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Adolescent resilience following parental death in childhood and its relationship to parental attachment and coping
Adolescent resilience following loss has been linked with supportive social relationships and coping. Retrospective studies have found that parental death during childhood has been a risk factor for serious mental health ... -
Adolescent victims' experiences with cyberbullying: A grounded theory study
The purpose of this study was to construct a Grounded Theory that explains the processes involved in cyberbullying from the perspectives of those who have been victimized. A Constructivist Grounded Theory approach was used ... -
Adolescents' responses to single mothers' chronic physical illness
The purpose of this study was to describe selected concepts of adolescents living with a single, chronically physically ill mother and to examine the self-concept of these adolescents and the relationship of the self-concept ... -
Adoptive parents' lived experience of bonding with their adopted infants: A phenomenological study
Nurses' roles facilitating bonding between adoptive parents and their infants have been premised on the idea that the experience is the same as for biological parents. Developmental theorists Bowlby (1969) and Erikson ... -
Adult ambulatory care visits for illness-related complaints in the United States, 1995/1996
The purpose of this study was to describe the characteristics of a subset (illness-related complaints) of adult ambulatory care visits during 1995 and 1996 to physician offices (MDO), emergency departments (ED), and ... -
Adult daughters' relationships with their institutionalized mothers
A qualitative research design using grounded theory methodology was used to study adult daughters' relationships during the transitional period following their mothers' institutionalization in a nursing home. The central ... -
Adult patient perceptions of nurse listening behaviors in an acute care setting
Good listening is fundamental to effective nursing practice, critical to a healthcare professional’s competence, and essential for patient satisfaction and experience. Because nurse listening has been linked to an ... -
Adult postoperative open-heart patients: Anemia and 30-day hospital readmission
Background/Rationale. In 2013 alone, more than 4% (3.9 million) of patients discharged from a hospital were readmitted. Anemia following a surgical procedure is associated with early hospital readmission. Purpose/Aims. ... -
Advance care planning in advanced heart failure: A relational exploration of autonomy
Advance care planning (ACP) is the process of understanding and sharing personal values and goals to ensure people with serious illnesses receive healthcare and treatment that is consistent with their goals and preferences. ... -
Advanced nursing education: Critical factors that influence diploma and associate degree nurses to advance
Background: Advanced nursing education needs to be pursued along the continuum of the nursing career path. This education process is indispensable to the role of the nurse as educator, manager, nurse leader, and researcher ... -
Adverse drug reactions and resultant health-related quality of life during multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in South Africa
(2015-10-02)Background/Significance: The incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is on the rise globally. MDR-TB takes a minimum of 2 years to treat and the treatment regimen produces many adverse drug reactions (ADRs). ... -
African-American baccalaureate nursing students' perceptions of nursing programs and factors that support or restrict academic success
The nursing literature is limited in reporting African-American nursing students' perceptions of nursing programs and factors that are viewed as supportive of or restrictive to academic success in this selected population. ... -
African-American, Hispanic, and Caucasian parents' perception and management of chronically ill children in the home
Advances in technology and knowledge have contributed to a growing population of children with chronic illness. Nurses caring for chronically ill children and their families in the home environment have witnessed a rapid ... -
Age appropriate treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa
(2017-07-19)The purpose of this study was to describe the time from DR-TB diagnosis to treatment initiation for people in South Africa with DR-TB with and without HIV and to evaluate the influence of age on the timing of treatment ... -
Alert driven rescue: Do in-hospital sepsis interventions following an advanced early warning system alert differ substantially between decedents and survivors?
Significance: Patients with worsening sepsis on general hospital wards are at high risk for clinical deterioration, unplanned admission to the intensive care unit, and death. Many hospitals have begun to employ early warning ... -
"All for the family:" A case study on the migration of Philippine educated nurses to Ontario through the live-in caregiver program
Despite evidence that suggests that nurses migrate to Ontario through the Live-in Caregiver Program, no research has been conducted on this group of nurses in Ontario. This study addresses that gap utilizing the transnational ... -
American Association of Diabetes Educators 7 intervention in managing type 2 diabetes in older home health patients
Management of chronic disease pathologies requires the patient to have the ability to understand and manage their care. This may be especially challenging in the aging population caring for themselves at home. The home ... -
American nursing faculty's experiences with international, ELL, and ESL nursing students in BSN degree programs
This basic qualitative dissertation research study addressed the question of how American nursing faculty describe their experiences with international, English language learner (ELL), and English as a second language (ESL) ... -
Analysis and observation of the concept of community health
The concept of community health has varying meanings for those in different professional disciplines and for community residents. The aim of this study was to analyze this concept using Rodger's Evolutionary Method of ... -
An analysis of a governance model in nursing service
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of governance type on culture, nurse work satisfaction, nurse retention, and patient satisfaction with care in acute care hospitals. A theoretically derived path ...