Staff Person Research Articles

A study on academic staff personality and technology acceptance: The case of communication and collaboration applications

Over the recent years, the communication and collaboration based on online applications has been ubiquitous, being used in teaching, learning and research. In this context, the present study analyses the attitudes and perceptions of the teaching staff and researchers from several higher education institutions in Romania with respect to online collaboration and communication applications, and the impact these applications have on their work (teaching and research). The findings have revealed that the email is still the main communication and collaboration application in both teaching and research, but other, newer applications are not far behind. The extent to which these applications are accepted and used seem to depend directly on personal variables, the most significant ones being the technology anxiety and self-efficacy. The relationship between personality traits and the use of online communication and collaboration applications in the professional academic life has been shown to be mediated by work engagement, which enhances the teachers' personal resources, enhancing their levels of achievement. The findings have also demonstrated that the use of online communication and collaboration applications is part of the factors predicting the teachers' and researchers’ success in academic life.

Inside the sausage factory: Decision-making in Israel’s national security policy

This essay examines three recent books by Israeli experts (two in Hebrew) dealing with structure and processes of the Israeli national security constellation, and common themes raised. These include the weakness of Israel’s Government and Security Cabinet in national security affairs; the quasi-presidential role of prime ministers in these issues and their preference for less formalized decision-making processes, based on subcabinet groups and personal staff; the preeminence of the military (including its often moderating influence) in staff and planning processes, and the parallel weakness of civilian bodies; and the disputable effects of the newish National Security Staff, meant to ameliorate the problems of the system. The essay concludes that while the problems presented may not be solvable, understanding of the structure and process is important, in order to manage expectations from them, as well as know how they can be negotiated and ‘played’ in order to get things done.

Friends/family in the abortion procedure room (fair): assessing pain level, patient, staff and support person satisfaction with support person in abortion procedure room: a randomized controlled trial

Friends/family in the abortion procedure room (fair): assessing pain level, patient, staff and support person satisfaction with support person in abortion procedure room: a randomized controlled trial

Designing an Intelligent In-Home Healthcare System

Due to the middle-aged population, the need for health services is increasing and more staff is required to visit and serve the homes of the elderly people. For many years, the shortage of specialized nurses and hard service programs has created a lot of pressure on health service centers and sometimes caused complaints of family members or elderly people. In order to have a good quality of these services, having an assessment strategy is required by determining the workload and staff personality of the nursing section. In this research, an in-home care institution was selected. Initially, a survey was conducted on elderly people and their families. Data was then managed using OLAP technology. One month after the implementation of the system, the survey was re-evaluated and then, using the Topics method, the nurses’ performance was ranked. The results showed that the satisfaction of the elderly people and their families from the in-home care institute has been promoted in all three dimensions of technical-vocational, training and trust, but there is still a degree of dissatisfaction.

Cultivating Morals Students through Character Education: A Case Study

This research aims to describe: First, the application of character education in SMP Negeri 16 Makassar. Second, the impact of the application of character education the school in SMP Negeri 16 Makassar. This was a qualitative research employing the naturalistic approach, carried out in SMP Negeri 16 Makassar. The data were collected through observations in debt interview, and document. The research finding, the following conclusions are drawn: (1). The development of school culture to build character in SMP Negeri 16 Makassar, consisting of planning, application, supervision, and evaluation, runs well. The application of character education in SMP Negeri 16 Makassar runs well, supported by the school personal and school committee. (2). The impacts of character, among others, manifested in: caring cleanliness; religious service obedience; conformity to the rules; mutual respect politeness, and family like relationship; honesty and responsibility; togetherness; and all personal school, including teacher and staff participation.

Management Consultancy Projects in Student Affairs Division

This paper describes the implementation of two management consultancy projects and their impact on the effectiveness of university student affairs unit and the development of human potential. The purpose of this paper is to identify the success factors of change initiatives, to analyze and to overcome the challenges encountered through practical management consultancy tools. Two different approaches are adopted: The EFQM which is an excellence model and the Socio-Economic Approach to Management (SEAM) which is an intervention research dedicated at transforming organizations. The researchers show the results of the EFQM and SEAM change processes introduced in higher education institutions to ensure continuous improvement and development of the student affairs office. The prominent finding is that a participatory consultancy approach results in strong personal staff engagement and commitment. Hence, the application of this managerial approach namely the RADAR (Required results, approach, deployment and assessment), the participatory self-assessment, the “mirror effect”, the internal external strategic plan, improvement analysis, the priority action plan, team formation and building and the estimation of hidden costs assured the implementation of change and improved performance. This intervention research provides a clear understanding for the implications of a management consultancy project and accentuates the significance of the human contribution in institutions.

Nursing Home Residents' Legal Access to Onsite Professional Psychosocial Care: Federal and State Regulations Do Not Meet Minimum Professional Social Work Standards.

The federal government holds nursing homes (NHs) responsible for assessing and addressing resident psychosocial needs. The staff person most responsible for psychosocial care planning is the social worker. However, the federal government requires only NHs with 120+ beds to employ one full-time social worker, and that person need not hold a social work degree. We compare/contrast state laws against federal laws and professional standards in terms of the minimum qualifications of NH social workers to determine in which states NH residents are legally entitled to receive services from a professional social work staff member. Qualitative content analysis of language regarding NH social worker qualifications in state (and DC) administrative codes. Twelve states do not address NH social worker qualifications. Up to 25 states appear to be out of federal compliance. Only Maine appears to meet the NASW professional standards. Other states approaching the standards include: Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and West Virginia. The vast majority of the 3 million residents a year served by U.S. NHs are not entitled to social work staff who meet minimum professional standards, despite new federal regulations calling for trauma-informed and culturally competent care planning and the recognition that the needs of residents (including psychosocial needs) have continued to increase over past decades. Changes in federal regulations are recommended so that all NH residents have access to professional psychosocial services provided by a staff person who has earned at least a bachelor's degree in social work and who carries a reasonable caseload.

How can we help? An exploration of the public’s role in overcoming barriers to urban sustainability plan implementation

This article evaluates the relationship between sustainability plan implementation and public participation after plan adoption via citizen advisory committees (CACs). The study analyzes in-depth interviews with sustainability planners11I use the term “sustainability planner” in reference to a local government staff person responsible for facilitating implementation of the sustainability plan as part of their job description or work plan assigned by their supervisor. In some of the 36 cases, there is one person within the local government with this role, in others multiple individuals within an office of sustainability work on various aspect of sustainability. Whenever possible, I interviewed the most senior person responsible for moving implementation of their city or county’s sustainability plan forward. The actual job titles of these individuals vary across local governments. in 36 medium and large U.S. cities and urban counties to test whether public participation supports planning implementation. I delineate the common implementation challenges across 36 communities, analyze CAC roles after plan adoption in 25 communities that choose to form an implementation CAC, and assess why variation exists in these groups’ roles and impacts. Findings suggest citizen advisory committees bolster planners’ efforts to move past implementation barriers, affirming the theoretical belief that public participation supports implementation. Additionally, the study provides insight into how sustainability planners facilitate and encourage the CACs impact on implementation or stifle this latent capacity.

The Heavy Lifting of Diversity: A Need for Scholar Administrators

Technological innovation and new economic terrain of the twenty-first century has called for higher education to re-examine how interdisciplinary ethnic studies and minority serving programs are positioned in the twenty-first century. This essay considers the utility of spaces like Black Studies departments and programs like the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship within the structure of Liberal Arts education today from the vantage a recent graduate. In the wake increasing hostility towards minority students and unfavorable media coverage of incidents on campus, colleges and universities must consider how rolling back minority focused academic and programmatic offerings alongside dramatic increases in contingent faculty and administrative staff hiring has left cultural voids. As Liberal Arts educators grapple with narrowing budget constraints and changing campus climates, the call for higher education employees who understand why disciplinary and programmatic offerings are tied to campus climate and how to use such resources grows louder. Scholar Administrators, in their ability to straddle the historically divisive line between faculty and staff, can help usher in a type of diversity that allows each student, faculty, and staff person to bear witness to the humanity in others, which ultimately is the heavy lifting of diversity.

Assessment of Quality and Risks Exposure in Histopathology Department

Abstract The role of histopathology department in establishing a correct and final diagnosis is essential, this leading to an effective treatment for the patient so its healing to be complete. In order to achieve this goal, it is necessary that all complex steps belonging to this department to be properly carried out because any mistakes in a pathology report may adversely affect the patient outcome. Therefore, it is mandatory the quality assessment of all procedures from the laboratory to be constantly done so that the report to be reliable and accuracy. All three main categories of activities specific to a pathological laboratory (pre-analytic, analytic and post-analytic phases) must undergo quality control. During the progress of these phases, it also must be identified the risks and safety problems regarding the personal staff. These may be different for each activity or procedure which is performed by the laboratory workers. All the physical, chemical or biological hazards must be identified to assess, appreciate the possible risks and to implement preventive measures. The aim of this study is to highlight the importance of quality management for all phases included in a surgical pathological laboratory based on the pathological errors observed, identify emerging risks exposure and necessary measures to prevent them.

The hidden work of a journal editor

The hidden work of a journal editor

NEUROSIENCE DAN PENGALAMAN KEAGAMAAN ( SPRITUAL) KASUS KORUPSI

Day by day people are always faced with deviant behavioral symptoms. Lying is no longer in a personal capacity even though it includes self-denial, but is done through its power, the power of the public. A power which, according to a healthy soul and a clear mind, is to carry out the mandate of the people. What is the relitasnya? That is a lie to lie covering these (political) power processes is a structural lie.A power structure controlled by liars. As the one held in anti-corruption institutions, along with 720 personal staff in the corruption eradication commission (KPK), is always faced with an increasingly creative mode of corruption as a product of mental lying.Day after day corruption experienced the dynamics of its mode, run systematically, synergistically, calmly and solemnly. The age around forty years down marks some young, wealthy people, with a pragmatic lifestyle and hedonist. They are the middle class with the predicate scholarship a number of public and private universities. As explained in neurosciences that the soul as well as spirituality is the product of the human brain although the mechanisms for bringing the two are different.It is interesting to understand the necessity of recruiting candidates for the professional leaders of this state organization by finding out what is the relationship between a healthy brain, a close connection to the meaning of life and spirituality. The theory of neurosciences is highly recommended, at least learn from interpreting the perpetrators of corruption including the class of learned, a method of recruitment of public leaders capable of producing human elected. And neuroscience can be a government policy to involve a spiritual neuroscience approach in doing the fit and proper test of a country's stakeholder candidate. So that eventually hopefully through neuroscience and ISHA can contribute to the form of recruitment methods that can capture healthy and sane leaders of the brain, the fruit of the presence of God in the human brain. Keywords: neuroscience, spritual, corruption, ISHA.

Battle of Wills: Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and the Last Year of the Civil War by David Alan Johnson

Reviewed by: Battle of Wills: Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and the Last Year of the Civil War by David Alan Johnson Steven E. Woodworth Battle of Wills: Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and the Last Year of the Civil War. By David Alan Johnson. ( Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2016. Pp. 317. $28.00, ISBN 978–1-63388–245-4.) David Alan Johnson, the author of several popular works on the Civil War and World War II, has written a highly readable account of the contest between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in Virginia in 1864 and 1865. Each chapter begins with an ongoing vignette about events surrounding the surrender at Appomattox before shifting back to the main narrative. Chapter 1 presents the formative factors in Grant's and Lee's prewar lives. Both did well in the U.S.-Mexican War, but Lee's achievements as a member of General Winfield Scott's personal staff were more prominent. Though Lee never lost his devotion to Virginia, which he learned from his father, Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee, he was anxious to avoid imitating his father's undisciplined life and was eager to emulate the brilliance and bearing of General Scott. Grant inherited his [End Page 177] determination from his father and patterned his military persona after the methods and manners of Scott and Zachary Taylor, his commanders in the U.S.-Mexican War. During the war, both Grant and Lee learned that wars were won with offensive campaigns. Grant's arrival in the East, though heralded in Washington, D.C., did not impress the cynical veterans of the Army of the Potomac, but Abraham Lincoln trusted Grant. Lee, however, never fully understood Grant. In chapter 3, Johnson plunges into a straightforward account of the battle of the Wilderness from Lee's perspective. At the end of the battle, Lee reacted to reports that Grant was moving toward Spotsylvania Court House by moving his own army toward Spotsylvania. Only then did Lee begin to realize that Grant was unlike previous Union generals in the East. Johnson then tells the story of the battle of the Wilderness from Grant's perspective and concludes the chapter with the soldiers of the Army of the Potomac realizing that a very different type of general was in control of their movements. Lincoln was happily reassured that he had indeed found a general who would fight and not turn back. Through each successive phase of the struggle between Grant and Lee—at Spotsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and Appomattox—Johnson uses the same device, first telling the story from one general's perspective and then from his opponent's. It works surprisingly well. The author also emphasizes the important influence of Lee's and Grant's fathers. Grant kept up his dogged advance in large part because of the determination that Jesse Root Grant taught him. In two famous incidents when Lee was ordered to "'go to the rear,'" the Confederate commander showed the "boldness and brashness" of Light-Horse Harry Lee (p. 136). By remaining on the defensive behind breastworks at Petersburg, Lee made Grant pay a high price for the ground gained, but it cost Lee both the offensive and the advantages of maneuvers that he and Grant had learned under Winfield Scott. By Cold Harbor, Grant firmly held the offensive position, and "Lee had to base his plans on what Grant was going to do" (p. 197). Johnson covers the Petersburg siege in less detail than the Overland campaign. The book concludes with an assessment of popular attitudes toward Grant and Lee since the end of the war. Johnson relies heavily on a half dozen or so well-known published primary sources along with secondary works such as Geoffrey Perret's biography of Grant and Douglas Southall Freeman's works on Lee. Battle of Wills: Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and the Last Year of the Civil War is a highly readable, popular account of two great generals during the last years of the Civil War. Steven E. Woodworth Texas Christian University Copyright © 2018 The Southern Historical Association

Factors in establishing positive youth–staff relations in social pedagogy-based Norwegian treatment collectives: A study of young people’s impressions and experiences

The objective of this study was to gain insight into the process that occurs when young people establish positive emotional relations with staff in ‘treatment collectives’ in Norway. Eighteen young people living in two social pedagogy-based treatment collectives were interviewed regarding their relationships with the treatment staff. Because positive relationships have been shown to be of great importance for the outcomes of treatment, this study’s main objective was to obtain insight into what the young people found important when establishing such relationships with staff members. Our findings suggest that certain of the collective’s structural factors and staff’s personal factors contributed to the establishment of positive youth–staff relations. The main structural factor is that the core staff are resident with the young people, and the resulting continuity and trust this engenders. The main personal staff factors are attention, persistence and genuine personal affection shown for the young people in their care.

Психологические особенности самоактуализации личности персонала

Психологические особенности самоактуализации личности персонала

Testing Stewardship: A ‘Hard Stop’ to Reduce Inappropriate C. diff Testing

BackgroundPatients may be over-diagnosed with C. difficile infection (CDI) due to colonization, especially if laxatives are used. We had implemented an alert to prompt providers to discontinue C. diff orders in the setting of laxative use. This initially decreased orders by about 25%, but became less effective over time. Our objective was to strengthen our C. diff testing stewardship by creating a “hard stop” to require providers to think critically about C. diff testing in the presence of laxative use or the absence of documented diarrhea.MethodsOur two-hospital, >1100-bed community-based academic healthcare system performs all C. diff testing via PCR. We implemented our initial laxative alert, which notified providers but did not prohibit testing, in March 2015. In April 2017, we launched a new alert that fired >36 hours after admission, and assessed for documented diarrhea (>2 episodes/24 hours). If diarrhea was present, it would assess for any administered laxative within prior 24 hours. If neither criterion was met, the provider could only order C. diff testing by calling the laboratory and documenting the staff person’s name in the order; no further justification was required. We measured the number of C. diff tests completed per day, the number of calls made to lab, and CDI rates (using NHSN LabID definition). Balancing measures included monitoring oral vancomycin orders without C. diff testing, and delayed CDI diagnoses.ResultsAt baseline, we observed a mean of 9 (SD, 4–14) C. diff orders daily. After initiating the hard stop alert, daily testing decreased by 30% (Fig. 1). Frequency of hospital-onset CDI dropped by 45% during first month of implementation (Fig. 2), from mean 3.6/week to 2/week. To date we have not detected delayed diagnoses or empiric treatment without testing; 18 override laboratory calls have been documented.ConclusionGiven PCR’s high sensitivity for C. diff, testing stewardship is critical to minimize false-positive cases of CDI, which lead to inappropriate treatment, prolonged length of stay, and hospital penalties. Requiring a phone call to order C. diff testing in the setting of laxative use or minimal diarrhea effectively reduced testing, and was well-accepted by nurses and providers. To date, no adverse effects have been detected.Disclosures All authors: No reported disclosures.

A Communication Training Program to Encourage Speaking-Up Behavior in Surgical Oncology

Patient safety in the OR depends on effective communication. We developed and tested a communication training program for surgical oncology staff members to increase communication about patient safety concerns. In phase one, 34 staff members participated in focus groups to identify and rank factors that affect speaking-up behavior. We compiled ranked items into thematic categories that included role relations and hierarchy, staff rapport, perceived competence, perceived efficacy of speaking up, staff personality, fear of retaliation, institutional regulations, and time pressure. We then developed a communication training program that 42 participants completed during phase two. Participants offered favorable ratings of the usefulness and perceived effect of the training. Participants reported significant improvement in communicating patient safety concerns (t40 = –2.76, P = .009, d = 0.48). Findings offer insight into communication challenges experienced by surgical oncology staff members and suggest that our training demonstrates the potential to improve team communication.

Memorializing history in the Bombay High Court

ABSTRACTIn this paper, I show that the central courtroom of the Bombay High Court has been conserved as a site that memorializes the Court’s institutional history. The Court’s institutional history refers to the history as remembered and recollected by the judges, lawyers, court staff and different persons associated with the Court. The legal history of the Court identifies the law as documented in judgements, rules and regulations. The conflict between the institutional and legal histories of the Court is brought to the forefront in the case of the sedition trial of Tilak in the central courtroom of the Bombay High Court.

Identification of barriers and facilitators for optimal cesarean section care: perspective of professionals

BackgroundThe cesarean section (CS) rate has increased over recent decades with poor guideline adherence as a possible cause. The objective of this study was to explore barriers and facilitators for delivering optimal care as described in clinical practice guidelines.MethodsKey recommendations from evidence-based guidelines were used as a base to explore barriers and facilitators for delivering optimal CS care in The Netherlands. Both focus group and telephone interviews among 29 different obstetrical professionals were performed. Transcripts from the interviews were analysed. Barriers and facilitators were identified and categorised in six domains according to the framework developed by Grol: the guideline recommendations (I), the professional (II), the patient (III), the social context (IV), the organizational context (V) and the financial/legislation context (VI).ResultsMost barriers were found in the professional and organizational domain. Barriers mentioned by healthcare professionals were disagreement with specific guideline recommendations, and hesitation to allow women to be part of the decision making process. Other barriers are lack of adequately trained personal staff, lack of collaboration between professionals, and lack of technical equipment.ConclusionsClear facilitators and barriers for guideline adherence were identified in all domains. Several barriers may be addressed by using decision aids on mode of birth or prediction models to individualise care in women in whom both planned vaginal birth and CS are equal options. In women with an intended vaginal birth, adequate staffing and the availability of both fetal blood sampling and epidural analgesia are important.

Superstorm Sandy: Emergency management staff perceptions of impact and recommendations for future preparedness, New York State.

This study collected and summarized feedback from staff at the New York State (NYS) Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and three county OEMs within NYS to understand lessons learned from the 2012 Superstorm Sandy. Cross-sectional qualitative and quantitative analysis. One staff person from each identified critical role from the state and county OEMs who were still employed in the roles identified. In-person interviews in 2014 followed by an anonymous survey in 2015 examined the response strengths, challenges, and recommendations using federally and study-defined Public Health Preparedness Capabilities. Quantitative analysis of staff survey ratings was used to summarize perceptions of interagency collaboration, communication effectiveness, and differences by staff position. Response rates were 78 percent for interviews (n = 7) and 45 percent for surveys (n = 36). In interviews, "emergency operations coordination" was cited most frequently (48 percent), specifically for successful interagency coordination. "Emergency operations coordination" was also cited most among challenges (45 percent), with emphasis on problems with uniformity of software systems across agencies. Survey responses indicated that "volunteer management" (50 percent) and the "safety and health of responders" (40 percent) were frequently reported as challenges. Additionally, 38 percent of OEM staff reported that situation reports submitted by health departments need improvement. Recommendations from OEM staff included "emergency operations coordination" (36 percent) such as sharing of resources and "training" (16 percent) including hospital evacuation training. Analysis of OEM staff feedback identified specific challenges, and concrete recommendations were made to improve response going forward.