Advisement Satisfaction Among Community College Students in Mississippi

Mississippi lacks a formal unified method for evaluating academic advising programs, and it is unclear whether advisement practices are satisfactory and aiding in student success. This study attempted to assess advisement satisfaction among students attending community colleges in Mississippi. The purpose of this study was to explore the level of satisfaction among Mississippi community college students with advisement. An additional aim of this study was to determine if advisement satisfaction is influenced by race, gender, non-traditional student status, first-generation student status, or on/off campus housing across Mississippi community college student populations. Students from each of the 15 community colleges in Mississippi (only the main campuses) were invited to participate in the survey process. The researcher purchased the Survey of Academic Advising, Copyright 1997, from ACT, Inc. The Survey of Academic Advising was developed by the Evaluation Survey Service (ESS) and ACT and was used to measure students’ satisfaction with advising. The majority of the participants reported being satisfied with their advisor. Students indicated an overall high level of satisfaction with advisors’ assistance. Students were most satisfied with advisors’ knowledge of scheduling/registration, graduation requirements, drop/add procedures, and selecting and changing majors. Students were least satisfied with advisors’ knowledge of obtaining course credit through nontraditional means including CLEP and workforce experience programs, obtaining tutorial and remedial assistance, job placement after college, and obtaining campus employment. Survey findings showed that satisfaction with advisement is unrelated to gender, non-traditional student status, first-generation student status, and commuter or residential student status. Satisfaction was only significantly related to race. The research showed a small positive correlation between Caucasian students and satisfaction with advisors. In this study, Caucasian students were more satisfied with their advisors than African Americans students and students who reported their race as other

ICU Delirium: Detection with and without CAM-ICU Screening

Purpose/Background Delirium is a form of brain malfunction marked by abnormalities in cognition, disorientation, memory, and awareness. This scoping review\u27s aim is to examine bodies of research on the effects of length of stay (LOS) in the ICU using Confusion Assessment Method-Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU). Methods Adults age 18 and older admitted to the ICU, of any race or ethnicity, and any gender were all included in the study articles. Nine articles satisfied the search criteria after publications underwent rapid critical appraisal. Results were evaluated for ICU LOS, hospital LOS, mortality, restraint use, medication use, delirium screening tool use, and screening tool efficacy. Results One article demonstrated a decrease in ICU LOS with CAM-ICU delirium detection. Four articles demonstrated detection of delirium by using the CAM-ICU tool. Hospital LOS without CAM-ICU showed increased LOS in three articles and decreased LOS in one article. No effect was reported or examined for ICU LOS without delirium detected by CAM-ICU. Mortality increased for patients with delirium detected by CAM-ICU and non-CAM-ICU tool in two articles and decreased in one article. Mortality without delirium decreased in one article. Other outcomes such as high-risk medication and restraint usage were found in four other articles. These articles demonstrated our desired outcomes and highlight the need for future research on the impact of LOS with early detection of delirium with the CAM-ICU screening tool. Implications for Nursing Practice As nurse practitioners, it is our responsibility to be aware of the effects of ICU delirium and to promote the use of CAM-ICU as evidence-based practice to detect delirium to lessen its effects, which in turn reduces mortality and hospital LOS. Keywords: ICU and hospital length of stay (LOS) for CAM-ICU, ICU and hospital LOS for non-CAM tool delirium mortality with delirium, mortality without delirium, restraint usage, high-risk medication usage, effectiveness of screening tool, and screening tool usag

Spiritual and Religious Resources in African American Women: Protection from Depressive Symptoms Following Birth.

Many women experience depressive symptoms after birth, and rates among African Americans are as high as 40 percent. Spirituality and religiosity are valued in African American communities, but their relevance to new mothers has not been empirically tested. We examined effects of religiosity and spirituality on trajectories of depressive symptoms during the year following childbirth. Data were collected by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Community and Child Health Network (CCHN) focused on maternal-child health disparities. The sample consisted of 702 low SES African American predominantly Christian women. Participants were interviewed in their homes throughout the year following a birth. Spirituality and religiosity each independently predicted changes in depressive symptoms with low levels predicting increases over time. Effects of religiosity were mediated by a woman's spirituality. Religiosity and spirituality functioned as significant, interrelated protective factors in this study which provides novel insight about lower income African American women following birth

Spiritual and Religious Resources in African American Women: Protection from Depressive Symptoms Following Birth.

Many women experience depressive symptoms after birth, and rates among African Americans are as high as 40 percent. Spirituality and religiosity are valued in African American communities, but their relevance to new mothers has not been empirically tested. We examined effects of religiosity and spirituality on trajectories of depressive symptoms during the year following childbirth. Data were collected by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Community and Child Health Network (CCHN) focused on maternal-child health disparities. The sample consisted of 702 low SES African American predominantly Christian women. Participants were interviewed in their homes throughout the year following a birth. Spirituality and religiosity each independently predicted changes in depressive symptoms with low levels predicting increases over time. Effects of religiosity were mediated by a woman's spirituality. Religiosity and spirituality functioned as significant, interrelated protective factors in this study which provides novel insight about lower income African American women following birth