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I conducted a qualitative, comparative study on the nursing education systems in the United Kingdom and the United States, focusing on two universities—Arizona State University in Phoenix, Arizona and Leeds Beckett University in Leeds, England. The goals of my thesis included comparing the educational, economic, and cultural aspects of the countries and how those aspects impact nursing students on both sides of the pond. The educational and economic aspects were compared by utilizing existing literature and open data sources such as the university websites and publications from comparative education journals, while the cultural differences were evaluated by conducting short, one-on-one interviews with students enrolled in the Adult Health courses at both universities. The findings from the interviews were transcribed and coded, and findings from the sites were compared. While there is an extensive amount of research published regarding comparative education, there has not been much published comparing these developed countries. While there is a significant difference in the structure and cost of the nursing programs, there are more similarities than differences in culture between nursing students interviewed in the US and those interviewed in the UK.
ContributorsTahiliani, Shreja (Author) / Hagler, Debra (Thesis director) / Allen, Angela (Committee member) / Arizona State University. College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2016-05
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Minority mental health patients face many health inequities and inequalities that may stem from implicit bias and a lack of cultural awareness from their healthcare providers. I analyzed the current literature evaluating implicit bias among healthcare providers and culturally specific life traumas that Latinos and African Americans face that can impact their mental health. Additionally, I researched a current mental health assessments tool, the Child and Adolescent Trauma Survey (CATS), and evaluated it for the use on Latino and African American patients. Face-to-face interviews with two healthcare providers were also used to analyze the CATS for its’ applicability to Latino and African American patients. Results showed that these assessments were not sufficient in capturing culturally specific life traumas of minority patients. Based on the literature review and analysis of the interviews with healthcare providers, a novel assessment tool, the Culturally Traumatic Events Questionnaire (CTEQ), was created to address the gaps that currently make up other mental health assessment tools used on minority patients.
ContributorsAldana, Lauren Michelle (Author) / Sullivan-Detheridge, Julie (Thesis director) / Allen, Angela (Committee member) / Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2021-05
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Mental health challenges are becoming a significant public health issue for adolescents/teenagers, and primary interventions have been focused on mental health education. Because adolescents spend most of their time in school, primary mental health interventions should be prioritized in this setting. A PICOT question was developed to determine if mental health literacy (MHL) in adolescents would improve while decreasing stigma and improving help-seeking behaviors after a program of enhanced mental health education. Partnering with a large Arizona suburban school district social work department, a teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) pilot program was implemented for a class of nine (n = 9) adolescent students (aged 17-18 years) old during the school day. tMHFA was delivered in three 90-minute class days. Using the Mental Health Literacy questionnaire (MHLq), a pre and post-test design revealed a significant (p value=less than 0.05) increase in the students' MHL, help-seeking behaviors, and decreased stigma after delivery. This quality improvement project was IRB approved, and all human subjects' rights were protected. In conclusion, there is strong evidence that enhanced mental health programming, such as tMHFA, effectively educates adolescents about mental health challenges and, perhaps, could promote behavioral changes in future generations.
ContributorsJones, M. Christina (Author) / Schiller, Zita (Thesis advisor) / College of Nursing and Health Innovation (Contributor)
Created2023-05-15
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Background: The cost of health care for end-stage kidney disease patients has exponentially increased over the years, costing 91,000 annually per patient. Peritoneal dialysis has proven to be a cost-effective renal replacement therapy compared to in-center hemodialysis. Quality evidence from a systematic literature review indicates that peritonitis is one of the leading causes of patients' ability to maintain peritoneal dialysis. Evidence suggests that enhanced patient education on infection control practices beyond standard education effectively reduces peritonitis incidents.
Methods: Enhanced education on infection control practices was delivered to 18 peritoneal dialysis patients in Southern Arizona through the application of determinants of the Health Belief Model utilizing the principles of the ADKAR framework. Data analysis will be available through facility-specific quality metrics of decreased peritonitis and modality loss episodes. Each of these measures is to have data compared to pre/post-intervention.
Results: All participants in the study were able to sustain peritoneal dialysis as their renal replacement therapy. Of the 18 participants, one patient episode of peritonitis occurred three months before the intervention, and zero episodes were reported during the first three months of monthly infection control education. Facility-specific peritonitis and modality loss measures are not available until after project publication.
Conclusion: To decrease peritonitis rates and modality loss, the intervention will continue for eight to 12 months to determine success. More time is needed to determine if patients adhere to monthly infection control practices taught during enhanced education.
ContributorsSchneeweis, A. Danielle (Author) / Rauton, Monica (Thesis advisor) / College of Nursing and Health Innovation (Contributor)
Created2023-04-29