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Applied Relaxation for Anxiety Management in College Students
Get PDFAn applied relaxation intervention was used to treat an undergraduate student\u27s Generalized Anxiety Disorder at a college counseling center across five counseling sessions. The outcome measure administered each session showed a small decrease in the client\u27s level of anxiety
Creative Approaches to Motivational Interviewing: Art Therapy
Get PDFThis piece consists of information detailing and Motivational Interviewing Intervention that encompasses the use of art therapy to address ambivalence
I Did Not Plant the Seeds Too Deeply : Intergenerational Trauma and Shame in Toni Morrison\u27s The Bluest Eye and Edwidge Danticat\u27s Breath, Eyes, Memory
Get PDFWhen trauma’s genesis is in societal racism or the patriarchal power structure, it can leach its way into our intimate family relationships. Those damaged relationships can in turn create a profound loss or division within the self, as Freud explains in “Mourning and Melancholia.” The trauma victim has lost what a parent or family should be and the security that comes with feeling accepted and loved. If trauma begins with systemic racism and sexism and gets passed down intergenerationally, what is its effect on a black female child’s identity? Is this trauma survivable? What is necessary to recover? My thesis will explore these questions in Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and Edwidge Danticat’s Breath, Eyes Memory. It will explore how intergenerational trauma forms, the destruction that it can have on families and on personal identity, and how confronting and processing these traumas can allow one to start on a path to recovery
Eye on Ethics: The Invisible Gorilla and Social Work Ethics
No full textMany ethical issues are obvious. Every clinical social worker understands that it is unethical to be Facebook friends with clients and bill for services they never provided. Social work administrators know that it is unethical to falsify quarterly reports in order to enhance funding from government agencies and foundations. Social work researchers know that it is immoral to alter data to create the impression that programmatic interventions were successful. And social work organizers know that it is unethical to lie to community residents about their educational credentials and work experience.
But, as seasoned social workers understand, many ethical issues are much more subtle and, at times, easy to miss. Sometimes, social workers focus so intently on clinical, advocacy, administrative, policy, or research challenges that it is hard to notice the ethical issues embedded in them
Nurse’s Knowledge of Early Ambulation of the Post Operative Patient and Complication Prevention: A Quality Improvement Project
Get PDFAmbulation is the single most important nursing intervention in the prevention of postoperative complications. It is also a key component in maintaining optimal patient outcomes. Current literature has revealed that when ambulation is initiated early there is a marked decrease in pain, length of hospital admission, and overall complication rates. However, even with this depth of evidence early postoperative ambulation on the two surgical units at a teaching hospital in Rhode Island, patient ambulation continues to be inconsistent. The purpose of this quality improvement project is to improve nursing knowledge regarding early ambulation after surgery for the prevention of post-operative complications. This project utilized a pretest, educational in-service intervention, and posttest design. Seventeen out of a possible 22 surgical nurses participated in this project (N= 17, 77%). The educational in-service sessions combined information from an extensive literature review in the form of a 10-minute Power Point presentation. Pre and post tests were made up of 5 knowledge-based and 5 opinion-based questions. The mean scores for the pretest were 74% while the mean scores for the posttest were 95.2%. There was a 35% increase in overall scores following the educational intervention. APRNs play a pivotal role in establishing and implementing educational programs. This project aimed to recognize a need for ongoing education about postoperative ambulation for the surgical unit nurses. Educational programs about postoperative ambulation and complication prevention should be routinely incorporated in future trainings to ensure improved nursing knowledge and patient outcomes
Interventions to Decrease Mortality Among Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Get PDFAcute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a severe complication which affects thousands of patients every year and is associated with high mortality rates and increased healthcare costs. A systematic review was conducted to determine the efficacy of various interventions used to decrease the staggering mortality rate of ARDS. The interventions studied were extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), prone positioning, and neuromuscular blockade. Data bases searched were Google Scholar, PubMed, Cochrane library, and the CINAHL databases to find relevant research articles and a literature review conducted. A total of 21 articles were considered and screened for inclusion/exclusion criteria, ultimately yielding five articles included in this systematic review. To guide this major project, the Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) checklist and flow diagram were utilized. To further assess the quality of reach study, the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) checklist was used. A cross study analysis was performed to compare identified outcomes. This systematic review determined one study to be underpowered, one study demonstrated a decrease in mortality in the intervention group but was not statistically significant, and two studies were stopped for futility. One study was adequately powered and displayed a significant decrease in mortality rate. The results of this systematic review indicates further research is needed on the efficacy of interventions to decrease ARDS-related mortality and guide advanced practice nurse decision-making
Teaching Archival Research Methods through Projects in Ethnohistory
Get PDFDuring the spring semester of 2015 and the fall semester of 2016, two cohorts of students at the University of Alaska Anchorage learned archival research skills as part of their methodological training in the course, Ethnohistory of Alaska Natives, which subsequently led to the development of further individual research projects. As part of the course, students provided metadata to folders within an archival collection. This article explores the semester long projects, including the hardships of finding and using culturally appropriate metadata, lessons learned, and the impact the project had on students, the archivist, and instructor
Senior Level Nursing Students Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Sexually Transmitted Infections
Get PDFSexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a continuous health concern in the United States (United States Department of Health and Human Services [HHS], 2021). Nurses, as health promoters and leaders within the community have a unique role to provide education, screening, and treatment for STIs in all health care settings that could in turn result in a substantial decrease to overall STI rates. Current research indicates STI rates are increasing across the country, and Bungay et al., (2016) asserts that nurses may not be working within their full scope of practice to address this issue. Lack of focused nursing education resulting in varied levels of confidence in knowledge, limited availability of STI services in the community, public resource funding, and continuing education may provide insight into the gaps in professional practice. It is crucial for undergraduate nursing programs to educate nursing students on the topic of STIs sufficiently enough so that future nurses will feel more equipped to combat this health crisis. The following honor’s project will explore the knowledge and attitudes among final semester senior level nursing students at Rhode Island College regarding STIs. The goal of the study is to evaluate how much knowledge senior level nursing students have as they prepare to graduate and begin their professional career
Book of Student Writing and Artwork
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