Browsing by Research Approach "Quantitative Research"
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70% Ethanol for Decontamination of Central Venous Lines Exposed to Calcineurin Inhibitors
(2017-02-23)Introduction: Tacrolimus, commonly used for GvHD prophylaxis is usually administered via a dedicated CVL and trough levels drawn from the unexposed lumen. Being an oil-based medication, it may be adsorbed to the inside ... -
Academic Achievement in Children with New-onset Seizures or Asthma
It has long been recognized that children with epilepsy have more learning difficulties in school than either children without seizures or children with other chronic disorders, such as asthma. Problems such as repeating ... -
Academic success factors influencing linguistically diverse and native English speaking associate degree nursing students
To address the healthcare needs of vulnerable populations, nursing educators should evaluate educational preparedness and identify which factors influence a successive academic trajectory in nursing school. A prospective ... -
Access to Care of Adults with Chronic Illness
This study investigated the relationship of chronic illness and access to health care in adults responding to the 1986 National Access to Health Care Survey. Access to care was defined as actually entering the health system ... -
Acculturation and health status among Hispanic American elders
Hispanic Americans are at risk for health-related problems. Disparities in diseases such as diabetes and obesity, access to health services and health insurance have placed Hispanic Americans at a disadvantage. Sociocultural ... -
Admission Criteria as Predictors of Success in a Family Nurse Practitioner Program
Background & Significance Nurse practitioner (NP) jobs are expected to increase by 31% over the next ten years. To fill these positions, educational programs are increasing their enrollments to produce more graduates. ... -
Adolescent Motherhood: The Human Agency Perspective
The purpose of this study was to develop and test a causal model a priori. The mediating influence of self-esteem in the relationship among the sociocultural variables of race, social status and family relationships, ... -
Adolescents' responses to single mothers' chronic physical illness
The purpose of this study was to describe selected concepts of adolescents living with a single, chronically physically ill mother and to examine the self-concept of these adolescents and the relationship of the self-concept ... -
Adult Ambulatory Care Visits for Illness-related Complaints in the United States, 1995/1996
The purpose of this study was to describe the characteristics of a subset (illness-related complaints) of adult ambulatory care visits during 1995 and 1996 to physician offices (MDO), emergency departments (ED), and ... -
Adult patients’ experience using patient portal: The impact of perceived usability on portal use behavior
Background: Patient portals (PPs) are a robust tool that can engage patients into their care. PPs can be especially helpful for older adults who have complex healthcare conditions. Usability of PPs is a major influencing ... -
Advance directive protocol in the primary care setting
Background and Review of Literature: Advance directives (AD) are documents that offer patients a way to avoid unwanted care in the event of a serious illness or incapacity. Studies demonstrate the care patients receive ... -
Advanced nursing education at PhD level in Portugal
In Portugal, the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of Abel Salazar (ICBAS) of the University of Porto was a pioneer in providing advanced education for nurses, first with the creation of the Master of Nursing Sciences in ... -
Adverse Drug Reactions and Resultant Health-Related Quality of Life During Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment in South Africa
(2015-10-02)Background/Significance: The incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is on the rise globally. MDR-TB takes a minimum of 2 years to treat and the treatment regimen produces many adverse drug reactions (ADRs). ... -
Age appropriate treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa
(2017-07-19)The purpose of this study was to describe the time from DR-TB diagnosis to treatment initiation for people in South Africa with DR-TB with and without HIV and to evaluate the influence of age on the timing of treatment ... -
Ambulance offload delay: A process map to improvement
Ambulance patient offload delays in the emergency department have been determined to be harmful to patients, costly to the emergency medical service companies, and stressful for the ED staff. To date, research has only ... -
An Analysis of the Costs and Effects of Three Levels of Maternity Services in West Philadelphia
Due to high rates of low birthweight infants and inadequate prenatal care, two programs were implemented in West Philadelphia--Maternity Care Advocates and enriched Healthy Beginnings Plus (HBP). Using an observational ... -
Antibiotic stewardship through implementation of screening tool in primary care
Background: After assessing the need for antibiotic stewardship in a primary care office in Greenacres, Florida, using the McIsaac score tool and the Appropriate Antibiotic Use Self-Efficacy Scale (AAUSES), it was determined ... -
The Assessment of the Mother-Newborn Interaction
This study investigated the relationship between individual differences in mother-newborn interactional contingency and individual differences in three month postpartum measures of infant competence, perceived maternal ... -
Assessment of Validity and Reliability of a Neurophysiologic Evoked Potential Instrument
The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of a step by step nonsimultaneous method for measuring somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) and to determine reliability of a neurophysiologic evoked potential ... -
Association between nursing work environment and the perception of care quality and patient safety in a university hospital
This study evaluates the nursing work environment and the number of patients seen per shift, in inpatient units of a university hospital in southern Brazil, and to verify the association with the quality of care and patient ...
