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Oct
25
Blue and Gold Weekend

Join alumni, students, families, faculty, and staff for a weekend of fun and Corsair pride across campus, October 25-26. Don't miss the Blue & Gold Festival and the Corsair Tailgate!

Oct
25
Final Exams

Fall 2024 First 7-week session final exam day.

Oct
26
3:40PM
Men's Ice Hockey Alumni Skate

Men's Ice Hockey Alumni Skate at Hetland Arena. Contact Men's Ice Hockey Head Coach Eric Noack for questions.

Oct
28
Classes Begin

Fall 2024 Second 7-week session classes begin.

Oct
28
Final Grades Due

Fall 2024 First 7-week session grades are due, 72 hours from final exam day.

Oct
29
8:00AM
Follow Wednesday's class schedule

Follow Wednesday's schedule.

Oct
30
Course Withdrawal Deadline

Fall 2024 Course Withdrawal period (grade of a W) ends for the Second 5-week session MLT-MLS Program classes.

Oct
30
8:00AM
Mental Health Day - no classes

Mental Health Day, no classes today.

Oct
31
Add/Drop Ends

Fall 2024 Add period and Drop period (for a 100% refund) end for the Second 7-week session.

Nov
1
8:00AM
This is a test event for Academic Calendar

This is a test event for Academic Calendar

Nov
4
8:00AM
Registration for Spring 2025 begins

Spring 2025 Registration Begins

Nov
8
9:00AM
Exploration of Factors Related to Nurse Faculty’s Attitudes Towards Empowered Holistic Nursing Education by Danielle Lynn DeGonge

Dissertation Committee: Mary McCurry, PhD, RNBC, ANP, ACNP, Dissertation Advisor Jennifer Viveiros, PhD, RN, CNE, CHSE, Dissertation Committee Maureen Hall, PhD, Dissertation Committee 11/8/2024 9AM Library 314/ZOOM (dhoffman@umassd.edu) Abstract Objective: To provide more student-centered approaches to the current conduct of nursing education, holistic education appeals to the multifaceted needs and dimensions of today's learners. Helping nurture students' growth and development throughout their learning, holistic education aligns with the values of nursing as a discipline, and its benefits are proposed to extend widely. One conceptualization relating specifically to nursing is Empowered Holistic Nursing Education (EHNE). Although nurses are familiar with holistically caring for their patients, it is not well understood how nurse educators perceive the holistic care, education, and well-being support of their students. The purpose of this study was to explore how nurse faculty's personal and institutional factors relate to their attitudes towards EHNE. Design: A descriptive, cross-sectional correlational study was conducted to explore the relationship and potential predictors of nurse faculty's personal and institutional factors and their attitudes towards EHNE. The relationships were measured using correlation coefficients, and a multiple linear regression analysis was conducted to determine significant predictors. Nurse faculty (n = 150) from across the United Sates participated in an online survey from March-April 2024. Results: Three personal factors were significantly and positively correlated with nurse faculty's overall scores on the EHNE Scale: opinion towards teaching lifelong learning (r = .208, p = .011), the Cognitive Behavior (CB) subscale of the Empathy Assessment Scale (EAS) (r = .302, p < .001), and the Self-Reflection subscale of the Self-Reflection and Insight Scale (SRIS-SR) (r = .187, p = .022). The CB subscale of the EAS was the only significant predictor ( = .257, p = .003) in the model, and accounted for 9.5% of the variance in nurse faculty's attitudes towards EHNE. Key conclusions: This study was the first exploration of nurse faculty's personal and institutional factors and their relation to one's attitudes towards EHNE. Faculty's empathy levels, specifically of the cognitive behavioral domain, significantly predicted their overall attitudes towards EHNE. Further clarity on the concept of EHNE in the literature is necessary. Additional research to identify other factors related to one's perceptions and practice of holistic nursing education is essential.

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