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Self-Concept And Health Beliefs In Compliant And Noncompliant Hypertensive Patients., Kathleen Gainor Andreoli

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Incentive Spirometry On Selected Physiological Indices Of Atelectasis In Obese Patients Following Cholecystectomy., Becky Ann Devillier

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

The Design And Development Of A Rural Nurse Practitioner Primary Health Care Clinic: A Study Of The Decision-Making Process With Emphasis On The Role Of The Nurse Consultant., Frances Marie Casey Lange

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Nursing Diagnoses And Defining Characteristics Identified By Nurses Practicing In Primary Health Care Settings., Carol Ellis Thompson

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Activities Of Nurse Practitioners As Identified By Medical Directors Of University Student Health Services, Candace Beaman Moore, Miriam Lee Gottlieb

Theses and Dissertations

University health services play a very important role in the general health, performance, and well-being of the students, the university itself, and the community. As stated by the American College Health Association, the goal of a university health service is to "promote and maintain those conditions which will permit and encourage each individual to realize optimum physical, emotional, intellectual, and social well-being."

University students have special health care needs such as drug and alcohol abuses, emotional problems, and gynecological, sexual, and contraceptive problems. It is the goal of the health professionals involved with students to meet those needs. Because of …

Parental Perception Of The Neonate, Liza Ann Webb

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to determine maternal and paternal perceptions of the neonate. The Broussard Neonatal Perception Inventory was used to measure perception.

Thirty couples who delivered normal, healthy, first-born infants at a Naval Hospital in San Diego volunteered for the study. Consent forms were signed during the hospital stay and the Broussard Neonatal Perception Inventory was administered to both parents in the homes when the infants were one month old.

Statistical analysis of data showed that mothers and fathers did rate their one-month-old infants as above the average infant using the Broussard Neonatal Perception Inventory. The range …

Sensory Stimulation To Promote Deep Breathing In The Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patient, Sharon Kay Sauer

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Breathing retraining has been an integral part of respiratory rehabilitation for the patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (C.O.P.D.). Techniques used for breathing retraining have been studied for many years. These techniques include such breathing retraining modalities as relaxation conditioning, positioning maneuvers, abdominaldiaphragmatic breathing, pursed lip breathing and intermittent positive pressure breathing. Controversy concerning the therapeutic value of many of these techniques has developed. In this descriptive case study on three subjects with C.O.P.D. the experimental technique of sensory stimulation was investigated as a breaching retraining method. Sensory stimulation consisted of five minutes of repetitive brushing and two to three …

Yale Nurse: Yale University School Of Nursing Alumnae Association Newsletter, Fall 1978, Yale University School Of Nursing

Yale School of Nursing Alumni Newsletters and Magazines

This issue includes a cover photograph of the entering class of 1978 and a report of an "Alumni College" program on critical thinking in nursing.

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Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 49, No. 6, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Administration Documents

Alumni magazine published by WKU. This issue has the following articles:

• Dero Downing Steps Down
• Douglas, Michele. Top Banana – Gary Riggs
• Egan, Sherry. WKU State Climatic Center
• Gibson, Debbie. I Kind of Believe It’s a Gift – Burt Feintuch, Folk Music
• New on the Gridiron
• Adams, Bob. Digital Voltmeter – Engineering Technology
• Schock, Jack. The Projectile Point – Archaeology
• Armstrong, Bryan. Confessions of a Journalism Intern
• Highland, Jim. Terry Climer
• Beauchamp, Donnie. Commonplace Things – Photography
• Miller, Richard. The Exceptional Student – Psychology, Biology
• Harry Snyder Speaks at Commencement
• Douglas, Michele. Students Take Advantage of Study Trips Abroad
• Western …

Commencement Program 1978 (School Of Nursing), Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

2 | The Program

3 | The Classes

4 | Allan Fineman Memorial Award

Commencement Program 1978, Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

2 | 1978 Events of Commencement

3 | Conferring of Degrees

7 | Candidates for Degrees

26 | Awards

28 | Academic Costume

The Effect Of Preoperative Instruction And Unit Orientation On Selected Postoperative Factors Of Nonemergency Critical Care Surgical Patients, Sharon Stephens Espersen

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The intensive care unit's effect on the patient has become a subject discussed often by nurses and other health team members. One of the nursing interventions that has been implemented to attempt to de crease the potentially harmful environmental effects of the ICU on the patient is orienting the patient about what to expect prior to the ICU admittance.

A major problem is that most intensive care unit (ICU) patients are admitted to the unit on an emergency basis. Few studies, therefore, have focused on the effects of preoperative instruction of ICU patients. The studies that have been done were …

The Effect Of The Warm Water Bath On Axillary Temperature In Normal Newborns, Ann J. Morton

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of the warm water bath and the radiant heater on the axillary temperatures of normal newborns. The sample group consisted of thirty newborns--15 babies placed into the water bath in Group I, and 15 babies placed under the radiant heater in Group II. Birth weights were between 6.25 and 8.75 pounds, gestational ages between 37 and 41 weeks, and 5-minute Apgar scores were 8 or more. The maternal temperatures, taken within two hours before birth, ranged between 97 and 99 degrees. All infants were born by spontaneous or low-forceps vertex …

Yale Nurse: Yale University School Of Nursing Alumnae Association Newsletter, Spring 1978, Yale University School Of Nursing

Yale School of Nursing Alumni Newsletters and Magazines

This issue includes a history of the Yale Nurse-Midwifery Program and some testimony of how "Consumers Support Midwives."

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The Effect Of Nursing Intervention On Anxiety Of Post Operative Patients, Phyllis C. Nicolaou

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Assertion Training Of Nursing Home Residents, Roberta Saul

Dissertations and Theses

The National Organization for Women use assertion training as a part of its strategy to overcome the oppression of women in our society. Certainly another group of people who suffer from oppression are the elderly. When a person in our society reaches age 65, he or she may suddenly be perceived as of decreased worth and may face forced retirement and quite often may have to adjust to a lifestyle of poverty. If an elderly person's physical health begins to wane, a nursing home may suddenly become the day to day environment he or she must accept.

The therapists in …

Ua61/1 Wku Nursing Class 1978, Wku Nursing

WKU Administration Documents

Members of the 1978 nursing class: Julie Bertelson, Sharon Bishop, Deborah Bratcher, Ginger Brown, Teresa Bowman, Claudette Buchanan, Janna Burks, Sarah Burnette, Lonnie Cole, Lee Cook, Marianne Crissy, Carmen Crowe, Lisa Davis, Sharon Dunlop, Debra Fowler, Cathy Garvin, Donna Griffin, Rebecca Guenther, Joni Hall, Laurie Hina, Donna Hix, Teresa Hunton, Gloria Janes, Martha Jennings, Leisa Johnson, Altricia Key, Karen Kinnaird, Mary Lally, Perri Lawalin, Donna Mitchell, Karen Perry, Alice Phelps, Barbara Ramsey, Connie Reece, Louise Redman, Priscilla Stinson, Tina Weber, Kathy Wells, Sue Wisman and Kristal Worthington.

Ua61/1 Wku Nursing Class 1978, Wku Nursing

WKU Administration Documents

Members of the 1978 nursing class: Marsha Alford, Gwen Austin, Deborah Bechtel, Nancy Bowles, Betty Boyd, Debra Brakke, Diane Cobb, Cathy Darnell, Nova Eadens, Jane Englebright, Cathy Eskridge, Ann Fox, Audrey Frazier, Beverly Frazier, Larry Gammons, Pauline Garrity, Stephanie Hamilton, Traci Harrell, Joy Jones, Muriel Kessinger, Jennifer Kimmel, Lenetta Lacaden, Susan McCormick, Lois Mercer, Kimberly Miller, Virginia Moore, Rebecca Newby, Lisa Page, Karen Perry, Joan Philpot, Marcella Pickett, Debra Rafferty, Pam Shaver, Rhonda Sheffield, Mitchell Shortt, Brenda Stamper, Carolee Strom, Valerie Timko, Donna Watt, Winona White, Vicki Wood and William Wright.

The Bulletin, School Of Nursing Alumni Association, 1978, Margaret Summers, Lewis W. Bluemle, Doris E. Bowman, Lorraine Mccullough, Carol Hutelmyer, Charlotte E. Voss, Elizabeth J. Sweeney, Julia T. Mccracken, Janet Hindson, Martha E. Riland, Mabel C. Prevost, Betty Piersol

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

Alumni Calendar

Recognition Plaque

A Letter from the President

Officers and Chairpersons

Jefferson - Past, Present and Future

Annual Reports

School of Practical Nursing

"Sesqui" Pledge Completed

Alumnae Data 1891-1978

Committee Reports

A.N.A. Convention Report

The Liberation of a POW

Resume of Alumni Meetings

Cocktails and Conversation

Class News

Luncheon Gusts - Class of 1978

Marriages

Births

In Memoriam

Alumni Notices

School of Nursing Notices

Early Sibling Relationships, Patricia Mccook Rager

Theses and Dissertations

Most of the richness and beauty of life is derived from the close relationship that each individual has with a small number of other human beings--mother, father, brother, sister, husband, wife, son, daughter, and a small cadre of close friends. With each person in this small group, the individual has a uniquely close attachment or bond. Much of the joy and sorrow of life revolves around attachments or affectional relationships--making them, breaking them, preparing for them, and adjusting to their loss.

This study dealt with one of those special attachments, the relationship a child formed with his newborn brother or …

The Emotional Care Of The Dying Patient And His Family, Denise Williams

Honors Projects

For the most part, men and women take health for granted. Not until something endangers this health, do they realize how precious life really is to each of them. Thus, when a person is diagnosed as having any major illness, such as cancer, it is not difficult to understand why this person would feel fear and depression, as well as a multitude of other emotions.

A Content Analysis Of The Advertisements In Three Nursing Journals: What Are They Saying About The Aged?, Ann Temborius

Honors Projects

Ageism is not a new phenomenon. Aristotle himself wrote of the wonders and beauty of youth and stated his belief that after the age of fifty, man definitely 'declined. 'But never before has the emphasis on youth been so profound in our society. Youth is associated with worth, value and productivity; the aged individual is seen as having little to contribute to our fast-moving, technologically-exploding society.

Yale Nurse: Yale University School Of Nursing Alumnae Association Newsletter, Winter 1978-79, Yale University School Of Nursing

Yale School of Nursing Alumni Newsletters and Magazines

This issue features a biographical article "Dean I Have Known and Loved" by Jean Barrett with photographs of portraits and one photograph of Dean Donna Diers.

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The Effects Of Environmentally Induced Influences On The Neurologial Maturation And Weight Gain Of Premature Infants, Valerie Eastman

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Premature birth deprives the infant of the influences of maternal uterine stimulation on his physical growth and neurological development. It also deprives the newborn of the influences of the maternal sleep cycle and other aspects of maternal cyclicity. This problem has been recognized and studied for at least two decades by physiologists and neonatologists, but very few studies have been done on manipulating the premature infant's environment in order to foster cyclic patterns such as sleep.

It had been observed by this investigator that premature infants in a neonatal intensive care unit are often disturbed from quiet sleep so that …

A Historical Bulletin Of The Saint Philip School Of Nursing And Alumnae

VCU University History Books

During the first quarter of the twentieth century, when southern law and social practice demanded segregated facilities, the Medical College of Virginia established a separate school of nursing for African American women to provide trained personnel for the St. Philip Hospital. The Saint Philip School of Nursing opened with the hospital in the fall of 1920 and graduated 791 nurses during its 42-year history. The story of the school is told in A Historical Bulletin of the Saint Philip School of Nursing and Alumnae Association. It includes a general history, information on the curriculum, listing of the faculty, rosters of …

Changes In Serum Osmolality And The Clinical Manifestations Of The Dialysis Disequilibrium Syndrome, Donna L. Young

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if a relationship existed between the change in serum osmolality in the chronic renal failure patient on hemodialysis and the number of clinical symptoms of the dialysis disequilibrium syndrome experienced during hemodialysis. The study was conducted at the Renal Dialysis Unit of an urban medical center located in a southeastern city. Data were collected from May 25, 1978 to June 30, 1978. Data were obtained during 28 hemodialysis procedures performed on 11 subjects. Serum osmolality measurements were collected prior to initiation of the dialysis procedure, at half-hour intervals during dialysis, and prior …

The Effects Of Staff-Training And Daily Feedback On Self-Care Behavior In A Nursing Home, Lorraine F. Schack

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of 72 Consecutive Hours In The Coronary Care Unit On The Night Sleep Of 10 Patients Age 65 And Older, Eugenia J. Creason

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The prevalence of heart disease in the population over age 65 has contributed to the increasing number of aged patients hospitalized in critical care units (Gsell, 1977). Changes which occur in the process of aging and in cardiac disease should be considered when providing nursing care to these patients. A disturbance in the sleep wakefulness cycle resulting in a decrease of restorative sleep is a major change occurring at age 65 and after (Feinberg, 1967). The cardiac patient finds that it takes longer to go to sleep, and then awakens often during the night (Karacan et al., 1969).

Rome (1969) …

The Cardiovascular Effects Of Human Contact With Coronary Artery Disease Patients In The Coronary Care Unit, Margaret A. Palmour

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Ten coronary artery disease patients were selected using purposive method of sampling and observed for six hours. It was postulated that 1) Human contact with coronary artery disease patients in the coronary intensive care unit would be associated with significant (p = 0.05) changes in the electrocardiogram such as: (a) increased heart rate more than 10 per cent, (b) changed atrio-ventricular conduction more than 10 per cent, (c) changed ST segment one millimeter or more and (d) increased frequency of ectopic beats more than 10 per cent. 2) The degree of stress and cardiac response was related to a number …

The Effect Of Warmed Humidified Oxygen On The Temperature Of Depressed Newborns, Earlene Scharping

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of warmed humidified oxygen on the body temperature of depressed newborns and compare it to the effect of unwarned un-humidified oxygen administered under similar circumstances. The sample group consisted of a total of ten infants (five control and five experimental) with birth weights > 2000 gms who had an Apgar score of less than seven at birth and who required the administration of oxygen. The control group received oxygen in the routine delivery room manner (unwarned and un-humidified). The experimental group received oxygen which had been warmed to a temperature of …