Depression and Social Support in Families Raising a Child with a Disability/Chronic Condition

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Shannon McOmber Background and Significance: An estimated 4 million children in the United States have a disability (Disability Statistic Center). How families adapt to the situation of raising a CWD may be related to a number of factors including the parents’ level and type of social support. Clearly, social support serves as an important resource […]

Students’ Perceptions of Learning Outcomes throughout Simulation Experience

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Brandon Lewis and Dr. Patricia Ravert, BYU College of Nursing The use of human patient simulation (HPS) is needed more than ever in nursing curriculum today (Bambini, Washburn, & Perkins, 2009). One reason is that it allows students to practice critical thinking and decision-making skills in a safe environment (Howard, Ross, Mitchell, & Nelson, 2010; […]

Effective Leadership Qualities in Nursing Clinical Instructors

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Elizabeth Gubler and Dr. Del la Cruz, Karen, Nursing During the 20th century clinical nursing education underwent a drastic change. It shifted from apprentice training to faculty training, making it the responsibility of the teacher to promote learning in the clinical setting (Tang, Chou, & Chiang, 2005). Faculty have a profound influence on students’ feelings […]

The March of Dimes Teddy Bear Den: Promoting Prenatal Healthcare among Hispanic Women

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Maureen Goates Merrell and Lynn Clark Callister, RN, PhD, FAA, Nursing The March of Dimes’ Teddy Bear Den (TBD) program aims to promote effective maternal health care among socially disadvantaged Hispanic women. The program has benefitted many women since its inception in 2004, yet there was no research to support the program’s effectiveness or to […]

Pacific Islander Parents’ Feeding Practices and Cultural Preferences About Infant Body Weight

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Jaclyn Coleman and Jane H. Lassetter, PhD, RN, College of Nursing My Orca project aimed at researching Pacific Islander parents’ feeding practices and cultural preferences about infant body weight. I analyzed 10 interviews of Utahan Pacific Islander families in a focused ethnographic study about Pacific Islander caregivers’ infant feeding and health-related activities. The main stipulations […]

Making Systems Users Accountable through User Interface Design Features

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Lee Wood and Dr. Anthony Vance, Dept. of Information Systems The purpose of this research was to determine how features of the user interface of an information system could be designed to increase users’ perceptions of accountability within the system, and thereby decrease levels of unauthorized access. One of the most persistent problems of information […]

Community Affair: The Effect of Public Consumption on Cooperation in Redistribution Markets

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Jowanza Joseph and Dr. Sterling Bone, Business Management Department Protocol and Hypothesis: In this research we set out to understand why people choose to trade in redistribution markets. We define a redistribution market as a market where people swap good-for-good, and no cash exchanges take place. Economic theory predicts that individuals would be reluctant to […]

Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunity via Differentiated Bertrand Oligopoly Market Structure

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Colton Hicks and Dr. Nile Hatch, Department of Business Management Abstract: In this paper we develop a method to be able to recognize opportunity for a new entrant in a Bertrand Oligopoly market based upon industrial organization. We infer from the demand curves of competitors if opportunity for a new entrant exists and the necessary […]