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Welcome to the 2017 UMaine Student Symposium: Research and Creative Activity electronic event program. This electronic program includes student abstracts, student presentation style descriptions, and presentation schedules. It also includes a map of the venue layout, schedule of the entire day’s events and programs, as well as details and information regarding our sponsors and selected university programs.

We hope you enjoy a full day of student presentations, guest speakers, award ceremonies, and the chance to network with UMaine students, faculty, staff, as well as local and state industry and community leaders! 
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Monday, April 24 • 10:45am - 12:00pm
Poster Presentations – Allied Health

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Speakers
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Karyn Carlin

Nursing, 10:45AM-12:00PM
Preventing Hospital Readmission Rates with Individualized Patient Teaching Strategies Topic and Purpose ● As the rate of preventable hospital readmissions continues to rise, the need for patient centered education has become increasingly evident. Preventable readmissions monopolize... Read More →
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Lauren Doak

Communication Sciences and Disorders, 10:45AM-12:00PM
The Effect of Nutrition on Language Development in Preterm Infants This literature review looks at how early nutrition in premature infants affects later language development. This paper researches the feeding disorders common among premature infants and how they impair premature... Read More →
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Sarah Ford

Nursing, 10:45AM-12:00PM
The Effects of Nurse Residency Programs on New Graduate Job Satisfaction (Section B Poster 36)During the first two years of post graduate employment, the turnover rate for newly licensed nurses is 33.5%, with high reports of job dissatisfaction (Kovner, Brewer, Fatehi, & Jun, 2014... Read More →
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Jill Hamm

Communication Sciences and Disorders, Child Development and Family Relations, 10:45AM-12:00PM
Perceptions and Practices of Speech and Language Therapy: A Global Perspective Today, speech-language therapy can be delivered in many ways, for the purposes of this literature review and proposed study the family-centered approach to speech-language therapy will be explored. Included... Read More →
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Brandon Howlett

Nursing, 10:45AM-12:00PM
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Prevention: Traditional Versus Novel Means Ventilator associated pneumonia is defined as pneumonia that occurs more than 48 hours after the patient is placed on a ventilator (Koenig 2006). When a patient is on a ventilator, one of the most significant... Read More →
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Katarina Querfurth

Nursing, 10:45AM-12:00PM
For hospitalized in-patients , what evidence-based interventions will reduce the feelings of stress, anxiety and/or fear brought on by the hospital environment? Topic and Purpose: Patients often times experience a great deal of increased anxiety and stress while in the hospital... Read More →
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Clelia Sigaud

School Psychology, 10:45AM-12:00PM
Special Health Needs: Transitioning to Adult Primary Care The transition from pediatric to adult primary care can be a difficult and/or delayed process for patients with special health care needs. The following study sought to gather preliminary data regarding the state of transitional... Read More →
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Jessica Wood

Nursing, 10:45AM-12:00PM
ICU Staffing Ratios and Patient Outcomes A Review of the Literature on High Nurse to Patient Ratios and Adverse Patient Outcomes Becky Julian, Sally Peckenham, Ashlee Sargent, and Jessica Wood P = Patients hospitalized in intensive care units (ICUs) I = Lower nurse-to-patient ratios... Read More →

Judges
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Linda Archambault

Biochemistry, 9:15AM-10:30AM
Zebrafish Mucosal Infection Model Illuminates Host-Pathogen Interactions During Yeast Infection. Yeasts are part of the healthy microbiome of human gastrointestinal and reproductive tracts but can cause invasive and systemic disease in immunocompromised patients. Two species, Candida... Read More →
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Monday April 24, 2017 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
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