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Mālama Nā Makua I Nā Keiki Me Ka Hānō: Native Hawaiian Parents Caring For Their Children With Asthma, May K. Kealoha, Merle Kataoka-Yahiro
Mālama Nā Makua I Nā Keiki Me Ka Hānō: Native Hawaiian Parents Caring For Their Children With Asthma, May K. Kealoha, Merle Kataoka-Yahiro
Asian/Pacific Island Nursing Journal
Native Hawaiian children have the highest prevalence rate of asthma among all ethnicities in the State of Hawai‘i. Literature is limited regarding native Hawaiian parents’ perception and experience caring for their children with asthma. The purpose of this study is to explore contemporary native Hawaiian parents’ perspective and experience of caring for their children with asthma in the context of uncertainty. We applied a descriptive qualitative approach by means of directed content analysis using focus groups. Directed content analysis applied Mishel’s Uncertainty in Illness Theory to guide data collection, organization, and analysis. We found that parents’ personal stories about their …
Oncology Nurses' Perceived Knowledge, Assessment, And Recommendation Of Alternative Therapies, Gudrun Kristofersdottir
Oncology Nurses' Perceived Knowledge, Assessment, And Recommendation Of Alternative Therapies, Gudrun Kristofersdottir
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Cancer patients use alternative therapies (ATs) frequently and often without the knowledge of their health care providers. The purpose of this study was to investigate oncology nurses' perceived knowledge of ATs, their level of assessment of the use of ATs by cancer patients, and what ATs they recommend to patients. The framework used to guide this study is the Neuman System Model. A descriptive survey design using a questionnaire listing 24 ATs was used to survey a random sample of nurses certified by the Oncology Nurses Certification Corporation in the Western region of the U.S. Results of the survey (n …
Utilization Of Therapeutic Touch In Clients Diagnosed With Chronic Pain, Rosa Matonti
Utilization Of Therapeutic Touch In Clients Diagnosed With Chronic Pain, Rosa Matonti
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Chronic pain is one of the most pervasive and expensive health care problems in society today. Fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis are chronic disease states which currently have no cure. A common complaint among these patients is constant and unremitting pain, which often worsens with inactivity. At this time treatment for both disease processes is essentially palliative, supportive and aimed at symptom relief; A quasi experimental design was used to determine if there were any significant differences in pain perception between persons with FM or RA receiving therapeutic touch (TT) and a placebo treatment (PT). Sixty-one subjects served as their own …
The Inclusion Of Herbal Remedies In The Patient Care Practices Of Nurse Practitioners, Diane Renee Stricker
The Inclusion Of Herbal Remedies In The Patient Care Practices Of Nurse Practitioners, Diane Renee Stricker
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to describe the extent that nurse practitioners acquire knowledge, evaluate, recommend, and teach the safe use and acquisition of herbal remedies to their patients. Additionally, the study sought to investigate factors associated with the frequency nurse practitioners recommended herbal remedies. A survey was constructed and mailed to 600 randomly selected members of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners; Of the 304 returned questionnaires, 264 of the respondents identified exclusively as family nurse practitioners (FNP). Because of the low response rate for specialties outside of family nurse practitioners, the study sample utilized consisted exclusively of …