recruited and participated in the study. A modified version of the COPM and two BOT-2 subtests, along with a novel log climb measure were used to track changes among participants. Results showed that performance and satisfaction ratings as well as scores from the balance and catching subtests from the BOT-2 generally improved from pre-test to post-test after the eight weeks. Additionally, the speed, efficiency and quality of movement data gathered from the novel log climb generally improved by the end of the 8-week period. Overall, though there are several limitations to the study, the data showed improvement in key areas across parent reports and motor skill measures.https://scholar.dominican.edu/occupational-therapy-student-research-posters/1003/thumbnail.jp
Bortolini\u27s Bellah and Bellah\u27s Bortolini: A Reading of an Ethical Biography
Get PDFAn ethical biography entails assessing four major elements, the narrated author, the narrating author, the text and the reader. In each instance of engagement, fidelity to the truth of the other is essential. It is at these interpretive moments that ethics becomes an issue in terms of interpretative awareness, faithfulness and the impact on the interpreters. Is it inevitable in an ethical biography that personal transformations will occur? Using theoretical work on the genre of biography by Frédéric Regard, the author illustrates Regard’s theories by applying Bortolini’s A Joyfully Serious Man (AJSM). To accomplish this, he takes a personal approach. Personal in how he gives evidence of Bortolini’s journey with the writing of AJSM. Personal, in how he appreciates Bortolini’s ability to write about Bellah’s life as grist for Bellah’s theoretical work. Personal in how his reading of the biography affected him. The author seeks to portray biography as a complex scholarly art that advances ideas and the human project itself
Dance in Art
Get PDFDance in art can be seen in paintings created by artists such as Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Pierre Auguste-Renoir (1841-1919), Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901), William Blake (1757-1827), John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), and Henri Matisse (1869-1954). Edgar Degas was a French Impressionist artist who was known for his work of arts featuring ballerinas. Pierre Auguste-Renoir was also a French Impressionist artist like Degas, but he was more so known for his real-life scenario paintings. Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, a French artist was known for his Art Nouveau and Post-Impressionist style. Toulouse-Lautrec illustrated some posters and paintings on Moulin Rouge. William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. His work of art was from the Romanticism period, John Singer Sargent was an American artist who was successful in portrait painting. Henri Matisse, another French artist, but a visual artist was known for his Post-Impressionism and Expressionism artwork and also did Fauvism and Primitivism pieces. Dance in art first became popular in the 19th century. Impressionist artists captured movement, energy, and emotion. Each of these artists of the 19th and 20th century depicted dance in art by their style of art, rhythm, line, color, balance, and space
Garden-Based Nutrition Education for Low Income Hispanic School Children
Get PDFBackground: Childhood obesity is a pressing public health concern in the United States, with rates continuing to increase in recent years. This problem disproportionately affects Latino children as well as those from low socioeconomic status. It\u27s well established that nutrition knowledge deficiencies and resulting poor dietary habits are some of the most common contributing factors to childhood obesity. Garden-based nutrition education programs have been introduced as a way to remedy this knowledge deficit, however a gap remains as to whether or not this model can be viable for low-income, culturally diverse populations. Aim: The purpose of this literature review is to investigate the importance of diet in reducing childhood obesity while exploring the effects of gardening-based nutrition education on dietary choice improvements. This literature review presents gardening-based nutrition education models as an effective and sustainable method of obesity reduction by establishing a connection between improved dietary knowledge and dietary choices, thus leading to a lower incidence of obesity. Method: A quasi-experimental design with a convenience sample of 200 subjects split into an interventional and a control group. The interventional group will receive an 11-weeks long nutrition education program to accompany the children’s regular school hours. Participants will be between the ages of 7-10, consistent with the ages of third to fifth grade elementary school children. Both groups will take a pre and post test using the Healthy Eating Index (HEI) Survey where results will be further plotted along a radar plot in order to examine each individual scoring component of the HEI. Result: The expectation is that the interventional group will see improvements to the HEI scores in each category compared to the control group, with the exception of decreased added sugars.https://scholar.dominican.edu/nursing-student-research-posters/1038/thumbnail.jp