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1984 Commencement For College Of Allied Health Sciences

Jefferson College of Nursing Commencements

No abstract provided.

Commencement Program 1984, Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

2 | 1984 Events of Commencement

3 | Academic Procession

4 | The Speakers

7 | The Honorees

Order of Program

• School of Medicine, 12
• Graduate School, 18
• School of Dentistry, 23
• School of Nursing, 29
• School of Education, 32
• College of Arts and Sciences, 38
• School of Allied Health Professions, 45
• School of Health, 50

Measuring The Effectiveness Of Patient Teaching In Postpartum Patients, Nancy Racine

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

[Abstract Not Included]

The Effect Of Electroshock On The Passage Of Bacteria From A Contaminated Transducer Past A Protective Membrane Into A Disposable Chamber Dome, Patricia K. Taylor Pothier

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Infection related to use of Intra-arterial Hemodynamic Monitoring Devices is a serious complication. In an attempt to decrease the risk of infection presterilized chamber domes were developed to isolate the patient vascular system from the pressure transducer. Users were informed by manufacturers of the domes that routine decontamination of transducer heads was not necessary. Since the development of these disposable chamber domes infection outbreaks have continued to occur. Epidemiological investigation has implicated contact transmission of bacteria due to poor handling techniques in some outbreaks. However, in other outbreaks the source of the epidemic was found to be contaminated transducer heads …

Ua66/14/3 Nursing Pinning Ceremony, Wku Nursing

WKU Administration Documents

Pinning ceremony program listing graduates of the WKU Nursing program.

Human Need Fulfillment Alteration In The Client With Uterine Cancer: The Registered Nurses' Perception Versus The Clients' Perception, Linda Lane Lilley

Ellmer School of Nursing Theses & Dissertations

This study was a comparison of the similarities and differences between the registered nurses' perception and clients' perception of human need fulfillment alterations in the client with uterine cancer. The effect of level of educational preparation and number of years work experience on the nurses' perception was also analyzed. The participants were 15 registered nurses and 15 clients who had uterine cancer and were admitted to two acute care hospitals in Tidewater. Registered nurses were asked to complete the tool entitled Human Needs Assessment Scale and rate the 35 human needs in relation to the perceived importance for the client. …

How Registered Nurses In Skilled Nursing Facilities Rate The Importance Of And The Frequency Engaged In Specific Nursing Behaviors Related To Their Role, Christine Anne Heine

Ellmer School of Nursing Theses & Dissertations

Registered nurses in skilled nursing facilities were surveyed using the Six-Dimension Scale of Nursing Performance to determine: (1) how they rated the importance of specific nursing behaviors related to their role, (2) how they rated the frequency engaged in the same specific nursing behaviors related to their role, and (3) if there was a relationship between how they rated the specific nursing behaviors for importance and frequency. There were five subgroups of nursing behaviors: (a) leadership, (b) nursing process, (c) teaching and collaboration, (d) interpersonal relations and communication, and (e) professional development. Registered nurses rated all of the behaviors as …

A Study Of Loneliness And Health Related Complaints In Residents Of High Rise Apartment Buildings For The Elderly, Susan H. Jones

Ellmer School of Nursing Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to explore feelings of loneliness among relocated elderly residents of age-segregated, high-rise apartment buildings and any relationship between these subjective feelings of loneliness and certain variables which were hypothesized as predictors of feelings of loneliness. The variables studied in relation to loneliness were cathectic investment, activity, and perceptions of health. A non-experimental survey design where data were collected by interviewing subjects was used. The sample consisted of 18 female residents of a high-rise apartment building for the elderly. Each was interviewed using the Loneliness Rating Scale developed by Dr. Gloria M. Francis and a …

Facilitation Of C.O.P.D. Patient Compliance In Self-Administration Of Medical Modalities Through In-Hospital Specialized Education Program, Elizabeth Maddox

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

[Abstract Not Included]

Telephone Inquiries, Types Of Calls : Are Emergency Service Nurses Qualified To Give Answers?, Constance M. Boskin

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

[Abstract not included]

Ua66/14/5 Induction Ceremony, Wku Nursing Honor Society

Student Organizations

Program for WKU Nursing Honor Society induction ceremony.

A Comparative Study Of Attitudes Toward Continuing Education As Held By Nurses And Medical Technologists In Kentucky, John Patton Seabolt

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

An applied project presented to the faculty of the School of Education at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree Specialist in Education by John Patcon Seabolt on April 12, 1984.

Ua61/1 Wku Nursing Class 1984, Wku Nursing

WKU Administration Documents

Members of the spring 1984 nursing class: Deborah Assad, Mary Ann Bowling, Dana Carpenter, Michael Carr, Karen Clark, Margaret Donaldson, Linda Hogan, Kelly Hopwood, Nancy Hoskins, Krista Jones, Lisa Jordan, Jung Kim, Lori Lutes, Maria Main, Debra Paige, Colleen Pohlgeers, Lisa Smith, Sandy Womeldorf, Diane Wright and Faye Zeigler.

Ua61/1 Wku Nursing Class 1984, Wku Nursing

WKU Administration Documents

Members of the 1984 nursing class: Annette Arteburn, Jane Barbee, Marjorie Barnes, Margaret Billingsley, Kathleen Boos, Janis Bridges, Lisa Carter, Kim Clayton, Kim Cook, Lee Cothron, Trudy Creek, Susan Dilworth, Patricia Fore, Roberto Garcia, Valerie Groves, Lisa Hackett, Blondean Harbin, Lisa Hardcastle, Brenda Harden, Janice Harrell, Glenda Hayes, Lisa Higdon, Laura Hinton, Julie Hoyt, Donna Johnson, Gina Jones, Jeffrey Lawhon, Sherry Mays, Janice Mearkle, Conchita Moore, Bob Napier, Portia Neathery, Anita Oakes, JoAnn Pearson, Neika Proffitt, Janice Ranger, Patricia Rich, Barbara Schambon, Patricia Schlauch, Kent Skinner, Jennifer Slaughter, Mary Smith, Carlos Tarter, Velvet Tavakoli, Sandra Thacker, Jim Vandegrift, Gina Whitlow, …

Predictors Of Appointment-Keeping Behaviors Among Users Of Adult Medical Clinics, Ruth L. Campau

Ellmer School of Nursing Theses & Dissertations

In a descriptive correlational study, three predictors of appointment keeping behaviors of adults who attend general medical clinics in a primary health care setting were explored. The three selected predictors from the Health Belief Model, a preventive health behavior model, were: (a) perceived barriers to health care, (b) health locus of control (HLC), and (c) satisfaction with health care. The purpose of this study was to identify the predictive value of multiple variables for a specific health-related behavior. Data on the study were collected on a non-probability, purposive sample of 52 users of the adult general medical clinics. The tool …

Trait Anxiety In Female Heads Of Household, Bonnie Martinette Wheeler

Ellmer School of Nursing Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this investigation was to determine if being the female head of a single-parent household was associated with increased trait anxiety. Ninety-four female nurses completed the Trait portion of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory developed by Spielberger, Gorsuch, and Lushene (1964) and a demographic inventory. The demographic inventory provided the information regarding marital status and presence or absence of children needed to delineate the sample into four groups: Group I (n=31) married females with dependent children in the home; Group II (n=10) married females with no dependent children in the home; Group III (n=26) single, separated or divorced females …

Menno-Knight, February 1984, Mennonite School Of Nursing

Menno-Knight

Student newsletter of the Mennonite School/College of Nursing.

Engagement Calendar 1984, Yale School Of Nursing

Yale School of Nursing Alumni Newsletters and Magazines

No abstract provided.

Background Materials, Meeting With Chancellor; Series I; File 26, Juanita Hunter

Juanita Hunter, RN & NYSNA Papers [1973-1990]

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Convention; Series Ii; File 44, Juanita Hunter

Juanita Hunter, RN & NYSNA Papers [1973-1990]

No abstract provided.

Ombudsman; Series Ii; File 86, Juanita Hunter

Juanita Hunter, RN & NYSNA Papers [1973-1990]

No abstract provided.

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Administration Documents

The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

• Albin, Bettye. Hawthorne's Narrator in the Blithedale Romance: A New Cover for an Old Friend
• Allen, Christopher. With Just Pride: The Naval History of the Warships USS Enterprise
• Barrett, Shelly. Structuralism
• Bolton, Joe. Wallace Stevens and Twentieth Century Aesthetics
• Bush, Paul. The Acceptance of Grace in Flannery O'Connor's Short Stories
• Gasparello-Moore, Nina. A Comparison of a Naïve and Simple Regression Forecasting Model for the Dow Jones Industrial Average
• Henry, Lynn. The Bureaucratic and …

A Survey Of The Attitudes Of Nurses In Southern California Regarding The Pros And Cons Of Mandatory Continuing Education Requirements For Nursing Relicensure, Mary C. A. Frederiksen

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Historical & Resolution; Series Ii; File 38, Juanita Hunter

Juanita Hunter, RN & NYSNA Papers [1973-1990]

No abstract provided.

Social Policy; Series Ii; File 103, Juanita Hunter

Juanita Hunter, RN & NYSNA Papers [1973-1990]

No abstract provided.

Rct Proposal; Series Ii; File 97, Juanita Hunter

Juanita Hunter, RN & NYSNA Papers [1973-1990]

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Of Fetal Movement Records To Non-Stress Tests In High Risk Antepartum Patients, Deborah S. Schy

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Use Of Academic Performance As A Predictor Of Success Of The National Council Licensing Examination, Patricia O. Dardis

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between a baccalaureate nursing student's academic performance and scores received on the National Licensing Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN); and to develop an equation to predict NCLEX-RN scores.
The sample consisted of 25 generic students who graduated in 1982 and 1983 from a small private baccalaureate liberal arts college located in the Midwest. An Ex Post Facto research design, using twenty independent variables that relate to academic performance (ACT, CPA, and NLN scores), and one dependent variable (NCLEX-RN), was utilized. Statistical analysis using Pearson's - r and Multiple Regression Analysis …

Menno-Knight, Winter 1984, Mennonite School Of Nursing

Menno-Knight

Student newsletter of the Mennonite School/College of Nursing.

The Effects Of Selected Personal And Professional Factors On Nurses' Perceptions Of Self-Health, Constance L. Peterson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the affects of selected personal and professional factors on nurses' perceptions of self-health as evaluated by responses to a questionnaire designed for this study. A modification of the Health Belief Model, titled the Health Perception Model, served as the conceptual model for the study.
The sample consisted of 121 registered nurses employed at a 515-bed hospital in a rural Midwestern state. A descriptive correlational design was used.
The study posed thirteen null hypotheses predicting the influence of the variables (concern about health matters in general, subjective estimate of susceptibility to illness, age, …