Browsing by Level of Evidence "Observational"
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Behavioral Indices of Maternal Stress and Health Related Family Boundary Ambiguity in Pediatric Intensive Care
This study of mothers of children in Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICU) created two measures, (a) Health Related Family Boundary Ambiguity (HRFBA:PICU), (b) Maternal Caretaking Behavior (MCOS:PICU), and explored ... -
A Collaborative Case Management Model in an End Stage Renal Disease Patient Population
The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the effectiveness of a collaborative case management (CCM) model on an end stage renal disease (ESRD) patient population. The study attempted to confront some of the conceptual ... -
Congruence of Illness Representation Between Older Adult Heart Failure Patients and Their Spouses or Partners and its Relationship to Adherence Behavior
Intentional nonadherence to prescribed treatment has been documented as a leading contributor to the deleterious outcomes observed for many heart failure patients. Investigation of adherence from the perspective of the ... -
Curricular Approaches to Teaching Ethics in Baccalaureate Nursing Programs
The purpose of this study was to gather information about the various curricular approaches used by baccalaureate nursing programs for teaching ethics. Specific information sought included: faculty preparation in ethics; ... -
Development of a Community Health Nursing Course Grounded in Nightingale's Framework
The lack of theory in Community Health Nursing (CHN) education is significant. Nightingale’s theory, with its emphasis on environmental effects on health, could guide CHN, and teaching her theory’s points in CHN courses ... -
Factors Associated with Degree of Adoption by Hospitals in the Central States of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Cancer Pain
Using contingency theory (Damanpour, 1991) and Rogers' (1995) diffusion of innovations theory, this study: (1) determined the degree of adoption of AHCPR management of cancer pain clinical practice guideline (CPG) by ... -
Gender Effects on Psychiatric Profiles of Substance Abusing Persons
The effects of gender on specific psychiatric variables of substance abusing persons was investigated with the goal of designing gender-appropriate programs for the treatment of addiction. A population of 120 male and 88 ... -
Hospital Discharge Preparation for Homeward Bound Elderly
Hospital discharge planning (DCP) for the elderly is a research priority. Within the cost conscious healthcare environment, there is concern about short hospitalizations and responsibility shifts to patients for continued ... -
Hypertonic Lower Extremities in Infants: Correlation to Motor Function Scores at Thirteen Months of Age
Exploring a large data set, hypertonicity of the lower extremities has been incidentally identified as occurring in one out of every five infants, whether term or preterm. This retrospective, longitudinal, descriptive, ... -
Ideal nursing workflows to support the development of information technology solutions
An understanding of workflows is fundamental to designing information technology solutions to advance patient care, as these solutions must integrate into the workflow. As a precursor to developing a clinical documentation ... -
Impact of the Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA) System on Medication Administration Errors
Medication errors are the second most frequent cause of injury among all types of medical errors (Leape, et al., 1991). Of concern to nursing practice, medication administration errors (MAE) are second only to ordering ... -
The Impact of the Interim Payment System on Ohio Home Healthcare Agencies
In order to decrease the escalating costs of home care and extend the solvency of the Medicare trust fund, major changes in home care reimbursement were mandated by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. The Interim Payment ... -
The Incidence of Stoma and Peristomal Complications During the First Three Months After Stoma Creation
Stoma and peristomal complications comprise a variety of conditions that vary in frequency, severity, and importance to individuals who have colostomies, ileostomies, or urinary stomas. Differences in study methodology and ... -
Influence of Initial Nursing Educational Preparation on Patient Assessment
The purpose of this study was to examine the direct and indirect influence of the type of educational program attended on the data collection and nursing diagnosis (NDX) identification abilities of generic nursing students ... -
Information Retrieval of Self-care and Dependent-care Agents Using NetWellness, a Consumer Health Information Network
Since the earliest times a major focus of nursing has been to provide health care information to those in their care. The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate information retrieval of consumers using ... -
Intervention fidelity monitoring of multi-component complementary therapy: Urban Zen Integrative Therapy (UZIT) for persons with pulmonary hypertension
(Elsevier, 2019-08)Background: Systematic and consistent dose delivery is critical in intervention research. Few studies testing complementary health approach (CHA) interventions describe intervention fidelity monitoring (IFM) and measurement. ... -
Investigating Chemobrain onset: A pilot study exploring the severity and onset of cognitive impairment
Background: Chemotherapy related changes in cognition fall into a cluster of symptoms commonly referred to as chemobrain. To date, nursing literature on the progression of chemobrain and tools used to describe this progression ... -
An Investigation of the Relationship of Self-disclosure, Interpersonal Dependency, and Life Changes to Loneliness in Young Adults
The literature suggests that loneliness is widely distributed, severely distressing, and a painful, frightening experience (Frorm-Reichmann, 1959; Weiss, 1973). Despite the ubiquity and poignancy of loneliness, clinically ... -
Lifting Behavior, Back Pain, and Back Injury Among Registered Nurses in the Hospital Setting
Back injury among nursing personnel engaged in direct patient care in the hospital setting has been shown to be a primary occupational health concern. The primary agent of back injuries among nurses has been reported to ... -
Organic Buildup and Residual Blood on Clean Infant Stethoscopes Used in Maternal-Infant Areas
Since the mid 1980s, health care workers have attempted to eliminate contact with blood and other body via primary or secondary exposure. At delivery, stethoscopes used on newly born infants come in direct contact with ...