Browsing by Level of Evidence "Grounded Theory"
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Adolescent female substance abuse: Risk and resiliency factors
Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) abuse is a major social and health concern for adolescent females. For the first time, female use patterns are converging with male patterns among U.S. adolescents. Despite evidence ... -
Adolescent females' perceptions of the dating experience
The purpose of this study was to explore the nature and characteristics of adolescent females' dating relationships, including any experiences of abuse. The research question to be answered was what are the characteristics ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Application of the Transtheoretical Model of Change to the smoking behavior of men during their partner's pregnancy
This study describes the smoking behavior and selected characteristics of men during their partner's pregnancy. Constructs of the transtheoretical model of behavior change were used to describe socio-demographic characteristics ... -
Applying a nursing theory to a theory of resilience to foster healing and recovery post-pandemic
How can nursing theories be used in the real world to address and combat the sequelae of the pandemic? Nurses have particularly suffered being continuously on the front line of exhausting and often heart breaking care of ... -
Brokering student well-being: Understanding the work of school health administrators
Background: Despite a well-documented need for school health programs (SHPs) among school children who have chronic conditions, require medically complex interventions at school, or experience socio-emotional health issues, ... -
Building a social identity: Peer-to-Peer sexual harassment in adolescents
Peer-to-peer sexual harassment is pervasive in secondary schools and is responsible for a number of health effects such as sleeplessness, loss of self-esteem and depression, as well as other negative educational and social ... -
Chronicling resident and staff outcomes throughout the implementation of a professional nursing practice model in one Midwest continuing care retirement community: A longitudinal analysis
This research used a case study approach to chronicle the process of seeking the American Nurse Credentialing Center's Pathway to Excellence in Long-Term Care designation in one Midwest community. The PTE-LTC practice ... -
Claiming health: Mammography-screening decision making of older, urban African-American women
There have been few researchers in nursing and the behavioral sciences that examined the social contexts and processes that may influence mammography-screening decision making of older, urban, lower-income AA women. ... -
Clearing away past wreckage: A constructivist grounded theory of women veterans' mental health service use
Women veterans are the largest veteran population yet have significant mental health disparities. By using constructivist grounded theory methods, women Veterans revealed meaningful stories on their experiences that led ... -
Concept and process of attaining and maintaining health for a selected Vietnamese immigrant population
Nursing theorists have proposed that health is a concept central to nursing, yet the concept is surrounded by confusion and ambiguity because the word has had varying interpretations applied to it over time by both ... -
Constructing the process of healthcare decision-making by adolescent athletes post sport-related concussion
Sport-related concussion (SRC) is associated with short- and long-term health consequences. Current recommendations require immediate removal of an athlete suspected of injury, relying symptom self-reporting. Many SRC are ... -
Coping with Acute Myocardial Infarction
This study examined how acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients cope during the first three days of illness. Although the ability of patients to cope has been previously studied, there has been little investigation of ... -
The critical factors influencing the attitudes and behaviors of nurses caring for patients with substance use disorders
Background: Nursing is known to be an ethical and caring practice discipline, yet there is some evidence that nurses may have negative attitudes and behaviors towards persons with substance use disorders. Few nurses realize ... -
Cultural discovery in nursing practice: The experience of nurses who work with Vietnamese
The purpose of this investigation was to generate a substantive theory of cultural discovery among nurses who work with Vietnamese. A grounded theory approach involving dimensional analysis was employed. A purposive sample ... -
A description of the maternal decision-making process regarding circumcision
Mothers, as dependent-care agents for their child, must make multiple decision concerning the health care of the child. One of the first decisions that must be made by mothers of male children is a decision for or against ... -
Determinants of health service utilization: A secondary analysis of the comprehensive multi-level nursing practice model for rural Hispanics
Rural Hispanic communities in America face socioeconomic barriers that are costly in terms of morbidity and mortality. Explication of the community qualities that influence healthcare utilization of rural Hispanic populations ...