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Factors Influencing Prefatory Maternal Response in the Primigravida
A prospective survey with two data collection periods was conducted to test a theoretical model deductively derived from a conceptual system suggested by Rubin (1967a, 1967b, 1984). A sample of 123 primigravid women were ... -
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 Comparison of the Effects of Cutaneous Stimulation and Distraction on Children's Perceptions of Injection Pain
Research has shown that children fear injections and perceive them as painful. Virtually all children experience injections through immunizations, and, therefore, methods to decrease injection pain could have widespread ... -
College Student Risk Behavior: The Implications of Religiosity and Impulsivity
College student risk-taking among 18 to 21 years olds includes smoking cigarettes, binge drinking, casual sex with multiple partners, automobile accidents due to risky driving or driving under the influence, and substance ... -
The Clinical Reasoning of Expert Acute Care Registered Nurses in Pre-cardiopulmonary Arrest Events
The purposes of this study were to (a) identify the clinical reasoning processes of expert acute care Registered Nurses (RNs) in pre-cardiopulmonary arrest events using empiric indicators and to (b) make inferences about ... -
A Psychometric Analysis of the Self-report of Labor Pain
This non-experimental, field study investigated the reliability and validity of the postpartum recall of labor pain, and the relationships between pain and a number of selected antecedent, intervening, and labor related ... -
Bedside Shift Report and Its Effect on Patient Satisfaction with Nursing Communication
The problem identified was the lack of any formal policy in regards to patient handoff, causing inconsistencies in the methodology, implementation, and content given from nurse to nurse during report. This increases the ... -
The Role of Courage in the Experience of Patients with Diabetes Complications
Over ten million Americans have diabetes mellitus, a chronic metabolic disease with multiple complications. The person with diabetes complications may experience progressive debilitation from such serious conditions as ... -
Public Policy Regarding Infant Mortality: Rhetorical Criticism of the Mass Media
Nurses interested in impacting the formation of policy must understand the multiple factors which influence the process. Mass communication is one important factor because it influences the creation and transmission of ... -
Family Health in the Families of the Young Chronically Mentally Ill
Although the family plays a major role in the care of young adults with serious and persistent mental illness, there has been limited research on the impact of these ongoing caregiving responsibilities on the health of the ... -
Secondary Analysis of Caregiver Pain Management Issues During Telehospice Versus In-person Interventions
Most hospice care in the US is provided in the home by lay family caregivers. These caregivers suffer physically, psychologically, emotionally, and socially from the burden of caring. The most often identified area of ... -
Underutilization of Palliative Care Related to the Associated Stigmatism: Time to Change the Service Name within the Veterans Affairs Healthcare Setting
Advances in medicine and technology have transformed cancer into a chronic disease state: enabling earlier, treatable, diagnoses and longer lives. However, the focus in medicine remains in quantity of life: failing to ... -
Predictors of Quality of Life in the Chronic Hemodialysis Patient
This was a descriptive, correlational, predictive study designed to investigate the relationships between treatment-related stress, satisfaction with nursing care, and depression in the chronic hemodialysis patient and to ... -
The Use of Guided Imagery to Enhance Power for Smoking Behavior Change
Cigarette smoking is known to be a risk factor in several fatal disease syndromes. Despite increasing knowledge of the danger, thirty-one percent of all Americans continue to smoke (Thornberry et al., 1986). Individual ... -
A Methodological Study of Self-disclosure in Chronically Ill Patients
The purpose of this methodological study was to develop and test the psychometric properties of the DeDonder Self-Disclosure Questionnaire. DeDonder's conceptual framework of patient self-disclosure was the organizing ... -
Determinants of Psychological Well-being in Immigrants
Immigration accounts for nearly half of US population growth in the past 20 years. This trend is expected to continue. To improve the nursing care of this vulnerable group, investigations have focused on clinical issues ... -
Masters in Nursing Students' Experiences as a Member of a Virtual Classroom on the Internet
There is a growing demand for masters prepared nurses to meet the health care needs of the population. However, adult students find that multiple role responsibilities make it difficult to participate in the leisurely pace ... -
Exploring Older Adults' Perceptions of the Utility and Ease of the Use of Personal Emergency Response Systems
Aim: The aim of this study was to explore and describe perceptions of the utility and ease of use of a personal emergency response system (PERS) among older adults who are aging in place. Research Question: “What is the ... -
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 ... -
Vicarious Experience: A Source of Self-efficacy for Birth
Vicarious experiences constitute a source of information regarding self-efficacy for the task of giving birth. What influence does the vicarious experience of witnessing birth have on the childbirth self-efficacy of pregnant ...
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