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Nurses' Interpretation Of Force Fluids, Colleen W. Blair

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was done to survey nurses on the medical units of one hospital in order to (1) ascertain their interpretation of a minimum and maximum amount of fluid in the order "Force fluids", and (2) determine criteria most used by these nurses to identify the fluid quantities.

The descriptive survey was the method of study. A questionnaire, which centered around recorded chart information for four patients whose fluid therapy was prescribed as "Force fluids", was the research tool.

Findings revealed that the upper limits and modes on the minimum and maximum fluid distributions remained constant and the means and …

Hospital Situations In Which Male Patients Prefer A Male Nurse, Norma Groome White

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This was a study of the preferences of men patients for the sex of the nurse desired to meet their physical, social, spiritual, and emotional needs. The purposes of the study were: (1) to identify the hospital situations in which a male nurse is preferred to give care, (2) to provide information that could be used in the utilization of male personnel, and (3) to provide information that could be used to possibly provide for better fulfillment of the needs of male patients.

The descriptive survey was chosen as the method of study. A questionnaire of thirty-five hospital situations was …

A Survey Of The Hospital Experience Of The Isolated And Non-Isolated Patient, Rose Marie Olson Kuhn

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The descriptive survey was the method used to conduct the study to find differences in the amount of nurse contact between the isolated patient's and the non-isolated patient's hospital experience, and to explore their feelings concerning their hospitalization. Ten patients, on the surgical units of three hospitals, were included in the study. Five of the patients were isolated because of an infectious disease and comprised Group I. Five patients who were not isolated served as a control and comprised Group II. Data were collected in two main categories: (1) the amount of nurse-patient contact, type of personnel visiting the patient, …

Morbidity, Growth And Development Of Prematurely-Born Twins In Early Childhood, Lynelle King

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was concerned with the problem of determining the effect of twinship on the prematurely-born twin's growth and physical and emotional morbidity during early childhood. The immediate purposes of the study were to compare prematurely-born twins with prematurely-born singletons regarding their incidence and types of physical and emotional morbidity, and their growth during early childhood. It was hypothesized that prematurely-born twins have slower growth and more physical and emotional morbidity than prematurely born singletons. The descriptive survey method was used. From children cared for at a selected premature clinic, nineteen twins were matched with nineteen singletons for: race, sex, …

Osteopathic Digest (Summer 1965), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathy

Digest

The Summer 1965 issue of the Osteopathic Digest includes the following articles:

• Postdoctoral Courses Announcement Inside Cover
• Editor's Page
• 74th P .C.O. Commencement
• Dr. Barth's Message
• Graduation Class Dinner
• New Teaching-Research Hospital
• Planning Hospital's Facilities, Use
• Hospital Construction: Pictorial
• Persons and Places
• Student Council Symposium
• Short Subjects
• Commencement Pictorial
• Hearing Laboratory
• 66th Founder's Day
• SCUBA and Preventive Medicine
• Holiday Revue
• Orientation of '68 Class
• Class of 1965 Roll
• Awards and Honors
• Obituaries
• Cradle Roll

The Chironian Vol. 26 No. 2, New York Medical College

The Chironian

No abstract provided.

Interests, Attitudes And Personality Patterns Of Undergraduate Students In Speech Pathology And Audiology, Sandra Mary Henderson

Masters Theses

Chapter I

The Problem and Its Background

Introduction

Over the past several decades there has been increasing interest in the occupational choices of men and women, and the interests and attitudes associated with various professional groups. Since occupations are becoming increasingly more specialized, employers and educators have found that those people who perform best in the position of their choice are those who exhibit certain interests and attitudes with regard to their occupation. Colleges emphasize the necessity of counseling in order to enable students to effectively choose general areas of concentration. The fields of study chosen by students are a …

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume Xiv, Number 8 Summer 1965

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume XIV, Number 8 Summer 1965

141st Commencement exercises, Page 2

Class day, Page 10

Alumni activities, Page 13

Physical examinations for alumni, Page 16

Alumni banquet, Page 17

Alumni elected to board membership, Page 22

Board elects three term trustees, Page 23

Appointment and promotions in the Dean’s office, Page 24

Progress of Jefferson’s building program, Page 28

Promotions, new appointments, resignations and deaths, Page 30

News of college departments, Page 32

Jefferson conducts fourth foreign seminar, Page 38

Chapter notes, Page 41

Alumni placement bureau, Page 43

Class Reunions, Page 44

Class notes, Page …

Incidence Of Staphylococcus Aureus On Fomentation Covers, Yvonne Badgley Mcdaniel

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was to ascertain whether fomentation covers were contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus prior to being placed on a patient receiving a hydrotherapy treatment.

From a review of literature on the subject of the Staphylococcus aureus organism and from studies of hospital-acquired staphylococcal infection it appeared that: (1) researches had used various techniques for making cultures from fabrics, (2) the Staphylococcus aureus cultures may react in varying ways to the laboratory tests making the classification somewhat difficult, (3) the problem of hospital-acquired staphylococcal cross-infection was present, (4) the role played by the environment in hospital-acquired infections was controversial, and (5) …

1965 Commencement For Jefferson Medical College

Sidney Kimmel Medical College Commencements

No abstract provided.

Infection In The Newborn Infant: The Importance Of Prematurity And Obstetric Complications, Philip J. Howard

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Pharmacology Of Ophthalmologically Important Drugs, James L. Tucker

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Front Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Electromyography As A Routine Clinical Service, J. A. R. Tibbles

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Hospital Administration As A Medical Elective, Allan B. Caldwell

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

A Synchronous Group Of Mammalian Cells Whose In Vivo Behavior Can Be Studied, Harold M. Frost

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Psoriatic Arthritis, Howard Duncan, Darrell Oberg, William R. Eyler

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Sudden Death In Doberman Pinschers, Thomas N. James, Ellet H. Drake

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Epidemiological Survey Of Postoperative Surgical Infections, B. K. Bojarski, J. P. Truant

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Semi-Centennial Anniversary Of The Henry Ford Hospital Medical Association

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Abstracts

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Feasibility Of Employing A Neurophysiological Approach To Learning Disabilities In The Public School, Betty M. Zelman

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A number of procedures characteristic of the neurophysical approach to learning problems were employed in the Rialto Unified School District. This study was undertaken to determine the feasibility of their use in the public school setting.

The results of the investigation indicated that:

1. The practices may be employed in public schools.
2. School administrators gave support for the program.
3. School personnel either are or may be trained to carry out the procedures.
4. Chronological age appears to have little expected to be extensive.
5. Cooperation from the home cannot be expected to be extensive.
6. Further study should be given to public school uses …

Selection, Organization And Nutritional Computation Of Recipes For A Cookbook, Patricia Hall Black

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was involved in the selection of recipes for a cookbook. Over a thousand recipes were screened from a much larger number. These recipes were processed by grouping, combining and arranging into a uniform style and format. Many recipes were revised and tested. All recipes were of a lacto-ovo-vegetarian type, free from soda, baking powder and harmful condiments and spices.

Basic ingredient cards were prepared for the IBM computer from tables of food composition. Recipe ingredient cards for each item in the recipes were also prepared. These were programmed into the computer to give the total and per serving …

A Comparative Study Of Four Systems Of Tray Distribution As To Delivery Time, Temperature Control And Cost Factors, Ruth Marie Deming

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The delivery and transportation time, temperature control and cost factors of four systems of tray transportation and distribution were compared. The systems that were used were the following: 'Electra Royal' of Meals on Wheels, 'Unitray' Cart of Swartbough, 'Lampson Trayevors', and the "Dri Heat Food System'. Hospitals which has the specific system were used for the delivery and transportation time and for the temperature control portion of the study. Cost factors were obtained from printed price sheets or by personal communication with the factory representative of the firm concerned.

The delivery time was taken as the time required to deliver …

The Affect Of Activities In The Intensive Care Unit On Patients, Dorothy Millholland Mottweiler

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to find out whether there is a relationship between what the patient can see and hear of on-going activities in the intensive care unit and patient stress. The descriptive survey method was used. A checklist was developed from several sources in literature. Data were collected by observation of individual patients in two intensive care units and by recording their behavior on the checklist. Recording of stress signs was done for five minute intervals every thirty minutes for eight hours, making sixteen intervals for every eight hour period. Nineteen separate patient observations of eight hour …

Mandibular Resting Posture : An Electromyographic Evaluation, Carroll L. Bright

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Mandibular resting posture is the positional expression of cranial-facial morphology and the myotatic reflex of its contiguous musculature.

Alteration of sensory input to the main sensory, mesencephalic and motor nucleus of the Fifth nerve in a myotalic reflex system, theoretically should result in changes or alteration in motor response.

The purpose of this study was then to examine post interference phenomena as noted by amplitude variations within muscles during centric occlusion and cyclic chewing and to block its expression via mandibular nerve anesthesia.

A Faraday cage was utilized to completely enclose the experimental subject and a 5P5 polygraph was used …

The Nature And Sources Of Patients' Pretest Knowledge Of The Diagnostic Test, Electroencephalography, Dorothy Weeks

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was conducted to determine the nature and sources of patients' pretest knowledge and understanding of the diagnostic procedure, electroencephalography. A review of literature on electroencephalography and patients' involvement in diagnostic procedures revealed that patients need to be informed about scheduled electroencephalography in order to reduce their anxiety, thereby improving the technical quality of the test. Nursing literature contained many statements encouraging nurses to inform patients about diagnostic procedures. No literature was found concerning the teaching role of physicians in informing patients, although both patients and technicians look to the physician as the expected source of patients' pretest information. …

A Comparison Of Blood Pressure Readings Taken On Preoperative Patients During Hospital Admission And One And One-Half To Three Hours Later, Susan Lee Woodward

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A "before-after" type experimental study was conducted to find an advantageous time to record baseline blood pressure readings on preoperative patients, which could be referred to following surgery and interpreted as representative of normal for the patients. A review of medical and nursing literature revealed that there is a need to established a blood pressure reading indicative of normal for each patient prior to surgery. Because literature substantiated its acceptance, the ausculatory method of taking indirect arterial blood pressure readings was the technique utilized in this study. Sixty conveniently selected general elective surgical patients, twenty-five to forty-five years of age, …

Commencement Program 1965, Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

4 | The Vesper Service

6 | The Sermon

8 | In Memory of a Pioneer

10 | Conferring of Degrees

24 | Awards

26 | Tribute

30 | Academic Costume

32 | Waymarks

33 | Summary 1905-65

Neurological Complications Following Open Heart Surgery, Lavaun Ward Sutton

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The propose of this exploratory study was to gather data for analysis on possible predisposing or related factors in the development of neurological com plications following open heart surgery as well as to determine the scope and frequency of symptoms exhibited, indicative of cerebral damage. In addition, the researcher hoped to learn the outcome of these patients through information on the duration and resolution of symptoms, noting type and degree of residual problems as well as the incidence of mortality. A review of the literature provided background information for this study. This review indicated that although considerable attention has been …