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Drawing: Jacquie Red Feather
Get PDFI chose to do my analytical interpretive piece as a drawing. I chose to do a drawing because when I saw this assignment, I immediately pictured Jacquie Red Feather and I wanted to portray all her hardships she has faced and yet still is a strong woman
Edwin Black EcoMap
Get PDFUsing an ecological-map, or ecomap, we are able to see Edwin Black’s relationships to his environment and relationships more clearly, as we might attempt to advise him on ways to further accomplish his life goals
Identifying Nurses’ Perceived Barriers to Mobilizing Patients on a Medical-Surgical Unit: A Quality Improvement Project
Get PDFResearchers have found that low and moderate levels of mobility are independently associated with greater functional decline in activities of daily living (ADLs) at discharge (Zisberg et al., 2011) and that bedrest promotes declines in muscle mass and muscle strength (Coker et al., 2014; Dirks et al., 2016). The negative effects of low mobility and immobility are recognized by nurses, yet most acute care nurses do not prioritize the mobilization of their patients. Interventions to increase mobilization of hospitalized patients may be more effective if they are barrier targeted. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to identify nurses’ perceived barriers to mobilizing patients on a medical-surgical unit in a community hospital. The project used a 26-item 5-point Likert style survey adapted from the Overall Provider Barriers survey; a validated self-administered survey developed by Hoyer et al. (2015). The survey identified nurses’ perceived barriers in three domains: knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. A convenience sample of 28 nurses participated in the survey. Results demonstrated that three of the four most reported perceived barriers were in the behaviors domain, which assessed external factors that could influence the respondent’s decision to mobilize or to not mobilize a patient. The highest barriers in the behaviors domain were inadequate staffing, lack of time, and patient resistance to being mobilized. The third highest overall barrier was the perception that increasing patient mobilization would be more work for nurses. This item was in the attitudes domain, which assessed the respondent’s perception of patient safety, needs, and outcomes of mobilization and perception of available time, workload, and ability to mobilize patients. Results were consistent with previous studies that explored barriers to mobilization. Practical implications of the findings are discussed
Eye on Ethics: Social Workers and Self-Disclosure
No full textRecently, the National Public Radio program Here & Now broadcast a compelling segment, “If You Have a Mental Illness, Should You Tell Your Employer?” During the segment, a guest who lives with bipolar disorder shared her ambivalence about telling employers about her mental health challenges. Understandably, she has concerns about how employers and fellow employees will treat her if they know details about her struggles
Monty Hall Meets Game Theory
Get PDFI explored the Monty Hall game scenario and how to calculate the chances of winning by staying or switching doors using a probability and game theory approach. I also calculated how these chances change when there are 4, 5,..., n doors
Online Involvement for Georgia Student Teachers During Covid-19
Get PDFAs concerns about Covid-19 rapidly escalated in March 2020 in the United States, all levels of education were impacted. A unique population (student teachers) faced challenges from two perspectives: as students and as teachers forced to teach and learn from a distance. Student Teachers, or preservice teachers (PST), are university students finishing a degree and/or teacher certification program by serving as an intern in a school setting. As schools were closed, these PSTs may not have been given access to the online learning platforms of their cooperating teachers (CT) and were no longer included in classroom instruction. The purpose of this study was to examine how the sudden shift away from traditional face-to-face instruction, co-teaching, and mentorship affected the involvement of music PSTs and their CT mentors in one region of the United States. Specifically, the research questions were: (1) How and in what ways were PSTs involved in planning, instruction, and/or assessment synchronously and asynchronously after school closures? (2) In what subdomains (performance, music theory/ear-training, etc.) were PSTs engaged in instruction and learning activities? (3) What challenges and solutions did PSTs report related to Covid-19 closures? A survey was sent, via email, to PSTs attending teacher preparation programs at universities in the state of Georgia at the end of the spring semester. Thirty-seven participants responded to the survey questions representing about 32% of all PSTs in Georgia in Spring 2020. Twenty-one were not given access to the online teaching platform of their placement school. A thematic analysis of the open-ended questions identified common themes including whether experiences were perceived as negative or positive. Of the PSTs given access, the majority of their responsibilities and experiences were creating assignments, additional help videos, participating in Zoom meetings, and assessing student assignment submissions. Of these experiences, interestingly, most were classified as positive by the PSTs. However, the importance of face-to-face interactions for both PST and the P-12 students was mentioned throughout survey responses. Approximately 10 PSTs mentioned their CT relationship/interaction and four of the respondents noted that their CT never reached out for help; however, six noted collaborative meetings or teaching with their CT. Importantly, some PSTs reported a lack of knowledge related to the planning and implementation of music instruction in the online modality. Therefore, teacher preparation programs should consider incorporating technology including online solutions into the music curriculum so that future music educators may more flexibly incorporate both in-person and distance learning
Supporting the Retention and Advancement of Archivists with Disabilities
Get PDFAs more disabled people join the archival profession and current employees disclose disabilities, archival employers must commit to supporting and developing this talent. Conversely, disabled employees must know their rights andhold employers accountable.
In this follow-up to its article on inclusive hiring practices in the July/August 2020 issue of Archival Outlook,1 SAA’sAccessibility and Disability Section (ADS) shifts to focus on inclusive work environments for people with disabilities. Both of these articles contribute to a “third wave” of archival literature2 that prioritizes the needs of archives staff, especially those who belong to marginalized groups.
ADS members have compiled recommendations, best practices, and resources that encourage the retention and advancement of archivists with disabilities. Although these ideas center disability, many are relevant in supporting other marginalized identities in archives
Mad Men, Troubled Mothers, and Scarred Children: Representations of Traumatic Parent-Child Relationships in Mad Men
Get PDFThe television series Mad Men is fraught with traumatic parent-child relationships. The thesis examines three central characters from the Draper family--Don, Betty, and Sally--and their various defense mechanisms. Through the use of psychoanalytic and trauma theory, it determines why certain characters succeed in confronting and recovering from their trauma while others do not