Browsing by Research Approach "Qualitative Research"
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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 ... -
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 enhanced ... -
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 ... -
"Amyong, Anito at Usag": Patterns of Health Belief Among Aetas of Nabuclod Pampanga
(12/21/2017)This study, grounded on focused ethnography, explored the cultural patterns among Aetas of Nabuclod Pampanga specifically zeroing in on those practices that directly and indirectly affect the health of community members. ... -
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 ... -
Anticipating Mothering in the Mexican Origin Woman
Not all women experience pregnancy and motherhood in the same way. There needs to be a greater understanding of how Mexican origin women experience pregnancy and anticipate mothering since Hispanics comprise the largest ... -
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 ... -
As Normal a Life as Possible: Mothers and Their Daughters with Congenital Heart Disease
This study utilized qualitative descriptive methodology to examine the impact of the chronic illness, specifically congenital or acquired childhood heart disease, on the mother-daughter relationship. Many studies have ... -
An Assessment of Competencies of Clinical Instructors in Teaching and Guidance for Nursing Students in Clinical Areas: A Cross-sectional Study in Tanzania
(2018-07-03)Nursing student’s clinical competence including psychomotor skills, attitude, values, and beliefs of professional practices depend on the quality of clinical instruction given by their preceptors in clinical settings. The ... -
Barriers and facilitators for successful integration of nurse practitioners into interdisciplinary care teams
(4/17/2017)Introduction. Aims/Objectives. The purpose of this review is to explore the barriers and interventions for successful NP integration to healthcare teams. Research aims are to study the evidence related to autonomy, ... -
Being a constant presence in a sea of change: The lived experience of vigil keeping for a family member at end of life
An end-of-life vigil is the act of being with another towards death. A family vigil is a phenomenon that occurs when one or more significant others gather by the bedside of a family member in the weeks, days, or hours prior ... -
Being-With Dying: Tacit Wisdom Embedded in the Experiences of Nurses Who Attend to Dying
(2017-11-27)Dying persons and their family members have needs that are notably unidentified and unmet in the United States today. This is in large part due to health professionals' being unprepared to provide end of life care that ... -
Between This World and the Next: The Lived Experience of Having a Life-threatening Illness
Wonderings about hospice patients' experience of dying evolved into the question, “What is it like to have a life-threatening illness?” That question guided this interpretive phenomenological inquiry. Phenomenology is a ... -
Beware of Uncharitable Speech: Perceptions of Newly Graduated Nurses Regarding Their Experiences of Academic Incivility Between and Among Nursing Students in Undergraduate Nursing Education
The perceptions of newly graduated nurses regarding their experiences of academic incivility between and among nursing students in undergraduate nursing education were explored in this qualitative descriptive study. Six ... -
Breast Cancer Risk Perception, Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Screening Behaviors of Chamorro Women in Guam
Background: Breast cancer is a serious public health issue in Guam and in the world. Chamorro women in Guam have the highest incidence and mortality rates of breast cancer among other ethnic groups of women living in Guam. ... -
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, ... -
Cardiovascular Knowledge, Beliefs and Healthcare Practices of the Amish in Northern Indiana
Background. The Amish are a conservative ethno-religious Christian subculture who are doubling in number every 14 years. There are now more than 249,000 located in 28 states and Ontario, Canada. To our knowledge, no previous ... -
A Celebration of Family: Family Actions Supporting Task Achievement in Elementary School-age Children with Cystic Fibrosis
Although society is facing a new challenge of supporting an increasing prevalence of children with chronic illnesses, families always have known the joys and hardships of care. The literature (Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, ... -
Change In Culture: Addition of a Clinical Pharmacist to the Emergency Department Antimicrobial Culture Review Process
(2016-12-13)Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a unit based pharmacist in assisting with antimicrobial selection of female patients discharged from the emergency department with a diagnosis of an uncomplicated urinary tract ... -
Chemotherapy-related Cognitive Impairment: The Breast Cancer Experience
The aims of this qualitative descriptive study were to describe the experience of chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) for women with breast cancer who received chemotherapy; and identify information about CRCI ...
