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Sensory Perceptions Of The Resusitation Recalled By Post Resuscitated Patients In The Post Resuscitation Period, Michael James Sutter

Honors Projects

"Testimonials of Peace from the 'Dead I" by Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, described two patients who ware considered clinically dead, but through successful resuscitation were brought back to life. As reported by Dr. Kubler-Ross, these resuscitated patients recalled and described actions of the resuscitating team in detail.

Field Test Of An Experimental Language Development Program, Sadie Patton Fant

MSN Research Projects

According to Lee (1971), during the past years, most research in the areas of language development has been concerned with the study of normal children. Nation (1972) reported that educators, speech pathol­ ogists, linguists, psychologists, and others have analyzed the structure of language, the development of language and the functions of language in human behavior. In the past, according to Nation, each discipline has tended to move in a particular direction without becoming aware of the research being done in other disciplines. Presently an increasing number of psycholinguists have been making use of the information from other disciplines, thus providing …

Nursing And The Management Function, V. Clayton Sherman

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Memories Of Maine General Hospital, Althea Poland Woodward, George O. Cummings, Catharine Beatley, Marion L. Dunn, Isaac M. Webber

Histories

Publication of poems, photos, and stories about the Maine General Hospital/Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME

Commencement Program 1975, Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

2 | 1975 Events of Commencement

3 | Conferring of Degrees

7 | Candidates for Degrees

25 | Awards

26 | Academic Costume

29 | Waymarks

A Study Of The Relationships Between Attitudes Of Student Nurses And Graduate Nurses Toward Death And The Type Of Care Student Nurses And Graduate Nurses Give Or Would Give Dying Patients, Paula Raibley

Honors Projects

There are two events that every human being experiences, birth and death. In our society we talk freely about birth and the birth process. However, many sociologists and psychologists have labeled death and the act of dying as "taboo topics" in American society.

Daily Temperature Rhythm In Hospitalized Female Patients, Phyllis L. Mcelmurry

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The study was designed to determine the hour when temperature peaks occur in adult hospitalized females, and to find if factors such as age and natural or surgical menopause with replacement therapy affect the thermal circadian cycle. Previous studies indicated that the temperature peak occurs in afternoon or early evening, but there were no investigations to determine if aging, sex, or menopause affects the temperature cycle.

The sample included 62 female patients, 29 between 21 and 62 years of age, and 33 between 65 and 90 years. Each subject admitted to the study was screened against fifteen qualifying criteria. Some …

A Survey Of Parental Knowledge Of Asthma, Nancy Aldred O'Donnell

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of parents' knowledge regarding asthma.

Twenty-five parents of children who have asthma were interviewed during their child's hospitalization for status asthmaticus. Adequate knowledge about environmental control and medication was noted in the majority of the subjects but over half were unable to explain the pathological changes which caused wheezeing. While most parents appear to have adequate knowledge of medications and environmental control on which to base their decisions about their child’s care there appears to be a need for more information regarding the pathophysiology.

Concerns Of Postnatal Mothers About Sexuality, Sheela A. Gideon

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

An exploratory study was designed to find out what questions mothers had about postnatal sexuality. A questionnaire was prepared by the nurse researcher to find out answers to the following questions.

1. What specific questions do mothers have about sexual relations following delivery?
2. Do mothers feel free to initiate discussion about resumption of intercourse following delivery?
3. Do mothers like their husbands to be included in the discussion?
4. When do mothers prefer to receive information regarding sexual relationships following delivery?

The questionnaire was mailed to fifty primipara mothers between three and four weeks after delivery. Mothers with pronounced anemia, heart and lung …

A Method For Determining The Location Of The Central Venous Reference Point In Subjects With Hyperinflation Lung Disease, Fred W. Troutman

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This descriptive exploratory study was designed to identify a method for determining the most consistent extrathoracic landmark for measuring the zero reference point of central venous pressure in subjects with hyperinflation lung disease.

The primary purpose of this study was to find a method to determine if the external reference point that is currently being used on patients with hyperinflation lung disease represents the true zero point of central venous pressure.

The first method explored the use of cadaver subjects during post-mortem examination to determine the location of the hydrostatic zero point. This method was eliminated because a question arose …

Mary Shanks, Mary D. Shanks '47, George Vinyard '71

All oral histories

Dr. Shanks graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1947 and served as the School of Nursing Director from 1960-1976. She was the first Caroline F. Rupert Endowed Chair of Nursing when it was established in 1967.

Commencement Program 1974, Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

2 | 1974 Events of Commencement

3 | The Academic Procession

4 | Conferring of Degrees

6 | Candidates for Degrees

24 | Awards

26 | Academic Costume

29 | Waymarks

The Rate Of Return On The Investment In Registered Nurse Education As Related To The Supply Of Registered Nurses, Barbara Zuern

Dissertations and Theses

The focus of this research is the relationship between the supply of registered nurses and the rate of return on the educational investment to become a registered nurse. Is this rate of return a determining factor in the supply, past, present, and future? Since 98. 8 percent of all registered nurses are women, an integral part of this study is a survey of the data on women in the labor force.

The empirical data, statistical, was obtained from government sources and non-government associations, The American Nurses Association, The American Hospital Association, and the educational institutions. The data indicates the following: …

The Questionnaire: A Method Of Evaluation For Illinois Wesleyan Brokaw Collegiate School Of Nursing, Carol A. Leverich

Honors Projects

The faculty has been searching for accurate methods of evaluating the curriculum and performance of graduates of Brokaw Collegiate School of Nursing since the founding of the school at Illinois Wesleyan in 1959. Evaluation of these aspects would result in the discovery of faults and strengths in the program, thereby enabling the faculty to improve the curriculum annually. The school utilizes student evaluations of each course following its completion to determine how well the course objectives were fulfilled. An evaluation form has also been prepared for use by the instructor and student to assess the student's ability to perform nursing …

The Applicability Of Values Clarification To Cardiac Patient Education, Bonnie Berger, Vilma Raettig

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to determine the applicability of the value clarifying approach as an additional educational method to assist the chronic heart patient to examine his life style, establish some priorities, and implement changes in his life style in light of his disease condition and the limitations it imposes.

In an experimental study 20 male and female, medical and surgical cardiac patients participated in an educational program involving 8 value clarifying sessions. After these sessions the patients evaluated their own behavior in terms of their self-set goals, in the life style areas of smoking, diet, work, exercise …

Central Venous Pressure Reference Points Measured On Post-Mortem Subject, Jane E. Wright

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Hemodynamically the central venous pressure should be the same in both the supine and lateral positions. The accurate determination of an external zero reference level corresponding with mid right atrial level would make possible reliable measurements in either position. The purpose of this study was to help determine the reliability of two central venous pressure extrathoracic reference points; the midaxillary line as it intersects the fifth intercostal space for a supine position, the fourth intercostal space within the right sternal border for a side-lying position.

Measurements were taken on twenty cadavers during post-mortem examination to determine the relationship of these …

The Applicability Of Values Clarification To Cardiac Patient Education, Bonnie Berger, Vilma Raetting

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to determine the applicability of the value clarifying approach as an additional educational method to assist the chronic heart patient to examine his life style, establish some priorities, and implement changes in his life style in light of his disease condition and the limitations it imposes.

In an experimental study 20 male and female, medical and surgical cardiac patients participated in an educational program involving 8 value clarifying sessions. After these sessions the patients evaluated their own behavior in terms of their self-set goals, in the life style areas of smoking, diet, work, exercise …

Preparation Of Childbirth As A Behavior Modifier In Relation To The Viewing Of A Film Of Natural Childbirth, Susan B. Mccullough

Honors Projects

The psychological state of a pregnant woman has been related to her labor and delivery. Pregnancy is a time of inoreased anxiety in many women. The level of anxiety tends to increase in the last trimester of pregnanoy when the time for labor and delivery is drawing near.

Alumnae Association Bulletin Of The School Of Nursing, 1974, Margaret Summers, Doris E. Bowman, Charlotte E. Voss, Mabel C. Prevost, Carol Hutelmyer, Francis J. Sweeney, Laird Jackson, Janet Hindson, Deidre Watkins Blank, Jeanette Plasterer, Lenora W. Schwartz, Martha E. Riland, Rosa Diserode

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

Alumnae Calendar

The President's Message

Officers and Chairmen of Committees

Financial Report

Annual Reports

Trends in Nursing

College of Allied Health Sciences - Sesquicentennial Symposium

Clinical Teaching Facility

Genetic Counseling Program at Jefferson

Dr. Laird Jackson, M.D.

Breast Diagnostic Program

Prof. John D. Wallace with Marciarose and Tony Landess, The KYW Noon News Team

Committee Reports

Annual Luncheon

Administration

Missing Alumnae Members

Salute to Life Members

Model Showing Site of New Clinical Teaching Facility

Resume of Minutes of Alumnae Association Meetings

"Mr. Brown" The Weatherman

The Class of 1924

Ways and Means Committee Report

Class News

In Memoriam

Marriages

Births …

Depression In Elderly Men Following Transurethral Prostatectom, Brenda Leach Allocco

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was concerned with the problem of depression among elderly patients following surgery. The purpose of the study was to find out if older men following transurethral prostatectomy experienced a higher level of depression than normal elderly people in the general population. An attempt was made in the study to suggest factors in the patients' illness or environment which may have influenced the amount of depression they experienced.

Thirty patients, sixty-five years or older, were included in the study sample. Depression was measured by a self-rating depression scale (Zung) three weeks following their operations. Other facts about the patients …

A Study Of Variability In Locating The External Reference Point For Central Venous Pressure Determination, Joyce Johnson Drake

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This exploratory study was conducted to determine the variability occurring among intensive care nurses in locating, with two methods, the external reference point for central venous pressure (CVP) determinations. In the literature on CVP and on CVP value discrepancies, no reports were found of studies related to variability among medical personnel in locating the point.

The nurse participants in this study were thirty-one intensive care nurses who routinely were involved in CVP monitoring and marking reference points on patients in two surgical intensive care units. Thirty-two volunteer, non-hospitalized subjects, ages 18-85, sixteen males and sixteen females, with varying body builds …

Yale University School Of Nursing Alumnae Association Newsletter, Fall 1973, Yale University School Of Nursing

Yale School of Nursing Alumni Newsletters and Magazines

This issue includes a cover page originally illustrated prayer signed by the Reverend William Sloan Coffin Jr., Yale Chaplin from 1958 to 1975.

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Commencement Program 1973, Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

3 | The Academic Procession

4 | Conferring of Degrees

6 | Presentation of Diplomas

7 | Candidates for Degrees

26 | Awards

29 | Academic Costume

31 | Waymarks

Yale University School Of Nursing Alumnae Association Newsletter, Spring 1973, Yale University School Of Nursing

Yale School of Nursing Alumni Newsletters and Magazines

this issue summarizes the 50th Anniversary weekend and contains a full-page photography of the School Class of 1948.

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Alumnae Association Bulletin Of The School Of Nursing, 1973, Margaret Summers, Doris E. Bowman, Elizabeth J. Sweeney, Charlotte E. Voss, Elizabeth Stone Miller, Norman Lasker, Simon Kramer, Janet Hindson, Lenora Schwartz, Martha E. Riland, Betty Piersol

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

Alumnae Calendar

The President's Message

Officers and Chairmen of Committees

Financial Report

Annual Reports

Named to Academy of Nursing

Alumnae Association Relief Fund Benefits

Sesquicentennial - A Celebration and a Challenge

Progress of the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital 1972-1973

Report of the Patient Services Department

Changes in the Department of Radiation Therapy

Annual Luncheon

Committee Reports

Administration

Missing Alumnae Members

Salute to Life Members

The Class of 1973

Ways and Means Committee Report

Resume of Minutes of Alumnae Association Meetings

Class Notes

Marriages

Births

In Memoriam

Notices

Philosophical Statement; Series Ii; File 89, Juanita Hunter

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

No abstract provided.

Pre-Operative Teaching: Does It Make A Difference?, Susan Jane Wykle

Honors Projects

In brief this study proposes to test the hypothesis that pre-operative teaching will actually decrease the post-operative respiratory complications.

Preoperative Teaching And Its Relationship To Postoperative Recovery, Eleanor Wiese

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of the study was to find out whether an organized, preoperative teaching program would make a difference in patient recovery from intra-abdominal surgery.

A review of literature served as a guide in defining the needs of patients and in developing class content. An outline, which included deep breathing, coughing, turning, bed exercises and what to expect, was made for the class. Nine slides were developed specifically for the teaching sessions. To reinforce the teaching, a handout was given to each patient.

It was hypothesized that the experimental group of patients would require less pain medication, develop fewer complications …

Patients' Reactions To Witnessing Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation, Lynn Andree Finch

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to describe the reactions to stress in patients witnessing a cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, in order to determine if the witnessing patients' needs are being met adequately, and to determine the effect of a specific psychological stressor on patients.

All resuscitations ("STATS") done over a two-month period at Loma Linda University Medical Center, with oriented patients in the room, were observed and recorded on an Observation Guide. A Questionnaire was also solicited from medical-surgical nursing personnel who had observed "STATS" with witnessing patients in the last three months. The Guide and the Questionnaire were developed from …

Patient Preference In Two Types Of Colostomy Irrigations, Mildred Ann Marks

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purposes of this study were threefold: (1) to find which method of colostomy irrigation (enema bag vs. bulb syringe) was best accepted by colostomy patients; (2) to functionally evaluate the two types of colostomy irrigation methods; and (3) to report the results of this study to medical personnel interested in advancements for colostomy irrigations. The population in this study consisted of colostomy patients who had irrigated on a regular basis with the bag technique for a minimum of six months. Twelve colostomates completed this study by recording the parameter of time, amount of irrigation fluid used, quality of return, …