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The Elusive Eastern Film Corporation of Providence, Rhode Island: Resurrecting a Footnote in Film History
Get PDFEastern Film Corporation was a local studio but its films were distributed and screened throughout New England with the exception of Rhode Island. At least twelve of its films, of various genres, which seemed to have generous budgets for size of the studio, have survived. Eastern’s prime years of business were brief, 1915-1917. Unfortunately, a fire destroyed the building in 1917 and the expenses it would cost to repair it too high for its original founder, Frederick S. Peck, a wealthy Barrington politician. Nevertheless, the studio staggered on throughout the 1920s
Eye on Ethics: Planning Ahead - Drafting a Professional Will
No full textA professional will enables social workers to plan for what happens if they die or become incapacitated. It spells out the steps that colleagues or other parties should take to ensure that clients’ needs are met in a timely fashion. This guidance can be particularly helpful when death or incapacitation occurs without forewarning. A comprehensive professional will should address several key issues
Eye on Ethics: Reflective Practice in Social Work - The Ethical Dimension
No full textIdeally, effective practitioners would have the ability to recognize and address ethical issues and challenges as they arise in the immediate context of their work, not later when someone else points them out. Put another way, social workers would have a refined “ethics radar” that increases their ability to detect and respond to ethical issues
Allentown: Railroad Yard & Jordon Creek
No full textAllentown saw significant economic growth in the 19th century due to the industrial revolution. it was an exporter of iron which was exported through the Lehigh Valley Railroad. This photo, likely taken around 1975, shows a rail yard, and some factory buildings typical. They are situated along Jordon Creek, which is a tributary of the nearby Lehigh River.https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/1934/thumbnail.jp
Cap and Gown Convocation Program, Spring 2013
Get PDFIncludes recipients, description and history of award, and Alma Mater sheet music.https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/cg_convocation_programs/1033/thumbnail.jp
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Concurrent Review
Get PDFConcurrent review may be seen as a relatively new quality improvement strategy or an improvement over an existing quality improvement strategy, but research is scant. This strategy incorporates several key elements of performance feedback, which may be broadly defined as sharing non-judgmental information to professionals regarding discrepancies between their actual performance and standards of care. The distinction between concurrent review and performance feedback is the timing of information provided. Concurrent review incorporates the provision ofmedical information regarding a provider\u27s performance during the patient\u27s hospitalization, so that the plan ofcare is altered. This study evaluated concurrent review by examining the impact on stroke measures and whether physician and nurse practice patterns in managing stroke patients were altered
Alarm Fatigue: A Risk Assessment
Get PDFAlarm fatigue is the phenomenon which occurs when nurses become overwhelmed by the high number of alarms in the clinical environment. This is a significant patient safety issue as delayed or inappropriate responses can and have resulted in patient harm. The purpose of the observational study was to conduct a risk assessment of alarm fatigue at an acute care teaching hospital in Providence, RI. Observations of telemetry alarms and response were conducted, utilizing a standardized tool on two medical surgical units over a six week time period. Participants were 36 nurses working on the two units at time of observations. Alarms were quantified to determine the percentage of false, technical, valid, and nuisance alarms. Alarm frequency was calculated and average response time to critical and leads off alarms were determined. Nurses were found to be at risk for and experiencing alarm fatigue based on high alarm frequency, increased number of false and nuisance alarms, and a delayed response to leads off conditions. The findings in this study are consistent with what is occurring in healthcare organizations nationally, as evidenced by a recent Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert about medical device alarm safety that cited alarm fatigue as a major contributing factor. Recommendations and implications are presented and discussed
A Rhetorical Analysis of Messages to America by Osama bin Laden
Get PDFThe purpose of this paper is to analyze bin Laden’s argumentation and rhetorical techniques in three speeches addressed to the American population. Persuasive techniques that were used will be described as well as the historical context surrounding the timing of each speech’s release. These speeches will be examined using Campbell and Burkholder’s “Three Stages of Rhetorical Criticism” as outlined in the second edition of Critiques of Contemporary Rhetoric
Flipping the Tour: Using Technology to Promote Active Learning
No full textAs featured during the Querying the Library: Digitization and Its Impact conference hosted by the James P. Adams Library at Rhode Island College on May 31, 2013. This segment includes a presentation by Maura Keating, Reference Librarian at Bryant University and discusses the Bryant librarians\u27 partnership with the writing faculty to design a library experience that would provide a meaningful introduction literacy concepts, including an interactive, guided virtual tour of library services and tools.
Watch the General Discussion #2 Video for the accompanying Q&A session