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An Instructional Method For Self-Administered Medications, Beryl Marx, Lorene Russell
An Instructional Method For Self-Administered Medications, Beryl Marx, Lorene Russell
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
An experimental study was done to determine the effectiveness of an instructional method for older ambulatory patients taking prescribed self-administered medications. This method was developed to emphasize the physicians' specific orders, the purpose of medications, feedback of instruction and a plan for remembering and recording medications. The hypothesis tested was that a selected group of ambulatory patients age 60 and over with the instructional method would make significantly fewer errors than a similar control group with no instructions.
Sixty private patients from the Loma Linda University Hospital outpatient department were selected and randomly placed in the experimental and control groups. …
Nursing Needs Of Selected Patients On Home Care, Margie Sue Temples
Nursing Needs Of Selected Patients On Home Care, Margie Sue Temples
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
A study was conducted to identify selected needs of patients receiving nursing care at home through the Loma Linda University Hospital Department of Home Care. The descriptive survey was used. Fifty patient home care records were reviewed.
From the general information secured, it was found that 68 percent of the patients studied were women. One-half of all patients were under sixty years of age. Fifty-four percent lived with a spouse only, while 26 percent lived with their family. There were 20 percent who lived alone and six of these were over the age of sixty. Patients were found in nine …