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Date of Article: August 2015
Title: What makes a successful undergraduate? The relationship between student characteristic, degree subject and
academic success at university
Author: Emma Smith and Patrick White

Most people wonder what makes a university or college student successful in school and in their post-
graduation life. Authors Smith and White examine this question by conducting research to understand if there is any
correlation between the two. Their research collected data from the University of Leicester in Leicester, United
Kingdom. They reviewed and researched college entrants to determine if there was a relationship between obtaining
a high degree and certain characteristics. A total of 38,236 students were considered in their research providing them
with a sound basis or population. They continued to narrow their research pool by only including undergraduate
students who were to graduate between the years 2001 and 2009. With this pool of students, they then examined
certain characteristics to begin their comparative analysis. Characteristics such as ethnicity, occupational class and
age were some of the naturally acquired birth characteristics. Three additional non-birth characteristics, geography,
academic and subjects studied were also considered in their analysis. The characteristics were then converted into
blocks. The blocks consisted of a certain characteristic, the data collected, and the outcomes of what the
experiment revealed.

The most prominent result of their analysis was that with this huge melting pot of individuals, there is
nothing straightforward since characteristics vary from person to person. Despite it being so different, the most
outstanding characteristics were academic differences, ethnicity, and sex. The next prominent point of the research
was that the subjects studied by the student were unrelated to obtain a good degree. Although this is not what they
intended for, they did find that prior attainment in academic characteristics and background were characteristics that
did contribute to graduating with a good degree. Graduating with a higher-level education and good degree can
make a difference. The research stated that those with a degree will earn around 7% more than those who do not.
The conduct of this research can be very beneficial to educate those who want to know how to be successful and
obtain a good degree.
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Date of Article: February 2016

Title: Beyond triage: the diagnostic accuracy of emergency department nursing staff risk
assessment in patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes

Author: Edward Watts Carlton, Ahmed Khattab, and Kim Greaves

During the evolution of nursing, there were few studies or research conducted on nurse assessment of low-
risk patients with chest pain. The data collected for this article originates from a hospital emergency department in
the United Kingdom. In this hospitals emergency department, often referred to as the ED, there are one million
visits per year. Chest pain is one of the most common complaints or symptoms of incoming patients. Yet of those
patients who arrive complaining of chest pain, only 15-25% of them actually possess acute coronary syndrome.
Despite this low percentage, patients are often kept in the hospital for longer than they should so the medical
personal can ensure that there would be no legal factor falling back on them.

The objective of this article is to urge the need to incorporate high-sensitivity troponin testing. This testing
coincides with the accelerated diagnostic protocol, also called the ADP. A research experiment was conducted testing
this objective with patients 18 years or older. With most patients being in their post 50s, they needed to have a
previous history of chest pain. Lasting 30 days, the research provided beneficial results to nurses and physicians.
When the high-sensitivity troponin was incorporated, the accelerated diagnostic protocol of nurses had a miss rate of
1.1%. This was interpreted as a low miss rate from just the addition of high-sensitivity troponin. With the miss rate
being so low, there are two positive outcomes for hospital emergency departments. First, patients can be more
efficiently and effectively cared for and secondly, nurses and physicians can be protected from misdiagnosis. Both
are huge benefits and will evolve to change health care in the future.