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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Enduring: The Experience of Hospitalized Elderly Patients
The number of elderly hospitalized patients is increasing dramatically. Yet, the hospitalization experience of the elderly is not well understood. The purpose of this study was to explore the hospitalization process as ... -
The Experience of Families When a Child is Diagnosed with Cancer with a Favorable Diagnosis
The major objective of this longitudinal, descriptive study was to describe the family transition to living with childhood cancer, from the family's point of view, when a child is diagnosed with cancer with a favorable ... -
The Experience of Recurrent Breast Cancer: A Case Study
The purposes of this study were to describe, in-depth, the experience of recurrent breast cancer and to explore methodologies consistent with a conceptual orientation based in the Complex Nonlinear Dynamical Systems ... -
Experiences of Homeless Vietnam Veterans in Deciding to Access or Not Access Health Care
Homeless Vietnam Veterans (HVV) report their health status as poor, indicating a multitude of health concerns, including physical and psychological problems, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and alcohol or drug ... -
Explication of the Meaning of Reminiscence for the Elderly Living in the Community
Human beings have the distinct capacity to reminisce. Reminiscence is a function of memory and memories are autobiographical. Studying memory expanded an understanding of the phenomenon. Although reminiscence occurs in all ... -
Exploring the Experience of Benefit Finding in Parents of Children with Cancer: A Grounded Theory Study
The diagnosis of cancer in a child is one of the most significant stressors a parent can experience, and research in the area of stress-related effects of illness on parents has emerged in many areas. The majority of studies ... -
Generation of an Explanatory Model of Human Caring in Registered Nurses
The idea of caring is central to nursing. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to qualitatively explore caring attributes or characteristics of registered nurses (RNs) and how these caring characteristics are ... -
A Grounded Theory Approach to Explore the Experience of Involuntary Childlessness in Couples with Infertility
Couples who experience involuntary childlessness as a result of infertility are challenged to manage the biological, sociological, and psychological implications of the situation. Furthermore, they are confronted with a ... -
How Latinas Come to Know About AIDS and AIDS Prevention
By the year 2000, Latinos will become the largest minority group in the United States. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is occurring at a disproportionately high rate among Latinos. As care-giver and health ... -
Low-income Women with Genital Herpes: Recognizing and Managing their Fear Trajectory
Every illness tells a story and this study tells the story of low income women with genital herpes. The purpose of this research was to generate a substantive theory about the response of low income women to the critical ... -
Mothers' Interpretations of Their Children's Behavior During Mother-Child Interaction
The purpose of this study was to gain understanding about mothers' motivations, intentions, and the meaning they ascribe to their children's behavior by exploring and describing mothers' interpretations of their children's ... -
Relationships and Patterns Between Expert and Nonexpert Critical Care Nursing Practice and Patient Outcomes
It is well accepted that expert nurses improve patient outcomes when delivering direct patient care. It has been hypothesized that expert nurses also improve patient outcomes by developing the knowledge and skills of ... -
Salvaging Self: A Grounded Theory Study of Pregnancy on Crack Cocaine
To explore the experiences and concerns of pregnant women who use crack cocaine, 60 pregnant and postpartum women who had used crack cocaine an average of at least once weekly during pregnancy were recruited in a West Coast ... -
To Report or Not Report: A Qualitative Study of Nurses' Decisions in Error Reporting
This qualitative study was successful in utilization of grounded theory methodology to ascertain nurses’ decision-making processes following their awareness of having made a medical error, as well as how and/or if they ...