Nurses\u27 Perception of Family Presence During Resuscitation

Background Family witnessed resuscitation (FWR) is the concept of allowing family members at bedside during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Studies have shown that the lack of standard policies by hospitals regarding FWR forces nurses to make different decisions regarding family presence at bedside during resuscitation. The framework for this study is Sandman\u27s teleological model. Objectives To examine nurses\u27 perceptions of having family members present during adult cardiac resuscitation. Methods A descriptive study of 57 registered nurses (n = 57) from northern California was conducted. Participants completed a mailed survey consisting of a 22-item Likert scale questionnaire titled Family Presence Risk-Benefit Scale. Results Analysis from the questionnaire showed that the majority of participants were between the ages of 40-63 and had more than 20 years of working experience. About 51.9% worked in units with no formal policy on FWR and 71.7% had participated in a cardiac resuscitation. Study results show that nurses had varied opinions, but there were no statistically significant results to indicate that the majority of nurses favor FWR. Conclusions The study found there was no statistically significant data to conclude there was any consensus among nurses about the risks or benefits of families at bedside. This study concludes that nurses want to be present in the room if their loved ones were being resuscitated. To help nurses with decision-making guidelines during resuscitation, it is recommended that health-care institutions establish standard policies regarding FWR. Further studies need to be conducted to investigate nurses\u27 perceptions regarding FWR

Challenges to Effective Implementation of Christian Religious Studies Curriculum: A Study of Secondary School Pupils in Ebonyi State of Nigeria

The study is designed to investigate challenges to effective implementation of Christian Religious Studies among secondary school pupils in Ebonyi state. Two research questions were raised to guide the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. Ebonyi state is the area of study and the population comprised all the 232 CRS teachers in the area.  200 teachers from the government owned schools were selected out of 232 CRS teachers using purposive sampling technique. Fixed response questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. Mean was used to analyze data. The results show-cased many factors that challenges effective implementation of CRS curriculum among secondary schools pupil. Various ways of curbing the challenges were also discovered. Based on the findings recommendations were made on effective implementations of CRS curriculum so that the subject will achieve its desired goals in the lives of learner. This forms the major contribution of the study. Keywords: Challenges, Implementation, Christian Religious Studies, Curriculum, Objective

Explorations of Respectability and Resistance in Constructions of Black Womanhood at HBCUs

Somewhere in her college experience she must have an opportunity to develop poise, to increase her self-esteem and to establish a sense of her worth and dignity as an individual. She must experience peace and beauty in her environment and she must be accorded the respect and courtesy, which is so lacking in her life on the outside. The education of the Negro woman should give her an opportunity to exhaust to the fullest her powers of expression and creativit

Curbing Examination Malpractice in Secondary Schools in Nigeria through Moral Education

The study was designed as a survey into the act of examination malpractice among secondary school students in Nigeria. Examination malpractice has been seen as a cankerworm which has eaten deep into the fabric of all examination in Nigeria. The researcher however, has designed the teaching of moral education as an effective means of curbing the menace hence the problem is a moral issue. The study therefore revealed various ways by which the teaching of moral education could solve the menace of examination malpractice in Nigeria. Keywords: Curbing, Examination, Malpractice, Moral Education

A Review of Medical Imaging Innovations that Impacted Patient Care in Recent Decades as Link to Future Trends

Background: Medical Imaging has witnessed a revolution in technological advancement, being in the forefront among other disciplines in the health sector. Most of the earlier modalities that were largely analogue and mechanical have been replaced by automated and digitized technology. Objective: To track the developments and innovations in certain aspects of medical imaging that have impacted positively on patient care. Methods: Relevant literature were searched physically and online for both old and modern technological innovations in medical imaging and patient care. Results: There have been new technologies such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and the various ramifications of ultrasonography. Innovations in imaging modalities have brought increased diagnostic accuracy, much as examination time has been drastically shortened and radiation dose levels minimized or completely dispensed with. Manufacturing of portable equipment means that technology can now be taken to the patient and more time is dedicated to patient care. Introduction of digital radiography and Picture Archiving and Communication Systems have further impacted positively on efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery. Graduate degree programmes have invigorated radiographers’ drive for the discovery of new and better ways of diagnosis and treatment through research. Conclusion: Innovations in technology have led to miniaturization of equipment making it possible to take services to the critically ill patients, thereby improving patients’ accessibility to medical care. Also patients’ exposure to ionizing radiation has reduced due to improvement in research and development of new modalities using radiant energies other than ionizing radiation.&nbsp

Moral Decadence among Nigerian Youth and the Role of Parents and Schools: A Study On Urban Secondary School Students In Ebonyi State

Moral decadence among Nigerian youths and the role of parents and teachers is a search for the role parents and teachers could play in reduction and elimination of moral decadence among youths. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The area of the study is Abakaliki the capital of Ebonyi State. The population of the study is 300 teachers selected out of 845 teachers in the area. Simple random sampling technique was used for selection of the teachers. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data and mean used for data analysis. The results revealed among others that parents and teachers are capable of remoulding and shaping of youths moral behaviour; hence their active participation in character formation is required. Based on the findings, recommendations were made to remedy the situation Keywords: Moral decadence, Nigerian youths, Causes, Categories, Curbing strategy

High Performance Work Systems and Job Performance: The Influence of Professional Mentoring a Case of University Libraries in Nigeria

ABSTRACT This study investigates the functioning approach of high performance work system (HPWS) through professional mentoring on librarians’ job performance. The paper explores Spangenberg’s integrated model of performance. The AMO theory formula P=f (A, M, O) was used to explain the commonality on the influence of professional development on job performance. The study adopted survey research method using Z-test and regression analysis to estimate relationship in the variables. The population of the study consists of 174 librarians from 10 university libraries of federal and state owned universities in South-East zones of Nigeria. The questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. A total of 174 questionnaires were distributed and 152 were returned giving a response rate of 87%.The Z-test and regression analysis were used to answer the research question at 0.05 level of significance. Finding shows construct of professional mentoring, that impacted on the high performance work system of librarians based on the calculated Z-test mean value of 2.96, includes: expanding knowledge of strategic aspect of your job (mean = 3.88); developing necessary knowledge, skill and ability to do your work (mean = 3.73); Improve team goals and strengthen work connection (mean = 3.71) and overall significant influence of professional mentoring on job performance (F-cal = 60.21;

Exploring Contemporary Counterterrorism and Perspectives of Terrorism Experts to Combat Boko Haram

Within the last decade, the terrorist attacks by Boko Haram have been the topic of considerable scholarly focus; yet, there remains a lack of knowledge and understanding about the causes of failure in counterterrorism measures by the Nigerian government in Borno State. Using Wilner’s contemporary deterrence theory as the foundation, the purpose of this case study of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) was to bridge the gap in knowledge to understand the causes of failure in counterterrorism measures by the Nigerian government and to explore alternate approaches to the counterterrorism efforts in Borno State to deter Boko Haram. Data were collected through interviews with 10 NPF counterterrorism experts selected through a purposive sampling strategy. These data were inductively coded and analyzed using Braun and Clarke’s thematic analysis procedure. Two primary themes emerged from this study: (a) counterterrorism measures used by the Nigerian government were ineffective and (b) the important distinctions in the perceptions of the participants. De-radicalization and reorientation measures hold the potent dynamics of an enduring and long-term approach to successful counterterrorism and combating insurgency. The results of this study have implications for positive social change including policy recommendations to the Nigerian government to invest in counterterrorism efforts rooted in trust-building at higher levels of government to reduce the impact of potential infiltration of Boko Haram in government as well as implementing education and outreach programs highlighting the ills of terrorism, making it less attractive for vulnerable youths, enthroning peace and normalcy in the community, and promoting a society devoid of the destructive tendencies of terrorism

Correcting heat flow data in the United States to account for climate change

Heat flow measurements may require correction for both recent warming and post-glacial warming signals. Warming during the last century can be detected in borehole temperature profiles. Both climate warming signals during the past century and post-glacial warming signals during the past 10 millennia are greatest near the surface and diminish with depth. Both atmospheric data and borehole temperature data show that recent warming varies systematically with latitude along a north-south transect in the United States. The systematic increase with latitude from +0.7 oC at 41.6oN to +2.3 oC at 49oN during the last century is consistent with the prediction that global warming due to increasing amount of CO2 in the atmosphere varies with latitude. A systematic increase of heat flow with depth is predicted to result from the post glacial warming signal in the upper 2km. A modeled depth dependent correction of post glacial warming indicated that the thermal gradient may be underestimated by 27% in some areas, thereby implying that some heat flow values in the United States may be up to 27% higher depending on the depth of the temperature gradient measurement. Averaging the corrected heat flow values shows that the average heat flow is 58 mW m-2, 78 mW m-2 and 51 mW m-2 for the whole conterminous United States, Western and Eastern United States respectively

Translating Evidence of Skin-to-Skin and Rooming-in to Practice

The old practice of separating the mother-baby-dyad was without measurable benefits to mothers or their infants. Evidence has shown that skin-to-skin care (SSC) prevents hypothermia and hypoglycemia, decreases crying during painful procedures in newborns, and reduces maternal anxiety, stress, and postpartum depression. Rooming-in care (RIC) has been linked to an increase in the rate of breastfeeding and mother-infant interaction, as well as a decrease in the infant morbidity rate. This project assessed the effect of an educational intervention to increase rates of SSC and RIC in an obstetric unit, in addition to measuring nurses\u27 attitudes and barriers in relation to SSC and RIC. The obstetric nurses received educational content related to SSC and RIC based on Kotter\u27s model of change. A pre and postintervention evaluation showed a significant increase in the rates of SSC and RIC from pretest of 10%, to posttest of 96%; and RIC from pretest of 10% to posttest of 92%. Using a Wilcoxon test, a significant difference was found from pretest to posttest for every subscale score of the Mother-Newborn Skin-to-Skin Contact Questionnaire and Nurse Attitudes and Barriers to nonseparation Scale (p \u3c 0.001), with the exception of belief about obstacles for SSC, which yielded a nonsignificant change (p = 0.57). This DNP project led to changes in the organization\u27s culture, including the closure of the well-baby nursery. This project promoted social change across the organization, in that the team health care providers delivered evidence-based, standardized, unbiased, and family-centered care to the mother-baby dyad