BACKGROUND Co-curricular experiences provide an opportunity for learning outside of a university classroom. A co-curricular retreat was developed to engage students, faculty, and staff in learning about social justice. Through guided activities and deep discussions, participants explored privileged and oppressed identities in a safe environment. METHOD Pre- and postsurveys were collected. Qua...

CRITICALCARENURSE Vol 26, No. 4, AUGUST 2006 49 Jean C. Toth is an associate professor of cardiovascular nursing at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. shown that this knowledge is beyond that required for licensure as a registered nurse and is essential before entry into critical care nursing practice. Staff nurses new to critical care typically acquire much of this knowledge...

In recent years, increasing numbers of professional development programs have dealt with assessment literacy for teachers and/or administrators. Is assessment literacy merely a fashionable focus for today’s professional developers or, in contrast, should it be regarded as a significant area of professional development interest for many years to come? After dividing educators’ measurement-relate...

Using findings from a statewide study of satisfaction and retention of 294 directcare staff in 39 assisted-living facilities (ALFs) in Georgia, this study examines the effect of sociodemographic, job, and attitudinal characteristics on overall job satisfaction and its various dimensions. The results show age has a negative effect on promotion satisfaction. Whites are more satisfied than non-whi...

One of the characteristics emphasized by Program Sekolah Penggerak (Motivating School Program) is collaboration among stakeholders at Ministry/Agency level, Regional Government, human resources in education units and also partners. The digitization schools various applications platforms are parts support system for implementation Independent Curriculum schools. Utilization information technolog...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Nitrous oxide (N(2)O) is an attractive agent for procedural analgesia and sedation of children in the emergency department (ED). Despite increasing use, efficacy data for painful procedures are limited. This study aimed to determine pain scores during ED procedural sedation with N(2)O in the ED setting. METHODS Prospective observational study of N(2)O use as a sole agent for p...

A team of professional educators in a private school for children with disabilities (a Virtual IEP Team) used an online platform to collaborate and produce a behavior intervention plan for a student. The collaboration was effective and efficient; the plan was produced in 9 days, rather than the customary 3-6 weeks. Qualitative data yielded four major themes: beneficial augmentation, reflective ...

In this paper, we present an extension of the classical Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Problem (RCPSP). We present a new type of resource constraints in which staff members are involved. We present a new model where staff members can have several skills with different proficiency, i.e., a staff member is able to perform more than one kind of activity as well as the time need is complet...