...Asthma Management for School Nurses Asthma is one of the most common chronic problems in children today. Asthma affects approximately 7 million US children today as per the Center for Disease Control. Asthma is an overwhelming cause of children being absence from school according to the American Lung Association. Children spend a majority of their time in school, so the school nurse does most of the education regarding signs and symptoms of the illness along with its management. Jaime Donohue-Brennan Grand Canyon University NRS-433V November 15, 2015 Author Note Abstract School Nurses play an important role in the overall management and education of school age children with Asthma. They help to identify children at high risk of exacerbation of symptoms. Nurses in 44 school located in higher risk areas were surveyed about the management of asthma related issues during the 2008 school year. One of the major issues found was with the line of communication between the parents, nurses, and other school staff. Another problem was with the adherence to the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP). Keywords: compliance, school nurse, asthma, hospitalizations. Asthma Management for School Nurses Asthma is one of the most common chronic problems in children today. Asthma affects approximately 7 million US children today as per the Center for Disease Control. Asthma is an overwhelming cause of children being absence from school according to the American Lung Association...
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...Using Community School Prayer to Create a Calm and Positive Feeling in High School Students Magazine article By Jasmine, Joanne; Kim, Young-Joon Momentum , Vol. 42, No. 1 Read preview Additional information Article excerpt School prayer is important if it doesn't become routine and it contains personal elements Practicing prayer is important to continue religious traditions (Mountain, 2004). School prayer can help students begin a day within a calm and positive environment while using this sense of religion and spirituality as protective factors in situations of stress. Understanding the meaning and function of prayer in school and with school curricula also can help build resilience in children (Mountain, 2004). The purpose of this research project was to determine whether school community prayer at the beginning of each day did help students stay calm and positive. Participants and Design Study This study was conducted in a girls Catholic high school in the Northeast. Participants came from upper-middle-class suburban communities. The school serves 332 female students from grades 9-12 with 37 teachers. The class studied contained 19 12th-grade students. A teacher who participated in the interview also was female. The students and teachers at this high school prayed a common prayer together before the start of each day. The researchers implemented and analyzed three data collection methods: a four-point Likert scale survey, an open-ended questionnaire and a structured...
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...Case 11: School of Business Emma Shell MT-355 Marketing Research Professor Kathryn Kelly October 29, 2012 Introduction The purpose of this paper is to talk about the case study School of Business. The School of Business is a public university that has approximately 2,100 students that focus on bachelors, masters, and doctorate programs in various business areas. The school decided to measure the level of satisfaction of their students to determine the areas that need improvement. In this research they used open-ended questions and five-point Likert scale to address the questions. In answering the questions the students focus on various areas, such as: the Learning Center, Computer Facilities, Undergraduate Advising Services, the Career Services Office, and the Library. The first question asks to determine other areas that would contribute to the level of satisfaction. The second question asks to determine the overall level of satisfaction of the students and if it is not possible to recommend changes needed in the questionnaire to obtain an overall satisfaction rating. The third question is about the school using the results for targeting the most important areas for improvement, while the fourth asks about the advantages and disadvantages of open ended questions for strengths and weaknesses identification. School of Business The areas identified for the project that may contribute to the level of satisfaction expressed by the students are: the Library...
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...The New School Psychology Bulletin Volume 3, No. 2, 2005 Perceptions of Body Posture and Emotion: A Question of Methodology Allison Winters, M.A.1 Abstract ~ The current study questions whether the emotions that people associate with body postures change depending on how they are asked to identify the stimulus. The Diagnostic Analysis of Nonverbal Accuracy Test of Posture (DANVA2POS) is used as the standard by which to rate people's agreement levels. Thirty participants were randomly allocated to 3 response conditions: A forced-choice option where participants chose from 4 emotions (happy, sad, angry, fearful), a forced-choice option with a "none of the above" option, and an open-ended option. Comparisons of the results indicate that the "none of the above" option produces significantly less agreement than the other forced-choice option, while the open-ended response format elicits even lesser agreement. 1: Department of Psychology, The New School for Social Research, New York, USA. Address correspondence to Allison Winters, afwinters@msn.com NSPB: 2005 - Vol. 3, No. 2 36 Perceptions of Body Posture Introduction To what extent do people agree on which emotions are associated with specific body postures? The literature suggests that people agree at above chance levels (Coulson, 2004; De Silva & Bianchi-Berthouze, 2004; Ekman, 1965; Ekman & Friesen, 1967; Pitterman & Nowicki, 2004; Schouwstra & Hoogstraten, 1995; Wallbott, 1998), based on studies that have...
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...colours of the rainbow; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Remembering is also enhanced when students formulate questions in the form they will appear in the examination such as essay or multiple choice forms. Constantly asking questions about material relating to what they studied earlier and seeking out information from other sources on better understanding is also important (Adewoye, 2010). Still on the issue of good study habit techniques, Hatch (2002) advised students to motivate themselves to study. Procrastination is usually common among secondary school students as they finding it very hard to sit quietly and just study (Adewoye, 2010). Hatch (2002) further agreed that students should listen to their teachers’ examples and explanation during lessons. They should not use that time to talk with friends or do other things. They should just listen and take notes if necessary. A good student seeks help immediately if he is falling behind. If a student feels that he is not doing as he could be doing in any...
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...lecture and the work is always individual work. Students cannot interact or move around the classroom. | 8 – 10 Beliefs about Leadership, Administration, or Learning *Administrators lead with a vision and communicate the vision to everyone who is involved in the learning environment (teachers, students, parents, stakeholders).*Administrations state their vision in their handbooks, the vision is posted and reviewed in every classroom, and they are installing that vision into their teachers, students, and parents. | *Administrators do not lead with a vision and they do not promote their vision as much as they should.*Administrators do not speak to their teachers, students, parents, or stakeholders about the vision that they have for their school. | *Administrators can listen and communicate well with their staff, stakeholders, parents, and students.*Administrators communicate through newsletters, emails, face-to-face, etc. | *Administrators do not listen and communicate well with their staff, stakeholders, parents, and students.*Administrators do not communicate change when change happens in the...
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...about more recent events in her rather than about her past. I could clearly see that she had long-term memory problems. After reviewing her chart, I went over and introduced myself and asked if it was okay if we sat down together and talk for a while. Client | Nurse | Analysis | | Good morning. My name is Jennifer and I am a RN-student. How are you doing this morning? | I introduced myself because I thought it would make the patient more comfortable knowing who I was. I used open ended question. | My name is MS. Doing okay just sitting here. | Well that’s good. Is it okay if I sit down and talk to you for a little while before lunch? | The patient was sitting on the piano bench; she smiled and told me her name. She seemed to be relaxed. I then ask her if I could sit down and talk to her. I was offering myself to her to keep her company. | Okay that’s fine. | How was your morning? | She seemed very happy to have someone to talk to. I then asked her about her morning by using open ended question....
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...that an open-ended activity is a perfect way of free play. As stated on the You Tube Video, “To be defined as play the activity needs to be freely chosen by the child pleasurable not focus on an end result” (Child Care). Children learn about themselves and the environment around them. By the teacher creating open-ended activities children learn more effectively. They are able to retain what they are learning about people in different cultures and about themselves. Kids at this stage are like sponges they absorb everything around them. Having a well-trained teacher in the benefits of an early childhood education, the children have a better chance of becoming more creative and socially connected with other children. Teaching children through the Montessori method of play helps develop their language, cognitive and social-emotional abilities. Before children start the early childhood program they are in the stage of woo and dada, this does not mean that they are calling out to anyone. They are trying to express themselves by babbling to you. The older they get the more they could express what is on their minds. According to Judy Herr, “ Children around the time they are 24 to 30 months they are to identify at least six body parts and say the names of each part” (145). Children are to able express themselves to the teacher, parents and siblings. At first parents are the only ones that could understand what the child is trying to say express, until they start going to school and the...
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...1. How were the colleges Smith, Bryn Mawr, Radcliffe, Vassar, and others collectively known? These prestigious schools are 5 of the best women’s schools in the nation. Women who are serious about their education, no matter if you’re an athlete, writer, or scientist. The main attractions for these schools are their rigorous programs, excellent mentorship properties, and most importantly, a chance to work one-on-one with the faculty. I feel that the quality of information I gathered was more than enough to answer this question correctly. Before I performed this research, I was unaware of these colleges and now find it fascinating that these schools offer such a great education, not only to Americans, but to women from other Nations. The source I used to gather this information from was from an internet based search, www.thesisterscolleges.org. 2. What is the largest employer in Waco, Texas? The largest employer in Waco Texas is a company called Providence. Providence Health Center houses 2434 employees, roughly 75 more than Baylor University. In 2008, Providence completed a 3 year rebuilding project, which included 215,000 square feet of new hospital space, remodeling of roughly 70,000 square feet, a new and expanded ICU and Cardiology Department, but most importantly, and InProv Café. They are working on another 18 month project that will be focused solely on labor and delivery. What makes these projects so rare is that they are all financed through the hospital’s...
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...household to find out how decisions are made within the family when purchasing breakfast foodstuffs, a formal questionnaire may restrict the discussion and prevent a full exploration of the woman's views and processes. Instead one might prepare a brief guide, listing perhaps ten major open-ended questions, with appropriate probes/prompts listed under each. Formal standardised questionnaires: If the researcher is looking to test and quantify hypotheses and the data is to be analysed statistically, a formal standardised questionnaire is designed. Such questionnaires are generally characterised by: prescribed wording and order of questions, to ensure that each respondent receives the same stimuli prescribed definitions or explanations for each question, to ensure interviewers handle questions consistently and can answer respondents' requests for clarification if they occur prescribed response format, to enable rapid completion of the questionnaire during the interviewing process. Given the same task and the same hypotheses, six different people will probably come up with six different questionnaires that differ widely in their choice of questions, line of questioning, use of open-ended questions and length. There are no hard-and-fast rules about how to design a...
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...Developing Social Perception Skills in the Workplace Matthew Bay Organizational Behavior MAN5245 7/24/2015 Professor Woods Mcafee Developing Social Perception Skills in the Workplace As a manager who is in charge of hiring employees and in charge of developing a training program it is essential for these individuals to be culturally sympathetic and have the ability to choose their words correctly so that they don’t violate fair hiring practices by discriminating against individuals based on gender race, religion, ethnicity, or disability. Before the interview process can take place the interviewer must determine their definition of self-perception. In general social perception is how an individual processes information about another individual. In general our perception of another individual or situation is based on characteristics of how we perceive ourselves, characteristics of the target person, and characteristics of the situation (Nelson & Quick, 2013). Each of these elements have their own characterizes. For example the perceiver must familiarize him or herself with the target, maintain a positive mood and attitude when interviewing employee prospects, and maintain professionalism and ethics. The target hire must do their best to give a good impression to the interviewer by presenting a good first impression and having good verbal communication skills. Communication is a key role in social perception. There are two major forms of communication verbal communication...
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...Social Media’s Effect on Learning: Does it Improve Educational Outcome? Abstract Due to the increasing importance of social media, previous research has been conducted to assess the validity that media improves learning. With the implementation of social media in education, researchers within this study will like to access technology’s effects on pre-school aged children. Before the conduction of this study, researchers will be taking a sample of 60 children and analyzing their pre-test and post-test scores. Researchers hypothesize that children will score better on their test after learning the concepts through media. After analyzing the results, researchers hope that this data will be able to generalize to the target population. Methods Participant Subsection By studying the effect of social media on learning, researchers will need to utilize a population in which learning is a critical aspect within their lives. In order for the population to be represented accurately, the sample would need to have results that are valid and reliable. The proposed population will be children between the ages of four and five within the Metro Atlanta region. This population was chosen because children experience the most cognitive development during this time (Children Now, 2013). This population is also the most accessible to the researchers. While demographics do limit to four and five year old children, researchers will not specify any other requirements, such as sex, in order to...
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...COMMUNICATION INTERACTIVE ANALYSIS Goal for the interaction: My goals for the interaction was to create and build a therapeutic relationship with the client. I hoped to use multiple communication techniques such as the use of open ended questions and general leads. Description of the environment: The interaction first took place in the cafeteria of the home during breakfast. We were both seated at a table and there was plenty of background noise as there were multiple people eating and having conversations. Later on the interaction moved to the client’s room because it was quiet and there was almost no background noise. The client sat on the edge of here bed while I sat on a chair beside the bed. Student’s Communication (including non-verbal) Students Thoughts and Feelings Client’s Communication (including non-verbal) Analysis of Interaction “Hi, how are you, my names Justin I’m a nursing student from lakehead is it okay if I talk to you today?” • I was seated next to the client leaning slightly forward and maintaining eye contact to let her know I was interested. At this point within the interaction I was slightly nervous because I had not been introduced to anyone the clients before while the rest of the students had. The client understood my purpose for being there which allowed me to act with more confidence. “Yes you can, it’s good to see more males getting into nursing” • Client turned chair towards me to engage in conversation and ensure eye contact During...
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...After analyzing the information given from this case study there is more information that needs to be present. Information such as how many times has Marcia moved? Why did she move from her last school? These questions are important because Marcia’s family may or may not have had to move due to issues with Marcia. However, her moving in the past could be unrelated to her issues. Another important question to ask is about her home life. Her family and home life is also important to consider. Answers from this may indicate weather she is exhibiting this type of behaviour at home as well. She could just act that way at school or there may be something in her home life contributing to this behaviour. I would also want to know what was in the sketchbook, as this could be an insight as to how Marcia truly feels. I would also want information on if she seeing someone for these behaviours such as a counselor or are these behaviours new....
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...* These tests are to determine where a student ranks amongst peers. * Compare students to peers of the same age or grade level * Used for placement such as college or academic grouping(EdGlossary.2015) | * These tests are designed to determine if a student has achieved a specific goal or skill. * Identify any learning disabilities. * Identify any gaps among students of different groups. * To hold teachers accountable.(EdGlossary.2014) | Content | These tests are typically based on national standards.(EdGlossary.2015) | These tests measure a broad skill area based on text books or specific criterion chosen by the school district (EdGlossary.2014). | Characteristics | Often use multiple choice format. Some may include open ended questions or short answer questions (EdGlossary.2015). | Typically tests with multiple choice questions to determine content knowledge and scored by a percentage (EdGlossary.2014). | Pros | * Simple to administer and easy to score * provide valuable information about student learning * Help identify students who may have learning disabilities * Easy way to make a decision for placement(EdGlossary.2015) | * Better suited to measure learning progress * Gives educators data to help improve teaching and performance * Evaluate achievement * Fairer to...
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