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Childhood Overweight And Childhood Obesity In Fifth Graders At Granite Hill Elementary School, Deborah Ann Toten

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to determine if the students in the 5th grade class at Granite Hill Elementary were overweight or obese. The research questions included: (a) Does the Granite Hill Elementary School population mirror the world wide trend of increasing childhood overweight and childhood obesity, and (b) how does the Granite Hill Elementary School population compare to the International Obesity Task Force standards?

Educator's Perceptions Of Priority School Nursing Activities And Influencing Factors, Julie Marie Berg

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to compare the relative priority rankings assigned by educators and practiontioners of activities performed by school nurses. It examines the factors that under lies the differences in priorities assigned.

Ethical Curriculum Development And Teaching, Mary Eunice Mcbean

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to develop a curriculum, which will examine the ethical methods or practices used by nurses in resolving ethical dilemmas in clinical practice utilizing the Moral Decision-Making Model for staff nurses at St.Bernardine Medical Center, Five Tower North.

Reliability And Validity Of The Hrs, Mary P. Bennett

Nursing Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Mirthful Laughter On Stress And Natural Killer Cell Activity, Mary P. Bennett, Janice M. Zeller, Lisa Rosenberg, Judith Mccann

Nursing Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Humor Response Scale, Mary P. Bennett

Nursing Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Reliability And Validity Of The Hrs, Mary Bennett

Nursing Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Casselberry, Anita Beatrice, 1890-1970 (Sc 1378), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1378. Journal, 1925, 79p., kept by Anita B. Casselberry, Cleveland, Ohio, while serving a few weeks as a public health nurse under the direction of Alice Lloyd in Knott County, Kentucky. Includes newspaper clippings, 1940-1941, religious pamphlets, and photos, 1925. A letter from Casselberry also recounts the reaction to an N.R.A. (National Recovery Administration) sticker on her car as “the mark of the beast.”

Ua61/1 Wku Nursing Class 2003, Wku Nursing

WKU Administration Documents

Members of the 2003 nursing class: Steve Anderson, Mia Belcher, Ina Chandler-Benge, Honey Blakeman, Jamie Bradford, Heather Brady, Erin Brothers, Rowgena Gain, Amy Cherry, Jana Chick, Lana Chick, Amy Comer, Susan Daniel, Julie Davis, Lisa Dones, Judy Evans, Jill Ford, Stacy Gardner, Shauna Gish, Claudetta Hatchett, Heather Holloway, Mandy Honeycutt, Emily Howard, Terri Hunt, Melissa Johnson, Colleen Jones, Penny Logan, Stacey Marksberry, Beth Maxwell, Leeah McGuire, Chris Medling, Anna Miller, Elizabeth Oaks, Amy Orndorff, Christy Overfelt, Belinda Phillips, Mike Rainey, Rachel Richardson, Katie Sargent, Matthew Simpson, Kristen Smith, Susan Spivey, Janice Stilts, Rick Stockton, Lorenzo Suter, KenYatta Williams, Stephanie Wilson …

Ua61/1 Wku Nursing Class 2003, Wku Nursing

WKU Administration Documents

Members of the 2003 nursing class: Todd Bullock, Emiley Button, Lori Fisher, Julie Gaskins, Jennifer Hamilton, Japheth Harding, Kellye Kirkpatrick and Mandy Sizemore.

Advanced Practice Nursing Health Care Needs Assessment In An Underserved Community, Michael Dean Conrad, Anna Kampanartsanyakorn

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to gain information about the community health care needs through a comprehensive assessment. This information will allow providers to identify services and groups of people where the biggest gap exists in receiving needed health care services. This may provide the basis for the design of an advanced practice preventative health intervention for the community.

The Creation Of Rice County District One Hospital Intensive Care Unit, Rae S. Ormsby

Theses and Graduate Projects

Based on social history and idealist constructs, this study explores the creation of one intensive care unit (ICU) in the setting of its conrmunity's economic, political, and cultural background. The social history describes the social forces that facilitated the ICU's creation. From an idealist construct the study attempts to understand the thinking of the decision-makers involved as well as the community's response. The work is based largely on personal interviews and archival data from the records of the hospital board. Background material to explain the community context comes from such sources as local daily newspapers and the archives of the …

Investigation Of The Role Of Self-Efficacy In Postoperative Outcomes In Spinal Fusion Patients, Karen Roberts Burritt

Masters Theses

A descriptive correlational design was utilized to explore the relationship between preoperative self-efficacy and the postoperative outcomes of distance ambulated, brace application, discharge disposition and length of stay in surgical spinal fusion patients. Social cognitive theory and the concept of self-efficacy were used to provide the theoretical framework. A novel self-efficacy questionnaire was developed to measure the independent variable, it was tested for reliability and validity in a 16 patient pilot study. The pilot study was followed by a study of 52 post-operative patients. Preoperative self-efficacy significantly correlated to distance ambulated in the entire sample. Females in this sample demonstrated …

Adolescents With Epilepsy: The Relationship Between Perceptions Of Parenting, Self-Concept, And Self-Assessment Scores Of Depression, Alison Z. D. Hofheinz

Masters Theses

Adolescents with chronic diseases must accomplish the management of their healthcare decisions and practices; those with epilepsy also deal with the uncertainty of seizure disorders and the stigma linked to this disease. This secondary analysis of data examined psychosocial variables for adolescents with epilepsy within the developmental-contextual framework proposed by Hohnbeck and Shapera (1999). No statistically significant differences were found between the mean Piers-Harris scores, self-assessment scores on the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) or the Revised Family APGAR for the subgroups of males, females, younger (9 to 11.44 years) or older (11.45 to 14 years) adolescents. Perceptions of parenting, length …

Yale Nurse: Yale School Of Nursing Alumnae/I Association Newsletter, January 2003, Yale University School Of Nursing

Yale School of Nursing Alumni Newsletters and Magazines

This issue has feature article on collegiality, collaborative practice, and a report on a School conference on knowledge of toxic health effects in Vietnam.

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Retaining Intensive Care Nurses In Las Vegas: The Importance Of Nurse Manager Leadership, Megan Vendetti

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

In today's healthcare climate, retaining staff nurses is desirable and may be a more permanent solution to improve the nursing shortage. Employing a leadership style that is conducive to staff nurse job satisfaction may be needed to achieve that goal. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of the unit manager leadership style with job satisfaction and intent to stay in the intensive care setting. Staff nurses in two Las Vegas hospitals, one private and one public, were surveyed. A questionnaire was developed and voluntarily completed by 125 registered nurses employed in adult and pediatric intensive care …

The Relationship Between Spirituality And Quality Of Life In Hiv -Positive Persons., Linda Pennington Grimsley

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Nurses' Work Environment Perceptions: Key Elements To Retention, Karen De La Cuesta

Master's Projects

A study of work environment perceptions among today's multi-generational registered nursing workforce provides suggestions to enhance job satisfaction and improve retention.

Needed: Urologic Nursing Mentors For New Grads, Karen A. Karlowicz

Ellmer School of Nursing Faculty Publications

Presents the accomplishment felt after a completion of intense course of study. Inundation of nursing graduates; Assessment of nursing education programs; Tips to develop the role as urologic nurse.

Stories Of Mothers Of Medically Vulnerable Infants, Sarah E. Davis

Master's Projects

As with any new baby, a medically vulnerable infant must be incorporated into the life of the family. The work of this transition is principally the work of the mother as primary caretaker. The mother considers what it will mean to have this infant in the family, how he will fit in, and what things will change. The mother wonders about how his personality will unfold and what his future will bring. She thinks about her role as a mother and how to best meet her child's special needs. With a medically vulnerable infant, a mother also has to consider …

Evaluation Of The Effectiveness Of An Anaphylaxis Training Program For Unlicensed Assistive Personnel, Jean A. Litarowsky

Master's Projects

This study evaluated a training program designed to prepare unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) in high school settings to recognize and respond effectively to an anaphylactic emergency. Subjects included 53 adults employed by a high school district in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. A training model was developed based on Bandura's theory of sources of self-efficacy. Knowledge and perceived self-efficacy of participants were measured before and after the training program to determine if a theory-based anaphylaxis recognition and epinephrine auto-injector training program would increase participants' knowledge and self-efficacy in responding to an anaphylactic emergency. Paired t-tests revealed significant improvement …

Public Health Nurse Interventions For Women In Dependency Drug Court, Ann Somervell

Master's Projects

There are an increasing number of children placed into foster care due to abuse and neglect. Parents of these children often have difficult drug abuse problems leading to the removal of their children. The cost of caring for these children is staggering reaching billions dollars. One program in Santa Clara County that has been created to assist parents is dependency drug court. This court utilizes many disciplines including nursing in its efforts to stabilize and reunify the children. Previous research has shown that home visitations by the public health nurse using interventions based on support of the family has aided …

Teaching, Practice, And Research: An Integrative Approach Benefiting Students And Faculty, Jacqueline Fawcett, Cynthia Aber, Marianne E. Weiss

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

A project showing the integration of teaching, practice, and research is described. The project involved using information gathered as part of baccalaureate nursing students' assessments of women's perceptions of and responses to cesarean birth to extend a program of nursing research. Benefits to student learning and faculty research programs are identified. The project serves as a prototype for the teaching, practice, and research activities of all students and faculty in nursing and other professional disciplines.

Peer Leaders And Adolescents Participating In A Multicomponent School Based Nutrition Intervention Had Dietary Improvements, A Commentary, Marilyn Frenn

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

The Predictors Of Exercise Participation And Physical Fitness Levels In Firefighters In Birmingham, Alabama., Yothaka Pakapong

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Living The Coming Of Osteoporosis: Health Promotion Behaviors Of Women At Risk For Osteoporosis In Mississippi., Cynthia Hardy Luther

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

State Mandated Prenatal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Screening At A Large Community Hospital, William Cusick, Julie G. Stewart, Michael Parry, Gavin Mcleod, Gerald Rakos, Chris Sullivan, John Rodis

Nursing Faculty Publications

Purpose: To describe the initial experience of state mandated prenatal HIV screening at a large community hospital.
Methods: HIV screening was provided to all pregnant women as of October 1, 1999. All HIV-positive women identified received aggressive antiretroviral therapy to reduce the likelihood for vertical transmission. Neonates were screened for HIV at zero, six, and 12 months of age.
Results: Seven pregnant women (0.3%) and two additional family members tested positive for HIV. All seven infants born to the identified HIV-positive women have tested negative for infection. We estimated that six of nine cases of HIV infection identified would have …

Determinants Of Readiness To Adopt Regular Physical Activity Among Thai Patients At Risk For Cardiovascular Disease: A Transtheoretical Model., Kultida Panidchakul

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Maternal Perceptions Of Interaction And Attachment To Preterm Infants In The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit., Joy Farr Whitlow

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

The Benefits Of Nurse-Led Secondary Prevention Clinics For Coronary Heart Disease Continued After 4 Years, A Commentary, Marilyn Frenn

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.