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Impacts Of Business Management Literacy On A Small Business In A Developing Third World Country
Full text linkThis project investigates the importance of cultural empathy, practical business strategies, and effective leadership in the context of global business development. By integrating these elements, the project aims to address the unique challenges faced by a small business in Bauchi State, Nigeria, offering targeted support in areas like marketing and financial management. Students involved in the project engaged in monthly, culturally informed interactions with the business owner, adapting their strategies in real-time based on ongoing feedback and research into effective business management in similar contexts. The research highlights a small welding business in Bauchi State, Nigeria, a region that faces barriers related to limited resources, lack of financial literacy, and insufficient marketing, all of which can hinder growth and sustainability. Utilizing thorough research and implementation methods adapted for the economic environment of the region, we created the following materials to equip our Nigerian Business Partner with the professional skills, knowledge, and experience needed to enhance the profitability of their business: Financial Tracking Solution, Tailored AdvertisingCampaign, and Micro-Grant Allocation Plan.https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/celebration_posters_2025/1006/thumbnail.jp
End of Life Decision Making: The Right to Die on their Own Terms
Full text linkFor the capstone project I was asked to identify a “problem” that I observed at my clinical site this semester. One problem at my clinical site has stuck out to me significantly. Patients on the unit I have been assigned are often close to death and unable to make their own decisions and despite any legal paperwork that may be in place their power of attorney or state mandated power of attorney often go against the patients last wishes. While this does not sit well with me, and many others, this is a large legal and ethical issue that would be extremely difficult to change. Legal issues are a large part of Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) and this legal issue is one that nurses across the country struggle with ethically.https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/celebration_posters_2025/1004/thumbnail.jp
Nurse Abuse and Patient Delirium: Effects on Nursing Profession
Full text linkAbuse against nurses is a growing topic in today\u27s healthcare system, whether that reflects verbal, physical, or sexual abuse. During my practicum at “Hospital A” there were multiple instances of nurse abuse on varying levels of type and severity, with most related to patient delirium. Due to this, I chose to do my capstone project on the rise in nurse abuse and how we can improve this to promote quality and safe care to all patients using QSEN competencies to educate nurses on how to prevent adverse incidents of abuse towards healthcare workers as it relates to preventing patient delirium by following already established policies and protocols. Also combating this by promoting a supportive nonjudgemental environment for reporting workplace violence (WPV) while also ensuring the policies and procedures set up by management and the organization support the nurses and get rid of the “it’s just a part of the job” stigma.https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/celebration_posters_2025/1015/thumbnail.jp
Impacts of Local Clay on Ceramic Glazes
Full text linkThis region of eastern Kentucky has an important and rich history of clay, from the brick companies like Haldeman, Louisville, and Granh, to the once-thriving Lee clay that employed a large percentage of the Morehead community and the surrounding areas of Appalachia. To further explore the rich history of local clay in Kentucky, this study analyzed the effects of using local clay on traditional glaze recipes. The purpose of our study was to prove that adding specific increments of local iron-rich clay to a basic glaze recipe would impact the glaze in one of the following ways: texture, opacity, color, or viscosity. We began by collecting batches of clay from a single deposit on Clack Mountain in Rowan County, Kentucky. The clay was put through preliminary testing to ensure its viability. We then chose to use a standard triaxial line blend of materials, using silica for our glass, G200 for our flux, and local clay. Secondary tests were executed by adding local clay to common glaze bases in increments. Then we recorded the visible changes in the glaze’s characteristics. These results were recorded on white porcelain test tiles that were selected to showcase the added clay sample. To celebrate and connect to the history of clay in Kentucky and Appalachia, our research looks to find new ways to utilize the rich and abundant resource of clay that has always been vital to this area.https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/celebration_posters_2025/1032/thumbnail.jp
Utilizing Telehealth for Post-Stroke In-Hospital Monitoring and Evaluation
Full text linkThis post-stroke telehealth capstone project intends to discover and implement a telehealth program designed to enhance the care and outcomes of post-stroke patients being treated at Hospital A. After a stroke, patients often face challenges in recovery. Care providers are often stretched thin and have difficulty completing post-stroke monitoring requirements such as National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), Level of Consciousness (LOC), Glascow Coma Scale (GCS), and other assessments needed by these acutely ill patients at specific intervals. This project seeks to leverage telehealth technology to provide remote monitoring, identification of deficits, and beginning in hospital rehabilitation, ensuring that post-stroke patients receive timely support and identification of complications during recovery and overall management of their deficits in relation to their health outcomes.https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/celebration_posters_2025/1027/thumbnail.jp
Makerspace Revitalization
Full text linkA Makerspace is a collaborative environment where students can access tools and technology to explore, experiment, and engage in hands-on learning. These spaces provide equipment such as 3D printers, laser cutters, electronics workstations, and fabrication tools, allowing students to bring abstract concepts to life through physical projects. Makerspaces are becoming increasingly common in universities, as they help students develop valuable technical and creative problem-solving skills across disciplines. This project investigates the educational impact of university-based Makerspaces and how they contribute to student innovation, collaboration, and engagement. By examining well-established spaces such as Georgia Tech’s Invention Studio and MIT’s Maker Workshop, we evaluate how access to technical resources and student-led environments enhances learning outcomes. Hypothesis: University Makerspaces significantly enhance student learning and creativity by fostering hands-on experience, interdisciplinary collaboration, and access to high-level prototyping tools.https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/celebration_posters_2025/1024/thumbnail.jp
Patient to Nurse Ratios and Their Effects on Patient Care
Full text linkWhile working on a medical surgical unit at hospital A, I noticed that many nurses received upwards to 7 patients per shift. This led to many patient care activities not being able to be accomplished, unsatisfactory patient outcomes, nursing dissatisfaction, and nurse turnover rates increasing. Patient care was brought into question as the nurses on the unit felt overworked and understaffed. So the objective of this project is to introduce a 4-1 ratio of patients to nurses to improve patient safety, patient outcomes, and overall patient care. QSEN thrives for patient safety and quality improvement, so implementation of this standard will align with their principles.https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/celebration_posters_2025/1060/thumbnail.jp
How the Lack of Shift Breaks Effects Nurses and Their Patients
Full text linkNurses work 12 hour shifts in the hospital. Nurses should have 1 unpaid 30 minute meal break and 2 paid 15 minute breaks. On some days, on the unit I have my practicum in Hospital A, nurses are able to have their 15 minute breaks. Other days they may not get a chance for one or both breaks. Most of the time the nurses eat their lunches in a hurry at the nurse’s station. I researched the causes and effects related to the lack of nurses taking breaks on shift. With the research I planned to find a better way for nurses to get their proper breaks needed for longevity and safety.https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/celebration_posters_2025/1059/thumbnail.jp
Religion/Spirituality and Substance Use
Full text linkThe purpose of this study was to see if there is a significant correlation between a person’s religion or spirituality and their use of substances. In this study, substances can be considered alcohol, marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms, acid, tobacco/ nicotine, and any other unprescribed substance. • The Research Question for this study was: Does religion/ spirituality affect the use of substances? • The Hypothesis for this study was: Someone who is religiously or spiritually affiliated is less likely to use substances than someone who isn’t religiously or spiritually affiliatedhttps://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/celebration_posters_2025/1052/thumbnail.jp
Tiny Earth: The Identification Of Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria From Soil Samples
Full text linkTiny Earth is a nationwide undergraduate student-sourced antibiotic discovery project. Antimicrobial resistance exhibited by pathogenic bacteria has become a significant concern in public health, especially with a group of six bacteria called the ESKAPE pathogens. This project aims to isolate soil bacteria from the local environment and determine if they produce antibiotics when co-cultured with ESKAPE bacteria. Extracts of soil samples collected from the grounds surrounding Lappin Hall were plated on tryptic soy agar (TSA) medium containing amphotericin B (which inhibits fungal growth) and then incubated for a few days at room temperature. Emergent colonies of the cultures were then used to establish pure cultures. Pure cultures of the soil bacteria were smeared onto microscope slides and Gram-stained to determine their cellular characteristics. To assess for antibiotic production by the soil bacteria, one-half of a TSA plate was inoculated with one of six ESKAPE bacteria, followed by spot inoculation of a soil bacterium on the same plate adjacent to the ESKAPE inoculum and then incubated at room temperature for several days. If a zone of inhibition (a region of no bacterial growth) emerges between the two bacteria, this might indicate that the soil bacterium is producing a compound that inhibits the growth of the ESKAPE bacterium. The project is presently in the stage of screening isolated soil bacteria for antibiotic production by this method.https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/celebration_posters_2025/1067/thumbnail.jp