Rehabilitation Adherence

This study investigated the character differences between rehabilitation adherers and non-adherers. [This is an excerpt from the abstract. For the complete abstract, please see the document.

Crisis and the Emotional Body: Towards (Another) Freedom

In his analysis of the recent European crisis, Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi (2012) looks beyond its economic causes and implications and theorises the role played by poetry and the emotional body in rediscovering the relationship between language and desire and reopening the possibility of social solidarity. Drawing on Félix Guattari’s (1995) reflections on the correlation between singular refrain and universal chaos in the reinvention of subjectivity, Berardi conceptualises rhythm as a poetic feature which can contribute to restoring our ability to conjoin with other singularities and with our social and cosmic environment. This article considers how a close engagement with rhythmical, repetitive and cyclical performative practices in examples of recent European choreography may offer ways of responding to today’s crisis of social cohesion, reimagining channels of intensive communication. In particular, the article looks at works by the Italian artist Alessandro Sciarroni (Folk-s, will you still love me tomorrow?, 2012 and Chroma_don’t be frightened of turning the page, 2017) and by the London-based duo Igor and Moreno (Idiot-Syncrasy, 2013) and discusses how, in revisiting elements of folk traditions, they mobilise their potential as formal, semantic and affective modalities that can sustain a reconfiguration of social freedom

Verification of Global Assimilation of Ionospheric Measurements Gauss Markov (GAIM-GM) Model Forecast Accuracy

GAIM-GM is an operational Kalman filter data assimilation model of the ionosphere that can assimilate data from GPS total electron content (TEC), ionosonde electron density profiles, and satellite based in situ electron densities. The Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA) uses GAIM-GM to specify and forecast the ionosphere. An in depth investigation into the accuracy of these forecasts has not been completed. GAIM-GM output obtained from four cases run from combinations of geomagnetic and solar activity was used to determine GAIM-GM forecast accuracy. Forecast accuracy was determined through the use of a skill score as well as other statistical tools to include root mean square error (RMSE) and percent differences between the forecasts and the observations. It is determined that overall, GAIM-GM forecast output is more representative than the climatological reference 90% of the time indicating that GAIM-GM can therefore forecast short term fluctuations in the ionosphere. The RMSE increases during daytime, geomagnetic storming and during solar maximum. Skill scores decrease at night and GAIM-GM shows an overall diurnal bias to under forecast at night and over forecast during the day

MS-064: Papers of Henry T. Bream (Class of 1924)

This collection contains the personal papers and memorabilia of Henry T. Bream, Class of 1924. It includes, personal correspondence, certificates, photographs, publications, event programs, subject files, newspapers, scrapbooks, and artifacts. Special Collections and College Archives Finding Aids are discovery tools used to describe and provide access to our holdings. Finding aids include historical and biographical information about each collection in addition to inventories of their content. More information about our collections can be found on our website http://www.gettysburg.edu/special_collections/collections/.https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/findingaidsall/1059/thumbnail.jp

Clinical Reasoning to Advance Medication Safety by Senior Nursing Students

Nursing students in their final year of their nursing education program are expected to administer medications to patients safely and competently. Currently, there is a lack of research with regard to how senior nursing students are using clinical reasoning to support medication safety in the clinical setting. This qualitative descriptive case study explored how senior nursing students applied critical thinking and clinical reasoning to support medication safety in their final clinical practicums. The study took place in 2019 and consisted of 13 face-to-face interviews with senior nursing students in their final clinical rotation. Six themes emerged from the interviews. Students described (1) administering medications safely by recognizing and clustering cues, (2) administering medications safely to the right patient in the context of care, (3) administering medications safely by determining the correct action, (4) administering medications safely to patients for the right reason, (5) reflecting on clinical reasoning experiences that supported medication safety, and (6) unit culture impact clinical reasoning about medication safety. Nursing students described how they used their clinical reasoning to support safe medication management and administration in clinical settings. Based on the findings from this study, we recommend that nursing education programs enhance opportunities for students to develop and reflect on their clinical reasoning about safe medication administration in clinical settings. Résumé Il est attendu que les étudiantes en sciences infirmières qui terminent leur formation soient en mesure d’administrer des médicaments de façon sécuritaire et compétente. Les recherches sur la façon dont les étudiantes finissantes en sciences infirmières utilisent le raisonnement clinique pour soutenir la sécurité pharmacologique en milieu clinique sont actuellement insuffisantes. Cette étude de cas descriptive et qualitative a exploré la manière dont ces étudiantes exerçaient la pensée critique et le raisonnement clinique pour assurer la sécurité pharmacologique au cours de leur dernier stage clinique. L’étude a été effectuée en 2019 et comprenait 13 entretiens individuels avec des étudiantes en sciences infirmières de 4e année lors de leur dernier stage en milieu clinique. Six thèmes sont ressortis de l’analyse de ces entretiens. Les étudiantes ont décrit administrer des médicaments de manière sécuritaire (1) en reconnaissant et en regroupant les indices, (2) en les administrant au bon patient dans le contexte des soins, (3) en déterminant la bonne action, (4) en les administrant aux patients pour la bonne raison,(5) en réfléchissant sur les expériences de raisonnement clinique qui ont soutenu la sécurité pharmacologique et (6) la culture de l’unité a eu un impact sur le raisonnement clinique concernant la sécurité pharmacologique. Les étudiantes en sciences infirmières ont expliqué comment elles ont utilisé leur raisonnement clinique pour favoriser la gestion et l’administration sécuritaires de médicaments dans les milieux cliniques. Compte tenu des résultats de cette étude, nous recommandons que les programmes de formation en sciences infirmières fournissent davantage d’occasions permettant aux étudiantes de développer et de réfléchir à leur raisonnement clinique en matière d’administration sécuritaire des médicaments dans les milieux de soins

Evaluating Preceptor Perception of Role Development and Support Initiatives in a Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program

Background: Nurse preceptors fulfill a vital role in the success of preceptorship experiences during clinical education of nursing students in their final year of study. Literature does not provide insight on preceptors’ perceptions about whether they feel supported in their knowledge about how to guide undergraduate nursing students in complex clinical learning environments. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore Saskatchewan preceptors’ perceptions of their role preparation/development and support, and make recommendations to enhance preceptors’ support to ensure quality learning for preceptored nursing students. Methods: The sample comprised of registered nurses who were current or past preceptors for fourth year undergraduate students. A cross sectional study design was used. Data were gathered through Qualtrics® survey and analyzed to identify statistically significant differences in sub-scales score by demographic subgroups. Results: Significant differences were found between preceptors aged 60 years and older and those aged 30-39 years or 40-49 years on the preparation subscale. In both cases those in \u3e 60 years subgroup scored higher with medium effect sizes. In regard to the years of practice, those with 10-19 years’ experience score higher than those with 5-9 years and 20-29 years, again with medium effect sizes. Conclusion and Recommendations: Gaining understanding of preceptors’ perspectives of what they need to fulfill their role as preceptors is integral to preceptor satisfaction. Enhancing preceptor satisfaction can increase recruitment and retention of preceptors for the future. Additional faculty training and support are needed to ensure faculty and preceptors have a better understanding of their roles. There is need for further development of preceptor manuals to include relevant material for specific clinical areas, a review of evaluation documents, and increased support for younger and least experienced preceptors. Contexte : Les infirmières préceptrices jouent un rôle essentiel dans le succès des expériences de préceptorat durant la formation clinique des étudiantes en dernière année de leurs études en sciences infirmières. La littérature ne fournit aucune information sur les perceptions des préceptrices, à savoir si elles se sentent appuyées lorsqu’elles doivent guider des étudiantes de premier cycle à travers des environnements d’apprentissage clinique complexes. Objectifs : Cette étude visait à explorer les perceptions des infirmières préceptrices en Saskatchewan concernant le développement, la préparation et le soutien en lien avec leur rôle, ainsi qu’à formuler des recommandations pour améliorer le soutien offert aux préceptrices pour assurer un apprentissage de qualité aux étudiantes en sciences infirmières. Méthodes : L’échantillon était composé d’infirmières qui agissaient – ou avaient agi – à titre de préceptrice pour des étudiantes en dernière année de leur programme de premier cycle. Un devis transversal a été utilisé pour cette étude. Les données ont été recueillies au moyen d’un sondage QualtricsMD et analysées dans le but de dégager des différences statistiquement significatives dans le score des sous-échelles pour chaque sous-groupe démographique. Résultats : Sur la sous-échelle de préparation, des différences significatives ont été observées entre les préceptrices âgées de 60 ans et plus et celles âgées de 30 à 39 ou de 40 à 49 ans. Dans les deux cas, celles se trouvant dans le sous-groupe « plus de 60 ans » ont obtenu un meilleur résultat avec des tailles d’effet moyennes. En ce qui concerne les années de pratique, celles ayant de 10 à 19 ans d’expérience ont obtenu un meilleur résultat que celles ayant de 5 à 9 ou de 20 à 29 ans d’expérience. Conclusion et recommandations : Il est essentiel, pour la satisfaction des infirmières préceptrices, de mieux comprendre leurs perspectives en ce qui a trait à leurs besoins pour remplir leur rôle. Le fait d’augmenter la satisfaction des préceptrices peut contribuer favorablement à leur recrutement et leur rétention à l’avenir. Il importe d’accroître la formation et le soutien des membres du corps professoral pour assurer qu’elles ainsi que les infirmières préceptrices comprennent davantage le rôle de ces dernières. Il sera également nécessaire d’actualiser les guides des préceptrices en incluant une documentation pertinente aux domaines cliniques spécifiques, de revoir les documents d’évaluation, et de soutenir davantage les préceptrices plus jeunes et moins expérimentées

Public support for European integration in eight member states: a battle for the hearts as well as the minds of Europe's citizens

Defence date: 22 November 2002Examining Board: Prof. Richard Breen, FBA, MRIA (Supervisor); Prof. Anthony Heath, FBA; Prof. Michael Keating, European University Institute; Prof. Richard Sinnot, University College DublinFirst made available online on 16 April 2018In this thesis the author aims to make a contribution to our understanding o f mass attitudes towards European integration. The initial theoretical backdrop is the field of regional integration, where mass attitudes are generally specified to play a minimal role in integrative developments. I criticise this viewpoint, and in particular the Permissive Consensus approach of Lindberg and Scheingold (1970), from an empirical and theoretical stance, arguing instead that public support for European integration is capable o f fulfilling an important legitimising function. Amongst other researchers that view public opinion as worthy of study, the consensus is that mass support for integration is largely a function o f utilitarian calculations. My starting points are the large, unexplained differences in support by country that remain in many utilitarian studies. I hypothesise that explanations o f mass support for integration are complemented by the inclusion o f variables that account for so-called ‘affective* attitudes. Specifically, I construct variables measuring national pride, European identity, nationalism and racism for European Union respondents surveyed in the International Social Survey Programme 1995 National Identity dataset. Here, as elsewhere in the thesis, I use commonly applied social sciences methodologies to test my hypotheses both at aggregate and country level. Essentially, I show that higher levels of pride and European identity are positively related to support, while nationalism and racism are negatively related. A second empirical section to the thesis addresses how the four affective concepts interrelate with one another in the data. Although I do not formulate specific hypotheses in this case, I am, however, informed by the socio-psychological literature concerning social identity. In a final empirical section, I use Eurobarometer data to attempt an explanation o f non-attitudes towards European integration, shown to be ubiquitous in both surveys. Here, the explanatory focus is on education, knowledge and interest in politics rather than affective variables

Public relations practice in ASEAN nations: local, regional, global visions

 This thesis examines the views, concerns and outlooks of public relations practitioners in six countries of South East Asia, seeking to understand the extent to which their views about their work and their world correspond with those of practitioners in the developed countries of the west. It reveals a range of distinctive issues and concerns requiring greater recognition in international public relations literature

Dancing poetry : Jonathan Burrows's reconfiguration of choreography

EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo