Rental housing in rural Manitoba : current issues and future prospects

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Mapping the Sensible

Mapping figures in cinema as an experiential process inscribed within historically specific aesthetic regimes. The three long essays in this book explore mapping as a process of violent inscription on colonial landscapes (Malcomess) a practice of colonial racialisation through what Rancière terms a ‘distribution of the sensible’ (Carter) and a mode of culturally and historically located cinematic thinking (Rositzka)

Mapping the Sensible

Mapping figures in cinema as an experiential process inscribed within historically specific aesthetic regimes. The three long essays in this book explore mapping as a process of violent inscription on colonial landscapes (Malcomess) a practice of colonial racialisation through what Rancière terms a ‘distribution of the sensible’ (Carter) and a mode of culturally and historically located cinematic thinking (Rositzka)

Infection Prevention Practices and Crowding in the Emergency Department

This dissertation evaluates quality of care in the emergency department (ED), specifically with regards to crowding and infection prevention practices. Chapter One provides an overview of crowding, hand hygiene practices, and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention in the ED, identifies gaps in science regarding these areas, and specifies the aims of this dissertation. Chapter Two reports a systematic review of the relationship between ED crowding and patient outcomes. Chapter Three reports a literature review of ED healthcare worker compliance with common infection prevention protocols. Chapter Four uses data collected from a single-site observational study to examine the relationship between crowding and hand hygiene compliance. Chapter Five uses data from a nationwide qualitative study to describe facets of high-performing ED CAUTI prevention programs. Lastly, Chapter Six synthesizes dissertation findings, specifies the implications of results, and makes recommendations for further study

Perceived clinician-patient communication in the emergency department and subsequent post-traumatic stress symptoms in patients evaluated for acute coronary syndrome

Objectives: Evaluation for a potentially life-threatening cardiac event in the emergency department (ED) is a stressful experience that can result in symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, which are associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality in patients. No study has tested whether good clinician–patient communication in the ED is associated with better psychological outcomes in these individuals and whether it can mitigate other risk factors for post-traumatic stress symptoms (PSS) such as perception of life threat and vulnerability in the ED. Methods: Data were analysed from 474 participants in the Reactions to Acute Care and Hospitalization (REACH) study, an observational cohort study of ED predictors of medical and psychological outcomes after evaluation for suspected acute coronary syndrome. Participants were recruited from November 2013 to January 2015 at a single-site academic medical centre (New York-Presbyterian-Columbia University Medical Center). Participants reported threat perceptions in the ED and provided information on their perceptions of clinician–patient communication using the Interpersonal Process of Care Survey. PSS were assessed using the Acute Stress Disorder Scale during follow-up. Results: 474 subjects were enrolled in the study. Median length of follow-up was 3 days after ED presentation, range 0–30 days, 80% within 8 days. Perceptions of good clinician–patient communication in the ED were associated with lower PSS, whereas increased threat perception was associated with higher PSS. A significant interaction between clinician–patient communication and threat perception on PSS suggested that patients with higher threat perception benefited most from good clinician–patient communication. Conclusion: Our study found an association between good clinician–patient communication in the ED during evaluation of potentially life-threatening cardiac events and decreased subsequent post-traumatic stress reactions. This association is particularly marked for patients who perceive the greatest degree of life threat and vulnerability during evaluation

Providing Access to Foreign Language Electronic Resources

Digital resource of foreign language materials in CD-ROMs are bounded by the technological issues of the countries where the products are produced, and also face different technological settings in the United States where these products need to be acceesed. The main of these challenges are technical and legal issues bounded by social cultural custom in the original countries of the products. Solving these issues is time consuming. Cooperation among librarians is essential to make foreign resources avialable. Librarians with foreign language and knowledge and the Technology Librarians worked out the challenges at the Univesity of Washington Libraries. Co-authored by librarians involved in the project.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/108143/1/CDROM.pd

Perceived barriers to infection prevention and control for nursing home certified nursing assistants: a qualitative study.

Healthcare-associated infections, while preventable, result in increased morbidity and mortality in nursing home (NH) residents. Frontline personnel, such as certified nursing assistants (CNAs), are crucial to successful implementation of infection prevention and control (IPC) practices. The purpose of this study was to explore barriers to implementing and maintaining IPC practices for NH CNAs as well as to describe strategies used to overcome these barriers. We conducted a multi-site qualitative study of NH personnel important to infection control. Audio-recorded interviews were transcribed verbatim and transcripts were analyzed using conventional content analysis. Five key themes emerged as perceived barriers to effective IPC for CNAs: 1) language/culture; 2) knowledge/training; 3) per-diem/part-time staff; 4) workload; and 5) accountability. Strategies used to overcome these barriers included: translating in-services, hands on training, on-the-spot training for per-diem/part-time staff, increased staffing ratios, and inclusion/empowerment of CNAs. Understanding IPC barriers and strategies to overcome these barriers may better enable NHs to achieve infection reduction goals

The Jonas Scholars Program—Evaluation of a decade-long program to advance doctoral-prepared nurses

Background: The Jonas Scholars Program of Jonas Nursing & Veterans Healthcare aims to advance the pipeline of doctoral-prepared, research-focused, and practice-focused faculty via student financial support and leadership training. Purpose: Program evaluation of the Jonas Scholars Program. We describe the reach of the program over time, scholar characteristics, and report on graduated scholars that are currently employed in faculty and clinical positions. Method: Retrospective analysis of administrative records from the Jonas Scholars Program spanning 2008 to 2016. Findings: The Jonas Scholars Program has grown substantially since its inception. From 2008 to 2016, a total of 1,032 doctoral students at 174 universities across the United States have received financial support through the program. Scholars have a mean age of 38 and nearly two-thirds are enrolled in a research-focused PhD program. Most graduated scholars for which data are available are primarily faculty in nursing schools 185 (30.7%), providing direct patient care 171 (28.4%), or conducting research 118 (19.8%). Discussion: The Jonas Scholars Program supports the pipeline of a younger generation of doctoral-prepared nurses that are faculty in schools of nursing, providing direct patient care and conducting research

Understanding infection prevention and control in nursing homes: A qualitative study.

Infections have been identified as a priority issue in nursing homes (NHs). We conducted a qualitative study purposively sampling 10 NHs across the country where 6-8 employees were recruited (N = 73). Semi-structured, open-ended guides were used to conduct in-depth interviews. Data were audiotaped, transcribed and a content analysis was performed. Five themes emerged: \u27Residents\u27 Needs\u27, \u27Roles and Training\u27 \u27Using Infection Data,\u27 \u27External Resources\u27 and \u27Focus on Hand Hygiene.\u27 Infection prevention was a priority in the NHs visited. While all sites had hand hygiene programs, other recommended areas were not a focus and many sites were not aware of available resources. Developing ways to ensure effective, efficient and standardized infection prevention and control in NHs continues to be a national priority

The Iowa Homemaker vol.22, no.4

Navy Learns To Cook, Virginia Bates, page 2 Keeping Up With Today, Mary Lou Springer, page 3 Soybeans Join Victory March, Virginia Brainard, page 4 A Salute to Christian Petersen, Virginia Carter, page 5 Textiles Meet War’s Challenge, Betty Roth, page 6 Engineering Enlists Women, Bette Simpson, page 7 What’s New In Home Economics, Helen Horton, page 8 Across Alumnae Desks, Mary Ellen Sullivan, page 10 That Wartime Package, Grace Brown, page 12 Alums in the News, Harriet Zook, page 14 Bookmarks, Eileen Dudgeon, page 1