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A narrative analysis of spiritual coping in individuals with terminal heart failure
Approximately 6 million Americans have heart failure with treatment costs estimated at $30.7 billion annually. Those in late stages of the disease experience profound physical, emotional, and spiritual suffering. Spiritual ... -
National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN®) success: Perceptions of accelerated second-degree Bachelor of Science in nursing students
Most of the 50 states in the United States (U.S.) will experience a significant nursing shortage by the year 2030. Research finds that a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) workforce is associated with better outcomes, ... -
A nationally representative survey of depression symptoms among Jordanian adolescents: Associations with depression stigma, depression etiological beliefs, and likelihood to seek help for depression
Problem and Purpose: Arab adolescents are considered a particularly vulnerable population to depression. The substantial lack of mental health services and the stigma associated with mental illness on the one hand; and ... -
Native Hawaiian caregivers' cultural perspectives of pediatric asthma management
Asthma remains the leading cause of chronic respiratory illness among Native Hawaiian children 0 to 17 years in Hawai‘i. The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) established asthma management ... -
Native Hawaiian women and breast cancer: Stories of transformation and transcendence
Review of breast cancer incidence and mortality rates for Native Hawaiian women reveal a distressing picture of disproportionate representation when compared to other minority groups in Hawaii. The purpose of this interpretive ... -
The Nature of Power Experienced by Individuals Manifesting Patterning Labeled Schizophrenic: An Investigation of the Principle of Helicy
The nature of power experienced by individuals labeled 'chronic schizophrenic' was ascertained through hermeneutic analysis and further validated through multiple triangulation. The central themes that emerged from text ... -
Navigating the change of life: The menopausal transition of Thai immigrant women
Given that women continue to live more than three decades after menopause and their health and well being in later life are determined by quality of health during the menopausal transition, menopause has become an important ... -
Navigating through uncertainty: Breastfeeding the high-risk infant
The purpose of this study was to understand the breastfeeding process mothers' face with their high-risk infants. Grounded theory methodology was used in this qualitative study to capture the richness of this experience. ... -
Navigating troubled waters: Chronic illness experience in a health care crisis
This dissertation chronicles the complexity of chronic illness experience in a western biomedically-oriented health care system. It combines an exhaustive description of what it is like to be chronically ill in the current ... -
Navigating uncharted territory: Experiences of families when a child has a neurodegenerative life threatening illness
Children with neurodegenerative, life-threatening illnesses account for a significant proportion of children requiring palliative care. Most of their care is provided at home by their families. Yet, there is a paucity of ... -
Needing help and waiting: Symbolic threats to independence in the nursing home
The meanings of independence for nursing home residents were explored using qualitative research methods within the constructivist paradigm. Purposive sampling was used for selection of the interview site (church related, ... -
Negotiating emotional order: A grounded theory of the survivorship process in women who have completed treatment for breast cancer
Rationale: Decades of research focusing on treatment and detection of breast cancer has promoted better outcomes in treating the disease and longer survival rates. Despite this there is a significant gap in the literatures ... -
Neonatal abstinence syndrome, increasing surveillance in newborns
The purpose of this project was to improve nursing staff’s knowledge of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, identifiable risk factors, how to screen for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, and how to report positive findings ... -
The neuroendovascular procedures in the cath lab: An educational intervention
Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death and a major cause of disability. Catheter-based therapies for acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke have emerged as the latest model of care for patients experiencing stroke. ... -
Neuroimaging in headache patients: The sensitivity of computerized tomography (CT) in missed stroke diagnosis
Background: Stroke is the leading cause of disability in the US, costing $34 billion a year and affecting 800,000 patients. Early detection and treatment is the best way to improve outcomes. Yet, 12.5% of strokes are ... -
Never-ending parenting: Challenges experienced by caregivers of adults with severe autism
Despite the large number of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who are annually aging out of the school-based systems in the United States, much of the academic literature has been focused on the concerns and ... -
New graduate nurses' described experiences of coping with stress in the clinical setting
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how new graduate nurses describe their experiences of coping with stress in the clinical setting. The theoretical foundation for this study was the Lazarus ... -
New nurses' experiences in the lateral violence zone: A grounded theory
The impact of lateral violence on nurses and the nursing profession contribute to the nursing shortage and has negative effects on patient care (Vessey, DeMarco, Gaffney, & Budin, 2009). According to the Center for ... -
Newly graduated registered nurses' perceptions about and use of principles of palliative care in acute care settings: An interpretive phenomenology study
The terms serious or life-threatening illness now included in current palliative care literature indicate the broadened scope of palliative care. However, the change in defining terminology has not consistently translated ... -
NICU culture of care for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome: A focused ethnography
Purpose: The purpose of this ethnographic study was to describe the culture of care and nonpharmacological nursing interventions performed by NICU nurses for infants with NAS. Background: Infants with NAS are increasingly ...