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Early Fetal Loss in the Emergency Department and Nurses’ Perceptions of Care: Implementation of a Framework for Care
Women and families widely report dissatisfaction with miscarriage care received in the emergency department (ED). Nurses in the ED are not formally trained in principles of perinatal bereavement, including meeting the complex psychological needs of clients experiencing the loss of an early pregnancy. Nurses may lack the confidence, preparedness, and knowledge needed to care for these clients holistically. This project hypothesized ED nurses’ perceptions (knowledge, confidence, and preparedness) would improve subsequent to education and implementation of an evidence-based framework for care. Emergency department nurses’ perceptions (knowledge, confidence, and preparedness) of care significantly increased after education and implementation of an evidence-based education framework for care. There was a significant increase in the nurses’ post-survey perception of knowledge (paired t-test 2.4398, P-value 0.01106, M= 3.038462, SD= 0.958364) compared to pre-survey knowledge (M= 2.653846, SD= 0.8458041). There was a significant increase in the nurses’ post-survey perception of confidence (paired t-test 2.5754, P-value 0.008157, M= 3.269231, SD= 0.9615692) compared to pre-survey confidence (M= 2.769231, SD= 0.9922779). There was a significant increase in the nurses’ post-survey perception of preparedness (paired t-test 1.9174, P-value 0.03334, M= 3.076923, SD= 1.055389) compared to pre-survey preparedness (M= 2.692308, SD= 1.086986). Keywords: fetal loss, miscarriage, spontaneous abortion, pregnancy loss, perinatal loss, emergency department, emergency room, nurses, healthcare professionals, clients, patients, experiences, and perceptions
Monte Carlo based techniques for quantum magnets with long-range interactions
Long-range interactions are relevant for a large variety of quantum systems
in quantum optics and condensed matter physics. In particular, the control of
quantum-optical platforms promises to gain deep insights in quantum-critical
properties induced by the long-range nature of interactions. From a theoretical
perspective, long-range interactions are notoriously complicated to treat.
Here, we give an overview of recent advancements to investigate quantum magnets
with long-range interactions focusing on two techniques based on Monte Carlo
integration. First, the method of perturbative continuous unitary
transformations where classical Monte Carlo integration is applied within the
embedding scheme of white graphs. This linked-cluster expansion allows to
extract high-order series expansions of energies and observables in the
thermodynamic limit. Second, stochastic series expansion quantum Monte Carlo
which enables calculations on large finite systems. Finite-size scaling can
then be used to determine physical properties of the infinite system. In recent
years, both techniques have been applied successfully to one- and
two-dimensional quantum magnets involving long-range Ising, XY, and Heisenberg
interactions on various bipartite and non-bipartite lattices. Here, we
summarise the obtained quantum-critical properties including critical exponents
for all these systems in a coherent way. Further, we review how long-range
interactions are used to study quantum phase transitions above the upper
critical dimension and the scaling techniques to extract these quantum critical
properties from the numerical calculations.Comment: 141 pages, 38 figure
REGULAR VLSI STRUCTURES.
The use of regular (iterative) architectures that are modularly structured and arbitrarily extendable is suggested as a way to reduce design costs. Following a discussion of the factors that make regular structure desirable, their characteristics are examined. The author highlights the distinct characteristics of regular structures by marking a few specific points of difference to common circuits.Conference Pape
Fremdsprachen in Handel und Industrie
Fremdsprachen in Handel und Industrie : unter bes. Berücks. mittlerer Betriebe in Schwaben u. im Raum München ; Dokumentation u. Auswertung e. Umfrage / Konrad Schröder ; Dorothee Langheld ; Konrad Macht. - Königstein/Ts. : Scriptor, 1979. - VIII, 259 S. - (Monographien Fremdsprachen ; 8). - Auch ersch. als: Augsburger I- & I-Schriften
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