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Reasons For Choice Of A First Position By Graduates Of Diploma School Of Nursing, Carol Adele Craig

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

It was the purpose of this study to investigate reasons for the choice of a first position by graduates from diploma programs in nursing. This included factors motivating the choice, the time of choice, and reasons for liking and disliking clinical areas. Questionnaires were mailed to 756 graduates of the class of 1961 from twenty-three representative schools. Approximately 46 percent were returned completed.

Major findings were as follows:

1. Reasons for choice of a first position rating a high percentage of total possible score on the rating scale were: to increase technical skill, 84.6 per cent; to continue learning, 81.6 …

A Study Of Patients With Recently Diagnosed Diabetes To Ascertain Extent Of Utilization Of Instruction, Ruth Yvonne Stafford

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This descriptive study was conducted to discover to what extent patients with diabetes utilized instruction received. If they did not, the reason why would be searched for. It was also hoped that area of instruction could be defined which needed greater emphasis while the patient was hospitalized at the time of diagnosis.

The interview with the aid of the interview guide was chosen as a data-gathering tool. The guide was complied and approve. Patients were selected from a review of medical records in the selected hospital, and their physicians contacted for permission to include their patient(s) in the study. The …

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 …

A Study Of The Utilization Of Nursing Personnel On A Selected Medical Unit, Selma Adams

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was concerned with the utilization of nursing personnel on a selected medical unit. The purpose of the study were to find out: (1) if the nursing service personnel were being fully utilized; (2) the percent of the time the nursing personnel spent in giving direct and indirect patient care; and (3) where adjustments could be made to provide a more equal distribution of nursing procedures and nursing personnel.

This study was conducted on a fifty-eight bed medical unit of a selected hospital. The normative survey was the method used and the tool, Patient Care Report, was completed by …

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 …

Evaluation Of The Photometric Assay Method To Quantitate The Bactericidal Action Of Normal And Immune Rabbit Sera On Salmonella Pullorum, Alice Margaret Rahn

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The bactericidal antibody test depends on the presence of sufficient complement, magnesium ions, and specific antibody to produce killing of certain gram negative bacilli. This study was undertaken to demonstrate whether or not Salmonella pullorum is an organism which is susceptible to this killing action.

Different amounts of test serum containing antibody, constant amounts of complement and magnesium saline diluent were placed together and held in a 37°C water bath for a one hour reaction time. During this interval, the antibody-complement system was given an opportunity to kill the susceptible bacteria. Then, a constant volume of nutrient broth was added …

Hospital Resources Used As Guides In Unfamiliar Nursing Procedures, Marie Ethel Greene

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Hospital nursing procedures are rapidly increasing in number and in complexity, keeping pace with the continuous advances being made in medical science. This, coupled with the fact that many nurses are resuming their careers after a period of professional inactivity, make it imperative that hospitals provide facilities for assisting nursing personnel in becoming acquainted with unfamiliar procedures. This study was done to learn what resources hospital nursing personnel use most as a guide in performing unfamiliar procedures, and by internal analysis, to identify some of the factors influencing the choice of resources used by different levels of nursing personnel. Following …

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 …

Ada News Letter - 05/31/1963, American Dental Association

ADA News Letter

A newsletter published monthly to provide current information to officers of state and local dental societies on American Dental Association activities, 1948-1971

Ada News Letter - 05/16/1963, American Dental Association

ADA News Letter

A newsletter published monthly to provide current information to officers of state and local dental societies on American Dental Association activities, 1948-1971

A Translation And Analysis Of Portions Of The Russian Text The Art Of Oratory, Edited By A. Tolmachev, Moscow, 1959, Jack H. Butler

Speech and Hearing Sciences ETDs

Ancient and modern authorities on rhetoric agree that the fundamental purpose of oral discourse is social coordination or control. This implies the use of speech as an instrument of communication by which ideas and feelings are conveyed from person to person. Speech, therefore, assumes a primary role in the outcome of history and the peaceful resolution of vital differences.

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.

Book Review Of The Truth About Rhythm, By I. E. Georg, John L. Thomas

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Front Matter, Vol. 2 No. 4

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

No abstract provided.

End Matter, Vol. 2 No. 4

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

No abstract provided.

Nevada Test Site Study Areas And Specimen Depositories, Dorald M. Allred, D Elden Beck, Clive D. Jorgensen

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

No abstract provided.

Nurses' Alumnae Association Bulletin, May 1963, Perma E. Davis, Janet Hindson, John R. Busick, Mabel C. Prevost, E. Nancy Scott, Lucile Scriber, Doris Shoemaker, Evelyn R. Curran

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

President's Letter

Alumnae Meetings, 1962

Building Fund

Mediocrity

Hospital Report

Alumnae Notes

Social Committee

Student Activities

Marriages, New Arrivals and Necrology

Annual Giving Fund Drive

Journal: Bulletin: Long Range Planning Duval Medical Center, 1963-05, Duval County Medical Society

Documents from the Duval Medical Center, University Hospital Collection

Bulletin of the Duval County Medical Society. This bulletin contains the following items: An advertisement for a medical forum on WPDQ Radio each Sunday at 9:05 P.M., the President's page, editorials, and minutes of committee meetings.

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 …

The Physical Properties Of Dental Amalgam With Special Reference To The Eames Technic, Eugene Darwin Voth

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to make an evaluation of a dental amalgam technic using one part mercury to one part alloy, which is known as the Eames technic.

The study consisted of a comparison of various physical properties of dental amalgam using the Eames technic, and the conventional technic for handling amalgam. Special dies were made for preparing the specimens as well as special equipment for testing the specimens.

Trituration of the alloy was done both by mechanical triturators and by hand trituration. The specimens were condensed by hand using a manudynomometer so that all specimens were packed …

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 In Vivo Effects Of Hydrazines And Vitamin B6 On The Metabolism Of Gamma_Aminobutyric Acid, Miguel Angel Median

Theses

The discovery of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in mammalian brain and its rigorous identification was reported in 1950 (1,2,3). Enzymatic experiments with brain acetone powder revealed that GABA was formed by the decarboxylation of glutamic acid and that the enzyme, glutamic acid decarboxylase, required pyridoxal phosphate as the co-factor (4,5). Radioactive tracer studies in vivo and in vitro with glutamic acid and glucose verfied the fact that the former was the precursor of GABA (6,7).

Ada News Letter - 04/30/1963, American Dental Association

ADA News Letter

A newsletter published monthly to provide current information to officers of state and local dental societies on American Dental Association activities, 1948-1971

Ohio Academy Of Medical History 11th Annual Meeting - April 20, 1963 Granville Inn, Granville, Ohio, Ohio Academy Of Medical History

Annual Conference Programs

This one page program is from the eleventh annual meeting of the Ohio Academy of Medical History held on April 20, 1963 at the Granville Inn in Granville, Ohio. The program details the events and presentations of the meeting.

Ada News Letter - 04/15/1963, American Dental Association

ADA News Letter

A newsletter published monthly to provide current information to officers of state and local dental societies on American Dental Association activities, 1948-1971

The Conversion Of Cytidylic Acid To Deoxycytidylic Acid In Rat Kidney, Judith Marie Werderitsch

Master's Essays (1922 - )

Evidence was presented in 1949 by Bendich, Getler, and Brown (2), that the free pyrimidine base, cytosine, was not incorporated into the nucleotides of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Further studies by Hammarsten, Reichard, and Saluste (9) with cytidine and those by Roll, Weinfeld, and Carroll (26) with cytidylic acid, showed that the nucleoside and nucleotide derivatives were well incorporated into DNA. These experiments indicated that the conversion of the riboside (or ribotide) to the deoxyribose form had occurred with the nucleosidic linkage intact. This theory was further substantiated by Rose and Schweigert (29) using cytidylic acid incorporation into the total viscera …