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 ... -
"Amyong, Anito at Usag": Patterns of Health Belief Among Aetas of Nabuclod Pampanga
(2017-12-21)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 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
(2017-04-17)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-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 ... -
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 ... -
ELNEC Core Module 1: Palliative Nursing Care
(2018-07-03)Describe the role of the nurse in providing quality palliative care for patients across the lifespan. Identify the need for collaborating with interdisciplinary team members while implementing the nursing role in palliative ... -
ELNEC Pediatric 2018: Module 1
(2018-07-03)Principles of Hospice & Palliative Care for Children Child and family as unit of care with attention to caregiver support Adolescents and young adults have distinctive needs Attention to physical, psychological, social, ... -
End of Life Discussions in the Community
(2015-10-02)Advance Care Planning (ACP) is a process of review and discussion between patients, family members, and healthcare providers that focus on goals of care rather than specific treatments. ACP should be initiated and implemented ... -
Experiencing Moral Uncertainty in Practice
(2015-11-04)Within the past thirty years, ethical questions have come to the forefront of nursing practice. Books on the subject of nursing ethics attest to the fact that nursing ethics as a subject distinct from medical ethics is ... -
Exploring Holistic Comfort in Children who Experience a Clinical Venipuncture Procedure
(2015-09-03)Introduction: Children often experience the uncomfortable effects of invasive procedures as a part of primary health supervision and during times of illness. Inadequate procedural comfort management can lead to numerous ... -
Exploring Licensed Practical Nursing Graduates' Perceptions of Activities Based on Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory
Experiential learning strategies have proven to beneficial in educating Registered Nurses (RNs) at the baccalaureate degree level. However, there is a great limitation on the amount of research available regarding the use ... -
Exploring Nurse's Feelings on Floating: A Phenomenological Study
(2017-04-13)The purpose of the current study was to explore nurses’ lived experiences floating in an acute health care facility within a large southern city of the United States. Husserl’s transcendental approach assisted in capturing ... -
Exploring nurses' perceptions of dignity during end-of-life care
(2017-12-22)The purpose of this qualitative grounded theory study was to understand nurses’ perceptions of care that supports patients’ dignity during hospitalization at the end of life, and to propose a theoretical foundation consistent ... -
"Falling Hair and Drilling Bone": A Phenomenological Inquiry Into the Lives of Adolescents Undergoing Chemotherapy
(2017-12-07)This study, employing the interpretative phenomenological approach, explored the adolescents‟ experience of undergoing chemotherapy. Five (5) coresearchers were carefully chosen based on a present criteria set upon by the ... -
Fatigue in Parkinson’s Disease: A Qualitative Descriptive Study Exploring the Individual’s Perspective
(2018-03-22)Fatigue in Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a major cause of disability and lower quality of life. It is often under-assessed by health care providers and under-recognized by individuals with PD as being part of their neurological ... -
A Grounded Theory Study of Nurses Who Care for Patients Who Are Victims of Sexual Violence
(2017-12-21)Background: Sexual violence is a widespread traumatic event that has physical, psychological, financial, and spiritual implications for victims, their friends and family, and the community. The negative and long-term effects ... -
"Hinabing Ugnayan": Nature of Caring Among Filipino Nurses Working with Children
(2017-12-04)This study, rooted on the phenomenological philosophy, explored the nature of caring among Filipino nurses working with children. Seven (7) participants were gathered as co-researchers and were carefully chosen based on ... -
Improving Family Centered Care in the NICU
(2017-01-10)The purpose of the project was aimed to improve bonding between parents and their preterm babies through early and continuing communication between mothers and babies, keeping parents informed about their child’s conditions ... -
Improving patients' health literacy level and ability to take their medication as prescribed
(2016-10-20)Community health nurses responsible for managing the care of sick patients have a responsibility in knowing how to prevent the progression of diseases and the promotion of self-management skills. There is a need to ...