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Airway Management Simulation with PPE to Improve NAT Education and Comfort
No full textGuidelines for the use of proper personal protective equipment (PPE) were created by the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) half a century ago but PPE compliance remains low. To effectively protect healthcare workers from becoming infected and spreading infectious agents, PPE compliance must be improved. The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of an educational tool and simulation on improving NAT (nurse anesthesia trainee) knowledge of PPE protocols as well as perceived comfort performing airway management procedures while wearing PPE. This study used a pre- and post- survey design to assess both knowledge of proper operating room (OR) PPE protocols and NAT comfort wearing PPE during airway management scenarios. 26 NAT’s from NorthShore University School of Nurse Anesthesia participated and data was analyzed using SPSS software. The Chi-Square, McNamar, and Sign Test were used. The results showed that 92% (n=24) of participants felt more comfortable both donning and doffing PPE after the simulation experience. Additionally, 96% (n=25) of participants reported feeling more comfortable intubating while wearing PPE after the simulation. The use of an educational tool increased participants\u27 knowledge of proper PPE donning procedures by 27% (p=0.03271). The findings of this study add to previous evidence that the addition of PPE simulations for anesthesia trainees is essential to improving provider comfort while performing procedures in PPE
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Simulation-Based Education of Venous Gas Embolism on Novice Nurse Anesthesia Trainees
No full textBackground: Simulation-based education is a learning modality utilized in healthcare curriculum among nurse anesthesia trainees (NATs) for crisis management training. This learning modality may improve confidence and knowledge in novice NATs responding to a crisis scenario, such as a venous gas embolism (VGE).
Purpose: Evaluate the effectiveness of simulation-based education in effectively managing a crisis scenario, VGE, as measured by novice NATs confidence and knowledge levels.
Methods: An observational, cross-sectional study with a pretest-posttest design on a group of novice second-year NATs (NAT-2s) from NorthShore University HealthSystems (NorthShore) School of Nurse Anesthesia was utilized. A total of 15 NATs participated in a simulation on VGE, confidence survey, and knowledge assessment tool (KAT), which assessed students in the recognition, decision making, and prioritization of a VGE.
Results: Sign Tests and McNemar Tests revealed that simulation was most impactful in improving novice NATs knowledge of surgical procedures that increase the risk of VGE, signs and symptoms of a VGE, and identifying the most sensitive monitor for VGE. As a whole, simulation-based education improved novice NAT knowledge and confidence survey scores.
Discussion: Simulation-based education has the potential to improve patient outcomes by improving crisis management skills in NATs, who will then bring skills into clinical practice.
Conclusion: Novice NATs who participate in simulation-based education gain confidence and knowledge in the identification and management of a crisis scenario, VGE
Toxic leadership: Managerial implications for tourism and hospitality business
Get PDFThere is growing attention on research about dysfunctional management issues, specifically regarding toxic leadership, which lead to deleterious consequences in business. When a leader enacts toxic behaviors rather than providing support and realistic directions, it will cause severe stress, burnout, and passive-aggressive dynamics on their team, negatively affecting guest experiences. Therefore, this transactional paper aims at developing managers’ awareness of the toxic leadership issue, enlightening how to recognize and detect it. Also, to contribute to reducing job stress and promoting mental health at the workplace, we suggest some recommendations on how companies can handle the toxic leadership phenomenon by enhancing a people-oriented culture, which is vital in the tourism and hospitality realms
Mitigating Sunk Cost Bias for Consumers: Considering Alternatives Within High and Low Construal Levels When Costs are Sunk
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This paper explores how sunk costs increase consumers’ vulnerability to fraud and explores possible intervention strategies. Sunk cost bias occurs when individuals persist in an activity due to past investments (Arkes & Blumer, 1985). Outcome salience, framing, and alternatives can help alleviate loss aversion and persistence when costs are sunk (Stewart, Chater, Stott, & Reimers, 2003; Van Schie & Van Der Pligt, 1995). Option evaluation is influenced by an individual’s construal level (Ding & Keh, 2017; Henderson, 2013; Sun, Keh, & Lee, 2019). Construal level theory (CL) describes the impact of psychological distance on thinking– with greater distance thinking is more abstract (high CL), with less distance thinking is more concrete (low CL) (Trope & Liberman, 2010). Individuals in a high construal mindset could be more likely to consider conceptual alternatives, like not purchasing a home, while individuals in a low construal mindset could be more likely to consider pursing a different loan, if they know they have preapproval from other lenders. Five studies investigated 1) sunk costs in fraudulent scenarios 2) the influence of construal level on sunk costs, 3) the influence of construal level on the evaluation of similar or general alternative options, 4) whether the presence of alternatives alleviate persistence when costs are sunk, and 5) whether the relationship between the presence of alternatives and persistence is mediated by the perceived feasibility of exploring other options. If effective, option salience can inform consumer protection efforts
Guest Delight: The Influence of Sustainable Performance and Guests\u27 Perceived Health and Safety
Get PDFRecently, the COVID-19 pandemic has further emphasized the importance of guests’ health, safety, and well-being in the hotel industry. Further, in today’s highly competitive environment, hotels must orchestrate memorable experiences for guests to realize their value and become ambassadors for the brand. The purpose of this research is to explore the antecedents (i.e., sustainable performance, safety, and health) and the outcomes (i.e., brand love, trust, and willingness to pay more) of customer delight. Surveys will be distributed to hotel guests and the results can provide insights and implications for scholars and practitioners to better understand the concept of customer delight
Peer Research Tutors Articulate the Value of Information Inquiry
Get PDFThe University Library’s FY23 Assessment Report examines the Learning Outcome: Students attending DePaul University Library instruction sessions, workshops, and engaging with its services will be able to articulate the value of information inquiry. This year, we chose to evaluate a segment of our student employees who work at our research help desks, our Peer Research Tutors. Each was asked to write a reflection answering three prompts about how they help other students navigate the research process. These responses were evaluated for how strongly the answers showed an understanding of the value of information inquiry. Six of eight Peer Research Tutors were able to successfully articulate answers for at least two of the three questions, meeting expectations for achieving the learning outcome. While these results are encouraging, the learning outcome as written is difficult to interpret, and hard to assess. Ultimately, the library should look to revise this learning outcome in the near future for simplicity and clarity
Disrupting the Gender Script: How Beyoncé’s Lemonade Reimagines a Black Queer Feminine | POSTER
No full textBy virtue, Beyonce’s visual album, “Lemonade can be seen as a form of Black Feminist theorizing as she creates images of the feminine along a personal narrative backdrop of infidelity and healing. To delegitimize controlling images of Black femininity, I will investigate how forms of the Haitian Vodou Lwa Ezili appear in the visual to problematize feminine constructions. Thus, this project aims to confront existing literature that either imposes external definitions of Black femininity or centers these images in its critique. I will take a triangular approach to trace how and where Iwa Ezili appears in Lemonade. By using Jennifer Nash’s racial iconography, Judd’s theory of affective sedulity, and Tinsley’s presentations of the feminine through Iwa Ezili, I will examine how the feminine is postured, and what possibilities of femininity are imagined. This work validates art as theory, and works to identify a Black femininity that is constructed by the lived experiences of Black women
