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Coping with Appraised Threat of Breast Cancer: Primary Prevention Coping Behaviors Utilized by Women at Increased Risk
Breast cancer affects nearly one in nine women and is a leading cause of cancer related deaths among this group. Yet, little is known about how high risk women deal with this health threat. Conceptualized within the Neuman ...
Exploring Student Perceptions of Retention Issues in a 3-year Baccalaureate-Level Nursing Program
The nursing shortage, a major concern for the United States, has a multitude of causative factors. Nursing education has been tasked with helping to decrease the shortage of qualified registered nurses. Poor retention of ...
Mothers' Interpretations of Their Children's Behavior During Mother-Child Interaction
The purpose of this study was to gain understanding about mothers' motivations, intentions, and the meaning they ascribe to their children's behavior by exploring and describing mothers' interpretations of their children's ...
The Relationship Between Just Culture, Trust, and Patient Safety
(2018-03-22)
OBJECTIVES: This study explored the difference in the perception of trust between nurse leaders and direct care nurses in a Just Culture, and the impact this may have on patient safety related to voluntary reporting of ...
The Perception of Physical Activity and Social Support for Physical Activity Among Native Hawaiians 55 Years and Older
Significance: The benefits of physical activity on healthy aging and longevity have repeatedly been identified. Despite these known benefits, sedentary living is a serious and pervasive health problem among older adults ...
Caring and Transformation in Oncology Nursing Administration: Paradigms of Leadership
Caring has a history of being central to nursing and has long been held to be an essential component of the clinical practice of nurses involved in direct patient care activities. While nurse administrators have been ...
Home Apnea Monitoring: Family Functioning, Concerns, and Coping
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the leading cause of death in infants between one week and one year of age. The mainstay of therapy to reduce SIDS mortality is evaluation and subsequent home monitoring of infants ...
An Investigation of the Relationship of Nurses’ Perceptions of Human Resource Practices and Autonomy in Practice and Patients’ Perceptions of Satisfaction with Nursing Care and Organizational Climate for Service
This study developed and tested theory to better understand the marketing construct of service quality, in a hospital setting. Marketing theory proposed that positive relationships exist between patients' perceptions of ...
Nurses' Perceptions of Collaborative Nurse-Physician Transfer Decision-making as a Predictor of Patient Outcomes in a Medical Intensive Care Unit
This prospective correlational study examined nurses' perceptions of collaborative nurse-physician transfer decision making as a predictor of patient outcomes in a medical intensive care unit (MICU), adjusting for risk. ...
Differences in the Frequency of Use of Breast Cancer Control Methods in Black and White Women: An Application of the Health Belief Model
The purposes of this study were to describe differences in the frequency of use of breast cancer control methods (mammogram (MAM), clinical breast examination (CBE), and breast self-examination (BSE)) and health beliefs ...