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Multinational Validation Of Anxiety, Hopelessness, And Ineffective Airway Clearance, Richard Fehring, Teresa Fadden, Madeline Wake
Multinational Validation Of Anxiety, Hopelessness, And Ineffective Airway Clearance, Richard Fehring, Teresa Fadden, Madeline Wake
College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications
The effective use of nursing diagnosis internationally depends in part on incorporating language and cultural difference into the common language of nursing. International validation studies can provide a basis for this effort. This study tested three diagnoses—anxiety, hopelessness, and ineffective airway clearance—through multinational validation. The Diagnostic Content Validity (DCV) model was used to collect data from critical care nurses in six countries. Defining characteristics rated as critical (> .80) by the total sample were dyspnea for ineffective airway clearance and panic and nervousness for anxiety. No critical defining characteristics for hopelessness were identified. DCV ratios for …
Tympanic Infrared Thermometry For Fullterm And Preterm Neonates, Marianne Weiss
Tympanic Infrared Thermometry For Fullterm And Preterm Neonates, Marianne Weiss
College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications
Tympanic infrared thermometry has been proposed as a safe, rapid, cost-effective, and reliable method of temperature taking. 1,2 Testing with adults and children have produced results supporting its use in clinical practice. In previous studies conducted with an adult population, excellent results for accuracy and precision were obtained.3,4 Studies of children have primarily focused on the use of tympanic thermometry for use in pediatric office and emergency room settings.5~6 Kenney et al.1 found tympanic thermometry to differ from rectal temperature by .06°C across all ages and by .02°C for subjects less than two months of age. Mean differences …
Integrating Ethics Into The Nursing Curriculum, Margaret Sebern
Integrating Ethics Into The Nursing Curriculum, Margaret Sebern
College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications
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