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Nursing Faculty Descriptions of Horizontal Violence in Academe

Horizontal violence (HV) is a well-documented phenomenon in nursing that has been studied primarily among staff nurses in clinical practice settings. Characteristics of peer-to-peer HV include, but are not limited to, bullying, scapegoating, blaming, coercion, aggression, and intimidation. A body of literature exist addressing faculty incivility toward students in academic settings however, limited studies have been conducted investigating faculty to faculty HV among nursing faculty in academe. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to investigate nursing faculty descriptions of faculty to faculty HV and determine the impact on nursing faculty and the academic work setting. The research questions are: 1) What actions or behaviors do nursing faculty describe as faculty to faculty HV in nursing academic work settings? 2) What is the impact of faculty to faculty HV in nursing academic work settings? The sample consisted of 14 full-time tenure and non-tenure track faculty teaching in baccalaureate, masters, or doctoral nursing programs in the United States. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed to determine conditions and defining characteristics of faculty to faculty HV. Participants described acts of HV including demeaning critique, abuse of power, claiming ownership of another's work, ridicule in the presence of students, and sabotage. Personal impact on individual faculty included discouragement, anger, frustration, intent to leave the profession, and heightened stress while impact on the work environment included mistrust, increased fear of retribution, lack of academic freedom, and destruction of camaraderie among faculty. The results of this study revealed three conditions in which faculty to faculty HV occur: HV related to the promotion/tenure process, HV related to the hierarchical structure, and HV related to the role functions of faculty

Design of distributed database

Issued as Final report, Project no. G-36-66

The relationship of aptitude and vocational interest to achievement of soldiers in advanced individual training, U.S. Arny Quarter master School

The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship of aptitude and vocational interest to academic achievement of soldiers in entry-level job training programs at the US Army Quartermaster School. The study was designed to distinguish between soldiers who passed all course examinations and those who did not. The soldiers were expected to differ on selected measures of aptitude and vocational interest.;The courses were selected for study because approximately 50% of the soldiers enrolled failed one or more examinations on the first attempt and thus required some form of retraining. The Quartermaster School is committed to reducing retraining costs (remedial instruction, study hall, and academic counseling by instructors). It was anticipated in the study that optimum job assignments lead to better performances in training for jobs, more often, when assignments are consistent with the ability and vocational preferences of soldiers.;It was hypothesized that the pass group would exceed the nonpass group on aptitude and vocational interest in both courses. It was concluded that aptitude and vocational interest made only a small contribution to the achievement of soldiers. The pass group exceeded the nonpass group on different measures of aptitude and interest for each course.;Further study should examine a broader set of predictors for selection and classification. In addition, the factors which account for the large unexplained portion of the variance between the pass and nonpass groups should be determined

Two Distinct Pathways Support Gene Correction by Single-Stranded Donors at DNA Nicks

SummaryNicks are the most common form of DNA damage. The mechanisms of their repair are fundamental to genomic stability and of practical importance for genome engineering. We define two pathways that support homology-directed repair by single-stranded DNA donors. One depends upon annealing-driven strand synthesis and acts at both nicks and double-strand breaks. The other depends upon annealing-driven heteroduplex correction and acts at nicks. Homology-directed repair via these pathways, as well as mutagenic end joining, are inhibited by RAD51 at nicks but largely independent of RAD51 at double-strand breaks. Guidelines for coordinated design of targets and donors for gene correction emerge from definition of these pathways. This analysis further suggests that naturally occurring nicks may have significant recombinogenic and mutagenic potential that is normally inhibited by RAD51 loading onto DNA, thereby identifying a function for RAD51 in maintenance of genomic stability

The Relationship Between Nursing Characteristics and Pain Care Quality

The purpose of this study is to examine relationships between unit-level nursing characteristics (e.g. RN education, certification, RN hours per patient day) and hospital characteristics (e.g. Magnet designated, academic institution) with the unit average of patients' self-rated perception of pain and pain care quality. The study is a correlational analysis of cross-sectional data from the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) combined with data on pain care quality. The sample was a convenience sample that covered 170 hospitals across the U.S. with 725 reporting units. . The study found significant clinical relationships, although weak, between several variables. Strong relationships included: patient's average pain rating and nursing care hours per patient day; average pain and having pain medications available when needed. The strongest relationship was between percent pain relief and having pain medications available when needed. The study's findings that no significant differences presented across various unit types reinforce the point that pain is pervasive. Pain is also unique to each individual's subjective experience. Therefore, each patient's plan of care should be individualized, patient-centric, and unique to his or her experience.University of Kansas School of Nursing. Bachelor of Science in Nursing Honors Progra

Memo - Full Formula Funding

Memo to WKU faculty and staff from the chairs of the Institutional Goals & Planning Committee and the Academic Affairs Committee urging them to write to state legislators and governor in support of full formula funding