Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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The Risks of Methemoglobinemia with the Use of Two Antimicrobials in Low Birth Weight Infants
The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of risk of methemoglobinemia and extent of skin breakdown when 0.5% chlorhexidine was used as a topical antimicrobial in a population of low birth weight (LBW) infants. ... -
Collaborative Practice by Nurse Practitioners and Physicians in Long-term Care Homes: A Mixed Methods Study
Purpose. To understand how nurse practitioners (NPs) and physicians (MDs) collaborate with one another to provide resident care in Ontario long-term care homes (LTCHs). Methods. A sequential two-phase, mixed methods ... -
Social Support and Relationship Expectations in Mothers of Sick and Well Newborns
The purpose of the study was to investigate if social support and fulfillment of relationship expectations were related to personal outcomes and quality of relationships for mothers of sick and well newborns. The study ... -
Breast Cancer Risk Perception, Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Screening Behaviors of Chamorro Women in Guam
Background: Breast cancer is a serious public health issue in Guam and in the world. Chamorro women in Guam have the highest incidence and mortality rates of breast cancer among other ethnic groups of women living in Guam. ... -
The Effect of Mirthful Laughter on Stress and Natural Killer Cell Cytotoxicity
A survey of local cancer patients revealed that humor was a frequently used complementary therapy which helped them cope with stress. Introductory research has suggested that humor can decrease the perception of stress and ... -
Hospital Discharge Preparation for Homeward Bound Elderly
Hospital discharge planning (DCP) for the elderly is a research priority. Within the cost conscious healthcare environment, there is concern about short hospitalizations and responsibility shifts to patients for continued ... -
A Comparison of the Nursing Costs Associated with the Implementation of the Mandated Nurse-to-Patient Ratios in California
Nurse executives are challenged to provide adequate nurse staffing to prevent adverse patient outcomes, promote patient satisfaction and enhance nurses' job satisfaction. Historically, nurse staffing strategies have involved ... -
Gaining a Voice: A Study of the Breastfeeding Experiences of a Select Group of Educated, Low-income, Minority Women Supported by Peer Counselors
This grounded theory study describes the experiences of a small select group of educated, low-income, culturally diverse women who were supported by peer counselors/breastfeeding advocates in their communities as they ... -
A Construct Validity Study: Accountability for Nursing Care
The purposes of this study were to: (1) expand upon the pilot study by Velianoff (1983) to define more precisely professional accountability in providing nursing care, (2) to test the construct validity of a tool developed ... -
Predictors of Distress During the Breast Diagnostic Period
Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women and the leading cause of cancer deaths among women worldwide (Warner, 2011). Mortality from breast cancer in the United States has been decreasing in part due to ... -
Predictors of Glove Use by Health Care Workers
The primary aim of this study was to identify predictors of health care workers' glove use related to protective behavior. The self-protection model, an adaptation of Ajzen's theory of planned behavior, investigated the ... -
Congruence of Illness Representation Between Older Adult Heart Failure Patients and Their Spouses or Partners and its Relationship to Adherence Behavior
Intentional nonadherence to prescribed treatment has been documented as a leading contributor to the deleterious outcomes observed for many heart failure patients. Investigation of adherence from the perspective of the ... -
Towards a Context-sensitive Theory of Nursing Ethics: Classification and Comparison of Nurses' Narratives from Four Time Periods (1934, 1979, 1989, and 1995)
This two-phase, descriptive study used qualitative content analysis of nurses' narratives from 1934, 1979, 1989 and 1995 to determine whether the Wilkinson bifocal model of moral problem construction could account for all ... -
Correlates of Desire for Children Among Black Women With and Without HIV Infection
HIV infection poses a threat to women, children and society in general. Public health officials recommend that women with HIV avoid pregnancy, however these recommendations do not consider women's desire to bear children. ... -
Managing Personal Integrity: A Grounded Theory of Elderly People Surviving Hospitalization
The goal of this grounded theory research was to develop a substantive theory of the social processes engaged in by elderly people while in the hospital. The derived theory is entitled Managing Personal Integrity. Within ... -
The Perspectives of the Woman/Nurse/Executive Working in the Managed Care Environment of Southern California
The purpose of this study was to explore the perspectives of the woman/nurse/executive working in the managed care environment of Southern California. This research was extremely timely because (a) Southern California leads ... -
Patterns of Symptom Distress During the Initial Treatment Period in Three Children with Cancer
Childhood cancer treatment can be extremely aggressive and has been found to be more distressing and painful than the disease itself. This distress is a direct response to the symptoms caused by the side effects of treatment ... -
Self-efficacy, Social Support, Therapeutic Support and the Initiation and Duration of Breasfeeding in Adolescent Mothers
This longitudinal investigation examines self-efficacy, social support and therapeutic support as predictors of initiation and duration of breastfeeding in adolescent mothers. It proposes that prenatal levels of self-efficacy, ... -
Collective Self-esteem and Attitudes Toward Collaboration as Predictors to Collaborative Practice Behaviors Used by Registered Nurses and Physicians in Acute Care Hospitals
Beginning in 2000, the Institute of Medicine clearly established the importance of fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and teamwork with regard to improving patient care quality and safety in acute care hospitals. ... -
The Impact of the Interim Payment System on Ohio Home Healthcare Agencies
In order to decrease the escalating costs of home care and extend the solvency of the Medicare trust fund, major changes in home care reimbursement were mandated by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. The Interim Payment ...