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Implications Within Interpretations and Legal Implementations of The Fourteenth Amendment
Full text linkThe Fourteenth Amendment is not often thought about as one of the pillars of American freedom and citizenship, but it is indeed. The Fourteenth Amdendment establishes equal protections under the law, due process, and citizenship. This thesis seeks to look at how the Fourteenth Amendment and gender intersect in a way that establishes who gets what rights, and how those rights are able to be interpreted. The way in which the Fourteenth Amendement is interpreted establishes who gets protections and what equality under the law means within the context of American society. In using legal history, and the breifing of case law, this thesis uses Constitutional law to explain the real life implications for the way that the Supreme Court throughout history has interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment
Teaching Justice Through Literature: How Higher Education Informs Ethics and Identity
Full text linkThis thesis argues that literature is a valuable tool in examining issues of justice, and teaching ethics through literature is a way to build critical thinking skills and awareness of the world. In this thesis, I examine research and teaching methods that have already been studied and implemented in the teaching of ethics and justice in companionship with literature, and use these resources to propose my own syllabus for a community college class on Ethics in Reading. The syllabus is broken into 7 units: an overview of justice in literature, five specific justice issues (race, feminism, queer studies, eco-criticism, and poverty), and a final unit for the application of the concepts in a holistic way that reach beyond the class.
There is a balance between how justice issues can be taught through literature, and how literature can be read in an ethical way. Everyone deserves access to a good education, and education of any kind holds inherent value. Narrative and stories are central to how we construct everything about ourselves that shapes how we influence and perceive the outside world, including our conception of justice. Teaching certain stories in certain ways allow for the teaching of justice, increased awareness of the world, and the creation of a self that wants to improve the world
Implementation of an ICU Surge Capacity Response Protocol
Full text linkImplementation of an ICU Surge Capacity Response Protocol
Patrick Simon S. Soria
Abstract
High consequence infectious diseases (HCID) threaten healthcare systems because of their high transmissibility, resulting in massive infections within hours. In the initial stages of an HCID outbreak in developing countries, there are no definite treatment pathways and guidelines to manage patients who become critically ill. The prolonged surge of critically ill patients affects the physical and mental well-being of intensive care unit (ICU) nurses due to many factors. An ICU surge capacity response protocol was implemented in four intensive care units for four months at one government hospital in the Philippines to address this problem. Using a pre-post survey design and convenience sampling, 90 ICU nurses were invited to participate in the project. The Short Form 36 survey was used to measure the participant’s physical and mental well-being before and after implementing the protocol. Three open-ended questions were added to the post-intervention survey to gather additional feedback. A paired sample t-test was done to determine any difference between the pre-and post-test scores. The analysis revealed a statistically significant improvement in the mean scores. Using the Pearson correlation test, it was determined that job role was inversely correlated to the pretest scores. The thematic analysis findings revealed themes related to staffing, supplies, system, and mental health support. Limitations of the study included missing question items and implementation of the project in a single nursing department. The findings in this project supported the need to implement an ICU surge capacity response protocol to manage the surge of patients and improve the physical and mental well-being of ICU nurses.
Keywords: DNP Project, Preparedness for Highly Infectious Diseases, Critical Care Capacit
MS Environmental Biology Capstone Project
Full text link1. Atoms for Peace: Including nuclear Power as a Renewable Energy Source
2. Comparing Invasive Plant Expansion Along a Roadway Across the Elevational Gradient in the Colorado Front Range
3. Host Species has Non-uniform Effects on the Vitality of Root Hemiparasite Castilleja Species
4. Remediating Ski Industry Impacts on Montane & Alpine Plant Communitie
Reimagining the Humanistic Tradition: Using Isocratic Philosophy, Ignatian Pedagogy, and Civic Engagement to Journey with Youth and Walk with the Excluded
No full textThe world is in a perilous place. Challenged by zealots, autocrats, a pandemic, and now a war in Europe, elected officials and their constituents no longer exchange ideas in a functioning public sphere, once a hallmark of the humanistic tradition. The timeliness of the Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs), therefore, is profound as they provide beacons of light for dark times. In this article, I trace Isocratic philosophy through Ignatian pedagogy and contemporary civic engagement to argue that we can use these three models to help us Journey with Youth and Walk with the Excluded. Key to this approach is a reimagined humanistic tradition, one that fosters a networked, “multiple public sphere,” as discussed by Robert Asen, where people collaborate to bring about positive change. Specifically, I posit that enacting Isocratic philosophy through civic engagement in our Ignatian pedagogy and research will help us join with our students to address issues facing marginalized people. This reimagined humanistic tradition supports the Jesuit mission of social justice, and it supports the core Jesuit value of vita activa, that is, active civic engagement. To explain how these theories can be enacted I discuss a community-based digital humanities project at Loyola University Maryland
Bridging Soft Skills Gap Between University Graduates and Entry-level Professional Careers in Kigali, Rwanda
Full text linkOn a global level, three out of four employers claim to have difficulty finding university graduates with the soft skills companies need, and educators agree. The soft skills gap is also a massive challenge in Rwanda, as researches show that recent graduates struggle to enter the job market and find decent employment upon graduation due to a lack of practical exposure and experience with soft skills. This paper explores a career readiness program that aims at bridging the communication soft skills gap between university graduates and entry-level professional careers to increase the number of employed graduates from local institutions. The program was developed based on the author’s years of experience in education, information from literature review, and research from university graduates, educators, and private programs
Health and Technology: Online platform to facilitate access to care and prevention for chronic non-communicable conditions in Rwanda
Full text linkRwanda is confronted with a growing problem of non-communicable diseases (NCD). It is important that people in Rwanda have access to effective prevention and treatment. This paper explores a program that would use a digital platform to facilitate access to information, services, and products that would help NCD at risk populations in Rwanda to access appropriate prevention and care. The program was developed based on the author’s experience in Rwanda’s healthcare industry, the information from review of literature as well as key informant interviews (NCD patients, advocates, and caregivers) and a survey with health professionals. The research conducted highlighted that there is a need for improvement in health education and access to services and products used for NCDs. The program will serve as a one-stop center for NCD prevention and care services
Teaching Spanish Conversation Through the UAPs: A Pedagogy of Jesuit Values and Mission
No full textThis praxis piece explores the development of a Jesuit focused pedagogy within the context of a Spanish language conversation course. The author begins by defining the origins of the pedagogy employed in this course and how it came to be centered around the Universal Apostolic Preferences of the Society of Jesus (UAPs) which consist of the following goals: 1) Showing the way to God/goodness/hope through discernment; 2) Walking with the excluded, the poor, the outcasts of the world, those whose dignity has been violated, in a mission of reconciliation and justice; 3) Journeying with Youth, to accompany young people in the creation of a hope-filled future; and 4) Caring for our Common Home to protect and renew creation. The author elaborates on various pedagogical strategies including Community Based Service Learning, Dual Immersion, tertulias, interviews, geocaching project, immersion experiences, Role Playing Games (RPGs), and Guest Lectures; and demonstrates assessments and outcomes which align with and enhance the processes of discernment around the UAPs. The paper concludes with an examination of outcomes of this pedagogical approach through the processes of discernment, reflection, and action. A schedule/syllabus is also included
Fashion Psychology: The Relationship Between Clothing and Self
Full text linkThis exploratory article discusses the systemic influence of the law, culture, society, and Self on the relationship between a person and their clothing. The point of this article is to discuss how the influence of Self can be proportionally balanced with the law, culture, and society. This article aims to address the influence of Self on dressing choices in a system where culture and society hold most of the influence. The author aims to explore if the systemic balance of Self in the influence on dressing could aid Fashion Psychology in a humanitarian effort towards a formal study of the inner dialogue between humans and their clothing with less of an influence of external factors
MS Environmental Biology Capstone Project
Full text linkChapter 1. Mitigating Human-Coyote Conflict Requires an Understanding of What Facilitates Coyote Use of Urban Spaces
Chapter 2. Investigating Attractants and Deterrents to Coyotes in The Urban Landscape
Chapter 3. Bull Asian Elephants at Denver Zoo Engage in Less Daytime and Nighttime Stereotypy When Housed Socially Compared to When Housed Alone
Chapter 4. Mitigating Wolf-Human Conflict Through Cooperation, Education, and Plannin