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The Relationship Between Critical Thinking Skills And Perceived Self-Efficacy In Associate Degree Nursing Students, Christine M. Overly

Masters Theses

The purpose of this descriptive, correlational study was to determine if a relationship exists between critical thinking skills and self-efficacy in Associate Degree nursing students. A convenience sample of 30 nursing students in their second year of an Associate Degree RN program was used. The framework for this study utilized Bandura's social cognitive theory and Benner's nursing theory of skill acquisition and development. Critical thinking skills were measured by the California Critical Thinking Skills Test. Self-efficacy was measured by the Generalized Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale. Demographic data of age, gender, marital status, number of dependents, employment status, and income were obtained …

Quality Of Life In A Heart Failure Population, Diane S. Rexford

Masters Theses

The purpose of this secondary analysis was to identify what impact nursing approaches had on quality of life over time in a heart failure population. The sample was those patients who were receiving home care for heart failure.

The theoretical framework was the King theory of goal attainment. This secondary analysis used data from the study by Dr. Kay Setter Kline, Home Care Outcomes for Heart Failure: A Test of Two Nursing Interventions. The specific tools utilized were a demographic tool and the Ferrans and Powers Quality of Life Index: Cardiac Version III. The subjects received nursing approaches from graduate …

Faculty And Student Perceptions Of Effective Clinical Teachers, Sylvia A. Counts

Masters Theses

The purpose of this descriptive study was to identify which characteristics of clinical teachers were considered most important by associate degree nursing (ADN) students and Acuity, and to investigate whether the perception of effective clinical teacher characteristics (ECTC) change as the student advances toward graduation. Imogene King’s conceptual framework for nursing served as the framework for this study. Faculty and students were surveyed using the Clinical Teacher Characteristic Instrument (CTCl). The collected data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. A Mann-Whitney U test was used to investigate if there were significant differences in perceptions between faculty and students. A Kruskal-Wallis test …

Nurse Managers' Responses To Chemically Impaired Nurses, Dorothy Taylor Moon

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes of nurse managers toward chemically impaired nurses and to understand how managers respond to nurses in their charge. The research further examined whether certain demographic characteristics influenced the nurse managers' attitudes.

A descriptive research design with a probability convenience sample was used. The sample consisted of 83 nurse executives from throughout Michigan. The sample was randomly selected from the roster of the Michigan Organization of Nurse Executives (MONE). Data were obtained through a mailed survey.

Analyses of the data revealed that while managers held different attitudes and perceptions toward impaired …

The Sexual Assault Exam: A Comparison Of Physical Findings And Legal Outcomes Between An Emergency Department And Free Standing Nurse Examiner Program, Linda L. Rossman

Masters Theses

The study objective was to compare the documentation of physical findings and legal outcomes of women evaluated in an emergency department (ED) and freestanding nurse examiner program (NEP). The study was a retrospective cohort analysis of consecutive female patients presenting after sexual assault to either the ED or to the NEP.

Genital injuries were documented in 19% of the ED group, in 74% of the 1997 NEP group and 77% of the 1998 NEP group. These differences were statistically significant (x²=75.75; df=2; p=.000). In 24% of the ED patients and 21% of the 1997 NEP patients, warrants were …

Knowledge About Stroke In Adults From Rural Communities, Julie Billett

Masters Theses

Fifty middle to low-income adult clients of a rural family care center were surveyed in a descriptive correlational study in order to determine their abilities to identify the signs and symptoms of a stroke and their knowledge of stroke risk. Additionally, Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient was used to ascertain whether the participants’ level of knowledge was related to their actual stroke risk, as identified by the American Heart Association’s Stroke Risk Tool Descriptive analysis of the item responses revealed that the percentage of the sample correctly identifying individual signs and symptoms ranged from 44 to 77%. When actual stroke risk was …

Identification Of Preoperative Risk Factors Associated With Stroke In Blacks Following First-Time Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: A Retrospective Study., Kristina Arrington Cherry

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No abstract provided.

Relationship Between Compliance With Behavioral Changes And Quality Of Life In Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients., Mo-Kyung Sin

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No abstract provided.

The Flame, Winter 2000-2001, Mennonite College Of Nursing

The Flame (1985-present)

The Flame is a newsletter of Illinois State University's Mennonite College of Nursing

Honduras: Marketing New Reproductive Health Services Is Cost-Effective, Frontiers In Reproductive Health

Reproductive Health

In 1999, the Honduran Ministry of Health (MOH) revised national guidelines on women’s health services delivery to allow nurse auxiliaries to insert IUDs, give DMPA injections, and take Pap smears. This policy change addresses low contraceptive use among rural women and reflects findings from a 1998 Population Council study that showed that nurse auxiliaries can safely and successfully provide these services. Under the previous guidelines, rural women had limited access to long-term family planning methods. In 2000, the Population Council and the MOH assessed the effectiveness and cost of using a simple leaflet, distributed by nurse auxiliaries, to market the …

Honduras: Promover Nuevos Servicios De Salud Reproductiva Es Costo-Efectivo, Frontiers In Reproductive Health

Reproductive Health

En 1999, la Secretaría de Salud de Honduras (SSH) modificó las Normas de Atención Integral a la Mujer a fin de autorizar a las auxiliares de enfermería a prestar los servicios de inserción de DIU, aplicación del inyectable DMPA y toma de Papanicolaou. Este cambio en las normas aborda el problema de la baja prevalencia en el uso de anticonceptivos en áreas rurales. El cambio también refleja los hallazgos de un estudio anterior, realizado por el Population Council, que mostró que las auxiliares de enfermería pueden proporcionar estos servicios de manera segura y con buena calidad. Anteriormente, las mujeres en …

Leptin In Children With Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes: Effect Of Insulin Therapy, Kenneth Mccormick, Gail J. Mick, Lisa Butterfield, Hugh Ross, Elaine Parton, Joan P. Totka

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Resistance Exercise Training Attenuates Wasting Of The Edl Muscle In Mice Bearing The Colon-26 Adenocarcinoma, Sadeeka Al-Majid, Donna O. Mccarthy

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

Progressive wasting of skeletal muscle is a significant side effect of malignancy. Perturbations in protein metabolism contribute to this state of wasting. Resistance exercise increases protein synthesis and mass of healthy muscles and counteracts muscle wasting associated with several catabolic conditions. It is not known whether resistance exercise training can counteract cancer-induced muscle wasting. This study examined the effect of resistance exercise training on muscle mass and protein content in 9 mice bearing the colon-26 adenocarcinoma. The dorsiflexor (extensor digitorum longus [EDL] and tibialis anterior) and plantar flexor (soleus, plantaris, and gastrocnemius) muscles of 1 leg of the tumor-bearing and …

Cancer-Induced Fatigue And Skeletal Muscle Wasting: The Role Of Exercise, Sadeeka Al-Majid, Donna O. Mccarthy

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

Fatigue is the most frequently reported symptom by cancer patients. Many of these patients perceive fatigue as the most distressing symptom associated with their illness because it imposes limitations on their physical activity level. Skeletal muscle wasting, which occurs as part of cancer cachexia, is one of the mechanisms that contribute to fatigue. Cancer induced skeletal muscle wasting may occur despite normal food intake and is not prevented by nutritional supplementation. Evidence suggests that endurance exercise ameliorates cancer-related fatigue. There is no compelling evidence to support that exercise induced reduction in fatigue is related to preservation of muscle mass. Resistance …

ผู้บริหารการพยาบาล บรรยากาศที่เป็นสุขในงานบริการพยาบาล, ลดาวัลย์ รวมเมฆ

Journal of Nursing Research, Innovation, and Health

No abstract provided.

ปัจจัยที่สัมพันธ์กับความสามารถในการคิดวิจารณญาณของนักศึกษาพยาบาล (Factors Related To Critical Thinking Ability Of Student Nurses), จินตนา ยูนิพันธุ์, ประนอม รอดคำดี

Journal of Nursing Research, Innovation, and Health

การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาความสามารถในการคิดวิจารณญาณของนักศึกษาพยาบาล หาความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างปัจจัยด้านนักศึกษาประกอบด้วย ชั้นปีที่เรียน คะแนนเฉลี่ยสะสม ที่ตั้งของสถาบัน ความเชื่ออํานาจแห่งตน ความเป็นอิสระแห่งตน แบบการเรียน และการรับรู้พฤติกรรมการดูแลของอาจารย์ พยาบาล กับความสามารถในการคิดวิจารณญาณของนักศึกษาพยาบาล และศึกษาตัวแปรที่สามารถพยากรณ์ \nความสามารถในการคิดวิจารณญาณของนักศึกษาพยาบาล กลุ่มตัวอย่างเป็นนักศึกษาพยาบาล หลักสูตร พยาบาลศาสตรบัณฑิต ชั้นปีที่ 2, 3 และ 4 ที่ศึกษาภาคการศึกษาที่ 1 ปีการศึกษา 2543 จำนวน 433 คน โดยการสุ่มแบบแบ่งชั้น เครื่องมือในการวิจัย คือ แบบสอบถามปัจจัยด้านนักศึกษา แบบสอบถามปัจจัย ด้านสภาพแวดล้อมการเรียนการสอน แบบสอบความสามารถในการคิดวิจารณญาณของนักศึกษาพยาบาล วิเคราะห์ ข้อมูลโดยการใช้ค่าเฉลี่ย ส่วนเบี่ยงเบนมาตราฐาน ค่าความสัมพันธ์ของเพียร์สันและวิเคราะห์ถดถอยพหุคูณ \nผลการวิจัยสรุปได้ดังนี้ ค่าเฉลี่ยของคะแนนความสามารถในการคิดวิจารณญาณ โดยรวมและ รายด้าน ของนักศึกษาพยาบาลอยู่ในระดับปานกลาง ยกเว้นการอนุมานอยู่ในระดับต่ำ คะแนนเฉลี่ยสะสม มีความสัมพันธ์ ทางบวกและสถานที่ตั้งของสถาบันที่อยู่นอกเขตกรุงเทพมหานคร มีความสัมพันธ์ทางลบ กับความสามารถในการ คิดวิจารณญาณของนักศึกษาพยาบาล อย่างมีนัยสําคัญทางสถิติที่ระดับ .05

A Study Of Survivor's Progress In Bereavement Through Pre-Death Work, Helen Kathleen Brophy Mchale

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

Bereavement, a journey traveled while grieving, can be full of growth and self-discovery or darkened with loneliness and pain. This is especially true in Western Society were the discussion of death and grief are often avoided. This descriptive cor relational research study was designed to determine whether hospice intervention assisted individuals who lost their spouses to a predictable death from a terminal illness, with progress in bereavement. Relationships between bereavement progress, support received prior to death, and other variables were examined for 16 participants.

An interactive theoretical approach was incorporated into the study framework. Carl Rogers and Joyce Travelbee's models …

Workplace Violence Experienced By Registered Nurses In Hospital Emergency Care Settings., Martha Phillips Catlette

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No abstract provided.

Role Sending Strategies Used By Deans Of Schools Of Nursing To Influence Faculty Performance., Linda Diane Norman

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No abstract provided.

Wellness Program Influence On Health Risk Factors And Medical Costs Among Seventh -Day Adventist Workers., Barbara Rose James

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Validity And Reliability In Nursing Multiple -Choice Tests And The Relationship To Nclex -Rn Success: An Internet Survey., Diane Den Bleyker Depew

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Nursing -Sensitive Quality Indicators: Nosocomial Urinary Tract Infection In A Thai Hospital., Rachanee Sujijantararat

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Improving Compliance: Listening To The Patient's Perspective, Faith Coleman

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

A large number of patients do not follow medical advice for reasons generally unclear to the health care provider. Significant morbidity and mortality can be outcomes of noncompliance. The purpose of this naturalistic inquiry was to study and clarify from the patient's perspective, issues identified as influencing the ability to comply with provider recommendations. Data collection and analysis occurred simultaneously as a fluid process of organizing and synthesizing qualitative material into categories or themes that emerged to illuminate a phenomenon. Seventy-six percent of participants described themselves as 100% compliant though they did not take medications as prescribed or failed to …

Health Beliefs About Inherited Breast Cancer And Genetic Testing For Brca1 And Brca2 In Women Who Have Never Been Diagnosed With Breast Cancer And Who Use Mammography Services., Janice Kay Bridges Flynn

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of Two Methods For Measuring The Tangible Outcomes Of An Associate Degree Nursing Program., Denise Hooper Elliott

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No abstract provided.

Relationships Among Planned Mentoring Programs, Job Satisfaction, And Intent To Stay In Nurse Faculty Mentees., Marilyn Ann Sullivan

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No abstract provided.

A Research Review Of Reflective Practice In Nurse Education, Sian Boy Lee

Student Works (2000-2009)

The purpose of this study is to carry out a meta-analysis on research done in the area of reflective practice in nurse education. Reflective practice is seen as a key process in bringing together practice and knowledge in nursing. There has been a growing interest and acceptance in the use of reflective practice as a helpful strategy in the clinical teaching and learning of student nurses. The sample of this meta-analysis study consists of fifteen research articles on reflective practice published between the year 1994 and 1998. The study aims to find out : l) the themes within the objectives …

Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing Behaviours To Reduce Parental Stress, Fenella Gill

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

A child's admission to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is stressful for the family. Parental presence and involvement with their child in hospital have been recognised as important in reducing their stress. Several studies have identified parental needs in the PICU. Nurses have reported that they felt inadequately prepared to meet those needs. Although principles to guide nursing strategies have been identified, contextual behaviours of PICU nurses to reduce parental stress have not A qualitative study, using an ethnographic approach, was designed to describe contextual behaviours of experienced PICU nurses. Participants self identified their level of clinical practice to …

Nursing Students' And Clinical Teachers' Perceptions Of Effective Teacher Characteristics, Shirley Chow

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Instructional and organisational strategies can improve students' transfer of knowledge and skill to the workplace. Constraints on transfer include: 1. a shortage of teachers who can build transfer inlo programmes; and 2. time span (interval) between teaching of the task and transfer of learning. Fifteen nursing students and five clinical teachers from a university in Western Australia participated in the initial qualitative component of the study. These students and teachers were asked to list effective clinical teachers' behaviours which were then compared with beaviours listed in the Rauen's Clinical Instructor Characteristics Rating Scale (1974). Using a modified Rauen's Scale, 200 …

A Report On Nurses' Response To Occupational Injuries And Exposures To Hazards In A Californian Community Hospital, Sandra Kilminster-Binder

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This study set out to determine the reasons for underreporting of occupational injuries and exposures in the American health care environment. A cross sectional survey was used to report the responses and opinions of nurses who failed to report all occupational injuries and exposures, and the type of injuries that are least likely to be reported. The participants were a random sample of Registered Nurses employed in a California Health Care Center, who responded to a simple self-reporting questionnaire. The study revealed that the majority of occupational injuries, accidents and exposures by this group in the previous twelve month period …