Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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The Quality of Care in Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly
This dissertation research examines Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFEs), often referred to as Assisted Living (AL), by considering policy and regulation, state licensing and monitoring systems and concerns ... -
The Effect of Social, Family and Individual Conditioning Factors on Self-care Agency and Self-care of Adult Mexican Women
The purpose of this research was to test the theoretical relationships between the self-care agency (SCA) and self-care (SC); and the influence of selected basic conditioning factors (BCFs) on women's self-care agency, and ... -
Nurse Delegation Decision-making: Impact on Nurse Job Satisfaction
Since 1985, health care has undergone tremendous changes. Today's patients are more acutely ill and have shorter lengths of stay in the hospital than patients in the past. In addition, the health care industry has shifted ... -
Patients' Perceptions of Patient Education as Enablement
The efficacy of nursing interventions such as patient education from the recipient's or participant's viewpoint has been studied infrequently. This qualitative study examines perceptions of participants in childbirth ... -
An Investigation of the Relationship Among Social Support, Motivation, Perceived Competence, and Pursuit of a Baccalaureate Degree Among Associate Degree Nurse Graduates
The Institute of Medicine Reports of the last ten years highlight the increased complexity of health care and the need for new ways for health providers to respond. While other professional programs have adapted to the ... -
An Investigation of Suffering Through the Examination of the Lived Experiences of Hospice Patients
Although there is a historical and philosophical link between nursing and the suffering of people, a review of literature revealed that there are only a limited number of articles treating suffering conceptually or ... -
Predictors of Overall Perceived Health in Patients with Heart Failure
BACKGROUND: Overall perceived health (OPH) is a powerful and independent predictor of negative health outcomes and low health-related quality of life and is conspicuously low in patients with HF (HF). PURPOSE: The purpose ... -
Clinical Nurses' Perceptions of Nursing Informatics Competencies
This is a descriptive study undertaken to identify competencies and supporting knowledge and skills in informatics perceived to be necessary by nurses for nurses engaged in clinical practice. This study applied a ... -
Patient Satisfaction with Postpartum Teaching Methods Used by Nurses
Background. Maternity nurses have a responsibility to provide extensive teaching to new mothers after they deliver their babies prior to discharge from the hospital. Since patient satisfaction is an important indicator of ... -
Comparison of Three Teaching Methods on Four-through-Seven Year Old Children's Understanding of the Lungs in Relation to a Peak Flow Meter in the Management of Asthma: A Pilot Study
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of three teaching methods on 4-through-7-year-old children's understanding of the lungs in relation to a peak flow meter in the management of asthma. Nineteen children, ... -
The Experience of Decision-making Among Telephone Advice/Triage Nurses
The role of the telephone advice/triage nurse is both complex and demanding. All decisions are made while assessing patients without seeing or touching patients. In addition, the role is often developed to decrease health ... -
Psychoimmunological Outcomes of a Dementia Caregiver Intervention: The Progressively Lowered Stress Threshold
The goal of this study was to evaluate mood and immune outcomes of a community-based psychoeducational intervention (the Progressively Lowered Stress Threshold, PLST Model) designed to teach family caregivers to manage ... -
The Relationship of Stroke Patients' Functional and Cognitive Status and Caregivers' Resilience to Caregiver Burden
Currently it is estimated that 795,000 persons experience a stroke every year. Of that number up to one-third of survivors will be permanently disabled. It is neither financially feasible nor desirable to place these ... -
Factors That Influence Health-related Quality of Life and Satisfaction with Care Among Adults at a Community-based AIDS Service Organization
The purpose of this study was two-fold: (a) to describe health-related quality of life and satisfaction with care among adults at a community-based AIDS service organization, and (b) to identify the socio-demographic ... -
The Process of Adoptive Parenting
Nurses assist families as they shift and change over their lifecycle. Maternity nurses work closely with biological families as they integrate the infant into the family unit; however, the nurse's role with adoptive families ... -
The Lived Experience of the Primary Family Caregiver for a Person with Head and Neck Cancer
Family caregivers are crucial persons in the successful rehabilitation of persons with head and neck cancer, as they are often providing needed physical and emotional care that these persons will require. Caregiving for a ... -
The Mirror Behind the Mask: Experiences of Five People Living with HIV/AIDS Who Practice Santeria
This qualitative study was an exploration of the experiences of five persons living with HIV/AIDS who practice Santería. Santería is an Afro-Cuban religion derived from the Yoruba tradition in which African orishas (deities) ... -
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 ... -
Taxonomy of Nursing Clinical Credibility as Described by Nurses and Physicians
Introduction: Nursing clinical credibility, a complex, abstract concept is rarely mentioned in the clinical setting, but is implicitly understood by nurses and physicians. The concept has neither been defined nor explored, ... -
Life after Prematurity: Special Health Care Needs, Working Memory, and Health-related Quality of Life Among 9- to 11-year-old Children Born Prematurely
Premature birth, defined as birth before the completion of 37 weeks of gestation, places children at risk for medical, physical, psychosocial and neurodevelopmental impairments. These impairments may vary in severity. ...