Over 1.25 million people reside in nursing facilities in the United States. Nursing facilities have reported 268,707 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 61,765 COVID-19 deaths as of the week of November 2, 2020. Indiana was one of...
Recent studies describe racial and socioeconomic
(SES) disparities with mechanical thrombectomy
(MT) for acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Our study
investigated whether such disparities are present at
our institution and...
Healthcare disparities among different racial and ethnic groups are prevalent across the United States and worldwide. Healthcare provision may differ among racial and ethnic minorities, socioeconomic statuses, and insurance...
This article is an invitation to Christian youth and young adult educators and ministers to be more understanding of queer theology and to discern its place within ministry to and for young people. The article examines the term...
The LGBT+ community is generally grouped into one big group with all the same needs by media, organizations, and people. However, LGBT+ people have different concerns and needs based on age, race, ability, and so many other...
Background: Many surgical procedures require muscle paralysis of the patient to ensure optimum operating conditions. Monitoring the level of paralysis is an important responsibility of the nurse anesthetist throughout...
A presentation at the 2017 Higher Education Partnership: Internationalization in the Americas conference in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico (sponsored by the Partners of the Americas organization). This presentation outlines the...
Development of new and highly tailored chemotherapeutic agents continues to be the mainstay for innovative clinical treatment of cancer. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs), part of a nuclear hormone super...
Medication errors and interactions happen every day in the perioperative setting. It is the responsibility of the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) nurse to manage pain, nausea, vomiting, and maintain hemodynamics after surgery...
Background: The implementation of a standardized warming protocol aims to prevent hypothermia in the postoperative period. Hypothermia in the postoperative period can result in inadvertent adverse outcomes for patients...
Within the last quarter of the twentieth century and now well into the twenty-first, the historical novel has been a prolific and popular form in Spain for commentary on the dictatorship, the Transition and contemporary...
Presented in the Innovative Assessment of Learning track. and MAT250 transitions students to advanced mathematics. Objectives include learning to justify mathematical statements using standard methods of proof and communicate...
The chapter opens with a discussion of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 in which questions regarding the social order, class, equity, and like matters arise. The coincidental arrival in Indianapolis of Denis Kearney and the...
The United States spends well over $100 billion for millions of people affected by Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) and for their family caregivers. Most people with ADRD have multiple chronic comorbid...
"This chapter briefly traces the history of priestly celibacy in the Catholic Church, its reasons, and the crisis in vocations the discipline created, partly as a result of the Second Vatican Council’s praise of sexuality in...
Background: Due to globalization, spread of a pandemic is inevitable as we have seen with COVID-19. Further, increased ease of travel increases the potential and frequency of pandemics. Hence, it is imperative to find solutions...
Background: It has been observed that patients with poor mental health are relatively frequent users of the Emergency Departments (ED). The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of numerous behavioral health...
Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
(ALL) suffer a litany of therapy induced side
effects. Methotrexate is a common chemotherapy agent
administered for the treatment of ALL. Failure to clear methotrexate from the body...
Declining fitness (˙VO2 peak) is a hallmark of ageing and believed to arise from decreased oxygen delivery and reduced muscle oxidative capacity. Physical activity is a modifiable lifestyle factor that is critical when...
In the United States, one of the biggest issues that every state is experiencing is the shortage in doctors. Primary Care Physicians make up a huge percentage of the shortage in doctors. The Midwest took a huge hit by this...
Background and Review of Literature: This study examined individual opinions from healthcare providers in Indiana about their willingness to prescribe Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for Human Immunodeficiency Virus...
Patients with class three obesity, formerly defined as morbid or extreme obesity, presenting for anesthesia come with an increased risk of experiencing complications. The oxygen storage capabilities and the functional residual...
Inadequate pain management during a laparoscopic cholecystectomy can affect postoperative hemodynamics, impair recovery, and extend hospital stay. The use of opioid medications during and after surgeries can reduce...
There has been increased attention to pain control as well as patient satisfaction following surgical procedures. The interest in pain control coupled with the growing opioid epidemic has prompted anesthesia providers to...
Presented in the Active/Collaborative Learning track. and The value of introducing graphic design majors to the process of co-design, designing with stakeholders rather than for them, is essential to the education of today's...
Practicing empathy and listening skills are not traditionally components of a graduate-level biomedical science curriculum, however incorporating an opportunity for students to refine both can be given using “patient” podcast...
The Power of Touch is written to enlighten on the anatomy and physiology of touch within the brain and how such integration influences our interpretation of objects under tactile stimulation. Touch conveys great power to...
Animals evolve in complex selective regimes, where a suite of different factors can shape signal use. We might predict that more closely related species will exhibit more similar behavior than those more distantly related;...
Educational techniques are constantly evolving because of influences from technology and improvements in the resources that are available to educators as well as learners. An educational adjunct, such as a podcast, may help...
Educational approaches are constantly evolving due to of influences from technology and improvements in the resources that are available to educators as well as learners. Current literature suggests that utilizing podcasts in...
This is a blueprint drawing (blue background with white lines) of the plan of the Marian College campus showing various buildings, athletic fields, and a lagoon. A north arrow is present near the middle on the right side. A...
This is an architectural drawing by famed landscape architect and conservationist Jens Jensen, concerning the detailed planting plan for the garden area at the estate of James Allison, now Allison Mansion at Marian University,...
This research project investigates lead exposure in urban areas, focusing on community gardens with lead-contaminated soils. Lead exposure causes brain damage, IQ decrease, and behavioral problems. Lead is one of the health...
Many triggers for shame that lead to physician burnout occur during patient care or the medical learning environment. Many resilience programs are available to medical students and physicians, yet incorporate non-faith...