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Exposure Hierarchy and SUDS: Addressing Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder
Full text linkA 14-year-old client was treated for social anxiety utilizing subjective units of distress scales to build an exposure hierarchy of social situations
Managing Depression and Wellbeing with Mindfulness
Full text linkThe results of using mindfulness techniques from Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy to help individuals learn new skills and allow them to relate to their thoughts and feelings in a wider perspective without judgment in order to reduce symptoms of depression and increase overall client wellbeing
Making Sense of Acute Stress: Psychological Adjustment in Meaning Making
Full text linkThe current study utilized an experimental design to investigate violations of global meanings, perceived stress, positive affect and negative affect in the context of meanings made from a stressful situation. Additionally, meanings made were investigated as a moderator of the relationship between those variables. A sample of 40 participants completed the experiment and the questionnaires. Half of the participants were randomly assigned to either the control group or the experimental group. Participants responded to a variety of measures including, perceived stress, positive and negative affect, positive cognitive emotional regulation strategies (meaning making attempts), meanings made, global meaning measures such as self-esteem and beliefs about control, and other demographic information. Participants in the experimental group underwent a virtual version of the Trier Social Stress Task to induce stress, while participants in the control group read a text. Results indicated that negative affect was increased after the stressful task compared to the end of the experiment and that positive affect after completing the stressful task decreased from positive affect measured when anticipating the task. The current study has important potential implications for completing the Trier Social Stress Task remotely, and for examining the role of acute stress in the meaning making model
Learning About the Solar System
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African Muslim Slaves: Literacy and Arabic Narratives
Full text linkThis thesis examines African Muslim slaves and their Arabic writings that influenced their enslavement. The first part of my research considers the historical context that weaves two American presidents together with their distant interaction with Muslim slaves. It also discusses three prominent Muslim slaves in American history: Ayyub bin Suleiman, Abdul Rahman Ibrahima, and Omar ibn Said. Throughout the discussion of the lives of these three men, I analyze their Arabic writing and their use of mimicry throughout, and the ways in which this influenced their patrons’ views of them. The second part explores their differing levels of Arabic literacy and how they were subject to varying degrees of Arabization and exoticization. The last part discusses the absence of their writing in the field of American literature and the American slave narrative genre while arguing for their inclusion in these areas
Cardiac Catheterization Nurses Knowledge of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy: A Quality Improvement Project
No full textContrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is the development of acute kidney failure after radiographic contrast media administration. CIN is the third leading cause of hospital acquired kidney failure and is associated with increased risk for morbidity and mortality. Currently no treatment exists for CIN and only supportive care is provided with the anticipation renal function will resolve eventually. Cardiac angiogram or catheterization is one of the most commonly performed procedures with an average of 2 million cases annually. Cardiac catheterizations require large amounts of radiographic contrast media placing patients at risk for the development of CIN. Prevention of CIN is key and requires early identification of risk factors, timely precautions and patient education, which is conducted largely by nursing staff. For this quality improvement project, an informal needs assessment was conducted within the cardiac catherization laboratory at Landmark Medical Center which identified nurse’s had limited knowledge of CIN. All staff nurses in the cardiac catheterization laboratory were invited to participate in an education seminar on CIN. A pretest, educational program, posttest design was used to identify change in nurse’ knowledge of CIN. Nine out of eleven nurses (82%) participated in the educational seminar, completed the pretest and posttest. The posttest scores had a 51-percentage point increase and every posttest question improved in comparison to the pretest. Findings from this quality improvement project suggest that nurses’ ability to recognize CIN risk factors and knowledge of preventative strategies increased significantly after participation in an educational program
Effect of Perioperative Hypothermia on Recovery in Young Adults: A Systematic Review
Full text linkPerioperative hypothermia is a common occurrence in the operating room setting and can lead to several adverse events. Some potential complications include discomfort, shivering, platelet dysfunction, coagulopathy, increased vasoconstriction, higher risk of wound infection, and an increased risk of postoperative cardiac events. Anesthesia providers play a pivotal role in the management of patient temperature in the perioperative period and there are several interventions that have been implemented to combat this problem. Not all patients respond to hypothermia in the same manner and based on a patient\u27s personal health history, illnesses, and co-morbidities, hypothermia may be tolerated better by some and not as well by others. To evaluate operative risk, the American Society of Anesthesiologist has formulated an ASA class scoring system. This scoring system assesses risk by combining overall health status and comorbidities. It is unlikely that patients will have the same physiologic response to hypothermia across the various ASA classes. This systematic review was conducted to evaluate the effect of perioperative hypothermia on anesthetic recovery times as it relates to healthy ASA class I and II patients. Identifying the impact of hypothermia on young adults will help determine how much of an impact hypothermia has on their anesthesia recovery, and thus can help guide perioperative care for this population
The Impact of Behavioral Health Training in Primary Care Settings
Full text linkA program evaluation of a behavioral health certificate program designed for primary care paraprofessionals. This study aimed to assess the change in participants behavioral health knowledge and self-efficacy after course completion and assess the participants satisfaction with the behavioral health certificate program