East Carolina University : Research and Creative Achievement Week 2011
cisplatin. These results support that multiple targets of cisplatin lead to both cancer-killing activity and neurotoxicity in patients receiving this chemotherapeutic agent. Supported by NIH NCICA111891 and NIA-AG026630.
The Resurfacing Debate: Historical Perspectives to Multiple Entry-Levels to RN Practice, April Matthias, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858 The purpose of this historical study is to understand the socio-cultural-political context surrounding the decisions to develop the diploma, BSN, and ADN educational pathways; the historical debate concerning the role and functions, educational pathway, and professional identity of the entry-level RN; and the relationship between the educational pathway developments and the resurfacing historical debate. The nursing profession in America has sustained a state of disorder. The debate within the disorder historically exists in relationship to the multiple educational pathways for entry into RN practice. This historical debate regarding the role and functions, educational pathway, and professional identity of the entry-level RN has resurfaced for greater than a century without resolution. The diploma, BSN, and ADN pathway still exist today as pathways to enter into nursing practice through RN licensure. Therefore, it seems reasonable if not imperative that the three educational pathways diploma, BSN, and ADN and the decisions, debate, and disorder surrounding them, be studied historically in relation to one another. Historical research surrounding the developments of the three educational pathways may be significant and even timely in that the evidence gleaned from the study may help to shed light on professional issues resurfacing in the current “BSN in 10� legislative proposals. Historical case study research focused on three educational pathways associated with the three historical decision points for the developments: Diploma - The Bellevue Training School for Nurses in New York, 1873; BSN - The University of Cincinnati in Ohio, 1916; and ADN - The Orange County Community College in Middletown, New York, 1952. Archival retrieval of primary documents for all three case studies has been completed. Primary documents illustrate that each entry-level educational pathway development created a new and different type or kind of nurse through a different education model. Analysis continues today and new questions are surfacing.
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The Lost Art of Cooking and Generation Y, Meagan Piland, Barbara Woods, Stacy West, Kylie Gearhart, Kimberly Heidal, Sarah Colby, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858 P49 Cooking is an art that is on the decline in the typical American home. On average 42% of calories are consumed outside the home. Individuals 25 or younger report allocating 50.6% of their food dollar to food away from home. When individuals transition into young adulthood, the skills needed for good nutrition are lacking. The purpose of this study was to assess traditional aged college 134