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Patient Perceptions Of Quality: The Influence Of Value And Beneficence, Rebecca H. Waldon Jun 1994

Patient Perceptions Of Quality: The Influence Of Value And Beneficence, Rebecca H. Waldon

Theses and Dissertations (ETD)

The influence of patient values and patient perception of benefits on patient perceptions of quality have not been extensively investigated, even though patient and provider perceptions of quality have been widely studied. Refocusing quality assessment and improvement to include factors that influence patient perceptions of quality is necessary for humanitarian and economic reasons. The health care patient has certain expectations of health care. These expectations are based on the value the patient places on the services. Value is a predictor of patient-perception of quality. The relative worth of patient goals may also be related to patient perceptions of quality. If …

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Information Needs Prior To Breast Biopsy, Christine Shaw, Sarah A. Wilson, Maureen O'Brien May 1994

Information Needs Prior To Breast Biopsy, Christine Shaw, Sarah A. Wilson, Maureen O'Brien

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

Biopsy is the definitive diagnostic procedure for breast cancer. The fear of cancer may make the breast biopsy itself a distressing experience for women and their significant others. Information seeking is believed to be a primary mode of coping with distressful events. The purpose of this study was to describe the information needs of women and their significant others prior to a breast biopsy and to explore the influence of information on the breast biopsy experience. Semistructured, audiotape-recorded interviews with 11 women and 8 significant others were conducted prior to breast biopsy, and categories arising from the data were developed …

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Identification Of Inner-City, African-American Caregivers' Informational Needs In Providing Care For Their Children, Stacie De Lair Apr 1994

Identification Of Inner-City, African-American Caregivers' Informational Needs In Providing Care For Their Children, Stacie De Lair

Honors Projects

The purpose of this study was to identify the information inner-city, African-American caregivers wanted in order to provide better care for their children. Thirty-five African-American caregivers of children, aged three to seven years, were interviewed. The gender, relationship to child, number of children cared for regularly, and the desired informational needs were identified. Frequencies and descriptive statistics were used for data analysis. Results showed that parenting-discipline and safety were each identified by approximately 25% of the respondents as desired informational needs. Almost 20% of the responses indicated no need for information. Other categories where a need for information was identified …

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Menno-Knight, March 1994, Mennonite College Of Nursing Mar 1994

Menno-Knight, March 1994, Mennonite College Of Nursing

Menno-Knight (1960s-1990s?)

Student newsletter of the Mennonite School/College of Nursing.

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Coping With The Risk Of Cancer In Children Living Near Power Lines, Eileen N. Abt Jan 1994

Coping With The Risk Of Cancer In Children Living Near Power Lines, Eileen N. Abt

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Ms. Abt briefly summarizes evidence linking power lines with a possible increase in risk of childhood cancer. She also recounts how, although many experts remain skeptical of causality, public fears, whether or not warranted, have themselves created serious problems. Finally, she proposes ways to address those problems.

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Mental Health Nurses Attitudes To Hiv And Aids: A Short Report, David Arthur, T Mccann, K. Usher, A Williams Jan 1994

Mental Health Nurses Attitudes To Hiv And Aids: A Short Report, David Arthur, T Mccann, K. Usher, A Williams

School of Nursing & Midwifery

No abstract provided.

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Personal Meaning In The Elderly: A Heideggerian Hermeneutical Phenomenological Study, Diane Heliker Jan 1994

Personal Meaning In The Elderly: A Heideggerian Hermeneutical Phenomenological Study, Diane Heliker

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Diploma Nursing Students' Attitudes Toward Poverty, Elizabeth Louise Phillips Jan 1994

Diploma Nursing Students' Attitudes Toward Poverty, Elizabeth Louise Phillips

Masters Theses

According to King, stereotyped perceptions may interfere with nurse-client transactions. Therefore, nurses' should possess attitudes which enable them to care for individuals who live in poverty. A descriptive correlational design was used to examine first year and second year diploma nursing students' attitudes toward individuals living in poverty. It was hypothesized that second year diploma nursing students would demonstrate a more positive attitude toward those living in poverty than first year diploma nursing students.; A convenience sample of diploma nursing students (N = 102) completed the "Attitudes about Poverty and Poor Peoples" scale utilized to assess students' attitudes (Atherton et …

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Clients' Perceptions Of Preparedness For Discharge Home Following Total Hip Or Knee Replacement Surgery, Cindy H. Nicholson Jan 1994

Clients' Perceptions Of Preparedness For Discharge Home Following Total Hip Or Knee Replacement Surgery, Cindy H. Nicholson

Masters Theses

This study used a descriptive design to evaluate discharge planning by examining the clients' perception of preparedness for discharge home following total hip or knee replacement surgery. The conceptual framework was based upon the Betty Neuman Systems Model.; This study used Lawton's (1991) "Discharge Preparation Questionairre" to ascertain the clients' perceptions of preparedness in 10 discharge categories. Perceived preparation was measured using a 5 point summated rating scale. The study site was a 42-bed orthopedic unit in a 119 bed acute care hospital in Southeast Michigan. The convenience sample, of 46 adult clients, were interviewed by phone 3 days following …

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Retention Of Registered Nurse Employees In Rural Community Hospitals Less Than 100 Beds, Joanne Urbanski Jan 1994

Retention Of Registered Nurse Employees In Rural Community Hospitals Less Than 100 Beds, Joanne Urbanski

Masters Theses

Maintaining a stable nursing staff is critical to the effective operation of hospitals, therefore chief nurse executives must not lose sight of the importance of retention efforts. The purpose of this study was to identify factors that maintain or increase job satisfaction among registered nurses working in small, rural hospitals, thereby, motivating them to remain in a rural hospital practice setting. Four hundred and twenty-seven job satisfaction surveys were mailed to 13 rural community hospitals that had less than 100 beds. Two hundred and twenty completed surveys were returned (52%).; Sociodemographic characteristics of short-term (less than one year) and long-term …

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Nurses' Knowledge And Attitude Related To Organ Donation, Maureen E. Bishop Jan 1994

Nurses' Knowledge And Attitude Related To Organ Donation, Maureen E. Bishop

Masters Theses

Nurses today are caring for a wide array of patients that may include potential organ donors or organ transplant recipients. The purpose of this descriptive correlational study was to explore the knowledge nurses possess and the attitude they hold regarding organ donation, using Jean Watson's theory of human caring as the conceptual framework.; A convenience sample of approximately 200 registered nurses in a 300-bed medical center, that does not have an organ transplant program was surveyed. The knowledge level had a mean score of 6.69 with a possible high of 11. This suggests that the knowledge level of the registered …

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Perceived Stressors Between Partnered And Unpartnered Women, Sandra Kay Newman Jan 1994

Perceived Stressors Between Partnered And Unpartnered Women, Sandra Kay Newman

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to compare the differences in stress perceived by healthy partnered and unpartnered women in the second trimester of pregnancy. Neuman's Theory of Stress was used as the conceptual framework to explain the potential for greater perceived stress in unpartnered women during pregnancy. A descriptive correlation study was conducted using Norbeck's (1989) Life Events Questionnaire and Underwood's (1993) Perceived Life Stress Scale II, for a convenience sample of N = 40.; T-tests were used to test the hypothesis that unpartnered women would perceive more stress than partnered women. Mann Whitney U tests were used to …

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The Development Of A Definition Of The Roles And Functions Of Nurse Case Managers In Acute Care Settings., Virginia Hagood Beckworth Jan 1994

The Development Of A Definition Of The Roles And Functions Of Nurse Case Managers In Acute Care Settings., Virginia Hagood Beckworth

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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The Effect Of Facilitating Increased Involvement In Nursing Home Caregiving On Former Caregivers' Satisfaction With The Care Arrangement, Christine Toye Jan 1994

The Effect Of Facilitating Increased Involvement In Nursing Home Caregiving On Former Caregivers' Satisfaction With The Care Arrangement, Christine Toye

Theses : Honours

This study examined the effect of a programme that facilitated fanner caregivers' increased involvement with nursing home care giving on their satisfaction with the care provided for their relatives. It was guided by Ray's Adaptation Model of Nursing (Ray, 1984, 1989). The hypotheses stated that the programme would help former caregivers to adapt to the institutionalisation of their loved ones, as manifested by their increased satisfaction with aspects of the care arrangement (overall care, nursing care, relationships, and the environment). The convenience sample consisted of 31 former care givers of long term residents admitted to a metropolitan nursing home 1 …

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Professional Inter-Rater & Client Self Report Reliability Of The Environmental Section Of The Functional Assessment Of The Elderly, Stacie J. Bronkema, Amy M. Haan, Julie L. Johnston Jan 1994

Professional Inter-Rater & Client Self Report Reliability Of The Environmental Section Of The Functional Assessment Of The Elderly, Stacie J. Bronkema, Amy M. Haan, Julie L. Johnston

Masters Theses

Health care needs of the growing elderly population place a great demand on the health care system. Information regarding a client's function is essential in geriatric care. Therefore, continuing research to develop reliable functional evaluation tools is imperative. One functional evaluation tool available to health care professionals is Functional Assessment of the Elderly (FAE). The purpose of this study is to examine the professional inter-rater and client self report reliability of the environmental section of FAE.; A random sample of 18 subjects was obtained. Subjects were required to be age 60 and older, and clients of the West Michigan area …

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Evaluation Of An Educational Intervention To Increase Self-Efficacy Among Hispanic College Students Toward Prevention Of Hiv/Aids., Thomas Wesson Barkley Jan 1994

Evaluation Of An Educational Intervention To Increase Self-Efficacy Among Hispanic College Students Toward Prevention Of Hiv/Aids., Thomas Wesson Barkley

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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Perceived Stress And Hardiness In Female Deans Of Schools Of Nursing., Sheila E Miller Virgin Jan 1994

Perceived Stress And Hardiness In Female Deans Of Schools Of Nursing., Sheila E Miller Virgin

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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Applying Boyer's Scholarship Model To Nurse Faculty Role Behaviors., Deanna Janette Ross Naddy Jan 1994

Applying Boyer's Scholarship Model To Nurse Faculty Role Behaviors., Deanna Janette Ross Naddy

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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Patient Acuity And Patient Satisfaction With Emergency Department Nursing Care., James Luther Raper Jan 1994

Patient Acuity And Patient Satisfaction With Emergency Department Nursing Care., James Luther Raper

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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Hope And Social Support Of Thai Women Experiencing A Miscarriage., Chantima Khanobdee Jan 1994

Hope And Social Support Of Thai Women Experiencing A Miscarriage., Chantima Khanobdee

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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Sleep Of One- And Two-Year-Old Children In Intensive Care., Nancy Counts Corser Jan 1994

Sleep Of One- And Two-Year-Old Children In Intensive Care., Nancy Counts Corser

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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Perceived Control Over Visitation And Length Of Stay In Intensive Care Unit Patients., Jenny Brazeal Hamner Jan 1994

Perceived Control Over Visitation And Length Of Stay In Intensive Care Unit Patients., Jenny Brazeal Hamner

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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Conflict Management, Job Satisfaction, Intent To Stay, And Specific Demographic Variables Of Professional Nurses In Thailand., Wipada Kunavikitkul Jan 1994

Conflict Management, Job Satisfaction, Intent To Stay, And Specific Demographic Variables Of Professional Nurses In Thailand., Wipada Kunavikitkul

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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The Meaning And Significance Of Homelessness To A Child: A Phenomenological Inquiry., Linda Mary Sullivan Jan 1994

The Meaning And Significance Of Homelessness To A Child: A Phenomenological Inquiry., Linda Mary Sullivan

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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Determinants Of Intentions To Engage In Hiv-Related Sexual Risk Behavior Among Thai Adolescent Males., Seepan Kantawang Jan 1994

Determinants Of Intentions To Engage In Hiv-Related Sexual Risk Behavior Among Thai Adolescent Males., Seepan Kantawang

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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Development And Testing Of An Instrument To Measure Emotional Loneliness In The Elderly., Mary Fern Tate Richie Jan 1994

Development And Testing Of An Instrument To Measure Emotional Loneliness In The Elderly., Mary Fern Tate Richie

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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Evaluation Of A Computer Assisted Intervention On Musculoskeletal Discomfort, Strength, And Flexibility And Job Satisfaction Of Video Display Operators., Belinda Hornsby Downing Jan 1994

Evaluation Of A Computer Assisted Intervention On Musculoskeletal Discomfort, Strength, And Flexibility And Job Satisfaction Of Video Display Operators., Belinda Hornsby Downing

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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The Lived Experience Of Bereavement In Men And Women 65 Years Of Age Or Older., Patricia Crain Birchfield Jan 1994

The Lived Experience Of Bereavement In Men And Women 65 Years Of Age Or Older., Patricia Crain Birchfield

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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Elders' Descriptions Of Their Role Expectations Of Nursing., Debra A. Santo-Novak Jan 1994

Elders' Descriptions Of Their Role Expectations Of Nursing., Debra A. Santo-Novak

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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Self-Care Abilities And Practices For Prevention Of Hiv Infection Among Rural Thai Women Who Attended Mobile Family Planning Clinic., Sujitra Tiansawad Jan 1994

Self-Care Abilities And Practices For Prevention Of Hiv Infection Among Rural Thai Women Who Attended Mobile Family Planning Clinic., Sujitra Tiansawad

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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