7277 research outputs found
Sort by
The Fourth Element: Integrating Transfer Talk Into Teaching For Transfer
Get PDFIn Writing Studies, one of the most debated topics is whether or not we can teach students to engage in writing transfer. In order to help students, we must engage them in learning about transfer as often as possible, especially in their first-year writing (FYW) courses, with teaching- for-transfer-specific pedagogies, like the widely known Teaching for Transfer (TFT) (Yancey et al. 2014). However, there are some elements that have yet to be fully developed in their research, like the role of collaborative learning. With this thesis, I argue for the integration of a new concept, Transfer Talk (TT) (Nowacek et al. 2019), into the TFT curriculum as the fourth element. Scholars who use TT strategies suggest that students should collaborate with their peers to consider their prior writing knowledge and build a shared understanding of what writing knowledge looks like. By integrating TT into the TFT curriculum as the fourth element, we will provide students with more opportunities to learn about transfer in the hopes that they will be more successful when transferring writing knowledge in future composing situations, both in and out of school
Who Am I?
Get PDFI chose to use art to depict two stories; “There There” by Tommy Orange and “American Indian Stories” by Zitkala-Sa because I discovered a connection between them; Native American Indians abandoning their former heritage for a different culture
Mitigating Implicit Bias in Clinical Decision Making
No full textBackground: Evidence supports that maternal deaths among Black women in the United States have substantially increased over the past three decades. While the cause of these deaths can be multifactorial, research reveals that implicit bias can be a contributing factor. Implicit bias can negatively influence clinical decision making abilities, and therefore, negatively impact healthcare outcomes.
Purpose: To improve awareness of implicit bias and reduce its impact on clinical decision making
Development of An Educational Program for Registered Nurses on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Get PDFPost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is highly prevalent in the United States, compared to European, Asian, and Latin American countries. Post-traumatic stress can develop through repeated occupational exposure to someone else’s trauma, hearing details of other’s trauma as well as one’s own traumatic events. Nurses are at high risk for developing secondary PTSD due to caring for patients who have suffered life-threatening illnesses or injuries. There is a complex correlation between PTSD and suicide and nurses are also at greater risk of completing suicide versus their non-nursing peers. The Betty Neuman Systems model recommends primary, secondary, and tertiary measures of prevention for health promotion and was used as the theoretical framework to guide this project. There is a paucity of research regarding nurses’ knowledge regarding PTSD, therefore the purpose of this project was to determine if there was a change in nurses’ knowledge regarding primary and secondary PTSD after an educational intervention. Participants consisted of 18 volunteers from a convenience sample of Registered Nurses at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital. A pre-test, post-test educational design was utilized to assess for an increase in nurses’ knowledge. Results indicated there was an overall increase in knowledge by 10.55%. from pre-test to post test; however, a paired t-test was conducted, and the increase was not statistically significant. Literature supports the need to increase the awareness of PTSD in nurses. It can be postulated that there will be an increase in the incidence of PTSD in nurses, post Covid-19. More research is needed to understand resilience factors and preventive treatment. Advance Practice Nurses can focus on prevention and early detection of symptoms, which help alleviate physiological changes and psychological difficulties that may accompany PTSD and mitigate suffering from secondary stress and PTSD
Tied to a Pole: the Kinsit Collection
No full textThe stories in this collection are inspired by the 1972 British folk-rock album Bright Phoebus by Lal & Mike Waterson. Each story is named for a track on the album, and the stories, which take place in the fictional town of Kinsit, are greatly inspired by the whimsical and haunting, campfire-story tones of the Watersons’ songs. Bright Phoebus was, for me, a love letter to the soul the first time I heard it. Tied to a Pole: the Kinsit Collection is, in a way, my aching response to that letter
Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships: A Framework for Addressing the Needs of Rhode Island Communities
Get PDFIn 2015, the Rhode Island Department of Health utilized multiple sources of funding to establish the Health Equity Zone (HEZ) Initiative. This thesis project aimed to analyze the effectiveness of five Health Equity Zones Collaborative (HEZ Collaboratives) at addressing the needs of Rhode Island communities. In this descriptive study, the Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships Process (MAPP) served as a framework for evaluating the HEZ Collaboratives. The MAPP Process has six phases and relies on four assessments to understand community needs; the last four phases and assessments were used to create different criterion to evaluate if the HEZ Collaboratives were creating lasting change. The criterion evaluated the HEZ Collaboratives\u27 ability to create stakeholder engagement and conduct needs assessments, develop Actions Plans, implement strategies to address community needs, and evaluate the HEZ Collaboratives\u27 impact. Five HEZ Collaboratives were evaluated was because not all HEZ Collaboratives had internal evaluation processes available to be reviewed. Each of the HEZ Collaboratives\u27 activities or interventions were outlined in Action Plans and could be connected to needs identified in Community Needs Assessments. The HEZ Collaboratives met most of the criterion for the MAPP phases; two identified area of opportunity regarded Action Plan development and sharing the results of HEZ Collaborative evaluations with other stakeholders. When analyzing HEZ Collaboratives using MAPP as a framework, the HEZ Initiative shows promise of being able to better the health of Rhode Islanders