bar-coding technology, medical error prevention, medication administration errors, medication errors
The use of bar-code medication adminstration technology is on the rise in acute care facilities in the United States. The technology is purported to decrease medication errors that occur at the point of adminstration. How significantly this...
assessments, language arts literacy, reading, standardized tests, test practice, test-taking
This study examined the effectiveness of a pilot program utilizing practice standardized test questions for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders in an economically disadvantaged school and evaluated the impact of the pilot program on pre- and post-test...
Direct Support, Distance Education, Distance Learning, Staff Development, Staff Training
This quasi-experiment utilized three groups of direct service staff to explore the effectiveness of three methods of training and an optional survey was offered after the study. The researcher used a counterbalance design. Three courses developed...
As principals explore various professional development approaches, they must be aware that many initiatives often fail due to ineffective implementation. This paper focuses on a change process that gradually changed a school culture that believes...
College Concerns, College Experiences, Community College, First-Year Experience Program, Nontraditional Students
There are more nontraditional students coming to college every day. Little research is being done to investigate the concerns of that group of individuals as they enter the academic setting. This paper investigates the concerns and college...
Adults, Health Risk Behaviors, Physical Activity, Smoking
The purpose of the study was to determine if there are significant relationships between the independent variables gender, age, education, income, race, cigarette smoking, general health, and days not healthy and the independent variable physical...
Dialysis, Hemodialysis, Intent to stay, job satisfaction, Nursing, Occupational burnout
This cross-sectional national survey was conducted with a survey mailing to nephrology
nurses providing direct patient care and managers/administrators of chronic hemodialysis
outpatient facilities who were members of a professional nephrology...
Controversy over the 150-hour educational requirement for CPA (Certified Public Accountant) candidates has been fermenting for decades. As expected then, in 2011 no clear consensus prevails about the requirements for entry into the accounting...
It was the intention of this analysis to show the history behind the State of Delaware`s SEED scholarship (Student Excellence Equals Degree), to learn how many additional SEED-style programs exist nationally, and to analyze the outcome of the SEED...
case study methodology, diffusion of innovation, diffusion theory, disruptive innovation theory, management of innovation, media and entertainment industry
Traditional television broadcasters and movie studios, whose traditional businesses have enjoyed more than a half-century of little competition, are under attack from new entrants. These media sub-industries find themselves having to adapt to...
