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Navigating Nursing: A Literature Review of Understanding and Addressing Challenges in the Nursing Profession
Get PDFThe purpose of this project is to conduct a comprehensive literature review from a global nursing perspective, examining the challenges faced by nurses and potential strategies to address them. Specifically, this study investigates the concept of resilience in nurses to inform future interventions aimed at building and maintaining a strong nursing workforce. The study analyzed 34 scholarly articles from various databases to identify the challenges and factors affecting nurse retention and to explore effective strategies for reducing nurse turnover. The results suggest that burnout, compassion fatigue, moral distress, incivility in the workplace, workload, and job stress are the key reasons for nurse turnover. Manager support, self-care strategies, nurse unions, supervisor support, and professional development are identified as effective strategies for enhancing nurse retention. This study provides significant implications for policymakers, healthcare administrators, and nurse leaders to develop targeted interventions aimed at improving the well-being and job satisfaction of nurses, ultimately enhancing the quality of care provided to patients. By investing in the resilience of nurses, this study seeks to make a positive impact on the nursing workforce and promote the future of healthcare
Who Says Women Can’t Love and Empower?: How Representations of Women Have Progressed in Medical Romance Fiction
Get PDFThroughout history, the representation of women in medical romance fiction has changed with the times. While an individual assumption can be pulled from different time periods, a chronological analysis of Doctor Zay, Promise the Doctor, A Princess in Theory, and The Love Hypothesis was conducted to show the changes of women’s empowerment, but also how women’s empowerment has stayed the same through the medical romance genre. A historical analysis was done to incorporate background information on what was going on during those times along with bridging the gap between the medical romance novels
Covid-19 Impact on NBCOT Passing Rates
Get PDFThe COVID-19 pandemic changed the delivery of education as many occupational therapy (OT) programs temporarily transitioned to remote learning. The purpose of this article is to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) pass rates. A mixed methods research design was used consisting of quantitative data from all 35 OT programs from New York (NY), New Jersey (NJ), Connecticut (CT), and California (CA). Qualitative data was gathered from NY OT program graduates with fourteen convenience sampled graduate students who completed the qualitative survey. NBCOT exam scores from 2019-2021 were gathered for OT programs in NY, NJ, CT, and CA. A repeated-measures ANOVA and t-test were conducted to compare OT program performance on NBCOT exam. A qualitative survey was distributed via email to OT students who graduated in May of 2020. Results suggest a significant effect was found (F (3,99) = 2.946, p = .037). The decrease in passing scores occurred during the height of the pandemic in 2020 (M = 95.21, SD = 7.032), compared to the pre-pandemic period of 2019 (M = 97.41, SD = 3.016), and ‘post-pandemic’ period of 2021 (M = 97.44, SD = 3.661). The COVID-19 pandemic and the transition to online learning had a direct impact on OT student performance on the NBCOT exam. This study describes how pandemics, such as COVID-19, can affect student preparation for entry-level practice, while highlighting the need for institutional preparedness for future events
Hollers, Hillbillies, and Higher Education: The Influence of Dialect and Negative Stereotypes on the Academic Experiences of Rural Appalachian College Students
Get PDFRural Appalachia is presented in popular culture as a region lacking in resources, morals, education, and more. Consequently, Appalachians who speak in the nonstandard language variety representative of the region are often subject to harmful stereotypes. This work examines the impact of negative stereotypes on dialectal Appalachian college students during their pursuit of higher education. This research was conducted via an anonymous survey investigating how students from specified rural Appalachian counties in Kentucky perceived their academic experiences regarding stereotypes, speaking a stigmatized Appalachian dialect, and how these influence others’ perceptions of them when attending any college or university. Hypotheses included the following in relation to dialectal Appalachian students: popular culture perpetuates Appalachian stereotypes and reinforces negative assumptions about Appalachians; academic challenges are common during students’ academic experiences; and including dialect as a recognized aspect of diversity in the classroom would contribute to a more accepting academic environment. Survey results yielded support for all three hypotheses. This study is significant in acknowledging the detriment of Appalachian stereotypes and in providing methods to improve the academic experiences of dialectal Appalachian college students
M77 and NGC 1055
No full textFunny how discoveries are made...In 1780 Pierre Mechain saw something in the constellation of Cetus, the Whale. He told to his buddy Charles Messier, who then put into his catalog as M 77. Messier called it a star cluster. It turns out it was a galaxy. What is so funny about this? They did not see another galaxy, 60 million light years away but, due to a trick of perspective, appearing quite close to M77. Herschel saw it a few years later. The new galaxy is NGC 1055 (M77 is also known as NGC 1068) In this picture there are 3 other small galaxies. Can you see them? Also nice are the two bright stars near NGC 1055 which clearly show their different color.https://encompass.eku.edu/eku-observatory-images/1005/thumbnail.jp
Changes In Fish Communties Throughout The Buck Creek Watershed In Relation To Land Use
Get PDFPhysical alterations of terrestrial habitat surrounding aquatic systems lead to increases in runoff, sedimentation, and nutrient inputs. Tracking changes in fish communities can provide information regarding degradation of water quality and the biotic integrity of freshwater systems. Changes in fish communities, and specifically declines in Buck Darter (Etheostoma nebra) populations, have been observed throughout the Buck Creek watershed since the 1980’s. Thus, goals of this project were to determine if shifts in fish community composition (eg., sensitive to less sensitive families, intolerant to tolerant species, and changes in feeding groups) and extirpation of the Buck Darter in 6 of 8 historically populated sub-watersheds are related to changes in land use/land cover (LULC) proportions from 1983, 2010, and 2020. LULC proportions were determined using GIS at a local and sub-watershed scale to discern (1) changes in fish communities relative to LULC between 1983 and 2012, (2) sub-watersheds for reintroduction of E. nebra based on historic LULC, and (3) streams in need of restoration relative to E. nebra conservation. A detrended correspondence analysis (DCA) was used to determine relationships between LULC and fish communities between years and spatial scales. A principal component analysis (PCA) of 1983 and 2020 LULC proportions was used to identify sub-watersheds for the reintroduction of E. nebra based on the least change from 1983 and stream buffers in need of restoration based on. Agriculture/pasture dominated LULC proportions in 1983, 2010, and 2020 at the watershed level. Intolerant fish species, invertivores, omnivores, herbivores and darter species distributions decreased in sub-watersheds dominated by agriculture/pasture LULC (\u3e50%). Centrarchids occurred in sub-watersheds in 2012 where they were absent in 1983 and increased in abundance in streams that gained proportions of development. LULC proportions at the buffer level demonstrated riparian reforestation efforts occurring throughout the Buck Creek watershed from 1983-2010. With forest proportions higher in Crab Orchard Creek and Gilmore Creek in 2010, intolerant, invertivore, and darter species proportions still decreased. This suggests that changes in fish communities within the Buck Creek watershed are operating at the watershed scale. Results from a PCA demonstrated that Gilmore Creek and Crab Orchard Creek showed the least LULC change, and Brushy Creek remained associated with agriculture/pasture in 2020. With little change in LULC proportions observed between years, disturbance of the Buck Creek watershed occurred prior to 1983, with fish communities exhibiting a delayed response. Further reforestation of riparian buffers will reduce inputs of sediment and reduce inputs of organic and inorganic nutrients into tributaries of the Buck Creek watershed
No Safe Spaces: Institutionally Washed Out
Get PDFAbstract Prior literature has shown that black and brown bodies (BBB) are policed and victimized at higher rates than their white counterparts within the criminal justice system. The criminalization of school discipline is a microcosm of ‘big’ criminal justice. Criminal justice measures were implemented within schools as a means of maintaining ‘safety.’ Policing in schools perpetuates punishment disproportionality and maintains similar disproportionalities as the ‘big’ criminal justice system in terms of for whom and how how severely it is applied. Meaning that regardless of the school\u27s demographics or student backgrounds, black and brown bodies are punished at a higher rate than their white counterparts. Prior literature has already shown that black and brown youth are policed at higher rates within schools than their white counterparts and that school demographics also have an effect on racialized school discipline. However, prior research is limited in its ability to take into account the potential interconnectivity of these multilevel findings. This research uses Wacquant\u27s theory to explain the intentional holes in institutions that are used as a means of maintaining social control and Racial/Ethnic Threat to negate the idea of \u27safety.\u27 Based on past research, the purpose of this study is to correlate the disproportional use of punishment on minorities at the individual level and the institutional level. This research controls for prior misconduct and/or prior criminalization, finding that BBBs continue to be punished at higher rates, regardless of the demographics of the school. The findings of this research allude to the reality of these discriminatory practices; they are not to maintain ‘safety\u27, but could be interpreted as institutional means of control aimed to preserve and perpetuate systems of marginalization and oppression
How the Drug Trade is Facilitated Online: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis
Get PDFThe drug trade is part of society and will, therefore, continue to evolve as society evolves. Technology plays a significant role in the evolution of society and the drug trade alike. Technological developments such as the internet have facilitated our lives. Several conditions have contributed to the evolution of the drug trade, including the increased and intensifying criminalization of material spaces, which has led to people engaging in crime in and across cyberspace(s). The transnational nature of the emergent digital drug trade has brought with it unique jurisdictional concerns as the globalized world intersects with the global internet to facilitate online communication and illegal trade, while the emergence of cryptocurrencies and their role in ‘dark web’ markets allows a level of anonymity that was previously impossible. This research used a qualitative meta-synthesis structure to explore how the drug trade is facilitated online and how drug markets and trade networks in cyberspace(s) will continue to evolve with technology
First-Year Writing Ungraded Study At Eastern Kentucky University
Get PDFUngrading helps defocus the need for a grade within a classroom by helping students focus more on the feedback they receive within their First-Year Writing program. Ungrading uses self-assessments, grade rubrics, contracts, minimal grading, and portfolios to help give students feedback without the need for a grade on an assignment. By having instructors use Ungrading students can better accept feedback and strengthen their writing without the fear of failing the course. The study conducted at Eastern Kentucky University, which uses a Google questionnaire and interviews of students and instructors, has highlighted how beneficial Ungrading is to students and instructors. Teachers can create an environment where students have more agency, and motivation, and can focus on information more than a traditional graded classroom. Instructors have also identified how successful Ungrading has been in their course and give recommendations to other instructors who wish to utilize this method in the classroom
Tradition And Satisfaction: The Mob And Lynching In The Georgian Cotton Belt, 1890-1899
Get PDFControl and order have been among the defining traits of all societies. Exuding those traits despite a collapsing relevance within their rapidly changing society was modus operandi of most middle-class white southern men at the confluence of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. By understanding proposed substantiation for their place in the established social hierarchy, we gain insight into why they fought so adamantly to protect it. Furthermore, expanded understanding aids in formulating explanations for why they felt so entitled to occupy the peak of the sociocultural dominance hierarchy. This analysis is not simply a matter of a skin color. Perceived physical racial differences made up a single variable in the complex equation that culminated in a lynching event. Despite popular assumptions, lynching events were not always random acts of violence committed by lawless bands of racist, drunken, and ignorant, mobs. Lynching events were the reactions of a middle-class white male population who faced existential fear due to their perceived diminishing status in a sociocultural dominance hierarchy