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Screening for Perceived Stress in Upper and Lower Division Baccalaureate Nursing Students
No full textTo combat the nursing shortage and decrease attrition rates, a survey was developed to identify Senior and Sophomore nursing students’ perceived levels of stress. Enhancing awareness, identification, and discussion of students’ stressors can help shape the nursing program’s influence and reduce the risk for burnout and impaired resilience among students during their education
What should I eat? A literary analysis on food, its biological mechanisms, and diets
Get PDF“I’m on a diet.” How many times have you heard that phrase, or thought it to yourself? Society has often emphasized diets as a positive practice to be “healthier”, especially if one is deemed “overweight” or “obese”. Yet, current literature provides evidence that weight does not need to be scrutinized so critically. Extra weight is not the cause of health problems, and dwelling on the “fat” itself only holds to increase stigma and shame around something of which one should not be shameful. The falsity and lack of scientific evidence behind diets can be helpful for those selling diets, but is it beneficial to your health? What are you really doing to your body when you go on a diet, and do diets even work? An analysis of the history of food behavior shows how common habits and understanding of health developed. While understanding the biological mechanisms involved in satiety and hunger, such as ghrelin and leptin, increase understanding of how our bodies respond to food. To assess the current diet climate, I analyze how diets came about, and how food interacts through biological mechanisms in the body. Then I will acknowledge the eating behaviors that are backed with sound research versus what may not be fully understood or may just be false. This will help to develop a deeper and more full understanding of food and how it plays a role in health, and the problems to which a disordered relationship with food might lead. Evaluating literature available on food, feeding behaviors, and diets allow us to understand what is truly sustainable health, and how society’s common practice of short term dieting will not benefit ones health in the long term, and can even effect the body negatively through the development of disordered eating or by misbalancing our body’s natural functions through periods of restriction
Changes in Overall Fitness in Response to Varying Ratios of Cardiovascular and Resistance Training
Get PDFObesity prevalence is high among young adults (18 – 29 years of age). The goal of this study was to determine the effect of varying ratios of resistance and cardiovascular training on aerobic capacity, muscular strength, and anthropometric measurements in college students. For six weeks, participants were allocated to one of two training groups: cardiovascular (CT) (n = 6) or mixed (MT) (n = 7). Participants followed a given protocol for six weeks and aerobic capacity was assessed at week 0, 2, 4, and 6 by metabolic cart. Muscular strength was measured as bicep, triceps, and leg extension maximum-length holds, performed biweekly. Bodyweight and bodyfat was measured biweekly. CT subjects exhibited a significant decrease in aerobic capacity over the 6- week period compared to individuals in the MT group (-7.59±8.34% vs. 3.70±5.26%, respectively, p=0.014). Leg strength saw a significant increase in the CT group (120±40%, p=0.002) but not in the MT group (110±179%, p\u3e0.05). Bodyweight change was insignificant in both groups, but bodyfat decreased significantly in the MT group (-14.6±11.5%, p=0.01) while remaining unchanged in CT participants (2.1±9.0%, p\u3e0.05). Noncompliance to protocols was due to a lack of time in 70% of cases. Our findings indicate that thirty minutes of cardiovascular exercise performed three times per week may be insufficient to maintain fitness in students. Additional resistance training may be a useful strategy to attenuate physical decline and improve body composition. Insufficient time should be addressed as a significant barrier to exercise in students
I Sea You: A comparison of eastern and western sea lion population recovery and natality
Get PDFSince the 1970’s, Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) populations have decreased in the western distinct population segment (DPS) but not in the eastern DPS despite historical culling of eastern stock. Competition for fish with fisheries has led to a nutrient lacking diet, affecting reproductive success and natality. Anthropogenic threats such as heavy metal contamination and chemical toxins can cause physiological damages, decreasing reproductive success. The use of the ocean for human gain, and disrespect of the ecosystems within it should be stopped from progressing into further destruction so that the ocean and the threated populations of Steller sea lions within it can recover
Jury Studies: Mental Health Cases
No full textThe present study compares punitive sentiment recommended for defendants who are identified as having issues with mental health, substance abuse, or no extenuating circumstances. The study also tests whether the presence of expert testimony in support of these defenses significantly impacts sentence length
The Relationship Between the Mother-daughter Bond and a New Mother’s Psychological and Physiological Response to Her Baby
No full textThis transgenerational study explores how new mothers respond to their infants in both stressful (heel prick) and bonding (breast feeding) contexts, and whether these responses are informed by the relationship reported between the mothers and their own mothers (i.e., grandmothers)