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Handoff communication among senior nursing students: A phenomenological study
Despite discussions in health care regarding poor communication and its link to patient safety, it was revealed in the literature that many student nurses are inadequately prepared to conduct handoff communication. Student ... -
Happy feet in a rural clinic: A diabetic foot education intervention
Rural Healthy People 2010 report indicated that diabetes was more pervasive in non-metropolitan areas than in central cities and more commonplace in the Southeast and the Southwest regions of the United States due to complex ... -
Having courage: A lived experience of human becoming
Having courage is inextricably related to the way people make choices about what is important, what to do, and how to go on in life in ways they view as worthwhile. It is a universal lived experience that is important to ... -
Healing touch and health-related quality of life in women with breast cancer receiving radiation therapy
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies are increasing in popularity in the United States, as demonstrated by an upsurge in utilization. As early as 1940, the National Institutes of Health identified the ... -
The health beliefs of Papua New Guinea nursing students
The present study was conducted to determine if a Western theoretical model, developed to explain the abstract structure of health beliefs, would provide appropriate guidelines to construct an instrument to assess health ... -
The health impacts of nursing shift work
This descriptive pilot study was intended to evaluate negative outcomes of shift work stress in nursing. Objective analysis of waist-hip-circumference ratios (WHR) and subjective survey reports were utilized to assess ... -
Health information security and privacy: A social science exploration of nurses' knowledge and risk behaviors with security and privacy issues focusing on mobile device usage
Background. Health information system security and privacy are critical issues that impact the wide use of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) in healthcare including hospitals, providers and health systems (Breaches ... -
Health literacy competencies for registered nurses: An E-Delphi study
(2017-08-03)In the United States, only 12% of adults possess proficient health literacy skills. Individuals with low health literacy skills experience poorer health outcomes. Failure of registered nurses to consider health ... -
Health literacy preparation of BSN students: A basic qualitative study
Understanding the complexity of multiple health conditions, treatment options, and medications requires a high level of health literacy. Yet, 88% of Americans have some deficiency in health literacy. The nursing literature ... -
Health literacy: The knowledge and experiences of senior level baccalaureate nursing students
The purpose of this study was to assess the health literacy knowledge and experiences of senior level baccalaureate nursing students enrolled at state universities in Louisiana. Three hundred and sixty-one students from ... -
Health Locus of Control and Learned Helplessness in Cardiac Pacemaker Recipients
Having lost control of heart rate and rhythm, pacemaker recipients depend on battery-driven mechanical devices for life support. They rely on health professionals for complex care. This loss of control and dependence may ... -
Health related quality of life in adolescent and young adult retinoblastoma survivors
Retinoblastoma (RB) is the most common malignant intraocular tumor occurring in childhood. While survival rates in the United States (U.S.) are high, children are left with the impact of treatment including enucleation, ... -
Health service cost and use associated with advance directive documentation among patients with COPD
Little available research has focused on the question of whether advanced-careplanning has the potential to impact health-care related spending especially in patients with chronic and incurable conditions such as Chronic ... -
Health status and psychological well-being in elderly women: The self-system as mediator
The purpose of this research was to explain how elderly women manage to maintain high levels of psychological well-being despite losses associated with aging, especially loss of health, and to examine this process in ... -
Health status, health behavior, multidimensional health locus-of-control and factors in the development of personal control in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis
This study was designed to expand understanding of perceived personal control, its relationship to perceived health and health behavior, and the development of personal control in the individual with rheumatoid arthritis. ... -
Health-care seeking behaviors of Puerto Ricans with diabetes mellitus who live in South Florida: An exploratory study
Latinos are the fastest growing minority population in the United States (U.S.) and have the worst access to health care of any ethnic group. The chronic disease of diabetes is twice as common in adult Latinos as in ... -
Health-promoting behaviors of the rural well older adult
One of the greatest challenges facing nursing in the future will be promoting wellness among the increasing number of older adults, many of whom live in rural areas where they are isolated from access to medical facilities ... -
The health-related quality of life of adults with Down syndrome
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to examine the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and factors associated with the HRQOL of adults with Down syndrome (DS) as reported by adults with DS and their caregivers. The ... -
Health-seeking behavior and health services use by Latino men in a rural Iowa community
The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to describe and compare the health-seeking behavior and health services use by Latino men, linked to the meatpacking industry, within the context of the community in which they ... -
Healthcare needs and factors related to non-use/underutilization of Veterans Healthcare Administration (VHA) health services entitlements by post 9/11 women veterans
Women are the fastest growing population in the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), but only in recent history. U.S. military shift to an All-Volunteer Force (AVF) in 1973 resulted in a dramatic spike in women serving in ...