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Sociolinguistic Dimensions of Nurse Practitioner Practice: A Question of Power
Ethnographic methods were used to examine the sociolinguistic dimensions of female nurse practitioner interactions with female patients. The purpose was to provide a contextual account of the discursive practices used by the nurse practitioners during routine office visits with female patients. Direction for this research was provided by my concern about power inherent in professional-client dyadic relationships. Data collection methods included formal and informal interviews, participant observation and audio taping nurse-patient encounters. Nine nurse practitioners and 26 patients participated in the study in both private and public ambulatory care settings. Data analysis yielded two concurrent story lines which I labeled language as process and patterns of language . These two story lines eventually converged on the question of power in nurse practitioner encounters with patients. The language process that characterized the encounters consisted of five action oriented linguistic steps or phases that served to establish the ambiance, as well as control the pace, and direction of the office visit. The steps or phases were identified as: openings, transitions to business, the business at hand, transitions to closure, and closures. The four major linguistic patterns that seemed to characterize the talk of the nurse practitioners as they interacted with female patients were as follows: Supporting, informing, controlling and professional jargon. Instances of sociolinguistic power were identified in the processes that controlled the pace and direction of the office visits and potentially truncated data gathering. Controlling language, including warning and command statements, and the use of professional jargon were also examples of power embedded in the language of nurse practitioners identified in the verbatim transcripts. Some implications for this study relate to educating nurse practitioners about the transparent power of language, and the potential for untoward outcomes for patients when that power is not recognized
Code Blue: Back to Basics
Introduction: High-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) improves a patient’s chance of survival. High-quality CPR started immediately after cardiac arrest combined with early defibrillation can double or triple the chances of survival.
In 2021 Joint Commission (JC) provided new and revised in-hospital resuscitation standards due to suboptimal patient outcomes related to poor resuscitation performance
A Multidisciplinary Diabetes Collaborative
Holistic and Nursing Scholarship Symposium Event Posters.https://scholarlycommons.libraryinfo.bhs.org/nurs_presentations/1015/thumbnail.jp
Lorentz-Violating Supergravity
The standard forms of supersymmetry and supergravity are inextricably wedded
to Lorentz invariance. Here a Lorentz-violating form of supergravity is
proposed. The superpartners have exotic properties that are not possible in a
theory with exact Lorentz symmetry and microcausality. For example, the bosonic
sfermions have spin 1/2 and the fermionic gauginos have spin 1. The theory is
based on a phenomenological action that is shown to follow from a simple
microscopic and statistical picture.Comment: 15 pages; to be published in Proceedings of Beyond the Desert 2003
(Castle Ringberg, Tegernsee, Germany, 9-14 June 2003), edited by H. V.
Klapdor-Kleingrothau
A Multidisciplinary Diabetic Collaborative
https://scholarlycommons.libraryinfo.bhs.org/nurs_presentations2023/1033/thumbnail.jp
Path integral Monte Carlo simulations for rigid rotors and their application to water
In this work the path integral formulation for rigid rotors, proposed by
M\"user and Berne [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 77}, 2638 (1996)], is described in
detail. It is shown how this formulation can be used to perform Monte Carlo
simulations of water. Our numerical results show that whereas some properties
of water can be accurately reproduced using classical simulations with an
empirical potential which, implicitly, includes quantum effects, other
properties can only be described quantitatively when quantum effects are
explicitly incorporated. In particular, quantum effects are extremely relevant
when it comes to describing the equation of state of the ice phases at low
temperatures, the structure of the ices at low temperatures, and the heat
capacity of both liquid water and the ice phases. They also play a minor role
in the relative stability of the ice phases.Comment: to appear in Molecular Physics (2011
Comets, historical records and vedic literature
A verse in book I of Rigveda mentions a cosmic tree with rope-like aerial
roots held up in the sky. Such an imagery might have ensued from the appearance
of a comet having `tree stem' like tail, with branched out portions resembling
aerial roots. Interestingly enough, a comet referred to as `heavenly tree' was
seen in 162 BC, as reported by old Chinese records. Because of weak surface
gravity, cometary appendages may possibly assume strange shapes depending on
factors like rotation, structure and composition of the comet as well as solar
wind pattern. Varahamihira and Ballala Sena listed several comets having
strange forms as reported originally by ancient seers such as Parashara,
Vriddha Garga, Narada and Garga.
Mahabharata speaks of a mortal king Nahusha who ruled the heavens when Indra,
king of gods, went into hiding. Nahusha became luminous and egoistic after
absorbing radiance from gods and seers. When he kicked Agastya (southern star
Canopus), the latter cursed him to become a serpent and fall from the sky. We
posit arguments to surmise that this Mahabharata lore is a mythical recounting
of a cometary event wherein a comet crossed Ursa Major, moved southwards with
an elongated tail in the direction of Canopus and eventually went out of sight.
In order to check whether such a conjecture is feasible, a preliminary list of
comets (that could have or did come close to Canopus) drawn from various
historical records is presented and discussed.Comment: This work was presented in the International Conference on Oriental
Astronomy held at IISER, Pune (India) during November, 201
The native architecture of a photosynthetic membrane
In photosynthesis, the harvesting of solar energy and its subsequent conversion into a stable charge separation are dependent upon an interconnected macromolecular network of membrane-associated chlorophyll–protein complexes. Although the detailed structure of each complex has been determined, the size and organization of this network are unknown. Here we show the use of atomic force microscopy to directly reveal a native bacterial photosynthetic membrane. This first view of any multi-component membrane shows the relative positions and associations of the photosynthetic complexes and reveals crucial new features of the organization of the network: we found that the membrane is divided into specialized domains each with a different network organization and in which one type of complex predominates. Two types of organization were found for the peripheral light-harvesting LH2 complex. In the first, groups of 10–20 molecules of LH2 form light-capture domains that interconnect linear arrays of dimers of core reaction centre (RC)–light-harvesting 1 (RC–LH1–PufX) complexes; in the second they were found outside these arrays in larger clusters. The LH1 complex is ideally positioned to function as an energy collection hub, temporarily storing it before transfer to the RC where photochemistry occurs: the elegant economy of the photosynthetic membrane is demonstrated by the close packing of these linear arrays, which are often only separated by narrow 'energy conduits' of LH2 just two or three complexes wide
A telephone survey of cancer awareness among frontline staff: informing training needs
Background:
Studies have shown limited awareness about cancer risk factors among hospital-based staff. Less is known about general cancer awareness among community frontline National Health Service and social care staff.
Methods:
A cross-sectional computer-assisted telephone survey of 4664 frontline community-based health and social care staff in North West England.
Results:
A total of 671 out of 4664 (14.4%) potentially eligible subjects agreed to take part. Over 92% of staff recognised most warning signs, except an unexplained pain (88.8%, n=596), cough or hoarseness (86.9%, n=583) and a sore that does not heal (77.3%, n=519). The bowel cancer-screening programme was recognised by 61.8% (n=415) of staff. Most staff agreed that smoking and passive smoking ‘increased the chance of getting cancer.’ Fewer agreed about getting sunburnt more than once as a child (78.0%, n=523), being overweight (73.5%, n=493), drinking more than one unit of alcohol per day (50.2%, n=337) or doing less than 30 min of moderate physical exercise five times a week (41.1%, n=276).
Conclusion:
Cancer awareness is generally good among frontline staff, but important gaps exist, which might be improved by targeted education and training and through developing clearer messages about cancer risk factors
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