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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 …

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, …

Correspondence; Series Ii; File 27, Juanita Hunter

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

No abstract provided.

Exec. Comm. & Bd. Of Dir. Meetings; Series Ii; File 40, Juanita Hunter

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

No abstract provided.

Staff Nurses' Self-Esteem As It Relates To Working In Specialty Areas, Donna Lynn Evans

Ellmer School of Nursing Theses & Dissertations

This study compared the levels of self-esteem of hospital staff nurses working in specialty areas versus those working in general medical-surgical areas. Fifty registered nurses employed full-time in staff positions at a large, acute-care hospital participated in the study. After indicating the area of the hospital in which they worked, the type of education they had, and the number of years of experience as a registered nurse, they then completed the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale. Scores were then compared using independent t-tests applied to the area in which the subject worked, the type of education, and the years of experience. Results …

Nurses' Directed Earliest Memories, Preferred Treatment For Self, And Responses To Clients In Selected Practice Situations: An Exploratory Study (Pain, Death, Handicap, Nurse-Patient Relations, Communication)., Susan Y Stevens Collins

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Biofeedback-Aided Relaxation On The Psychological Stress Symptoms Of College Students, Richard J. Fehring

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of Benson's relaxation technique (BRT) with Benson's technique augmented with GSR biofeedback (i.e., biofeedback-aided relaxation, BAR) on the psychological stress symptoms of well college students. Seventy-eight normotensive college students were randomly assigned to one of three groups: the BRT group, the BAR group, and a control group. The BRT and BAR students were asked to practice their respective relaxation technique daily for an eight-week period. Pre-and postintervention, all subjects were administered a state-anxiety inventory and a profile-of-mood state (POMS) test. Posttest analysis indicated that the BAR group had significantly lower …

Nurses Alumni Association Bulletin, Fall 1983, Margaret M. Cossman, Mary Naylor, Nancy Scull Brainard, Alice C. Boehret, Betty Piersol, Janet Hindson, Doris E. Bowman, Cathleen E. Keating, Valerie M. O'Donnell, Mabel C. Prevost, Martha E. Riland

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

Alumni Calendar

Officers and Chairmen of Committees

Message from the President

Treasurer's Report

Nurses' Relief Fund

Archival Materials

Scholarship Fund

Baccalaureate Nursing at Jefferson

From RN to BSN

The People's Republic of China

Jefferson Hospital on the Move

This Is The Way It Was 75 years ago

Scholarships Granted from 1948 to 1983

Happy Birthday

Fiftieth Anniversary

TJU Announces Decade Fund

Resume of Minutes of Alumni Association Meetings

Committee Reports

Social Report

Scholarship Report

Sick and Welfare Report

Satellite Committee Report

Agreement Report

Martha Riland Reports

Finance Committee Report

Luncheon Pictures

Class Notes

In Memoriam, Names of Deceased Members

The …

Physical Fitness Of Physical Therapy Students, Dennis Sobush, Richard J. Fehring

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

Physical fitness norms do not exist for physical therapists or physical therapy students. This lack, in part, reflects the complexity of physical fitness and the scarcity of data reported on physical fitness norms of other populations. This report describes the methods used and the results obtained for 16 physical fitness factors of 98 female and 13 male physical therapy upperclassmen and discusses the implications of physical fitness in the practice of physical therapy. Means, standard deviations, ranges, and percentile rankings are given by sex for each of the 16 fitness factors. The purpose of this study was to begin to …

Signs And Symptoms Of Infection In Newborn Infants With And Without Sibling Visits, Marilyn Thunquest

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

[No Abstract Included]

Commencement Program 1983, Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

4 | 1983 Events of Commencement

5 | Academic Procession

6 | The Speakers

9 | The Honorees

Order of Programs

• School of Medicine, 12
• School of Nursing, 18
• Graduate School, 21
• School of Dentistry, 26
• School of Education, 33
• College of Arts and Sciences, 38
• School of Allied Health Professions, 44
• School of Health, 49

The Effect Of Therapeutic Touch On Anxiety And Physiological Measures, Marie Nicholas Bremner

Ellmer School of Nursing Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of therapeutic touch to anxiety, blood pressure, heart rate, and respiratory rate of 30 hospitalized women between the ages of 30 and 65 with the medical diagnosis of cancer. Subjects were matched into three intervention groups; three consecutive days subjects received a five minute intervention by therapeutic touch, casual touch, or no touch. A-trait and A-state anxiety were measured by the Self-Evaluation Questionnaires developed by Spielberger, Gorsuch, and Lushene. A factorial two-way analysis of variance revealed that subjects who received intervention by therapeutio touch experienced a significant reduction in A-state …

A Comparison Of Three Approaches And The Effect On Observable Maternal Behaviors In Adolescent-Infant Bonding, Joreen Buttner

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

[Abstract Not Included]

Stress Management In Borderline Hypertension, Richard J. Fehring, Patricia Allen, Evelyn C. Robinson

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Board Action Summaries; Series Ii; File 12, Juanita Hunter

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

No abstract provided.

Cabinet Meetings; Series Ii; File 19, Juanita Hunter

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

No abstract provided.

Policy Statement; Series Ii; File 91, Juanita Hunter

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

No abstract provided.

Legislation P I - Iv; Series Ii; File 61, Juanita Hunter

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

No abstract provided.

Affirmative Action Reports; Series Ii; File 5, Juanita Hunter

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

No abstract provided.

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

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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 …

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 …

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

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Fetal Age On Skin Permeability In Guinea Pigs, Benita Stiles Whitted

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Preliminary investigation has indicated large decreases in fetal skin permeability during the latter half of gestation (Parmley and Seeds, 1970; Treager, 1966). The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the degree of skin permeability in fetal guinea pigs at various gestational stages. The test hypothesis was that these skins would show a significant decrease in permeability to tritiated water when tested at time increments through out the latter half of gestation.

In vitro skin permeability to tritiated water was measured in samples from 22 guinea pig fetuses. Gestational age ranged from 30 to 65 days in increments of five, …

1982 Commencement For College Of Allied Health Sciences

Jefferson College of Nursing Commencements

No abstract provided.

Commencement Program 1982, Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

4 | 1982 Events of Commencement

5 | Academic Procession

6 | The Speakers

9 | The Honorees

Order of Programs

• School of Medicine, 12
• Graduate School, 18
• School of Dentistry, 22
• School of Nursing, 28
• School of Education, 31
• College of Arts and Sciences, 36
• School of Allied Health Professions, 42
• School of Health, 47

The Influence Of Lamaze Classes And Delivery Room Presence On Paternal Attachment Behavior, Cherie Sammis-Gonzales

Ellmer School of Nursing Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to determine the significance of attendance of Lamaze classes and(or presence in the delivery room on paternal attachment behaviors. Seventeen white, first-time fathers, ages 20 to 35, were observed in the mother's hospital room within 72 hours of birth using a modified paternal attachment tool. The behaviors observed included verbalization, inspection, holding, en face, smiling, and tactile response. Observations were scored on 30-second intervals for a total of 15 minutes. Fathers were then placed into one of the following groups: Group I (n 10) — Fathers from Lamaze classes and present in the delivery …

Client Acceptance Of The Role Of The Nurse Practitioner, Mary Elizabeth Butt

Ellmer School of Nursing Theses & Dissertations

Former studies aimed at answering questions regarding the acceptance of the nurse practitioner role usually have compared that role to that of the primary care physician. This study seeks answers to the question of acceptance of the role of the nurse practitioner as it stands on its own, encompassing the concepts of both care and cure. Using a five-point Likert scale, 90 adult recipients of nurse practitioners' care for acute episodic and chronic illnesses in clinic settings, were surveyed as to their perceptions of that care. The data were statistically analyzed and were found to show a high level of …