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Diversifying the Healthcare Workforce: Transition of the Combat Medic to Baccalaureate-Prepared Nurse
Purpose
The creation of a combat medic to accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program may offer a way to positively contribute to the nursing workforce. Therefore, the purpose of this feasibility project was to combine the four sub-roles of expert practitioner, educator, researcher, and consultant1, to design a new pathway for military combat medic entry into nursing.
Methods
A comparative analysis elucidated gaps in 219 different nursing skills, didactic and general education requirements, clinical hours, and transfer credits between combat medic training and the BSN curriculum at a Vermont university. Identified gaps were compared to nursing licensure requirements. A sample of combat medics was surveyed for interest level in pursuing a BSN, desired employment setting, and intent to work at the bedside for two years or longer. Feedback was collected from faculty and administrators and at schools with similar existing programs.
Results
Two program plans of study for 24- and 32-month completion were developed, (dependent on transfer credits and demonstrated skill competencies). Participating combat medics (84%) reported being “very interested” and 16% reported being “interested” in pursuing an accelerated program in nursing. Combat medic participants (100%) indicated that they would remain at the bedside for two years or longer.
Conclusion
The proposed program pathway was well-received and may offer a way to alleviate medic unemployment rates and contribute to the nursing workforce. Plans for further research include a cost-benefit analysis, more precise sampling to gauge interest levels, and determinants of requisite supplies, physical space, clinical placements, and faculty.
Keywords: Nurse, Military, Medic, BSN, RN
References Manley, K. (1997). A conceptual framework for advanced practice: An action research project operationalizing an advanced practitioner/consultant nurse role. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 6, 179–190
Method for fiberizing ceramic materials Patent
Process for fiberizing ceramic materials with high fusion temperatures and tensile strengt
Think Different: Applying the Old Macintosh Mantra to the Computability of the SUSY Auxiliary Field Problem
Starting with valise supermultiplets obtained from 0-branes plus field
redefinitions, valise adinkra networks, and the "Garden Algebra," we discuss an
architecture for algorithms that (starting from on-shell theories and, through
a well-defined computation procedure), search for off-shell completions. We
show in one dimension how to directly attack the notorious "off-shell auxiliary
field" problem of supersymmetry with algorithms in the adinkra network-world
formulation.Comment: 28 pages, 1 figur
A Note on Supersymmetric WZW term in Four Dimensions
We reconsider the supersymmetric Wess-Zumino-Witten (SWZW) term in four
dimensions. It has been known that the manifestly supersymmetric form of the
SWZW term includes derivative terms on auxiliary fields, the highest components
of chiral superfields, and then we cannot eliminate them by their equations of
motion. We discuss a possibility for the elimination of such derivative terms
by adding total derivative terms. Although the most of derivative terms can be
eliminated as in this way, we find that all the derivative terms can be
canceled, if and only if an anomalous term in SWZW term vanishes. As a
byproduct, we find the first example of a higher derivative term free from such
a problem.Comment: LaTeX, 10 pages, no figures, typos corrected, references added,
accepted for publication in Modern Physics Letters
A Note on Embedding of M-Theory Corrections into Eleven-Dimensional Superspace
By analyzing eleven-dimensional superspace fourth-rank superfield strength
F-Bianchi identities, we show that M-theory corrections to eleven-dimensional
supergravity can not be embedded into the mass dimension zero constraints, such
as the (\g^{a b})_{\a\b} X_{a b}{}^c or i (\g^{a_1... a_5})_{\a\b} X_{a_1...
a_5}{}^c -terms in the supertorsion constraint T_{\a\b}{}^c. The only possible
modification of superspace constraint at dimension zero is found to be the
scaling of F_{\a\b c d} like F_{\a\b c d} = (1/2) \big(\g_{c d}\big)_{\a\b}
e^\Phi for some real scalar superfield \Phi, which alone is further shown not
enough to embed general M-theory corrections. This conclusion is based on the
dimension zero F-Bianchi identity under the two assumptions: (i) There are no
negative dimensional constraints on the F-superfield strength: F_{\a\b\g\d} =
F_{\a\b\g d} =0; (ii) The supertorsion T-Bianchi identities and F-Bianchi
identities are not modified by Chern-Simons terms. Our result can serve as a
powerful tool for future exploration of M-theory corrections embedded into
eleven-dimensional superspace supergravity.Comment: 14 pages, latex, some minor typos corrected, as well as old section 5
deleted, due to the subtlety about Chern-Simons term in F-Bianchi identitie
Analyses of the dynamic docking test system for advanced mission docking system test programs
Results are given of analytical studies performed in support of the design, implementation, checkout and use of NASA's dynamic docking test system (DDTS). Included are analyses of simulator components, a list of detailed operational test procedures, a summary of simulator performance, and an analysis and comparison of docking dynamics and loads obtained by test and analysis
On Lorentz-Violating Supersymmetric Quantum Field Theories
We study the possibility of constructing Lorentz-violating supersymmetric
quantum field theories under the assumption that these theories have to be
described by lagrangians which are renormalizable by weighted power counting.
Our investigation starts from the observation that at high energies
Lorentz-violation and the usual supersymmetry algebra are algebraically
compatible. Demanding linearity of the supercharges we see that the requirement
of renormalizability drastically restricts the set of possible
Lorentz-violating supersymmetric theories. In particular, in the case of
supersymmetric gauge theories the weighted power counting has to coincide with
the usual one and the only Lorentz-violating operators are introduced by some
weighted constant c that explicitly appears in the supersymmetry algebra. This
parameter does not renormalize and has to be very close to the speed of light
at low energies in order to satisfy the strict experimental bounds on Lorentz
violation. The only possible models with non trivial Lorentz-violating
operators involve neutral chiral superfields and do not have a gauge invariant
extension. We conclude that, under the assumption that high-energy physics can
be described by a renormalizable Lorentz-violating extensions of the Standard
Model, the Lorentz fine tuning problem does not seem solvable by the
requirement of supersymmetry.Comment: 22 pages, 2 figure
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