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Reconnecting: A Grounded Theory Study of Formerly Homeless Mothers
Homelessness is a condition that adversely affects the spirit, mind, and body of an individual. Homeless mothers are the fastest growing segment of the homeless population and are a vulnerable, at-risk group. Current ... -
Therapeutic Strategies, Health Status and Quality of Life Among Persons with Asthma: A Meta-analysis
Asthma is a major health problem that affects approximately 17 million people in the United States. Unique circumstances associated with a patient's health status have made evaluations of the management of asthma difficult. ... -
Factors Associated with Behavioral Symptoms in Persons with Dementia Residing in Assisted Living
Factors associated with behavioral symptoms among persons with dementia residing in assisted living were investigated in this study using a descriptive, correlational design with a cross-sectional methodology. The purposes ... -
Culture Care Values, Beliefs and Practices Observed in Empowerment of American Indian Community Health Representatives
The World Health Organization (WHO) primary health care model emphasizes intervention at the home and family level, partnerships with the community, collaboration with lay community health workers, and prevention. Thus, ... -
Barriers to Prenatal Care in Low-income Women
The purposes of this study were to: investigate barriers to prenatal care, both structural and psychosocial; test the Pender Health Promotion Model and the Triandis Model of Social Behavior to determine their effectiveness ... -
Cardiovascular Knowledge, Beliefs and Healthcare Practices of the Amish in Northern Indiana
Background. The Amish are a conservative ethno-religious Christian subculture who are doubling in number every 14 years. There are now more than 249,000 located in 28 states and Ontario, Canada. To our knowledge, no previous ... -
Bullying and Incivility in Nursing: SigmaCast, Episode 2
(2019-12-04)This episode we will be discussing bullying and incivility. The discussions will center around creating awareness of the issue and ways to create a safe and healthy working environment, regardless of the setting, where ... -
White (Non-Hispanic) Nurse Practitioner Student Perceptions of Hispanic Patients
As the United States continues to become increasingly more diverse, the health care industry must adjust and develop improved strategies for the effective provision of health care services to all. The Hispanic population ... -
The Impact of a Competitive Healthcare Environment on Cost and Quality
A descriptive longitudinal (1988-1993) case study design, with the Resource Dependence Theory as the conceptual framework, was used to investigate the effect of a competitive health care market on the cost and quality of ... -
Developing a Scale to Measure Responses of Clients with Actual or Potential Myocardial Infarctions
An assumption in Modeling and Role-Modeling theory is that meeting instinctive needs promotes growth and development across the life span (Erickson, Tomlin, & Swain, 1988). The need for object attachments is one type of ... -
Implementing Screening to Assess Readiness to Change in Overweight and Obese Patients at a Patient-centered Medical Home
Obesity is at epidemic levels within the United States (U.S.), but the Southern U.S. has some of the most obese states. Mississippi (MS) is the most obese state in the country (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2018). Factors ... -
The Relationship of Organizational Variables and Patient Outcomes in a Home Healthcare Setting
Financial and regulatory changes in home healthcare pose a tremendous challenge to achieve patient outcomes that are sensitive to nursing care and patient satisfaction. This study described the relationship of nurses' ... -
Vitamin D Clinical Relevance in the Recovery From Traumatic Brain Injury Among the Military Population
Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) still remains a difficult disorder to treat. TBI has been associated to chronic neuroinflammation and a high risk for neurodegenerative disorders. Since 2001 between ten to twenty ... -
Academic Achievement in Children with New-onset Seizures or Asthma
It has long been recognized that children with epilepsy have more learning difficulties in school than either children without seizures or children with other chronic disorders, such as asthma. Problems such as repeating ... -
The Meaning of High-quality Nursing Care Derived from King's Interacting Systems
The purpose of this study is to conceptualize quality within a framework unique to nursing, King's Interacting Systems. Clarification of the concept within the metaparadigm and a nursing conceptual framework provides ... -
Benchmarking Nurse Sensitive Quality Patient Outcomes Across the Continuum of Care
The impact health care delivery changes have on nursing and subsequently on the health of individuals, families, and the community are unknown to the nursing profession as well as the public. Delineation of patient outcomes ... -
Testing a Decision Making Model for Nursing
The purpose of this study was to test a decision making model for nursing developed in a previous qualitative study. Concepts in the decision making model were creativity, experience, leadership, education, risk taking, ... -
African-American Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Perceptions of Nursing Programs and Factors That Support or Restrict Academic Success
The nursing literature is limited in reporting African-American nursing students' perceptions of nursing programs and factors that are viewed as supportive of or restrictive to academic success in this selected population. ... -
Quality of Life of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
Adults with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) are a new and growing population of patients who pose a challenge to both medicine and nursing. Medical and surgical advances have increased the number of adults with CHD. These ... -
Selected African American First-time Teenage Mothers' Perceptions of Nurse Caring Behaviors During the Postpartum Period
Nurse caring behaviors are essential to improving health outcomes. However, there has been little research conducted that has investigated nurse caring behaviors during the postpartum period, particularly behaviors directed ...