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Factors Contributing To Depression In Latina Women Of Mexican Origin Residing In The United States: Implications For Nurses, Mona Shattell, Katherine Smith, Ann Quinlan-Colwell, Jose Villalba
Factors Contributing To Depression In Latina Women Of Mexican Origin Residing In The United States: Implications For Nurses, Mona Shattell, Katherine Smith, Ann Quinlan-Colwell, Jose Villalba
Mona Shattell
Background: Latinas experience more depression and are less likely to receive mental health support. Latinas of Mexican origin living in the United States (US) are the focus of this review since almost two-thirds of the US Latina/o population is of Mexican descent.
Objective: This paper synthesizes the research on depression in adult Latinas of Mexican origin residing in the US.
Study Design: The Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Medline (PubMed), and PsycINFO databases for the years 2000 through 2008 were searched using the keywords Latina, Latino, Hispanic, Mexican-American, Mexican immigrant, women, and depression. The identified articles …
Visual Tracking Strategies To Move Scholarship Forward, T. Robin Bartlett, Mona Shattell, Eileen Rossen
Visual Tracking Strategies To Move Scholarship Forward, T. Robin Bartlett, Mona Shattell, Eileen Rossen
Mona Shattell
Moving from the doctoral student role to the faculty member role is a challenging transition. Strategies that motivate and help to keep scholarship moving forward can be invaluable in helping to make the transition successful. The authors discuss 2 visual tracking strategies to promote the forward movement of scholarship. A white (dry erase) board and a publication trajectory table to track manuscript and research ideas through grant proposal and manuscript submission to publication are described.
Relationship Skills Building With Older Adults, Cheryl Mcneill, Mona Shattell, Eileen Rossen, T. Robin Bartlett
Relationship Skills Building With Older Adults, Cheryl Mcneill, Mona Shattell, Eileen Rossen, T. Robin Bartlett
Mona Shattell
Relationship skills building is the focus of an innovative clinical experience with older adults for junior level nursing students in a psychiatric mental health course. The clinical experience is designed to help students apply, integrate, and validate previously learned therapeutic communication skills and experience discovery of self and others. This article describes a clinical experience that introduces students to older adults, who will make up the majority of health care recipients in the students’ future careers, and helps students explore the nurse’s role in mental health care for older adults.
Not only did students engaged in the clinical experience learn …
From The Guest Editor: Issues Affecting Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, And Transgender Persons, Mona Shattell
From The Guest Editor: Issues Affecting Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, And Transgender Persons, Mona Shattell
Mona Shattell
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