This collection features presentations by current and former faculty in the Waters College of Health Professions at Georgia Southern University.
Faculty may contribute works produced while serving at Georgia Southern by submitting a copy to digitalcommons@georgiasouthern.edu. Please provide the version licensed by the copyright holder (e.g., the publisher) for open access publication following any mandatory embargo period.
Submissions from 2010
Comparison of Ground Reaction Forces Between Four Plyometric Push-up Variations, J. Koch, Bryan L. Riemann, and George J. Davis
The Relation Between Field Tests and Novice Success in Olympic-Style Weightlifting, Robert G. LeFavi, Sarah Davis, and Bryan L. Riemann
Effects of Low Versus High-speed Strength Training on Performance Variables in High School Athletes, Robert G. LeFavi, J. Helton, Sarah Davis, and Bryan L. Riemann
Comparison of Standing Single Arm Shot Put Performance Between Limbs With Different Loads in Collegiate Baseball Players, G. Ken Limbaugh, Bryan L. Riemann, and George J. Davies
Comparing One-arm Seated Shot Put Throw Performance Between Baseball and Non-baseball Athletes, G. Ken Limbaugh, Bryan L. Riemann, D. Traylor, and George J. Davies
Pump up the Heart with Aerobics, Starla McCollum, Katherine Pruitt, and Gavin T. Colquitt
Single Arm Chest Pass to Determine Upper Extremity Strength and Power Asymmetries, Michael T. McElveen, L. Arsenault, and Bryan L. Riemann
Influence of an Inclined Foot Position on Double Leg Squat Mechanics, Bryan L. Riemann, L. Ferster, A. Gustavason, and George J. Davies
Glenohumeral Joint Rotation Range of Motion in Competitive Swimmers, Bryan L. Riemann, J. Witt, and George J. Davies
Using Patient & Nursing Perceptions of Excellence to Define Policy, B. Riner, S. Howell, and Helen M. Taggart
Process-Oriented Guided-Inquiry Learning (POGIL) in Nursing: Exploring a Methodology for a Student-Centered Approach to Learning, Alison Rushing and Rose M. Gee
Enhancing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at Georgia Southern University, Diana Sturges
Effective Role Playing in Large Human Anatomy and Physiology Classes, Diana Sturges and Trent Maurer
Effective Role Playing in Large Human Anatomy and Physiology Classes, Diana Sturges and Trent W. Maurer
Effective Role Playing in Large Human Anatomy and Physiology Classes, Diana Sturges and Trent W. Maurer
A View of Nursing, Marian Tabi
Childhood Nutrition: Perceptions of Minority Caretakers in a Low Income Rural Setting, Marian Tabi
Trends in Nursing Education, Marian Tabi
SCRUBS Program: Helping Young Adults Choose Nursing as a Career, Marian Tabi, Mary-Kate Pung, and R. Gray
International Collaboration Provides Cultural Immersion Experience in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Helen M. Taggart and S. Conroy
Embracing Diversity: Are We There Yet?, Helen M. Taggart, P. Tillman, and S. Warnock
Comparison Of Spine Kinematics Between Dominant And Non-dominant Leg Kicking In Collegiate Women Soccer Players, Leeanna Woodworth, Bryan L. Riemann, G. Ken Limbaugh, and George J. Davies
Submissions from 2009
Families Becoming Integral Members of the Team with Confidence, Sheri Carey
Project FAME: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Fitness, Mathematics, and Technology, Gavin T. Colquitt
Instructional Strategies for High School Weight Training, Gavin T. Colquitt and Tony Pritchard
Interrater Reliability of a Scapular Classification System in the Musculoskeletal Examination of Professional Baseball Players, Todd S. Ellenbecker, W. Ben Kibler, David S. Bailie, Roger Caplinger, George J. Davies, and Bryan L. Riemann
Maternal and Infant Characteristics Affecting Neonatal Mortality Among Georgia Infants, 1995-2004, Vaibhav Garg, Laura H. Gunn, and Diana Sturges
Evaluating Clinician Therapy Styles and Individual Learning Styles Within Aphasia, A. Godwin, M. Hendley, B. Harper, and April W. Garrity
Plyometric Training of the Core and Effects on Trunk and Shoulder Outcome Measures, T. Kangeter, C. Jackson, J. Gardner, Bryan L. Riemann, and George J. Davis
Medial and Lateral Gastrocnemius Activation Differences During Heel Raise Exercise With Three Different Foot Positions, Robert G. LeFavi, G. Ken Limbaugh, Jayme D. Eitner, and Bryan L. Riemann
Establishing Unilateral Ratios of the Rotator Cuff Musculature Using Hand-held Dynamometry, L. E. Ludwig, Helen Gardenhour, Bryan Riemann, and George J. Davis
Community Health Simulation: An Evidenced-Based Program for Nursing Students, B. Matkze and DaNell Moore
Action Research in Graduate and Undergraduate PETE Programs, Starla McCollum, Tony A. Pritchard, and Gavin Colquitt
Bilateral Comparison and Reliability of Ground Reaction Forces During Single Leg Hop Test, Michael T. McElveen, Bryan L. Riemann, and George J. Davies
Project Success: Accomplishments in Nursing Education Innovation, M. O'Mallon, Helen M. Taggart, and G. Robertson
Relationship Between Two Upper Extremity Functional Performance Tests and Shoulder and Trunk Muscle Strength, Bryan L. Riemann and George J. Davies
Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry – Learning a New Paradigm for Nursing Education, Alison Rushing, D. Schilling, and Rose M. Gee
Communicative Partners for AAC Users: Perceptions of the Public, A. Salisbury, L. Oldham, C. Long, and April W. Garrity
Mysteries beneath the skin: organs and organ cavities, Diana Sturges
Mentoring minorities in nursing, Marian Tabi
Mission Trips and Costa Rica: Planning for a Successful Study Abroad Experience, Marian Tabi
Nursing: What it is and what it’s not, Marian Tabi
Public Health for Young Adults: The Role of Public Health Nurses, Marian Tabi
Service-Learning and Nursing in Costa Rica, Marian Tabi
So You Want to Be a Nurse? MCAHEC & Health Tec Distance Learning & Georgia Health Nonprofits, Marian Tabi
SCRUBS: A Nursing Career Awareness Program for Middle and High School Students, Marian Tabi and Bela Kundu
Outcomes of Tutorial Program for Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Helen M. Taggart, M. O'Mallon, G. Robertson, and C. Jackson
Alternative Methods for Measuring Scapular Muscles Protraction and Retraction Maximal Isometric Forces, D. Williams, J. R. Rousch, and George J. Davies
Submissions from 2008
Families as Integral Members of the Team: Reclaiming Our Priority!, Sheri Carey
Reading With Your Young Child: Strategies for Enhancing Language and Emergent Literacy, April W. Garrity
Speech and Language Development for Physical Therapists: Birth to Six Years, April W. Garrity
Relationships Among GPA, GRE, and PRAXIS-II Scores in CSD Students, April W. Garrity, M. R. Clark, and D. R. Brooks
Cross Disciplinary Teaching Strategies to Enhance Reflectivity in Undergraduate College Students, S. McCollum, Melissa Lickteig, and Diana Sturges
Bilateral Comparison of Propulsion Mechanics During Single Leg Vertical Jumping, Michael T. McElveen, Bryan L. Riemann, and George J. Davies
Safe Patient Handling Curriculum, DaNell C. Moore
Support of the IPSyn for children who speak AAE, Janna Oetting, Brandi L. Newkirk, Lekeitha R. Hartfield, C. Wynn, S. Pruitt, and April W. Garrity
Kinematic and Kinetic Analysis of the Forward Lunge During Four External Load Conditions, Bryan L. Riemann and George J. Davies
The Experience of Serenity in Persons Recovering from Addiction, Alison Rushing
A Can of Soup or a Cell? Increasing Reflectivity in Allied Health Students, Diana Sturges
Cytology in a Can of Soup: Increasing Reflectivity in Human Anatomy and Physiology students, Diana Sturges
Human Anatomy coming alive! What every allied health major needs to know, Diana Sturges
How stressed are they? Assessing test anxiety in college students taking a Human Anatomy and Physiology Course, Diana Sturges, Daniel Czech, and J. Metzler
Test Anxiety in Students Taking Human Anatomy and Physiology Courses: Does It Matter?, Diana Sturges, Daniel Czech, and J. Metzler
Targeting Healthy People’s 2010 Goals: Where Do Georgia Infants Stand?, Diana Sturges, Laura H. Gunn, Padmini Shankar, and Shrikrishna Shroff
Utilization of Advanced Instructional Technologies in a Human Anatomy and Physiology Course, Diana Sturges and Timur Mirzoev
A Technological Approach to teaching University Allied Health Courses, Diana Sturges, Padmini Shankar, and Daniel Czech
Booming with the Echo Boomers: Utilizing Instructional Technology, Diana Sturges, Padmini Shankar, and Daniel Czech
Mentoring minorities in nursing, Marian Tabi
Nursing Research: An Opportunity to Showcase Young Scholars, Marian Tabi
The SCRUBS Program: An Intervention to Increase Diversity in the Nursing Workforce, Marian Tabi
What you should know about nursing, Marian Tabi
SCRUBS: It is a Nursing Thing, Marian Tabi, Bela Kundu, and K. Bledsoe
Exploring the Roads to Global Health: Guyana, Denmark, Thailand, Helen M. Taggart
Innovative Partnership: Meeting the Needs of Three Diverse Groups, Helen M. Taggart
Authenticating CNS Education: Capturing Current Practice, Helen M. Taggart and C. P. Stern
Establishing Unilateral Ratios of Scapulothoracic Musculature Using Hand Held Dynamometry, N. Turner, K. Ferguson, B. Wetherington, Bryan Riemann, and George J. Davis
Submissions from 2007
Is a PhD right for me?, April W. Garrity
Is a PhD right for me?, April W. Garrity
Prevention and Health Promotion: The SLP’s role, April W. Garrity
Prevention and Health Promotion: The SLP’s Role Across the Lifespan, April W. Garrity
Determinents of Lifestyle Physical Activity in Older Rural Adults: Testing Of Four Questionnaires, Rose M. Gee and Sandra B. Dunbar
Determinents of Lifestyle Physical Activity in Older Rural Adults: Testing Of Four Questionnaires, Rose M. Gee and Sandra B. Dunbar
Lifestyle Physical Activity In Hypertensive Rural Elders: Association With Self-Efficacy Related Constructs, Rose M. Gee, Sandra B. Dunbar, Colleen K. DiIorio, Patricia C. Clark, Laura P. Kimble, and Mary E. Sweeney
Perceived Outcome Expectations for Lifestyle Physical Activity in Older Rural Hypertensive Women, Rose M. Gee, Sandra B. Dunbar, and Laura P. Kimble
Succession Planning for Nursing Leadership in a Magnet Environment, S. Howell and Helen M. Taggart
Choosing a Medication Calculation Method for Today’s Nursing Students: Evidenced-Based Practice in Nursing Education, DaNell Moore
Dimensional Analysis for Nursing Educators, DaNell Moore
GSU Safe Patient Handling Curriculum, Derived from the ANA/NIOSH Handle with Care 2006 initiative, DaNell C. Moore
Gender Health Disparities in Transitional Economies: an Example of Cancer Morbidity and Mortality in Kazakhstan, Saulet Nurtayeva and Diana Sturges
Prevalence of speech language impairment in African American families, Janna Oetting, S. Pruitt, T. Rodrigue, and April W. Garrity
Out of School Programs: A Venue for Improving Nutritional Practices among Children, Padmini Shankar, Daniel Czech, and Diana Sturges
Human Anatomy and its Importance for Allied Health Majors, Diana Sturges
A Cross-Sectional Study on Nutritional Practices among Pregnant Women in Moldova, Diana Sturges, Padmini Shankar, Stuart H. Tedders, and S. Stefanet
Enhancing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at Georgia Southern University: The Impact of the Faculty Learning Community Program on Participating Faculty, Diana Sturges, Susan Trimble, and Raleigh Way
Minorities in medicine, Marian Tabi
Complementary and Alternative Therapies in the Orthopaedic Population, Helen M. Taggart
Submissions from 2006
Perceived Outcome Expectations for Lifestyle Physical Activity in Older Rural Hypertensive Women, Rose M. Gee, Sandra B. Dunbar, and Laura P. Kimble
Perceived Outcome Expectations for Lifestyle Physical Activity in Older Rural Hypertensive Women, Rose M. Gee, Sandra B. Dunbar, and Laura P. Kimble
Changes in Leadership Practices of Staff Nurses Attending a Leadership Development Program, S. Howell and Helen M. Taggart
A cross-sectional analysis of factors associated with nutritional status of pregnant women in urban India, Padmini Shankar, Diana Sturges, Stuart H. Tedders, and J. Metzler