Journal of Undergraduate Research

Diana Snyder and Professor Beth Cole, Nursing Main Text Grief and bereavement can be defined as experiences created by responses to the loss of a family member or close friend. Such distressing experiences can be amplified by sleep dysfunction because of the devastating effects poor sleep quality has in healthy functioning. In a study done […]

Caitlin Herrmann Peterson and Dr. Barbara Mandleco, Nursing Background and Significance Parents raising children with disabilities (CWD) experience a number of situations and stresses parents not raising a CWD experience. How families adapt to the situation of raising a CWD may be related to a number of variables including the parent’s religiosity and the depression […]

McKenzie Miller and Dr. Barbara Mandleco, Nursing Background and Significance Up to 40% of children in the United States require health related services above those needed by other children due to a chronic condition or illness, and as the majority of these children live at home, their presence greatly affects family members living with them […]

Corinne Jackman and Dr. Barbara Mandleco, Nursing The purposes of this research are to 1) discover perceptions children/adolescents with diabetes have about their lives/illness and 2) develop appropriate interventions based on these perceptions. A number of youth diagnosed with type 1 diabetes face difficult challenges concerning their care and causing great stress on their family. […]

Christina Hunter and Dr. Patricia Ravert, Nursing Introduction Identified learning outcomes when using high-fidelity simulators in a nursing lab are 1) improving communication, 2) increasing psychomotor skills, 3) understanding classroom material, 4) developing critical thinking, and 5) facilitating teamwork (Bambini, Washburn, & Perkins, 2009; McGaghie, Issenberg, Petrusa, & Scalese, 2006). Nursing students in each semester […]

Robin Ellis and Dr. Erin Maughan, Nursing Main Text The most recently published United States census indicates that nearly one fourth of the United States population is non-Caucasian (“Race and Ethnic Distribution,” 2001). Unlike the general population, nearly 90% of registered nurses identify themselves as primary Caucasian. Consequently, cultural awareness in health care has become […]

Danielle Nyholm and Dr. Barbara Mandleco, Nursing Main Text Parents raising a child with disabilities (CWD) are subject to a unique experience that is often accompanied by many challenges not experienced by a parent raising normally developing children. The experience requires extensive time and money, and the parents endure many stressors resulting in exhaustion (Green, […]

Christina Bohn and Dr. Lynn Clark Callister Main Text The purpose of this project was to (1) disseminate evidence about global initiatives and individual nurses who are making a difference in the health of women and children worldwide, and (2) identify how nurses can become involved in global efforts. This evidence is published in MCN: […]