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The Relationship Of Sex Role Self Concept And Role Conflict In Female Nursing Administrators, Charlotte B. Hoelzel

Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated the relationship between the sex role self concept of female nursing administrators and the role conflict they experienced. The correlation of age. education and experience with sex role self concept and role conflict was examined. This was a descriptive survey with a purposive probability sample of 126 subjects from three mid-Atlantic states. A mail survey resulted in a useful return of 88 questionnaires, including 81 females.

The Bem Sex Role Inventory was utilized to measure sex role self concept; masculinity and femininity are viewed as two independent dimensions present in every individual. Role conflict was measured by …

A Study Of The Self-Esteem And Life Satisfaction Of Twenty-Six Institutionalized Elderly In Rural, North Central United States, Sandra J. Bunkers

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study explores the self-esteem and life satisfaction of, selected institutionalized elderly persons. The research questions were: 1) What is the extent of self-esteem of selected institutionalized 'elderly persons as measured by the Tennessee Self Concept Scale? 2) What is the extent of life satisfaction of selected institutionalized elderly persons as measured by the Life Satisfaction Index of Adams? Symbolic interactionism and self-theory served as the theoretical framework for the study.
Descriptive methodology with a structured interview was utilized. Criteria sampling was used. Twenty-six elderly subjects who were residents of a skilled nursing home in a rural, north central United …

Development Of A Values Assessment Instrument For Nursing Students, Patricia Degroot

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable tool to assess nursing students' values in the areas of 1) abortion and birth control; 2) care of the terminally ill; and 3) mental illness. Rokeach's Theory of Organization and Change Within Value- Attitude Systems served as the theoretical framework for the study.
The instrument was developed by the researcher through a review of the literature, review of other instruments, and the researcher's experiences. The method of scaling the questionnaire was a six point Likert-type scale.
Junior level nursing students at a private midwestern college Were used to …

The Effects Of Learning Assistance On A Selected Group Of Nursing Students, Bernice R. Metcalf

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of learning assistance on the success of provisionally admitted students in an associate degree nursing program as evaluated by nursing course grades and State Board Test Pool Examination results. Knowles'• Theory of Aridxagogy and a construct, of • Bloom's Mastery Learning served as the conceptual framework for the study.
The sample was 20 students provisionally admitted to an associate degree program in a state supported college in the Pacific Northwest. A quasi-experimental research design, using both non-equivalent control groups and a matched group, was utilized.
The study posed 15 null …

An Exploration Of The Relationship Between Adolescent Adjustment To Diabetes Mellitus And Parent-Child Relationship Problems, Ann M. Demos

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The focus of this study is on adolescents who have diabetes mellitus and their adjustment to that disease. This study explores the relationship between adolescent adjustment to diabetes mellitus and the parent-child relationship. Erik Erikson's Theory of Cognitive Development served as the theoretical framework for the study. The study utilized descriptive methodology. Data was collected using Child's Attitude Toward Mother Scale and Child's Attitude Toward Father Scale, the Diabetic Adjustment Scale, and a researcher developed structured'interview. The study population was ten families each with a diabetic adolescent for the study. Individual case scores and correlation statistics were used to describe …

Access To Care; Series Ii; File 1, Juanita Hunter

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

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Capital Punishment; Series I; File 169, Juanita Hunter

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

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The Relationship Of Relationship Deficit Anxiety, Relationship Deficit, Selected Isolation Variables, And Loneliness As Reported By Adolescents., Deborah Clare Mcneil

All ETDs from UAB

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A Test Of Cohen's Developmental Model For Professional Socialization With Baccalaureate Nursing Students., Nancy Lois Mccain

All ETDs from UAB

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A Comparison Of Patient And Nurse Perceptions Of Patients' Self-Care Deficits Associated With Cancer Chemotherapy., Jayne Irene Fernsler

All ETDs from UAB

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A Nursing Intervention And The Cognitive Functioning And Comfort Of Family Members Of Critically Ill Patients., Dianne East Piazza

All ETDs from UAB

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A Case Analysis Of The Legal, Professional, And Ethical Responsibilities Of Registered Nurses For Disclosure Of Prognostic Information To Dying Adults (Philosophy)., Maxine Blackmon Jones

All ETDs from UAB

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Motivation For Voluntary Regular Exercise And The Health Benefit: An Analysis Of Attributions And Other Factors., Sandra Lea Ultsch

All ETDs from UAB

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Tolerance Of Tube Feeding By Neurological Patients: A Comparison Of Methods., Pamala Nanette Stewart Jones

All ETDs from UAB

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Relationship Between Quality Of Nursing Care And Patient Satisfaction With Nursing Care., Lillian Ruth Eriksen

All ETDs from UAB

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Mother-Infant Interaction In The Presence Or Absence Of The Father., Ina Madge Longway

All ETDs from UAB

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The Effect Of Formal Patient Education On Selected Psychological And Physiological Variables Of Adaptation After Acute Myocardial Infarction., Sandra Byars Dunbar

All ETDs from UAB

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Anxiety, Problem-Solving Ability, And Maternal Adaptation To The Premature Infant., Susan Gennaro

All ETDs from UAB

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Registered Nurses' Opinions Regarding Factors Related To Employment In Nursing., Mable Estes Lamb

All ETDs from UAB

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The Suffering Reported By Adult Outpatients With Primary Pulmonary Malignancies., Susan Benedict Yu

All ETDs from UAB

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A Study Of The Relationship Between Imposed Motion And Human Field Motion In Elderly Individuals Living In Nursing Homes., Sarah Hall Gueldner

All ETDs from UAB

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Multiple Use Of Syringe Units By Insulin-Dependent Diabetics., Joan Gale Turner

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Relationship Between Social Support And Premenstrual Syndrome., Cleo Massicotte Pass

All ETDs from UAB

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Priorities In Planning Educational Responses To The Demand For Educational Mobility By Nurses., Claudette Goulet Varricchio

All ETDs from UAB

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A Comparison Of Crisis Variables Among Groups Of Women Experiencing Induced Abortion., Glenda Chitwood Polk

All ETDs from UAB

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Brain Laterality And Information Processing Regarding Human Sexuality (Nursing, Perception, Learning)., Susan M. Cohen

All ETDs from UAB

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Nursing Care Priorities Of Patients: A Comparison Of Methodological Approaches, Carol A. Patsdaughter

Master's Theses

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Need Satisfaction Of Families Of Emergency Department Clients, Patricia Marie Rovelli

Master's Theses

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Staff Nurses' Knowledge Of Diabetes Mellitus And Their Confidence In That Knowledge, Melanie Kay Karl

Master's Theses

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Differences In The Maternal Feeding Choice And The Perceived Locus Of Control, Glenda E. Stephan

Theses and Dissertations

The research question for this descriptive investigation was: Does a difference exist between the maternal feeding choice and the perceived locus of control? The investigation was conducted from September 15, 1982 until October 29, 1982 in a privately owned community hospital in Southeastern United States. Two randomly selected days per week were used for data collection.

The sample consisted of fifty Caucasian women between the ages of eighteen and thirty-four who had delivered a normal, viable, and stable infant within the past twenty-four to seventy-two hours. The sample consisted of twenty-six breast feeding and twenty-four formula feeding women.

The subjects …