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Lunar Lunacy: The Effect Of The Moon On Moods And Behavior, Lisa Compton

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

No abstract provided.

Commencement Program 1994, Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

2 | 1994 Events of Commencement

3 | Academic Procession

4 | The Speakers

7 | The Honorees

14 | The Zapara Award

Order of Programs

• School of Medicine, 16
• School of Dentistry, 22
• Graduate School, 29
• School of Nursing, 37
• School of Public Health
• School of Allied Health Professions, 48

The Lived Experiences Of Nurses' Interactions With Ethnically Diverse Clients: A Phenomenological Perspective, Colette R. York Dnsc, Msn, Rn

Dissertations

This study explored the phenomenon of nurses' lived experiences while interacting with clients who were ethnically dissimilar to themselves in a variety of nursing care settings including acute care, ambulatory care and public health. This study is timely, especially in the county in which the study was conducted because of the ongoing influx of legal and illegal immigrants from diverse foreign geographic locales. Van Kaam's method for conducting phenomenological studies was employed for data gathering, categorizing and analyzing. Categories were stated in terms of perceptions and feelings. The most frequently stated perceptual moments included perceiving client ethnicities based on physical …

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 …

Ua66/14/3 Nursing Pinning Ceremony, Wku Nursing

WKU Administration Documents

Pinning ceremony program listing graduates of the WKU Nursing program.

Effects Of Family Stress, Family Social Support, And Family Balance On Maternal Adaptation In Post Birth Families, Constance H. Blake Hansen Dnsc, Mn, Rn

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to describe the effects of perinatal family stress, family social support, and family balance on post birth maternal adaptation. The birth of a new infant is a transitional event that causes stress to the individuals within the family and the family as a unit. The childbearing woman has been identified as the core of the expanding family. Her adaptive level is critical to the integration of the new infant into the family unit. Stress and support are important variables in maternal adaptation, yet the specific relationship of these variables as they relate to the …

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 …

Use Effectiveness Of The Creighton Model Ovulation Method Of Natural Family Planning, Richard J. Fehring, Donna M. Lawrence, Connie Philpot

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

OBJECTIVE: To determine the use effectiveness of the Creighton model ovulation method in avoiding and achieving pregnancy. DESIGN: Prospective, descriptive. SETTING: A natural family planning clinic at a university nursing center. PARTICIPANTS: Records and charts from 242 couples who were taught the Creighton model. The sample represented 1,793 months of use of the model. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Creighton model demographic forms and logbook. RESULTS: At 12 months of use, the Creighton model was 98.8% method effective and 98.0% use effective in avoiding pregnancy. It was 24.4% use effective in achieving pregnancy. The continuation rate for the sample at 12 months …

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 …

การใช้กรณีศึกษาในการเรียนการสอน : มุมมองหลายสาขาวิชา, นันทนา ศิริทรัพย์, ธิติพันธ์ เอื้อบุญชัย, พิษณุ จงสถิตวัฒนา

Journal of Nursing Research, Innovation, and Health

No abstract provided.

การพัฒนากรณีศึกษา ในการเรียนการสอนทางพยาบาลศาสตร์, พวงรัตน์ บุญญานุรักษ์

Journal of Nursing Research, Innovation, and Health

No abstract provided.

ความต้องการพัฒนากรณีศึกษาในการเรียน การสอนทางพยาบาลศาสตร์, พวงรัตน์ บุญญารักษ์

Journal of Nursing Research, Innovation, and Health

No abstract provided.

การใช้กรณีศึกษาในการเรียนการสอน ทางการพยาบาลจิตเวช, อรพรรณ ลือบุญธวัชชัย

Journal of Nursing Research, Innovation, and Health

No abstract provided.

การตรวจสอบคุณภาพการพยาบาล ในโรงพยาบาลระยอง, อริยา สุวรรณกุล, สนธยา พิชัยกุล, อาภรณ์ รัตนวิจิตร

Journal of Nursing Research, Innovation, and Health

No abstract provided.

Menno-Knight, April 1994, Mennonite College Of Nursing

Menno-Knight

Student newsletter of the Mennonite School/College of Nursing.

แนวทางปฏิบัติในการพัฒนาและการใช้กรณีศึกษา ทางพยาบาลศาสตร์, พวงรัตน์ บุญญานุรักษ์

Journal of Nursing Research, Innovation, and Health

No abstract provided.

การเรียนการสอนโดยใช้กรณีศึกษา, ประกอบ คุปรัตน์

Journal of Nursing Research, Innovation, and Health

No abstract provided.

การจดบันทึกเพื่อการศึกษาเฉพาะกรณี ในการพยาบาลเด็ก, ประนอม รอดคำดี

Journal of Nursing Research, Innovation, and Health

No abstract provided.

ประสบการณ์ : การเขียนรายงานการวิจัย, ประนอม โอทกานนท์

Journal of Nursing Research, Innovation, and Health

No abstract provided.

Menno-Knight, March 1994, Mennonite College Of Nursing

Menno-Knight

Student newsletter of the Mennonite School/College of Nursing.

Menno-Knight, February 1994, Mennonite College Of Nursing

Menno-Knight

Student newsletter of the Mennonite School/College of Nursing.

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.

A Financial Analysis Of A Southern California Coalition Of Visiting Nurse Associations, Diane Sutton Burns

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Ua61/1 Wku Nursing Class 1994, Wku Nursing

WKU Administration Documents

Members of the 1994 nursing class: Kim Abshier, DonAnn Adams, Sheila Atwell, Jeanie Black, Amber Blazer, Barry Boatman, Laurie Bronstetter, Melissa Burkett, Beth Carr, Shannon Chance, Kristie Clark, Mary Cundiff, Cara Dawson, Debra DeWitt, Michelle Drury, Kathryn Gibson, Laurie Goff, Tiffany Griffin, John Hammers, Rebecca Havener, Kimberly Holmes, Melanie Howell, Paula Jensen, Tammy Johnson, Lea Kennedy, Rebecca Leaver, Kathy Martin, Laura Mason, Angela Masters, Judy Maxwell, Evelyn McGinnis, Marla McIntyre, Ashley McNab, DeShaw Nelson, Todd Oller, Kristen Payne, Kelly Phelps, Anita Pitcock, Rhonda Quenzer, Kimberly Roberts, Tammy Robertson, Gina Rogers, Iva Russell, Michelle Salmans, Betsy Schroer, Tracey Shelton, Dawn Shields, …

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.

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

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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 …

Perceptions Of Nurse Behaviors By Persons With Copd During Acute Shortness Of Breath, Joyce A. Kowatch

Masters Theses

This study employed a qualitative approach to explore the perceptions of clients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease recalling nursing behaviors as a part of a process of helping during dyspnea. Grounded theory was used to look at how a client's world was constructed in this particular situation. Examination of data led to the generation of a hypothesis to explain the process of helping. Subjects were asked what it was like when they were extremely short of breath and what nursing behaviors helped or didn't help them.; Identified changes were categorized as suffocation, pain, energy depletion, panic, and cognitive haze. Helpful …

Spouse Adaptation After The Partner's Open Heart Surgery, Marietta J. Gardner

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to describe the adaptation of male and female spouses after their partners' open heart surgery using the theory of person as an adaptive system. A descriptive correlational design was used to examine adaptation of male and female spouses to their partners' open heart surgery (criterion variable); and partners' health prior to surgery, length of time partner diagnosed with heart disease, number of years married, and general state of marital relationship prior to surgery as perceived by the spouse were predictor variables. The sample consisted of 20 male and 25 female spouses, 31 to 88 …

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 …