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The Spectator - December 5, 1964. Edinboro State College announces that its athletics teams will be called the Highlanders.

This collection holds digital copies of textbooks, written or produced before before 1920.

Subject areas of History, Geography, and Cultures. Textbooks written or produced before 1920.

Note(s): Ed. og Pl.nr.: M. 8 Stemmer; Entry: 20140316; Update: 20140329

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Pamela Holsclaw noted that sympathy, compassion, and involvement are being recognized more and more as essential components of nursing care by those who see this care as an interpersonal process. Since people risk emotional hurt in any interpersonal relationship, nurses are always vulnerable in the nurse-client relationship. Our culture views health professionals as a symbol of cure, restorers of health, and healers of disease. The potential for cure or complete restoration of health is limited with clients in intensive care units (ICU), coronary care units (CCU), and rehabilitation centers; therefore, health professionals view clients in ICU, CCU, and rehabilitation centers as a threat to this perceived self-concept as symbols of cure. This threat results in stress for the nurse., Copyrights are retained by the author.

Laura Liggett defends the dissertation "Identifying adverse outcomes from insufficient sleep in the hospitalized non-critical older adult population." (Voice over Power Point)., Copyright is retained by the author. Contact Laura Liggett for further use of this material.

On average, humans spend one-third of their lives fulfilling basic sleep needs (Cirelli, 2019). Theories suggest that sleep improves immune responses, reduces energy, allows for the recuperation of cognitive functions, and removal of waste; however, the exact function is unknown (Zielinski, McKenna & McCarley, 2016). Research has revealed when sleep is chronically disrupted the individual experiences a reduction in their quality of life, an increased risk for mortality as well as cerebrovascular and cardiovascular events (Chattu, Sakhamuri, Kumar, Spence BaHammam & Pandi-Perumal, 2018). Ever changing variables that affect sleep in the hospital setting have created a need to ask the question, what happens when such disruptions occur in an environment like the hospital? Therefore, the primary purpose of this study was to identify adverse outcomes associated with insufficient sleep experienced by hospitalized non-critical older adults in literature., Copyright is retained by the author. Please contact Laura Liggett for future use of this material.

Judith Foyabo presents research for the dissertation titled, "Improving Clinic Attendance Through Text Message Reminders To Homeless Patients With Chronic Health Conditions.", Copyright is retained by the authors. Please contact the authors for further use of this material.

Background: Homeless people with chronic disorders need routine follow up to control chronic diseases and prevent exacerbations. Returning to the clinic for appointments or other interdisciplinary collaboration without a reminder is challenging. An intervention that involves automatic text message reminders could increase the return to the clinic for follow-ups, minimize ‘no shows’, and improve the overall health of homeless people with chronic diseases. Research question: What is the effect of text message reminders on clinic attendance for homeless patients who attend two Los Angeles Christian Health Centers (LACHC) clinics in Los Angeles, California. Objective: The objective of this study is to determine the effectiveness of short message service (SMS) for healthcare appointments to increase clinic follow-up attendance of homeless people in these two clinics Methods: This was a pilot study using a quasi-experiment designed to measure clinic attendance after the initiation of SMS reminders for clinic visits. The study evaluated the impact of text message reminders to homeless patients by using pre/post testing design. All patients visiting the LACHC clinics during a 3-month time period were included in the sample if they had a functional mobile phone. A text-messaging intervention process enabled from the electronic health record (EHR) called eClinical Works (eCW) was used to send out two text message reminders. The study compared homeless patient clinic attendance before and after the implementation of text message reminders for follow-up appointment. Results: The no-show rate reduced from 31.6% to 21.6%, a 10% reduction in one clinic (goal met) and the no-show rate went up from 10.8% to 22.8% (a 12 % increase) in the other clinic (goal not met). However, combining both sites the no-show rate reduced from 22.6% to 16.5%: 6% reduction. Overall attendance in the two clinics increased by 46%, p< .000 more in 2019 than in 2018. No significant difference in attendance between males and females. Conclusion: The SMS text reminders significantly increased the follow-up attendance and reduction in no-show rates. Cutting down on the number of clinic absences and improving clinic attendance through text messaging could increase health care access for the homeless. This may eventually increase continuity of care, reduce complications from chronic illnesses, improve medication compliance, and lower healthcare cost., Copyright is retained by the authors. Please contact the authors for future use of this material.

Crisis events, both manmade and natural, could materialize at any time on the campus of a higher education institution, and often have a detrimental impact to the mental health of those experiencing the event. There is already a high prevalence in mental health disorders in college-age individuals and crisis events can often precipitate immediate and long-lasting effects to mental health regardless of an individual’s mental state. Educational institutions have a duty to develop comprehensive crisis management plans that address safety of mental health, as well as physiological, before, during, and after crisis events., Copyrights are retained by the author. Please contact Andrea Chelton for further use of this material.

Jennifer Sheaffer provides a defense presentation for the dissertation "Improving Parental Monitoring of Social Media Behaviors to Reduce Negative Health Outcomes.", Copyrights for this presentation are retained by the presenter. Please contact Jennifer Sheaffer for further use of this material.

Social media plays a significant part in the lives of many teens. Inappropriate use of social media can cause negative consequences. Studies show that cyber-bullying, lack of family interaction, lower self-esteem and depression are among these consequences. Unfortunately, studies also show that many parents lack the knowledge to monitor their children’s social media use., Copyrights are retained by the author. Please contact Jennifer Sheaffer for further use of this material.