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"We are strong women": A focused ethnography of the reproductive lives of women in Belize
Belize is a small country in Central America with a unique heritage. The cultural pluralism found in Belize provides an opportunity to explore the cultures of the Maya, Mestizo and the Caribbean. Women in Belize share this ... -
Weaving empathy into simulation pedagogy: Nursing simulation faculty barriers and strategies to cultivating empathy in nursing simulation pedagogy
The purpose of this interpretive phenomenological study was to develop a deeper understanding of the strategies and barriers to weaving empathy into simulation pedagogy so stakeholders and educators may be able to develop ... -
A web-based learning adaption of the Ending Self-Stigma (ESS) Program
The purpose of this practice project (SPP) was to implement and evaluate a web-based learning adaptation of the Ending Self Stigma (ESS) curriculum, a group-based program to reduce mental illness self-stigma. The literature ... -
Weight change in college freshmen: Personal, interpersonal and situational influences
Obesity has become the most significant noninfectious health risk in the United States, and the major causes of death and disability are shifting to chronic, non-communicable health conditions that are largely attributable ... -
Weight status among prescription opioid users with chronic pain
Background: Greater than 70% of the United States (US) adult population is overweight as defined by body mass index (BMI) greater than 25 kg/m2. Adults who are overweight are more likely to report chronic pain than those ... -
The wellness in senior housing (W.I.S.H.) project: Its impact on perceived health status of older adults residing in a government subsidized housing community
The purpose of this longitudinal study was to examine the effectiveness of a health promotion program in a federally funded senior housing facility. The researcher explored the differences in perceived health status in ... -
What is the BSN student's perception of why a nursing course was failed?
Nursing student success is important to students, faculty, institutions of higher education, and the healthcare needs in Texas. Despite recent research showing that cognitive indicators can predict student success, the use ... -
What. What. What. Clinical judgment in Tanzanian nurse education
(11/24/2014)This study explored two facets of clinical judgment in Tanzanian nurse education. The first was to examine the perceptions of Tanzanian nurses regarding the use of clinical judgment during their nursing education. ... -
When nurse-teachers become ill: A narrative inquiry into the personal illness experiences of three nurse-teachers
In this inquiry I explore how a personal serious illness of three nurseteachers impacts their teaching and nursing practice. My interest in illness stories emerges in response to my own experience of becoming a patient ... -
When the injured nurse returns to work: An institutional ethnography
Nursing is a high risk profession for injury. A Canadian survey reports many nurses are in poor physical and emotional health; they sustain more musculoskeletal and violence related injuries than other occupational groups. ... -
When worlds collide: The meanings of work and fathering among fathers of premature infants
This interpretive phenomenological study examined the meanings, concerns, and practices of eight fathers of pre-term infants. Fathers were interviewed six to eight times over a 6 month period, beginning within a month after ... -
White (non-Hispanic) nurse practitioner student perceptions of Hispanic patients
As the United States continues to become increasingly more diverse, the health care industry must adjust and develop improved strategies for the effective provision of health care services to all. The Hispanic population ... -
Who uses residential hospice in Ontario?
This retrospective case study was designed to describe the characteristics of individuals who use residential hospice for end of life care and death. Historical usage and demographic information for patients who used one ... -
Why day zero matters in early ambulation for postoperative patients: An evidence-based project
(5/11/2018)The purpose of this evidence-based practice project is to review the literature to determine if ambulation on postoperative day zero improved patient outcomes when compared to ambulation on postoperative day one. The ... -
Why we work: Exploring the relationships between work rewards, burnout, and intention to leave for professional nurses
Nurse burnout leads to attrition from hospital nursing positions and the nursing profession prior to typical retirement age. Yet some nurses choose to stay despite burnout. Previous research indicates that nurses stay due ... -
Widowhood: The first anniversary spousal bereavement-related stress, coping, and well-being in older women
By 2020 approximately one million individuals will experience spousal bereavement annually, primarily older women. However, little is known about the survivor's well-being around the first year death anniversary. This study ... -
Women and men's preferences for delivery services in rural Ethiopia
(2016-10-18)Aims: This study aims to determine the combination of facility-based delivery care attributes preferred by women and men; if gender differences exist in attribute preferences; and key demographic factors associated with ... -
Women with correctable fetal anomaly participating in perinatal team counseling: An exploratory study
Fetal anomalies are the second leading cause of infant death, and a major cause of long-term infant disability. Approximately 3% of U.S. births are complicated by major fetal anomalies. Advances in prenatal technologies, ... -
Women's lives after an induced abortion: A phenomenological study of the long-term post abortion experience
Most previous research investigations on the post abortion experience studied women up to two years post abortion. The findings of many of these short-term studies indicate that 5-20% of women have severe psychiatric ... -
Work engagement, burnout, and well-being in nursing professional development practitioners
This article-based manuscript dissertation will follow a two-manuscript process. The two manuscripts are related to work engagement, burnout, and well-being in the nursing professional development (NPD) practitioner. The ...
