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Survey Of Concepts Held By Bedside Nurses Relative To The Prevention Of Pressure Sores, Joan Winifred Sommer

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was concerned with the problem of determining what understandings the bedside nurse has of the principles involved in the prevention of pressure sores. Since pressure sores are still a problem in nursing care, a study such as this was needed to ascertain the knowledge of the bedside nurse relative to their prevention. The immediate purpose of the study was to determine the concepts held by bedside nurses by asking them to state what they did to prevent pressure sores. The long range purpose was to contribute to better in-service education through the use of information gained in the …

Identification Of Emotional Needs Of Patients With Infectious Hepatitis, Elizabeth Tidmore Shafqat

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

It was the purpose of this study to identify the emotional needs of patients with infectious hepatitis through the use of nursing process studies. The information obtained, it was hoped, would be helpful in giving nurses better insight into the emotional needs of these patients and to give a basis for planning nursing care.

The descriptive survey was the method used; the tool, the nursing process study. Nursing care was given to six patients between the ages of 18 and 45 who had infectious hepatitis without other complications.

The nursing process studies were filled out by the investigator on each …

Cranial Base Changes In Patients Treated With Cervical Traction And Bite Plane, Arthur J. Morgan

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

During orthodontic treatment extra-oral forces of considerable magnitude are applied to the maxillary molar teeth to correct an anterior-posterior maxillary mandibular dysplasia.

The treatment method of choice with Class II, Division 1 malocclusions in the late mixed dentition and early permanent dentition age is generally with the use of cervical traction.

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of cervical traction on the development of the cranial base in patients subjected to Its use.

This investigation utilized before treatment and after treatment lateral cephalometric roentgenograms of twenty-five patients presenting a Class II, Division 1 malocclusion. Post treatment …

Effects Of Music Therapy And Personal Interaction On The Preoperative Patient, Phyllis Jean Nix

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was conducted to discover the effects of (1) an interpersonal relationship and (2) an interpersonal relationship and music therapy on preoperative patients in a selected hospital.

The descriptive survey was chosen as the method of study. A checklist and a tape recording of selected music were used as a tool of research. Two groups of preoperative patients were given nursing care by the researcher. Patients in Group One received care with an aim toward developing an interpersonal relationship, while patients in Group Two received the same as Group One with the addition of music therapy.

Findings revealed a …

Anatomical And Physiological Facts Essential In The Nursing Care Of Patients With Pathology Within The Spinal Canal, Carol Ann Brady

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was conducted to identify those anatomical and physiological facts which are essential in the nursing care of patients with pathology involving structures within the spinal canal.

Review of literature revealed increasing awareness, on the part of nurses and others, of the importance of the basic science to nursing care. Studies exploring the relationship between anatomical and physiological facts and clinical nursing were available. Literature also revealed that the use of individual patients, case studies, or patient records have been useful adjuncts to the teaching of nursing.

The descriptive survey methods was used, with an adaptation of the Fedder …

A Study To Ascertain Why A Selected Group Of Women Do Or Do Not Have Cervical Smear Cytologic Examinations For Cancer Detection, Jeanette Rudy Earnhardt

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

It was the purpose of this survey to find out the awareness of a selected group of Seventh-day Adventist women regarding the importance of cervical smear examinations in cancer detection; and to identify the need for health teaching in the prevention and control of uterine cervical cancer among women of this group. The 1715 women attending meetings at the General Conference Session in San Francisco July of 1962, who completed questionnaires were considered to be the participants in this study.

A review of literature revealed that through the use of yearly exfoliative cytology examinations, the approximately 14,000 annual deaths from …

Factors Which Deterred A Group Of Women From Seeking Early Antepartum Care, Marcia H. Dunbar

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was done for the purpose of analyzing stated factors of deterrence to early antepartum clinic attendance by mothers who attended a selected antepartum care after the twenty-eighth week of pregnancy were selected for this study.

The normative survey was the method chosen for the study and the interview technique was used to obtain the data from the study.

Findings and conclusions drawn were: women who sought late care had established a pattern of care they apparently felt secure in continuing. They most often utilized clinic services. Further, decisions to finally seek care (desire for treatment; resolution of practical …

Prediction Of Scholastic Success For Students Of Nursing, Rachel M. Anderton

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether a combination of grade point averages from high school and one year of prescribed courses in a liberal arts college could be used as a tool in the prediction of scholastic success in two selected schools of nursing.

A descriptive survey of grades and test results was done on 121 students from these schools. The nursing school CPA and results from the state board test pool were used as criteria of success. Total GPA's from secondary school and college, and grades in English, science and non-science subjects were the predictors.

The …

Knowledge Pediatric Nurses Have On The Medications They Are Giving, Opaljean Whiteaker

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this survey was twofold (1) to find out what knowledge the pediatric nurse has regarding selected medications which she is administering, and (2) to make recommendations relative to drug knowledge for in-service education programs in hospitals.

The data regarding abdication knowledge as collected by using a checklist form developed for this study and administered to seventeen graduate nurses in three selected hospitals each supervising a pediatric unit.

A checklist included categories, the route, the action time of a drug, and the side effects that could he commonly expected.

From the fifteen categories listed, the hematological and anticonvulsant …

Distress In Children Going To X-Ray, Ina Madge Longway

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

It is commonly recognized that hospitalized children need psychological support and preparation for painful procedures. It is probable that little thought is given by hospital personnel to a similar preparation of the child for non-painful procedures. This study attempted to evaluate the distress incurred by children subjected to non-painful hospital procedures with little or no preparation. The procedure of x-ray was selected as being common and typical. The method used was the descriptive survey. The tools used were the taking of a series of six blood pressure readings per child, the administration of two forms of a short psychological test …

A Comparative Study Of Two Contemporary Methods Of Cephalometric Analysis, Alden B. Chase

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A comparative cephalometric study was made of nineteen cases, fourteen of which were patients under treatment at the Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Loma Linda University. The remainder were individuals considered to have normal occlusions.

The review of the literature emphasized the plethora of analyses and the fact that cephalometry is a tool that must be mastered if the orthodontist is to give the best service. Thus the need for a study to compare the methods of analyzing the cephalograph. A study was made to compare two main methods of analysis and to determine whether or not the information …

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume Xiii, Number 2 May 1963

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume XIII, Number 2 May 1963

Department of Physiology, Page 2

Promotions, new appointments and resignations, Page 21

Dr. Albrecht promoted to professor of preventive medicine, Page 21

Dr. Waelder joins Department of Psychiatry, Page 22

Third Jefferson postgraduate medical seminar, Page 23

Alumni placement bureau, Page 24

News of college departments, Page 25

33rd annual Black and Blue Ball, Page 30

Dr. Fry’s Annual Giving Fund report, Page 31

Class standings – 15th Alumni Giving Fund drive, Page 32

1963 graduate assembly day program, Page 34

Class reunion day and alumni day programs, Page 35 …

The Incidence And Types Of Medication Errors Occurring Among A Selected Group Of Elderly Patients, Harriet Dinsmore

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to find the incidence of medication errors among a group of patients, sixty years of age and over, who were being treated in the outpatient department of a selected urban hospital; and to investigate the effect of certain selected factors on the errors found. It was also planned to compare findings from this study with one done by Schwartz et. al. in New York. The descriptive survey approach employing an interview guide was used.

Errors were classified as those of omission, self-medication, incorrect dosage, and errors in timing or sequence. Fifty-two per cent of …

Observations On The Unique Electrical Discharge Following Stimulation In Monkey Brain, Wilbur R. Mccrum, Lorne D. Proctor

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Abstracts

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Neurologic Complications Of Phenothiazine Therapy, John R. Dubois Jr.

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Contrangle - Vol. 4, No. 3, Dental Students Association

Contrangle

In this issue:

- Convention Preview

- Look at that Star

- What Is A Table Clinic?

- Letters to the Editor

- The Implicit Dr. Haney

- Me Specialize? The Specialization of Prosthodontia

- Class Squeaks
-- '63
-- '64
-- Hy '63
-- '65
-- Hy '64

- Controversy
-- Which is the Most Difficult Course? Dentistry or Medicine

- A Word in Edgewise

- The Scientist
-- Dr. Lloyd Baum, D.M.D., M.S.

- Thanks Walter

- The Progress Sheet

- 2013 (editorial)

Vol.17 News Releases 1963, American Dental Association

News Releases

This collection includes standard news releases, information kits and other documents distributed for publicity, information, announcements of events, etc. as issued from the ADA. Items included in this collection are archival and any costs, links, contact information, or other figures may be out of date. Please contact the ADA to verify information.

Vol.18 News Releases 1963, American Dental Association

News Releases

This collection includes standard news releases, information kits and other documents distributed for publicity, information, announcements of events, etc. as issued from the ADA. Items included in this collection are archival and any costs, links, contact information, or other figures may be out of date. Please contact the ADA to verify information.

The Measurement Of Some Aspects Of Self Concept Related To Rehabilitation Of The Physically Handicapped, Sarah Ashman

Graduate Thesis Collection

"The emergence of rehabilitation as a social movement may be a significant contribution of the twentieth century to human development. Each step toward freeing human potentiality from the limitations of disability contributes to the dignity and growth of all mankind." (14:1) Through accident or disease. thousands each year are faced with the problems of physical disability. While the major concern in the rehabilitation of these people is the restoration or improvement of physical function. the social and psychological effects of disability are now being recognized as weighing heavily in the total adjustment to the problems of coping with life in …

How To Get The Benefits Of Fluoridation For Your Community (1963), American Dental Association, Donald R. Mcneil Phd

Patient Dental Health Education Materials 1929-1981

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Truthfulness In Male Orthodontic Patients From The Appraisal Of Certain Autonomic Responses To Questions Concerning Cooperation, Richard Salvadore Campisi

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Social And Economic Conditions Of A Sample Of The Blind Members Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, M. Lynn Cruser

Theses and Dissertations

The purposes of this study were (1) to learn how many persons who were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were blind, (2) to determine the social and economic conditions of these blind members, and (3) to learn what the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has done to promote employment of blind members through its Welfare Program, and how this was accomplished.

Extended Report Of Intraindividual Verbal-Numerical Discrepancies And Personality, Richard H. Dana, Arnold E. Dahlke

Regional Research Institute for Human Services

This study examined the differences in verbal and numerical ability according to the extreme Verbal (V) and Quantitative (Q) SCAT scores. Validity and clinical scales were analyzed as separate profiles. The results supported previous studies.

Contrangle - Vol. 4, No. 2, Dental Students Association

Contrangle

In this issue:

- Copper "Fall-Out" Hits D.S.A.

- Records Fall - Early Birds Got the Bristle Brush

- Miami Highlights

- Letters to the Editor

- Backtalk From McEwen

- Those Salad Days

- A Plea

- Journey of John

- Me Specialize? The Specialization of Orthodontia

- Class Squeaks
-- Wall Wonders
-- Junior Speaks
-- Sophomore Sophistry
-- We're Coming
-- Smooth

- Controversy
-- The Requirement VS Non-Requirement System

- Progress Sheet
-- Congratulations to Our Newest Diplomat
-- Management of a Trifurcation Involvement

- The Scientist
-- Dr. Ralph R. Steinman

- Thanks Dolly

- …

Current Literature: Titles And Abstracts, Catholic Physicians' Guild

The Linacre Quarterly

Material appearing in this column is thought to be of particular interest to the Catholic physician because of its moral, religious, or philosophic content. The medical literature constitutes the primary but not the sole source of such material. In general, abstracts are intended to reflect the substance of the original article. Parenthetical editorial comment may follow the abstract if considered desirable. Books are reviewed rather than summarized. Contributions and comments from readers are invited.

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume Xii, Number 9 October 1962

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume XII, Number 9 October 1962

Jefferson opens 139th annual session, Page 2

Dr. Wesson appointed professor of medicine, Page 11

Promotions, new appointments, resignations and deaths, Page 12

Biochemistry at Jefferson, Page 17

Faculty notes, Page 28

Placement bureau, Page 30

Mr. Coffee appointed as director of hospital, Page 31

Medicine on the Dark Continent, Page 32

Annual giving fund report, Page 35

Class notes, Page 36

Engagements, weddings and births, Page 44

List of century and 500 donors in 14th roll call, Page 45

Calendar of future events, Page 48

Current Literature: Titles And Abstracts, Catholic Physicians' Guilds

The Linacre Quarterly

The purpose of this department in The Linacre Quarterly is to make available by titular listing such current articles as are thought to be of particular interest to the Catholic physician by virtue of their medical literature although, of necessity, this source is the most fruitful. When abstracts appear, they are intended to reflect the content of the original article. Parenthetical editorial comment may follow the abstract if considered desirable. Contributions from readers are invited.

An Investigation Into The Possible Relationship Between Reading Ability And Functional Articulatory Defective Speech, Joan Elizabeth Weir

Masters Theses

Introduction

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between reading disability and defective articulation. An attempt has been made to determine whether or not children with functionally defective articulation have difficulty in reading.

It is conceivable that a deficiency in one or several areas of language development might impede or retard a child's academic achievement and might interfere with his emotional adjustment. This study was, therefore, undertaken, first to determine whether or not there is a difference in the reading ability of speech defective children as determined by valid and reliable measures, and the reading ability of …

The Pathogenesis Of Periodontal Disease And Treatment Implications, Richard C. Oliver

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Presently accepted concepts of the etiology and pathogenesis of periodontal disease do not adequately explain the following consistent clinical observations: (1) equal local etiologic factors do not result in equal periodontal destruction in all patients; and, (2) equal therapy is not equally successful in all patients. The differences in patient response must be due to differences within the patient. By relating the broadened concept of disease, as described by Engel, to periodontal disease, the reasons for these individual patient differences become apparent. This concept consideres[sic] disease in relation to the patient's genie and developmental background, as well as the present …