Using a Natural Disaster to Understand the Educational and Technical Assistance Needs of Small-scale Forest Landowners

Natural disasters occur in all forests, and may provide an opportunity for forestry extension educators and natural resource professionals to reach landowners with education and technical assistance. The 1998 ice storm that hit northern New York State, USA in January 1998, was used to assess the educational and technical assistance needs of forest owners. The degree of commonality among private forest landowners and maple syrup producers in their preferred delivery methods and messengers for educational materials was explored as a result of this natural disaster. Most respondents surveyed indicated that newsletters or special mailings were the best way to reach them. However, some evidence was found that small-scale forest landowners find personal contacts more useful than written materials when considering adopting a new practice. Evidence exists that some people likely sought information for the first time as a result of the storm and many think about the possibility of future ice storms when making management decisions. Responding effectively to a teachable moment created by a natural disaster requires the ability to disperse quickly relevant educational materials through a knowledgeable and trusted human network and into the hands of affected individuals before they begin making resource management decisions

Human Responses to Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus in the Great Lakes

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Public Tolerance of Deer in a Suburban Environment: Implications for Management and Control

A mail survey of residents in suburban northern Westchester County, New York was conducted to determine the nature and extent of deer damage in the county, the importance of deer damage relative to other deer-human interactions, and residents\u27 perceptions of costs and benefits associated with the deer herd. The estimated cost of damage to plantings was quite high, $6.4 million to$9.5 million (depending on the type of assumptions concerning nonrespondents). Most respondents used some form of deer damage control (estimated to cost $1.2 to$1.8. million/year), but few people reported their problems to officials. Although these costs were high, health and safety risks were of greater concern to county residents than damage to plantings. Deer have many positive values, but a rough economic cost/benefit analysis showed that currently the perceived costs (risk of Lyme disease or vehicular accidents, cost of damage) outweigh the benefits. Educational-communications programs which address concerns such as deer-vehicle collisions or Lyme disease would be most beneficial in improving attitudes toward deer

New York Residents' Awareness of Invasive Species

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Management Activities of Private Forest Landowners in New York State

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Conserving the Landscape of Silver Lake Township: A Survey of Landowners

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Factors Affecting Fish Consumption among New Mothers Living in Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin

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Corrigendum to “Learnings from nursing bridging education programs: A scoping review” [Nurse Educ. Pract. 73 (2023) 103833](S1471595323002950)(10.1016/j.nepr.2023.103833)

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Learnings from nursing bridging education programs: A scoping review

Aim: The aim of this scoping review is to summarize and critically evaluate research focused on nursing bridging education programs internationally. Specifically, this review addresses bridging from a: (1) Personal Support Worker (or similar) to a Registered Practical Nurse (or similar); and (2) Registered Practical Nurse (or similar) to a Registered Nurse. Background: Nursing bridging education programs support learners to move from one level of educational preparation or practice to another. These programs can therefore increase nursing workforce capacity. Global healthcare systems have faced nursing shortages for decades. Moreover, the presently insufficient nursing workforce is confronting an ever-increasing volume of needed healthcare that is rising with the global ageing demographic shift. Design: The Joanna Briggs Institute methods for scoping reviews, combined with Arksey and O\u27Malley’s (2005) guidelines, were used with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR). Methods: MEDLINE (Ovid), CINAHL, EMBASE and SCOPUS databases were searched. Articles published in English that included Personal Support Workers, Registered Practical Nurses, Registered Nurses and/or nurses in similar categories who were studied through the process of a nursing bridging education program were included in the review. The study search was limited to papers published after 2005 (i.e., the beginning of nurse workload “overload” according to the Canadian Nurses Association). Braun and Clarke\u27s (2006) thematic analysis was used in a content analysis of the included studies. Results: A total of 15 articles published between 2005 and 2022 were included. Four themes were generated: (1) participating in bridging education programs fuels both professional and personal development; (2) nursing bridging education programs enhance diversity in the nursing workforce; (3) student nurses do not anticipate the challenges associated with participating in a bridging program; and (4) mentor-mentee connection promotes academic learning and successful completion of nursing bridging education programs. Conclusions: Despite experiencing challenges, participation in/completion of nursing bridging education programs leads to successful role transitioning and self-reported fulfillment of personal and professional aspirations. This review revealed the need for bridging programs to accommodate the unique needs of student nurses. Incorporation of support services, mentorship and faculty familiarity with varying nursing educational backgrounds facilitates role transitions by reducing the perceived challenges of bridging and promoting connection to foster learning. Nursing bridging education programs allow greater numbers of nurses to be trained to build workforce capacity and enable care for the world\u27s rapidly ageing population

A Leave of Absence Might Not Be a Bad Thing: Registered Practical Nurses Working in Home Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

To describe the resilience and emotional intelligence of Registered Practical Nurses working in Home and Community Care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, to determine if there was a relationship between resilience and emotional intelligence based on whether a nurse: (1) left the sector, (2) considered leaving, or (3) took a leave of absence during the pandemic. An online cross-sectional survey was used to capture respondents’ demographic information and scores on the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale, Resilience at Work Scale®, and Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale. Registered Practical Nurses working, or who had worked, in Home and Community Care January 2020 to September 2022 were eligible to participate. The Checklist for Reporting Results of Internet E-Surveys was used. The survey was available June to September 2022 and advertised by the Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario to approximately 2105 members. Descriptive statistics and independent samples t-tests were used to analyze results at a level of P \u3c.05 was used for all analyses. A total of 672 respondents participated (completion rate = 92.8%). There were no differences on resilience or emotional intelligence scores based on whether a nurse left, or considered leaving, the Home and Community Care sector during the pandemic. However, nurses who took a leave of absence scored significantly higher on resilience and emotional intelligence measures when compared to those who did not. Results suggest that a leave of absence for these nurses during the pandemic may have been a supportive coping strategy