Generational Differences in Faculty and Student Comfort with Technology Use

Background: Navigating through online education courses continues to be a struggle for some nursing students. At the same time, integrating technology into online courses can be difficult for nursing faculty. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess faculty technology integration practices, student attitudes about technology use, and generational differences related to faculty and student technology use. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional survey design was used to obtain data for this study. Results: Integration of technology into online courses and student attitudes about technology use were not significantly different by generation. Faculty and students from the Baby Boomer and Generation X reported less comfort using technology and higher levels of anxiety using technology than did individuals from Generation Y. Conclusion: Significant generational variations were not noted in relation to technology integration into courses and overall student attitudes about technology in this study, but differences were noted in relation to comfort with use of technology and anxiety when using technology. Student learning outcomes and satisfaction with learning may be influenced by the student\u27s comfort using technology and faculty\u27s confidence in integrating and using technology to provide online instruction

Characteristics of type II diabetics compared to non-diabetic Poarch Creek Indians.

Characteristics of type II diabetics compared to non-diabetic Poarch Creek Indians

Willingness to Utilize mHealth for Health Promotion: An Evaluation of Influencing Factors Among College Nursing Students’

Abstract Improving the physical and mental health of nursing students is essential to shaping and sustaining healthy behaviors prior to joining the demanding workforce. Leveraging technology such as mHealth apps holds great promise in facilitating behavior change and improving healthy lifestyles in nursing students. In order to create these mHealth applications that will engage nursing students we must first identify the predictors of willingness to use mHealth within this population. Evaluation of psychological, attitudinal and health-related correlates of mHealth can produce predictors of willingness to use mHealth which can influence the use and long-term engagement of mHealth apps. Psychological attributes such as hope, plays a role in the willingness to use mHealth apps in nursing students and may be the secret ingredient to keeping them engaged in the utilization of an mHealth app. Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the characteristics and influencing factors of college nursing students’ willingness to utilize mHealth for health promotion. We hope by identifying predictors of willingness to use mHealth apps we can increase engagement and improvement attrition rates in mHealth interventions targeting health promotion in nursing students. The research questions included: 1) What are the associations between user characteristics and mHealth use? 2) How is nursing students’ typical use of mHealth predicted by their willingness to use an mHealth app, desire for text nudging, positive psychology characteristics, BMI classification, and demographic characteristics. Conclusion Preliminary data analysis illustrates the role hope plays in the willingness to engage in mHealth use to improve health from a college nursing student perspective. Increasing the end-users’ hope and consistently providing them with positive hope constructs through nudging might be the secret ingredient to keeping them engaged in utilization of an mHealth app. This illustrates one importance of promoting and building positive psychology variables in college students to encourage adherence to behaviors that lead to positive health outcomes. Implementation of an mHealth app which increases hope and helps establish healthy behaviors may enable nursing students to maintain these healthy habits, leading the way to a new generation of healthier nurses, ultimately increasing the safety for patients under their care

Surprising Benefits of the Family Meal

This article is a literature review on the surprising benefits of family meals. The family meal has declined drastically since 1966. Families who have frequent family meals often see the following benefits with their children and youth: enhanced vocabulary, academic success, healthy food selections, demonstration of positive values, and avoidance of high-risk behaviors (substance abuse, sexual activity, depression/suicide, violence, school problems, binge-eating/purging, and excessive weight loss). Nurse practitioners are in an excellent position to assess for family meal frequency and encourage families to make family meals a reality