Problem Solving

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Nursing workforce retention: challenging a bullying culture.

Discussions surrounding nursing shortages typically focus on recruitment, but retention is also a problem. Emerging research suggests that intimidation in the nursing workforce is a problem that planners need to deal with as part of an overall strategy ...
Stella Stevens (Health Aff (Millwood), 200209-10)
nursing-workforce-retention-challenging-bullying-culture.asp

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The influence of racial socialization practices on the cognitive and behavioral competence of African American preschoolers.

The association between parent racial socialization and child competence was examined in a socioeconomically diverse sample of African American preschoolers living in an urban setting. Interviews were conducted in the homes of 200 families. Racial ...
Margaret OBrien Caughy, Patricia J OCampo, Suzanne M Randolph, Kim Nickerson (Child Dev, 200209-10)
influence-racial-socialization-practices-cognitive-behavioral.asp

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Using cooperative learning strategies to teach implications of the Nurse Practice Act.

Nursing education should include teaching strategies that encourage students to participate actively in the learning process. Cooperative learning is a teaching/learning strategy that promotes active student involvement and leads to enhanced ...
Susan L Copp (Nurse Educ, 200209-10)
cooperative-learning-strategies-teach-implications-nurse-practice-act.asp

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What do you think? Are you a genius?

How much of your day is absorbed with solving problems, implementing changes, overcoming challenges, and finding new ways to do more with less? The majority of each day? If this sounds like you, then read on. Below are instructions for you to become a ...
Nancy J Riesz (Clin Leadersh Manag Rev, 200209-10)
think-genius.asp

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Hypomanic traits and response styles to depression.

OBJECTIVES: To test the hypothesis that the manic defence involves specific response styles to depression, namely distraction and indulging in dangerous activities. DESIGN: A correlational study was conducted with undergraduate participants assessed for ...
Justin Thomas, Richard P Bentall (Br J Clin Psychol, 200209)
hypomanic-traits-response-styles-depression.asp

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Exemplar theorys predicted typicality gradient can be tested and disconfirmed.

One of exemplar theorys central predictions concerns the shape of typicality gradients. The typicality gradient it predicts is a consequence of its exemplar-based comparisons and appears no matter how the theory is evaluated. However, this predicted ...
J David Smith (Psychol Sci, 200209)
exemplar-theory-s-predicted-typicality-gradient-tested-disconfirmed.asp

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Memory-load interference in syntactic processing.

Participants remembered a short set of words while reading syntactically complex sentences (object-extracted clefts) and syntactically simpler sentences (subject-extracted clefts) in a memory-load study. The study also manipulated whether the words in ...
Peter C Gordon, Randall Hendrick, William H Levine (Psychol Sci, 200209)
memory-load-interference-syntactic-processing.asp

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The selective impairment of arithmetical procedures.

The theoretical distinction between arithmetic facts and procedures was first made by Groen and Parkman (1972). This was confirmed with a neuropsychological single case described by Warrington (1982) who had impaired arithmetical facts but well preserved ...
Jane E McNeil, Paul W Burgess (Cortex, 200209)
selective-impairment-arithmetical-procedures.asp

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The effects of adult aging and induced positive and negative mood on planning.

Changes in executive functions have been found in older adults and also in young adults experiencing positive or negative mood states. The current study investigated the hypothesis that older adults would show greater executive function impairment ...
Louise H Phillips, Liz Smith, Ken J Gilhooly (Emotion, 200209)
effects-adult-aging-induced-positive-negative-mood-planning.asp

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Effects of response time deadlines on adults strategy choices for simple addition.

In this investigation of adults solution strategies for simple arithmetic, participants solved addition problems (e.g., 2 + 3, 8 + 7) under fast and slow response deadlines: The participants were instructed either to respond before a 750-msec warning ...
Jamie I D Campbell, Shauna Austin (Mem Cognit, 200209)
effects-response-time-deadlines-adults-strategy-choices-simple.asp