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

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No abstract provided.

Breakfast Consumption In Female Adolescents: A Test Of The Health Belief Model., Julia Love Perkins

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No abstract provided.

Nurses Alumni Association Bulletin, June 1981, Perma E. Davis, Doris E. Bowman, Jeanne Holzbaur, Patricia Zarella, Lynn Marcolina, Janet Hindson, Margaret M. Cossman, Martha E. Riland, Dolores Hughes

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

Alumni Calendar

Officers and Chairmen of Committees

Letter from the President

School of Nursing Annual Report

Frontier Nursing by Debbie Jones, 1978

The Infection Control Practitioner by Jeanne Holzbauer, 1951

Commencement Address by Patricia Zarella, 1951

Student Affairs Council

Nurses Scholarship Fund

Nurses Relief Fund Benefits

Committee Reports

Alumni Office News

Ways and Means Committee Report

Memorial Gifts

Class Notes

Pictures, Luncheon

School of Nursing, Graduates 1981

School of Nursing, 1981 Awards

Resume' of Minutes of Alumni Association Meeings

Happy Birthday

Fiftieth Anniversary, Class 1931

Marriages and Births

In Memoriam, Names of Deceased Alumni

Notices

Change of Address Form

Health Beliefs And Health Locus Of Control As Predictors Of Cardiorespiratory Endurance In Adults Enrolled In Prescriptive Exercise Programs., Jo Ann Patterson

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Life Change Events In Patients With Minor Injuries, Janice Vandenburg Keitz

Theses and Dissertations

This study explored the time relationship of life change events in young adult patients with minor injuries for which medical attention was sought in an emergency department (ED). Life change events are those occurrences in life which require an alteration in a person's adaptive and coping responses to ease the discomfort associated with the change. Too much change without an increase in adaptation responses may cause loss of control. The manifestation of loss of control under evaluation in this study was the occurrence of a minor injury.

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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Systematic Nursing Management Of University Students With Infectious Mononucleosis, Lillian N. Yelton

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Infectious Mononucleosis has been one of the most misdiagnosed entities in medicine. Its ability to mimic other diseases and the abundance of misconceptions about it have long confused both diagnosis and treatment. Since there is still no specific drug to combat this disease. patients with characteristic symptoms are treated symptomatically for the period of extended convalescence. This study was carried out to explore the possible effects of systematic nursing management on Infectious Mononucleosis patients, in order to evaluate those things that significantly influence the patient’s course of illness and recovery, in a university outpatient health service.

The hypothesis formulated was: …

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. …

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 …

Evaluation Of The West African Diet Of Plant Origin, Aletha B. Fuller

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Africa is one of the areas of the world where proteincalorie malnutrition (PCM) of childhood is especially prevalent. A review of literature revealed causes and incidence of PCM in Africa, general pathological signs of PCM, and efforts in Africa to overcome PCM through protein supplementation. The effect of red pepper on the gastro-intestinal tract was also reviewed.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate three indigenous West African foods--peanuts, black-eyed peas, and egusi seed—as protein supplements when added to the basic West African diet of plant origin. The protein supplements were chosen because they met the criteria of economy, …

Acquisition Of Health Knowledge In Selected Hong Kong Secondary Schools, Anne D. Lindt

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The exploratory survey method was used to determine the extent to whole scientific knowledge, related to principles and practices of healthful living, was enhanced during the secondary school education of students attending four Seventh-day Adventist secondary schools in Hong Kong. The tool, in the form of a health knowledge test designed to fit the cultural patterns of the population, was applied to 358 Form I (grade 7) and Form V (grade 11) students of the specified schools. Individual scores were computed and comparative analyses done on scores of groups of students representing the two different educational levels, sex differences, two …

Two Methods Of Collecting Clean-Voided Urine Specimens, Jo Helen Butner

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to find out if there was a need to cleanse the genitalia in women before obtaining a clean-voided urine specimen.

The experimental method was chosen as the method of study. Two clean-voided urine specimens were obtained from twenty-six nursing students in a selected school of nursing. One clean-voided urine specimen was obtained from each subject where the genitalia had not been cleansed and compared with a second clean-voided urine specimen obtained the following day from the same subject where the genitalia had been cleansed.

It was found that there was a mean of 54,438 …

Techniques Found In Administering Intragluteal Injection, Lee Lee Santimalapongse

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This descriptive survey study was concerned with the problem of determining whether nurses were using an acceptable technique in giving intragluteal injections. With the increase of intramuscular injections the complications and injuries resulting from the intragluteal injections have increased. A review of literature disclosed a general agreement among authorities that damage to nerves and muscles in the administration of intragluteal injections could be minimized by careful selection of the injection site and the use of proper technique. Fifty registered nurses giving intragluteal injections in two general hospitals were observed, guided by a check list from the criteria recommended by Zelman. …

Two Attempted Investigations Into The Complexities Of Staphylococcal Disease, Harriet M. Sands

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Two investigations were attempted to add insight into the multiple problems related to staphylococcal infections. A comparison study was made of the hospital expenses of a group of hospitalized patients whose apparently clean surgical wounds developed staphylococci, and a comparable group whose surgical wounds healed without infection.

A review of approximately one hundred medical records for the pilot study revealed three instances of staphylococcal infection in apparently clean surgical wounds. The three patients required 239 days of hospitalization at a total hospital cost of $13,702.11. The three comparable patients whose surgical wounds remained clean required 27 days hospitalization at a …

A Survey Of The Hospital Experience Of The Isolated And Non-Isolated Patient, Rose Marie Olson Kuhn

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The descriptive survey was the method used to conduct the study to find differences in the amount of nurse contact between the isolated patient's and the non-isolated patient's hospital experience, and to explore their feelings concerning their hospitalization. Ten patients, on the surgical units of three hospitals, were included in the study. Five of the patients were isolated because of an infectious disease and comprised Group I. Five patients who were not isolated served as a control and comprised Group II. Data were collected in two main categories: (1) the amount of nurse-patient contact, type of personnel visiting the patient, …

A Study Of Door Pulls On Isolation Carts In A General Hospital For Evidence Of Contamination, Mary Alice Harper

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of the study was to find out if isolation carts were serving as a means of cross infection. Literature pertaining to sources of possible contamination on hospital units written in the past five years were reviewed.

Using the descriptive survey as the method of study, effort was made to find out if isolation carts were a means of cross infection on the hospital unit. Two laboratory cultures were obtained from both door pulls on all isolation carts used by nursing units. This was done over a three month period from December 12, 1963 to March 11, 1964. The …

Identification Of Emotional Needs Of Patients With Infectious Hepatitis, Elizabeth Tidmore Shafqat

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

It was the purpose of this study to identify the emotional needs of patients with infectious hepatitis through the use of nursing process studies. The information obtained, it was hoped, would be helpful in giving nurses better insight into the emotional needs of these patients and to give a basis for planning nursing care.

The descriptive survey was the method used; the tool, the nursing process study. Nursing care was given to six patients between the ages of 18 and 45 who had infectious hepatitis without other complications.

The nursing process studies were filled out by the investigator on each …

A Study Of Fever Differences Following Cardiac Surgery, Cleta Phyllis Lane

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to find out whether the temperature level following heart and great vessel surgery is greater following the use of the heart-lung machine than those following closed heart surgery or cardiac and great vessel surgery with the use of hypothermia.

The method used was the descriptive survey. Data were obtained from medical records in one selected hospital. The desired number of charts was 50 for each of the three categories. The categories were identified by groups as follows:

Group I: patients having had cardiac surgery by a closed heart technique. All of the patients in …

Anatomical And Physiological Facts Essential In The Nursing Care Of Patients With Pathology Within The Spinal Canal, Carol Ann Brady

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was conducted to identify those anatomical and physiological facts which are essential in the nursing care of patients with pathology involving structures within the spinal canal.

Review of literature revealed increasing awareness, on the part of nurses and others, of the importance of the basic science to nursing care. Studies exploring the relationship between anatomical and physiological facts and clinical nursing were available. Literature also revealed that the use of individual patients, case studies, or patient records have been useful adjuncts to the teaching of nursing.

The descriptive survey methods was used, with an adaptation of the Fedder …

Distress In Children Going To X-Ray, Ina Madge Longway

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

It is commonly recognized that hospitalized children need psychological support and preparation for painful procedures. It is probable that little thought is given by hospital personnel to a similar preparation of the child for non-painful procedures. This study attempted to evaluate the distress incurred by children subjected to non-painful hospital procedures with little or no preparation. The procedure of x-ray was selected as being common and typical. The method used was the descriptive survey. The tools used were the taking of a series of six blood pressure readings per child, the administration of two forms of a short psychological test …

Differential Neonatal Mortality Of Premature Infants At A Selected Hospital, Jean M. Crider

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was directed toward an investigation of neonatal mortality of premature infant at a selected hospital. The sample included all premature infants who were born in and died at the selected hospital during the neonatal period between January 01, 1952 and December 31, 1959.

The epidemiological approach was used to study. Data concerning thirty-six selected phenomena related to the infant, the mother of the infant, and the delivery of the infant were abstracted from the medical records of each of the two hundred and one cases included in the study. These data were transferred to unisort cards, one card …

The Effect Of The Shave On Infection In Maternity Patients, Doris Christine Bethea

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to find out if the shave routinely received by maternity patients could be limited to the perineal area without increasing the incidence of infection among these patients. The experimental method, with the parallel group technique and a single variable, was used.

The study was conducted at two hospitals; the White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles, California, called Hospital A; and the Washington Sanitarium and Hospital in Takoma Park, Maryland, referred to as Hospital B. Data were collected on ninety clinic patients at Hospital A and on two-hundred and one private patients at Hospital B. …

An Evaluation Of Two Preoperative Skin Preparation Procedures Used In The Operating Room Of A Selected Hospital, Maxine Darling

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to find out the immediate and residual antibacterial effects of the two preoperative skin preparation procedures most commonly used in the operating room of this selected hospital.

This study was conducted on one hundred selected surgical patients from the general medical and surgical units of this hospital. The preoperative skin preparation Procedure A (ether-alcohol-tincture of zephiran) was compared with the preoperative skin preparation Procedure B (3 per cent hexachlorophene solution). Data for the comparison were gathered by taking four cultures at specified times. The cultures were taken from the operative sites on the surgical …

Preparation Of Health Education Materials In The Field Of Maternal And Infant Care For Use In Taiwan, Muriel Howe

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Health Education was assumed to be one effective method of improving maternal and infant health on the Island of Taiwan.

To establish the need for new health education pamphlets to be used as a supplement to the health education program in the area of maternal and infant care in Taiwan, a survey of pamphlets already available on the Island was made.

This study revealed that while an occasional chapter in several books lightly touched upon maternal and infant health only nine pamphlets were specifically prepared in the area of maternal and infant care.

After studying the principles underlying good health …

Nurses' Alumnae Association Bulletin - Volume 18 Number 1, Anna Kuba, Henrietta Fitzgerald Spruance, Clara Hardy, Marie Cannon, Elizabeth Piersol, Marion J. Ramp, Katherine Childs, Margaret Summers, Paul Rake, Anthony F. Depalma, Victor F. Greco, William P. Hill, Helen Rutledge

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

Alumnae Notes

Central Dressing Room

Committee Reports

Digest of Alumnae Association Meetings

Graduation Awards - 1952

Greetings from Miss Childs

Greetings from the President

Marriages

Modern Trends in Orthopaedic Surgery

Necrology

New Arrivals

Physical Advances at Jefferson Hospital - 1953

Staff Activities - 1952-1953

Student Activities

The Artificial Heart Lung Machine

Alumnae News, Yale School Of Nursing

Yale School of Nursing Alumni Newsletters and Magazines

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Nurses' Alumnae Association Bulletin - Volume 2 Number 2, Dorothy Bulette, Gail Gonder Willard, Jeanne G. Greenfield, Berenice L. Freudenberger, Leandro M. Tocantins, Joseph J. Wilson, Ethel M. Hopkins, Frances Trimble, Mary R. Taylor

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

Coming Events

Come On, '32

Ballot for Officers

Hospital News

Legislation

Scholarship Fund Notes

Refresher Course

Correspondence

Use of Heparin in Modern Treatment

The Jefferson Medical College Library

Nursing School Education

Action - Camera - Seniors

Degrees Received

Engagements

Weddings

Births

Deaths

Attention

Alumnae Bulletin Progress

Of Special Interest

Army Assignments

Organized Staff Meetings