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Self-Management Of Chronic Pain By Patients With Arthritis, Joan K Rogers
Self-Management Of Chronic Pain By Patients With Arthritis, Joan K Rogers
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The insistent presence of pain for the millions of persons with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis can drastically reduce an individual's quality of life. Self-management approaches for arthritis pain relief are being emphasized and individuals needs a medley of pain management methods to select from to help manage arthritis pain; The Pain Management Inventory (PMI) was used in a descriptive design with a convenience sample (n = 91) to identify pain management methods individuals with arthritis use and find helpful. Exercising was the method used by the largest number of respondents and was also perceived as most helpful. The methods used …
The Relationship Between The Health-Promoting Practices Of Advanced Practice Nurses And Their Counseling Of Patients, Wanda Marie Boyer
The Relationship Between The Health-Promoting Practices Of Advanced Practice Nurses And Their Counseling Of Patients, Wanda Marie Boyer
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Among healthcare professionals, there is little research on health promotion and health-promoting practices, particularly advanced practice nurses (APN's) The literature also reveals a paucity of research on the counseling practices of APN's. The purpose of this descriptive, correlational study was to examine the relationships between selected variables, derived from Pender's revised Health Promotion Model (1996), and the degree to which they explain advanced practice nurses' current practice of health-promoting behaviors from a random sample of APN's (N = 357). The random sample was obtained from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. The study also described the relationship between these behaviors …