Browsing Doctoral Papers by Sigma Chapters "Lambda"
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Between this world and the next: The lived experience of having a life-threatening illness
Wonderings about hospice patients' experience of dying evolved into the question, “What is it like to have a life-threatening illness?” That question guided this interpretive phenomenological inquiry. Phenomenology ... -
Condom use among urban African American adolescent females
Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are one of the most common global health problems, having a profound impact on sexual and reproductive health worldwide. The CDC estimates that approximately 20 million ... -
Evaluation of an alternative prenatal care visit schedule for low-risk pregnant women
While the current prenatal visit schedule is widely accepted as providing the highest quality prenatal care and followed by health care practitioners in this country and abroad, it is not based on sound scientific evidence. ... -
Examining the role of social context in nurses' pain assessment practice with postoperative clients
Pain is a significant symptom in the postoperative period. Inadequately managed pain has been associated with additional postoperative complications and prolonged hospitalization, yet empirical data demonstrate that nurses ... -
Factors that affect adequate analgesia in African Americans with cancer pain
Statement of the Problem: Receiving adequate analgesia has been shown to be problematic for African Americans with cancer pain. The vast majority of studies only simply highlights the existing disparities between African ... -
A qualitative study of nursing living-learning communities
Living-learning communities, although not a novel concept, have been known to promote student performance and a sense of collegiality. Because nursing is essential to the medical profession, nursing student retention and ... -
The relation between patient education and PICC line occlusion and infection
The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility of using an electronic tablet to supplement patient and caregiver education about PICC line maintenance and to compare the percentage of PICC line complications in the ... -
Theory of quality of life of stroke survivors (TQLOSS)
This study tested a theoretical model of quality of life of stroke survivors derived from King's conceptual framework for nursing. The model proposed that stroke survivors' perceptual integrity (cognition), social support, ...