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Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Discontinuation After Weight Gain In 17-19 Year Old Adolescent Girls, Donna Lea Church Jan 2002

Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Discontinuation After Weight Gain In 17-19 Year Old Adolescent Girls, Donna Lea Church

Theses Digitization Project

Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) is a long acting progesterone only contraceptive agent. Side effects such as irregular bleeding patterns and weight gain are attributed to discontinuation. The purpose of this study was to describe depot medroxyprogesterone acetate discontinuation after weight gain in 17 to 19 year-old adolescent girls.


Characteristic Differences Between Parents/Guardians Who Keep Immunization Records And Those Who Do Not, Rebecca Bonilla Mangual Jan 2002

Characteristic Differences Between Parents/Guardians Who Keep Immunization Records And Those Who Do Not, Rebecca Bonilla Mangual

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


A Retrospective Analysis Of Early Progressive Mobilization Nursing Interventions And Early Discharge Among Post Coronary Artery Bypass Patients, Millie Quan Jan 2002

A Retrospective Analysis Of Early Progressive Mobilization Nursing Interventions And Early Discharge Among Post Coronary Artery Bypass Patients, Millie Quan

Theses Digitization Project

This project offers evidence and data to measure how progressive and sustained mobilization strategies that are implemented by nurses impact early discharge on a single stay Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit for patients undergoing first-time Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (CABG) surgery.


Causes Of Substance Abuse Relapse Among Mexican American And Anglo Males, Carlos Alberto Mauriz Jan 2002

Causes Of Substance Abuse Relapse Among Mexican American And Anglo Males, Carlos Alberto Mauriz

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Delays In The Emergency Department And Their Effects On The Ambulance Provider, Simon Peter Moore Jan 2002

Delays In The Emergency Department And Their Effects On The Ambulance Provider, Simon Peter Moore

Theses Digitization Project

This thesis is a case analysis of the nature of delays in emergency room admissions and the effects on ambulance dispatching and availability as it occurred in Southern California.


Development And Coordination Of A Health Care Services Program For Foster Children In A Shelter Care Population, Rebecca Lynne Allen Spradling Jan 2002

Development And Coordination Of A Health Care Services Program For Foster Children In A Shelter Care Population, Rebecca Lynne Allen Spradling

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to support health promotion of children entering foster care, ensure that children receive all health care services needed, prevent the trauma of duplication of immunizations, and reduce disruption of health care as children move through the foster care system.


Managed Healthcare And Integrated Delivery Systems: A Model For Getting Ahead Of The Change Curve, Philip Sheridan Carney Jan 2002

Managed Healthcare And Integrated Delivery Systems: A Model For Getting Ahead Of The Change Curve, Philip Sheridan Carney

Theses Digitization Project

Managed care became the dominant model for moderating healthcare costs in the 1990's. The later half of this past decade witnessed early signs of a return to escalating premiums. Providers and consumers have reacted negatively to perceptions of health plan micro-management and restriction of choice.


Constructivist Research Project Needs Assessment Of Rural Drug Court Clients: A Case Study, Patricia Miriam Gomez-Gillard Jan 2002

Constructivist Research Project Needs Assessment Of Rural Drug Court Clients: A Case Study, Patricia Miriam Gomez-Gillard

Theses Digitization Project

This constructivist research project qualitatively assessed the needs of both drug court clients and the treatment team in a rural California community utilizing the "hermeneutic dialectic process."