Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Perceptions of Patients' Post Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery Related to Health Related Quality of Life and Satisfaction when Nurse Practitioners are Active Participants in Care
The issue of quality health care has a renewed focus since the Institute of Medicine's 2000 report and has become a primary concern for patients, providers, and payors. Quality needs to be addressed from the perspective ... -
The Effect of a Theory Course in Nursing Administration and a Subsequent Field Experience on the Profile of Leadership Style of Students in a Master's Program in Nursing Administration
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects that a nursing administration theory course and a subsequent field experience of 150 hours had on the profile of leadership style of students enrolled in a master's ... -
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 ... -
Attitudes, Subjective Norms, and Perceived Behavioral Control: Critical Care Nurses' Intentions to Provide Culturally Congruent Care to Arab Muslims
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among critical care nurses' attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and intentions to provide culturally congruent care to Arab Muslims. A ... -
Gender Effects on Psychiatric Profiles of Substance Abusing Persons
The effects of gender on specific psychiatric variables of substance abusing persons was investigated with the goal of designing gender-appropriate programs for the treatment of addiction. A population of 120 male and 88 ... -
An Examination of the Relations Amongst Power, Uncertainty, Self-transcendance, and Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors
The investigator examined the relations amongst Power, Uncertainty, Self-transcendence, and Quality of Life in breast cancer survivors. The theoretical rationale linked the theories of Barrett, Mishel, and Reed with Ferrans' ... -
Attitudes of Nurses Toward Children with Disabilities
The attitudes of U.S. nurses toward children with disabilities have not been adequately measured over time and after an educational intervention. Disability content has not been a priority in nursing education and, if ... -
The Relationship Between Sleep Hygiene Practices and Nocturnal Sleep for Midlife Women with and without Insomnia
In this study sleep hygiene practices and perceived and somnographic sleep indicators were analyzed for 92 women with insomnia and 29 women with no insomnia ages 40 to 55. Women recorded practices and perceptions in diaries ... -
Concept and Process of Attaining and Maintaining Health for a Selected Vietnamese Immigrant Population
Nursing theorists have proposed that health is a concept central to nursing, yet the concept is surrounded by confusion and ambiguity because the word has had varying interpretations applied to it over time by both ... -
Comparison of Telemedicine to Traditional Face-to-Face Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs: Analysis of Cost, Caring, and Family-centered Care
It is estimated that one out of every five household with children in the United States includes a Child with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN). Families of CSHCN face many challenges including financial burdens beyond ... -
The Influence of an Educational Program on Professional Nurses' Knowledge and Acceptance of a Computerized Information System for the Documentation of Nursing Process
Numerous studies have examined nurses' attitudes toward computers in healthcare. None has investigated the influence of nurses' knowledge of computers on their attitudes. The study examined the influence of an instructional ... -
Impact of Chemotherapy on the Quality of Life and Functional Status of Older Adults with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is the number one cause of cancer death in the United States and the incidence is increasing over 65 years of age. The lack of effective treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer makes factors other ... -
Acuity-based Staffing in Long Term Care: Does it Influence Quality?
Background. Long-term care settings have frequently been targeted as environments prone to deficiencies in quality and resultant negative effects on resident safety. The use of minimum nurse staffing ratios has been proposed ... -
Managing Susceptibility to Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer
The recent identification of Breast Cancer 1 (BRCA1) and BRCA2 genes offers an opportunity for high-risk individuals to learn whether they may be genetically predisposed to develop breast and/or ovarian cancer. The purpose ... -
Down Home: An Ethnography About Community Process and Health of Older Persons in a Rural Setting
The purpose of this study was to understand how rural-dwelling elderly people describe their health and to gain an understanding of rural community processes as they relate to the health of older residents. Although community ... -
Distributive Justice and Social Policy: A Case Study
This research focused on explicating the conceptions of just distribution of resources underlying one example of health policy. The policy used as a case study was federal funding of home health care under Medicare, during ... -
Coping with Acute Myocardial Infarction
This study examined how acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients cope during the first three days of illness. Although the ability of patients to cope has been previously studied, there has been little investigation of ... -
Prenatal Breastfeeding Education: An Intervention for Pregnant Immigrant Hispanic Women
This experimental study tested a one-to-one Prenatal Breastfeeding Education (PBE) intervention for primigravid immigrant Hispanic women who received prenatal care at a public health clinic. The study framework was derived ... -
Predictors of Hospitalized Patients' Access to Postdischarge Home Health Services
An ex post facto study was conducted to identify factors associated with diabetic patients' access to home health services following hospital discharge. The Andersen (Aday, Fleming, & Andersen, 1984) model of access served ... -
Organic Buildup and Residual Blood on Clean Infant Stethoscopes Used in Maternal-Infant Areas
Since the mid 1980s, health care workers have attempted to eliminate contact with blood and other body via primary or secondary exposure. At delivery, stethoscopes used on newly born infants come in direct contact with ...