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Increasing Self-Compassion through Engaging in Cognitive Defusion
Full text linkThis project was designed to enhance self-compassion through cognitive defusion. Cognitive defusion is a technique within Acceptance and Commitment therapy designed to help individuals view their thoughts as events rather than absolute truths. The goal of the intervention and research was help defuse from rigid or difficult thoughts and make space for compassion and caring for oneself
The Impact of the Loss of Indigenous Religious Practices on the Characters in There There
Full text linkTommy Orange\u27s There There shows the impact that American governmental policies have had on Native American people living today. Through analyzing several of Orange\u27s characters, I made an attempt to explore the damage done by prohibiting Native American religious practices
Assessing Nurses’ Knowledge of Noise in the Intensive Care Unit: An Educational Intervention Project
Full text linkNoise in the intensive care unit (ICU) has been studied for over thirty years, but it continues to be a significant problem and a top complaint among patients. Staff members are now reporting detrimental health effects from excessive noise. One of the significant factors of inadequate noise control in the ICU is that nurses have insufficient awareness regarding the hospital noise issue and its negative impact on health status. The level of knowledge of clinical staff on the topic of noise is not known. A quality improvement project to explore noise in the ICU could facilitate better understanding of the phenomenon and formulation of new ways to continue to reduce noise at a community hospital in Massachusetts. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to evaluate nurses’ knowledge of the potentially harmful effects of noise on patients as well as on nurses, to identify opportunities for improvement of the environment, and to conduct an educational intervention aimed at reducing noise in the intensive care unit. The methodology for this project included a pre-test, followed by an educational session, and completion of a post-test. The participants included registered nurse staff members in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the Critical Care Unit (CCU). Exclusion criteria included staff members who are not registered nurses. The project posed minimal risk. No identifying or biographical data was collected, and results included analysis of aggregate data. Descriptive statistics were used to assist with analysis. Results were disseminated to the staff of the ICU and CCU, posted on a bulletin board in the critical care area, presented as a poster presentation at the Spring RIC MSN Symposium, and available as a manuscript on the RIC Digital Commons
A Resource Nurse in the Community: An Evaluation of Role Implementation
Full text linkBackground: Children who live in low-income households are more likely to develop childhood obesity-related to low food security and lack of access to healthier foods (Lee & Lim, 2009; Sage, McCracken, & Sage, 2013). Health promotion efforts that focus on family interventions are successful in combating childhood obesity (Jang& Whittemore, 2015; Ordway, et al., 2018). The role of the nurse can be positioned to facilitate health promotion interventions in the community setting.
Purpose/Specific Aims: The purpose of this project was to evaluate a pilot intervention using a nurse as a resource in a local community working with families in a low-income setting by connecting them to resources to facilitate healthier habits.
Methods: The resource nurse implemented an evidence-based program focused on healthy habits and ensured that healthy produce was available to all participants enrolled. Throughout the program, the resource nurse followed the families weekly to monitor the program\u27s progress and evaluate for resources needed for successful completion of the program. Food security rates were measured pre and post-program using the USDA food security questionnaire, measurement of nurse hours and rates of participation with the program was collected. In addition, qualitative feedback was collected on participant experiences by the resource nurse.
Results: Weekly participation rates in the program increased over the course of the program. Food security rates for families with baseline food insecurity increased significantly over the course of the program. Qualitative themes showed the role of the nurse being instrumental in providing connections, support, and education.
Conclusion: Results demonstrate statistical significance in improving food security rates for families that were identified as food insecure preprogram. Clinical significance is demonstrated in the qualitative data that highlight the role of the resource nurse in making a significant impact in the lives of the participants during the program
Tony Loneman
Full text linkBy writing this poem, I was able to focus on a character in Tommy Orange\u27s There There that portrayed cultural pride and strength
Orange Sketch
Full text linkThe aimed motif behind my hand-sketched, visual art piece, is to portray in one sketch the many recurring injustices that Indians were subjected to and their numerous stories found in the one story, There There, written by Tommy Orange
Penguin Films and the Environment: The Triumph of Happy Feet and the Trouble with March of the Penguins
Full text linkExcerpt: By portraying the existence of humans, emotionally influencing young viewers, and encouraging the audience to think about progressive solutions, Happy Feet does more to raise awareness on issues surrounding penguins and the environment than March of the Penguins . Although the objective of March of the Penguins is not to promote environmental consciousness, it squanders its valuable platform as a blockbuster film by ignoring the plights faced by the penguins it idealizes. If there is one thing that both Happy Feet and March of the Penguin s do well, it is that they compel audiences to reflect on our own human nature; how we view our purpose in the world, and how we interact with our surroundings and each other
Maritime Culture: the History, the Music, and Confronting the Gender Divide / One and the Same
Full text linkThis Honors Project examines the presence and results of the gender divide in maritime culture through a research paper focusing on maritime history in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, as well as a song cycle, One and the Same for Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra utilizing a popular belief of the time regarding women and superstition to construct a narrative. This paper analyzes historical sources and sea shanties to observe how women have been represented in maritime history and cultur
What’s Water Got to Do with It? Place-Related Symbolic Meanings Alter Residents’ Perceived Effects of Coastal Infrastructure
Full text linkThe symbolic meanings residents associate with their local bodies of water and coastal infrastructure can shape their perceptions of the infrastructure’s effects. In this case, we conduct a survey (N = 168) to examine residents’ perceptions of visibly disruptive, yet environmentally
protective cooling towers attached to a long-standing coal-fired power plant on Mount Hope Bay. Residents’ symbolic meanings of the bay corresponded predominantly with aesthetic,
ecological, or recreational themes, whereas their symbolic meanings of the towers also focused on aesthetics as well as the towers’ function or uselessness. Although residents generally perceived the towers as having negative effects on different aspects of the bay community overall, those who reported ecological meanings of the bay or functional meanings of the towers perceived that the towers offered significantly more positive ecological and health impacts. They were also more likely to differentiate positive ecological and health effects from the towers’ more negative aesthetic and financial impacts. This offers evidence for the important role of symbolic meanings in shaping perceptions of coastal infrastructure and demonstrates how specific understandings of the bay and the infrastructure itself can lead to more nuanced perceptions of the positive and negative effects of such projects
Reflections on Henry Barnard School
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