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Neonatal Pain Management: The Evaluation Of Two Methods On Educating Neonatal Nurses, Jacqueline Jupin Manzi Dec 2001

Neonatal Pain Management: The Evaluation Of Two Methods On Educating Neonatal Nurses, Jacqueline Jupin Manzi

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Honduras: Promover Nuevos Servicios De Salud Reproductiva Es Costo-Efectivo, Frontiers In Reproductive Health Jan 2001

Honduras: Promover Nuevos Servicios De Salud Reproductiva Es Costo-Efectivo, Frontiers In Reproductive Health

Reproductive Health

En 1999, la Secretaría de Salud de Honduras (SSH) modificó las Normas de Atención Integral a la Mujer a fin de autorizar a las auxiliares de enfermería a prestar los servicios de inserción de DIU, aplicación del inyectable DMPA y toma de Papanicolaou. Este cambio en las normas aborda el problema de la baja prevalencia en el uso de anticonceptivos en áreas rurales. El cambio también refleja los hallazgos de un estudio anterior, realizado por el Population Council, que mostró que las auxiliares de enfermería pueden proporcionar estos servicios de manera segura y con buena calidad. Anteriormente, las mujeres en …


Honduras: Marketing New Reproductive Health Services Is Cost-Effective, Frontiers In Reproductive Health Jan 2001

Honduras: Marketing New Reproductive Health Services Is Cost-Effective, Frontiers In Reproductive Health

Reproductive Health

In 1999, the Honduran Ministry of Health (MOH) revised national guidelines on women’s health services delivery to allow nurse auxiliaries to insert IUDs, give DMPA injections, and take Pap smears. This policy change addresses low contraceptive use among rural women and reflects findings from a 1998 Population Council study that showed that nurse auxiliaries can safely and successfully provide these services. Under the previous guidelines, rural women had limited access to long-term family planning methods. In 2000, the Population Council and the MOH assessed the effectiveness and cost of using a simple leaflet, distributed by nurse auxiliaries, to market the …


Trends In Contraceptive Use Among Catholics In The United States, Richard Fehring, Andrea Schlidt Dec 2000

Trends In Contraceptive Use Among Catholics In The United States, Richard Fehring, Andrea Schlidt

Richard J Fehring

No abstract provided.


Diversity: An Answer To The Nursing Shortage, Ida Slusher, C. Withrow Dec 2000

Diversity: An Answer To The Nursing Shortage, Ida Slusher, C. Withrow

Ida Slusher

Profound changes are occurring in nursing and the health care world. Two of the changes that are the most profound are the nursing shortage and the changing image of nursing. Although we must retain our current nursing workforce, we also must work diligently to recruit young men and women of diversity into our profession. Faculty will have to respond to the academic needs of the diverse students and will have to develop new and creative nontraditional teaching strategies to meet the students' needs. It is within the shared integrity of learning that diversity is recognized and acknowledged by educators and …


Needs Assessment: Health Ministry, Ida Slusher, Dr. Cora Newell-Withrow Dec 2000

Needs Assessment: Health Ministry, Ida Slusher, Dr. Cora Newell-Withrow

Ida Slusher

No abstract provided.