Improving Delirium Assessment in Critical Care

The objective of this project was to identify barriers that impact nurses completing delirium assessments and to improve compliance rates with delirium assessments. The design was an observational, single group pretest-post-test. The preliminary results demonstrated an educational intervention, using the Knowledge-to-Action theory, improved nurses’ compliance with delirium assessments

Patient 231

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A Single Woman's Guide to Loving Your Thirties

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The Hardest Science

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Sometimes Canned Peas

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Dunes

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Changes in Female Athletes\u27 Physical Self-Esteem Across a Competitive Cycle and as a Function of Athletic Identity

The purpose of this study was to examine if female athletes\u27 physical self-perceptions are different when comparing their Physical Self-Perception Profile (PSPP) scores within their competitive season with their scores during the off-season. The second purpose was to determine if physical self-perception varied as a function of their athletic identity. A secondary objective was to evaluate female athletes\u27 physical self-esteem in an individual sport setting compared to a team sport setting. Eastern Illinois University female collegiate athletes in six different sports, track (n=15), softball (n=16), soccer (n=11), tennis (n=3), volleyball (n=5), and rugby (n=19) were given the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (AIMS) once and the PSPP during both in-season and out-of-season time periods. A series of one-way repeated measures ANOVAs were run on each separate PSPP subscale with repeated measures on time to determine physical self-esteem changes over time. The results revealed a main effect for time on body attractiveness. Body attractiveness was higher in-season (M = 15.59) than during the off-season (M = 14.75). Athletic identity was partitioned into high and low athletic identity so that a one-way MANOVA could be performed using AIMS scores (median cutoff for AIMS score (47)) as the independent variable and the PSPP change scores as the dependent variable (in-season scores minus out-of-season scores). The change scores for the overall MANOVA for athletic identity were nonsignificant. (Wilks Lambda = .94, F (5, 63) = .87, p = .51). This result indicated that the participants in this study were not different in their physical self-perception scores across a competitive cycle as a function of their different levels of athletic identity. A one-way MANOVA was performed with sport type (team, individual) as the categorical independent variable and the PSPP change scores (in-out-of-season PSPP) as multiple dependent variables. The results indicated that sport type did not affect the athletes \u27 physical self-perceptions (Wilks Lambda = .96, F (4, 64) = .15, p = .96). The significant finding in the present study was similar to those of other studies indicating that body attractiveness has a major influence over physical self-perception in females. It was concluded that female athletes\u27 physical self-esteem appears to be resistant to fluctuations from in-season to off-season and for varying levels of athletic identity

Changes in Female Athletes\u27 Physical Self-Esteem Across a Competitive Cycle and as a Function of Athletic Identity

The purpose of this study was to examine if female athletes\u27 physical self-perceptions are different when comparing their Physical Self-Perception Profile (PSPP) scores within their competitive season with their scores during the off-season. The second purpose was to determine if physical self-perception varied as a function of their athletic identity. A secondary objective was to evaluate female athletes\u27 physical self-esteem in an individual sport setting compared to a team sport setting. Eastern Illinois University female collegiate athletes in six different sports, track (n=15), softball (n=16), soccer (n=11), tennis (n=3), volleyball (n=5), and rugby (n=19) were given the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (AIMS) once and the PSPP during both in-season and out-of-season time periods. A series of one-way repeated measures ANOVAs were run on each separate PSPP subscale with repeated measures on time to determine physical self-esteem changes over time. The results revealed a main effect for time on body attractiveness. Body attractiveness was higher in-season (M = 15.59) than during the off-season (M = 14.75). Athletic identity was partitioned into high and low athletic identity so that a one-way MANOVA could be performed using AIMS scores (median cutoff for AIMS score (47)) as the independent variable and the PSPP change scores as the dependent variable (in-season scores minus out-of-season scores). The change scores for the overall MANOVA for athletic identity were nonsignificant. (Wilks Lambda = .94, F (5, 63) = .87, p = .51). This result indicated that the participants in this study were not different in their physical self-perception scores across a competitive cycle as a function of their different levels of athletic identity. A one-way MANOVA was performed with sport type (team, individual) as the categorical independent variable and the PSPP change scores (in-out-of-season PSPP) as multiple dependent variables. The results indicated that sport type did not affect the athletes \u27 physical self-perceptions (Wilks Lambda = .96, F (4, 64) = .15, p = .96). The significant finding in the present study was similar to those of other studies indicating that body attractiveness has a major influence over physical self-perception in females. It was concluded that female athletes\u27 physical self-esteem appears to be resistant to fluctuations from in-season to off-season and for varying levels of athletic identity

The effective use of music and branding in shaping consumer behavior

The research examined elements of narrative advertising and how they influenced post exposure behavior. In a 2 (Music) x 2 (Branding) x 3 (Ad) repeated measures design, participants watched 12 video ads that varied in type of music (popular music and needle drop) and level of branding. Results showed that varying levels of music and branding in narrative video ads influenced cognitive resources allocated to encoding, arousal, and attitude toward the ad and brand. Both music and branding impacted the physiological variables of encoding and arousal. However, the self report measures, attitude toward the ad and attitude toward the brand, were influenced only by branding, not music. The findings suggest that the right combination of music and branding could potentially improve the effectiveness of television and digital advertising