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Title: Suffering in the midst of technology: the lived experience of an abnormal prenatal ultrasound.
Creator: Gottlieb, Jeanne C., Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological study was to understand the essence of the lived experience of women after having an abnormal prenatal ultrasound. One hundred years ago, health disciplines had limited therapies for prenatal and neonatal disorders. During this period, the eugenics movement influenced leaders to involuntarily sterilize individuals who were sought to be "unfit" to prevent disorders in offspring. ... One of these contemporary reproductive genetic technologies is...
Show moreThe purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological study was to understand the essence of the lived experience of women after having an abnormal prenatal ultrasound. One hundred years ago, health disciplines had limited therapies for prenatal and neonatal disorders. During this period, the eugenics movement influenced leaders to involuntarily sterilize individuals who were sought to be "unfit" to prevent disorders in offspring. ... One of these contemporary reproductive genetic technologies is the use of ultrasound and serum bio-medical markers for detection of congenital, chromosome, and genetic disorders. When ultrasounds reveal abnormal findings, the perceived perfect pregnancy vanishes and gives way to feelings of shock, disbelief, fear, guilt, loss, and threats to self and their unborn baby. Twelve women who had an abnormal ultrasound were interviewed within the context of their cultural values and beliefs. The method of van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenology illuminated the meaning for these women in their life worlds. ... They endured this experience through their own coping mechanisms, but often felt uncertainty and emotional turmoil until the birth. The women also sought comfort through their cultural values, beliefs, and traditions. In coping with the risks found on this abnormal ultrasound, women often selected silence or blocking perceived threats. With these coping methods, they were alone in their suffering. ... Health providers, in not recognizing these women's misunderstandings and emotional fears, abandoned them in their psychosocial and cultural needs. The significance reveals that nurses and health providers need to infuse human caring ways of being, knowing, and doing within advanced technological environments.
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Date Issued: 2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3362381
Subject Headings: Medical genetics, Medical care, Decision-making, Health services accessibility, Abortion, Moral and ethical aspects, Pregnancy, Complications, Diagnostic ultrasonic imaging, Communication in medicine, Genetic counseling, Genetic disorders, Nursing, Standards
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Teaching Night in the secondary classroom.
Creator: Loput, Dyanne K., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: As a secondary-level educator of literature and writing, I have observed the fundamental need for a sensitive, well-developed curriculum in the art of teaching Eliezer Wiesel's Night to high school students. This thesis contextualizes Wiesel's memoir by examining the history of Jewish persecution, the Holocaust itself, and Wiesel's background. Educational strategies and activities that use both literary analysis and creative writing to engender a comprehensive and thorough realization of the...
Show moreAs a secondary-level educator of literature and writing, I have observed the fundamental need for a sensitive, well-developed curriculum in the art of teaching Eliezer Wiesel's Night to high school students. This thesis contextualizes Wiesel's memoir by examining the history of Jewish persecution, the Holocaust itself, and Wiesel's background. Educational strategies and activities that use both literary analysis and creative writing to engender a comprehensive and thorough realization of the history as expressed through the literature are elucidated. Additionally, several ways in which teachers may lead students to examine the effects, implications, and ramifications of Wiesel's legacy are supplied.
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Date Issued: 2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2705075
Subject Headings: Criticism and interpretation, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Study and teaching, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Study and teaching
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Progress, Regress.
Creator: Maher, Michelle., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: Progress, Regress examines the narrator's journey through the world of mental illness. Psychologist Lisa James has a new client, six-year-old Megan Cooper, who has been diagnosed with child-onset schizophrenia. Megan's young age and the severity of her illness rattle Lisa, and make her question not only her role as a psychologist and a mother, but also her own mental state.
Date Issued: 2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3360951
Subject Headings: Mental illness, Mentally ill children, Family relationships, Schizophrenia in children, Patients
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Trilling R's: meditations on immigration, assimilation, and language.
Creator: O'Brien, Shannon., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: Immigration has become a hot button issue across the United States. Television newsmen dedicate hours of time to excoriate the "illegal invasion." I viewed the immigration debate as something not directly concerning me. I am a legal citizen of Hispanic descent. My mother is a naturalized citizen from Mexico. However, as the government conducted raids looking for illegal immigrants, my mother became more aware of her place as a Mexican woman living in the Midwest. She wondered whether people...
Show moreImmigration has become a hot button issue across the United States. Television newsmen dedicate hours of time to excoriate the "illegal invasion." I viewed the immigration debate as something not directly concerning me. I am a legal citizen of Hispanic descent. My mother is a naturalized citizen from Mexico. However, as the government conducted raids looking for illegal immigrants, my mother became more aware of her place as a Mexican woman living in the Midwest. She wondered whether people would assume she was illegal because of her accent and appearance. Our discussions prompted me to think about of my place in the story, and about my lack of connection with the Hispanic culture. I set out to interview migrants living in South Florida, and to document my and my mother's experience with immigration and assimilation.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186683
Subject Headings: Emigration and immigration, Assimilation (Sociology), Pluralism (Social sciences), Social adjustment, Hispanic Americans, Cultural assimilation, Emigration and immigration, Government policy
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Telomeres.
Creator: Oquendo, Nicole., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: Telomeres is a manuscript-length lyric essay in many parts that traces the relationship of the narrator and her father as they both navigate the landscape of post-traumatic stress disorder after his return from Vietnam.
Date Issued: 2012
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359283
Subject Headings: Post-traumatic stress disorder, Fathers and daughters, VIetnam War, 1961-1975, Veterans, Mental health, Veterans, Mental health
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Pseudoscience.
Creator: Shier, Mike., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: Pseudoscience is a collection of nonfiction essays analyzing the origins and methodologies or various pseudoscientific practices against the backdrop of events from the narrator's life that mirror those practices in some way. Pseudoscience is unverifiable. Pseudoscience is unverifiable.
Date Issued: 2012
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359285
Subject Headings: Pseudoscience, Thought and thinking, Reasoning (Psychology)
Format: Document (PDF)

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