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The Effect Of Play On Self-Esteem During The Nurse-Patient Relationship, Abbie Lam Yuen Watt

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of play activities upon the self-esteem level of the chronically ill "low" communicative patient during a therapeutic nurse-patient relationship.

A survey of the literature revealed that meaningful interpersonal relationships are an important aspect of mental health. For the emotionally disturbed person with distorted self concept, the use of nonverbal activities may be a way to establish a relationship which can help increase his feeling of personal worth and responsibility, A particularly important topic related to the study was the use of play activities in nursing.

The experimental method was used …

Two Emotional Factors And Weight Loss Among Females Attending A Weight Control Class, Karen Lynn Carrigg, Eileen Rae Wangerin

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A descriptive study was conducted on twenty-four females attending a weight control class to discover the effect of weight loss upon levels of self-esteem and anxiety, as an understanding of the relation of these factors to reduction and control of weight would prove helpful to community health nurses in counseling with overweight and obese persons in the community.

The entire sample was tested for self-esteem (TSCS) and A-State and A-Trait anxiety levels at the initial class of the weight control program sponsored by the Health Education Department of Loma Linda University Medical Center, and again after seven weeks of class …

Assisting Mothers To Successfully Breast Feed Their Babies, Annabelle Moore

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This experimental study tested the effect of a teaching program on success of a group of mothers desiring to breast feed their babies. It was hypothesized that mothers receiving specific instructions on the physiology of lactation and the proper sucking technique would have greater success than mothers not so instructed.

To be categorized as successful the mothers had to have an adequate supply of milk and had to express satisfaction with breast feeding. Criteria for adequacy of milk supply consisted of weight gain of the infant within accepted norms without use of supplementary formula.

Twenty breast feeding mothers who delivered …

Selected Factors Related To Ability To Regain Bladder Function Following Indwelling Catheterization, Jongkolnee Padmasiri

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This exploratory retrospective study was designed to evaluate selected factors, including the ability to regain bladder function related to post indwelling urethral catheterization in an acute general hospital population.

The records of 107 patients who met the study criteria became the study population. These patients had three-way urethral catheters, continuous antibacterial irrigation and closed drainage system. Twenty patients died (19 percent) before the catheter was removed. Of the 87 patients who were alive, 37 percent (32 patients) had in-adequate bladder function. Of these 32 patients, no attempt was made to remove the catheter from 15 prior to their hospital discharge. …

Yusn Alumnae Newsletter, Yale School Of Nursing

Yale School of Nursing Alumni Newsletters and Magazines

No abstract provided.

Advanced Placement Guidelines For Schools Of Practical Nursing For Placement Of Nursing Assistants, Leona Casner Wyatt

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

Alumnae Association Bulletin Of The School Of Nursing, 1972, Margaret Summers, Doris E. Bowman, Elizabeth J. Sweeney, Mary Louise Soentgen, Elizabeth Stone Miller, Dolores Hughes, Mabel C. Prevost, Martha E. Riland, Betty Piersol, Charlotte Moore Burt, Charlotte Voss, Rose Diseroad

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

Alumnae Calendar

The President's Message

Officers and Chairmen of Committees

Financial Report

Address by President Herbut

School of Nursing Report

School of Practical Nursing Report

Report by Dr. Mary Louise Soentgen, M.D., F.A.A.P.

Report of Patient Services Department

Report of Staff Nurses' Association

Progress Report of Hospital Activities

Scholarship Committee

Report - Clerk-Typist

Annual Luncheon - Head Table

Social Events for 1971-1972

Missing Alumnae Members

Jefferson Today

Ways and Means Committee Report

Constitution and By-Laws Report

Sick and Welfare Committee

Women's Board Report

Baccalaureate Degree Program

Luncheon Pictures

Resume of Minutes of Alumnae Association Meeting

Class News

Poem by Rosa …

Ua61/1 Wku Nursing Class 1972, Wku Nursing

WKU Administration Documents

Members of the 1972 nursing class: Doris Johnson, Janice Becker, Patricia Bell Sheila Bowman, Marla Carver, Sally Claypool, Kathy Collins, Joyce Copas, Rebecca Darnell, Judi Davis, June Douglas, Susie Evans, Dotty Garrigan, Denise Gill, Ann Greenwell, Teresa Gulley, Carolyn Hay, Mary Hayes, Rhonda Helm, Linda Hogan, Paula Hudson, Rosemarie Ley, Janice Marshall, Linda Martin, Susie Martin, Jan Munn, Mary Onley, Cathy Parker, Mary Powlawski, Judy Price, R.T. Pryor, Willis Pulley, Cathy Pulliam, Fayetta Ramsey, Terry Rector, Betsy Rhea, Douglas Rich, Don Rountree, Kathleen Ryan, Bonnie Schonsheck, Mary Sebring, Penelope Sekio, Imogene Shirley, Diane Smith, Nancy Steele, Ginger Tynes, Deborah Veech, …

Health Counseling For The Overweigh Adolescent Girl, Elizabeth J. Handley

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This study was undertaken for the purpose of seeing how a health counseling program for overweight adolescent girls could be developed in a secondary high school setting. Initially, the study developed out of an awareness and concern for the problem of obesity among teenage girls, especially those in a secondary school. To provide a strong background for the use in both planning and executing a health counseling program, the study reviewed the health literature dealing especially with several topics:

a. The prevalence of obesity.

b. The relationship of obesity to mental and physical health.

c. The influence of food faddisms …

Yale University School Of Nursing Alumnae Association Newsletter, Winter 1973 [Headline: Coming Events], Yale University School Of Nursing

Yale School of Nursing Alumni Newsletters and Magazines

"From the Dean.." includes "The Treasurer's Report for 1971 indicates that the School of Nursing is the first school in the University to be "self-supporting", that is, not running a deficit".

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Commencement, School Of Practical Nursing (1971), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Commencements

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine School of Practical Nursing Commencement Program, 3rd Class. Degrees include Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.

Commencement Speaker: Alice Dutcher, R.N., Nurse, Epidemiologist P.C.O.M. - Barth Pavilion.

Commencement Program 1971 (Summer Graduation), Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

2 | Conferring of Degrees

3 | Candidates for Degrees

Effect Of Lateral Positioning On Central Venous Pressure, Romelda C. Jereos

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This experimental study was conducted to investigate the effects of lateral positioning on central venous pressure. It was hypothesized that lateral positioning would not significantly change the central venous pressure so long as the subjects were placed on the same horizontal plane for both supine and lateral measurements. It was also hypothesized that the length of time spent in the lateral position would not alter the pressure.

It is recognized that several factors do indeed play important roles in the maintenance of central venous pressure. The effect of one particular influencing factor, gravity, was central to this study. The difference …

The Degree And Time-Course Of Stress In The Patient Undergoing Cardiac Surgery, Hulda Esther Serra, Patricia Jo Yvonne Tygret

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

An important nursing objective is to assist patients through stressful experiences. It has been assumed that cardiac surgery constitutes such a stress situation. For this reason, twenty-two patients undergoing cardiac surgery at Loma Linda University Hospital studied for the purpose of exploring the degree and time-course of were psychological stress.

The methodology consisted of administration of psychological tests before and after surgery; determination of urine catecholamines (UCA) before, during and after surgery; administration of a coping assessment tool before surgery, and a recall interview on the fifth day after surgery. The Multiple Affect Adjective Check List (MAACL)-Today form, and the …

Preliminary Studies On The Isolation Of Bacteriophages From Nature, Sue Ellen Wilde Burmaster

MSN Research Projects

Aeromonas hydrophila bacteriophages were isolated for the first time from lake and aquarium waters. Various techniques for isolating these and other bacteriophages from nature were reviewed. It was observed that serial passage enrichment is important.

Commencement Program 1971, Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

4 | The Vesper Service (La Sierra Campus)

6 | The Vesper Service (Loma Linda Campus)

8 | The Sermon (La Sierra Campus)

10 | The Sermon (Loma Linda Campus)

12 | Conferring of Degrees (9 am)

14 | Conferring of Degrees (4 pm)

16 | Candidates for Degrees

35 | Awards

38 | Academic Costume

The Effect Of Early Postpartum Teaching Of Infant Feeding On Maternal Concern, Linda M. Richter, K. Judy Toews

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

An experimental study was conducted on thirty primiparae during the postpartum period to determine if individualized instruction regarding infant feeding would result in a lower level of maternal concern in this area. The study sample was randomly and evenly divided into a control and an experimental group. It was statistically determined that the two groups were homogeneous in regard to age, education, occupation, previous information (prenatal classes and reading) and help at home. The experimental group received individualized instruction by the researchers concerning their chosen method of infant feeding on the second postpartum day. There was no instruction given the …

Bacteriuria As A Precursor Of Intracatheter Encrustation, Namcy Moll

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The problem with which this study was concerned was the development of criteria that could be used to determine when urinary catheter changes were necessary. By determining when encrustation occurred, it was felt that some complications could be eliminated by changing catheters before obstruction occurred due to encrustation.

It was the purpose of this study to: 1) explore some indications for catheter change, 2) determine if encrustation of urinary catheters necessitates catheter change, and 3) estimate potential criteria for a routine time for catheter changes.

Forty-five catheters were examined after their removal from patients. Flow rates were determined on 33 …

A Comparison Of Various Teaching Methods For Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases, B. Carol Altizer, Nancy S. Bailey

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to find out whether patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (C.O.P.D.) learn more from auditory or from visual teaching. Of the 30 patients in the sample, 10 used a programmed instruction booklet, 10 used a taped recording of the same programmed material and 10 were in a control group which received no specific teaching.

A pre-test was given to each of the patients who met the criteria for the study. One researcher gave the pre-test through an oral interview with the patient. After the pre-test, the patient received the teaching device assigned to him …

Using A Participating Relationship To Improve Teen-Age Unwed Mother's Self-Esteem, Linda Gail Reeves

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The study was to provide an approach to help teen-age unwed mothers increase their feelings of self-esteem and thereby attain a conceptual buffer for better coping with life. Self-esteem was defined as individual perception of the worth of oneself relative to that of significant others. The hypothesis tested was that the participating relationship a community health nurse has with a teen-age unwed mother will significantly increase the mother's self-esteem as measured by statistical Q-Sort analysis.

A convenience sample of twenty teen-age unwed mothers was obtained from referrals from San Bernardino County Health, Welfare, and Probation Departments. The girls were between …

Relationship Of Ventilation Ability And Positioning In Left-Sided Congestive Heart Failure Patients, Nancy E. Carson

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Proper positioning is used to relieve dyspnea, edema, and fatigue in congestive heart failure patients. According to the review of literature, improved ventilation as measured by specific lung volumes and lung mechanics occurred with upright positioning in normal persons. The effects of specific changes in lung volumes related to position change in congestive heart failure patients has not been documented in literature, although various recommendations related to positioning are made. This exploratory study was undertaken with nine congestive heart failure patients to see if a relationship existed between degree of head elevation and lung ventilation ability as measured by water-bell …

Effects Of A Series Of Nurse-Patient Interactions On Multiple Sclerosis Patients, Lynne Campbell

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of the study was to learn whether a series of nurse-patient interactions would result in changed psychophysiologic functioning in multiple sclerosis patients.

Psychophysiologic relationships were described in the theoretical framework. Literature, reviewed in the areas of disease description and psychotherapeutic approaches to treatment, indicated that there is a high incidence of multiple sclerosis in the United States; that symptoms often include psychological alterations; that there is an emotional component to the illness; that these patients have a need for a psychotherapeutic relationship; and that psychotherapeutic approaches may have beneficial psychophysiologic effects.

Two groups of multiple sclerosis subjects were …

Commencement Program 1971 (Winter Graduation), Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

2 | Conferring of Degrees

4 | Candidates for Degrees

Alumnae Association Bulletin Of The School Of Nursing, 1971, Katherine Flack Saunders, Mabel C. Prevost, Doris E. Bowman, Elizabeth J. Sweeney, Marie Castellan, Elizabeth S. Stone, Mildred Myers Smith, June Reginak Dupnock, Rose Diseroad, Martha E. Riland, Janet Hindson, Dolores H. Heckenberger, Jeannette Plasterer, Julia T. Mccracken, Evelyn W. Frazier, Susance B. Zamitis, Betty Piersol, Margaret Summers, Lenora W. Schwatz, Jane Senderling, Eileen Blum

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

Alumnae Calendar

A Red Rose for Katherine

The President's Message

Officers and Chairmen of Committees

Financial Report

Development and Progress of Jefferson 1970-1971

School of Nursing Report

School of Practical Nursing Report

Cardiac Care Unit

Patient Services Department.

Where Courtesy is Constant

School Nurse VS the Drug Scene

Social Events

Poem: To Nurses

Clerk-Typist

Annual Luncheon Pictures

Program

Scholarship

Health and Welfare

Bulletin

Ways and Means

The Christmas Cap Tree

In Retrospect

Resume of Minutes of Alumnae Meetings

Class News

In Memorium

Student Nurses Section

Notices

Ua61/1 Wku Nursing Class 1971, Wku Nursing

WKU Administration Documents

Members of the 1971 nursing class: Laurie Alexander, Rayna Baskett, Charles Bean, Nellie Bell, Janice Berkshire, Paula Bickers, Joel Billens, Mary Branstetter, Rebecca Brooks, Sharon Burnett, Jamie Carpenter, Marilynn Carter, Nancy Conley, Vaealesi Epensa, Pam Finnell, Debra Goodman, Trena Henderson, Karen Hermsen, Jenny Holland, Marilyn Johannes, C.K. Jones, Katharyn Jones, Dorote Josephson, Jean Leffler, Brenda Long, Marilyn McGowan, Sherry McPeek, Darleen Morris, Gwendolyn Morris, Geneva Moss, Suzy Parker, Peggy Payne, Pamela Rich, Cathy Rottman, Joyce Scheidt, Gayle Schultheis, Teresa Shelby, Theresa Smith, Dorothy Spinks Monica Spugnardi, Mildred Starnes, Deborah Strickland, Diana Sturgill, Alice Thomason, Suzanne Trotter, Judy Wan, Patricia Watkins, …

The Coed Nurse Newsletter, Mary D. Shanks

IWU 175th Anniversary Digital Archive

This newsletter written by Mary Shanks, director of the Brokaw Collegiate School of Nursing, explains the reason behind nursing uniforms and caps.

Sensory Stimulation To Influence Body Awareness In The Adult Hemiplegic Patient, Sue Carol Bradley

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

An experimental study was conducted in four convalescent facilities using fourteen CVA patients with body scheme disturbances. The study was done to test the hypothesis that the experimental technique of light touch sensory stimulation as supplied by fast brushing to the skin dermatomes C 5, 6, 7, and 8 of the affected arms would increase the scores of the subjects in the experimental group.

Patients were assigned via a random process to the experimental or control groups if, upon taking the MacDonald Test of Body Scheme, they obtained a score of 39 or below. Subjects in the experimental group received …

Depression And Uncooperativeness In Public Health Patients, P. Sherrill Baugher, Nancy Lynn Swan

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to determine whether uncooperative behavior and a quantitative measurement of depression exist in the same patient in a public health nurse's caseload. Seven full-time public health nurses were randomly selected from the San Bernardino Public Health Department staff. They reviewed their caseloads and selected all the patients who met the general criteria.

Patients were then classified as cooperative or uncooperative based on the following specific criteria: (1) gives unreliable information, (2) uses the nurse as a "buffer" between helping agencies, (3) demands immediate gratification of requests in a stressful situation, (4) makes only token …

Influence Of Hospital Communication On Health Supervision Of High-Risk Infants, Alda L. Forte

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The study was conducted to explore the extent to which communication about high-risk infants identified prior to hospital discharge, influences the public health nursing supervision to these infants during the neonatal period. A high-risk infant was defined as one that stands a greater than average chance of developing neonatal, life threatening disease or sequellae (physical, intellectual, or social handicap) due usually to maternal health or social factors, infant factors such as length of gestation, birth trauma, or complications at birth. The hypothesis tested was that when high-risk infants are identified prior to hospital discharge and this information communicated on the …

Cold For Relief Of Postoperative Limitation Of Activity Due To Incisional Pain, Haroldine Roberts

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was concerned with testing the effectiveness of cold to aid the cholecystectomy patient in performing certain selected activities usually inhibited by incisional pain.

Available references of the effects of cold on the abdominal area were studied to formulate a method of approach as no previous methodology was found in the literature.

The experimental method of research was used on a sample of 18 cholecystectomy patients meeting the criteria for the study, independent variable for the 10 patients in the experimental the application of cold over the closed incision, plastic bag covered with one thickness of towel was used …