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Selection Of Auspicious Time For Delivery Is Associated With Giving Birth Before 39 Weeks Of Gestation Among Women Receiving Cesarean Delivery In Taiwan, Kuei-Hui Chu, Li-Yin Chien

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Cesarean delivery before 39 weeks of gestation increases the risk for respiratory morbidity of infants. Many Taiwanese women receiving cesarean delivery select auspicious time to deliver before the onset of labor. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of selection of specific time for birth on delivery before 39 weeks of gestation.

Methods: This study applied a retrospective cohort design. The study participants were 151 women receiving cesarean delivery who had received prenatal care at 4 hospitals in Taipei and were part of a study recruiting pregnant women without complications during early pregnancy. The study participants …

Effect Of A Brief Seated Massage On Nursing Student Attitudes To Touch For Comfort Care, Paul C. Turkeltaub, Edilma L. Yearwood, Erika Friedmann

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: While nursing curriculums have deleted touch modalities/massage from nursing education/practice, randomized controlled trials indicate that these modalities are safe and effective for both nurse self care and patient care for stress reduction, relaxation, pain relief, fatigue, and improved quality of life measures. The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of two different intensities of touch [high (H) vs low (L)] adminstered during two separate brief seated massages on the attitudes of nursing students to touch for their own self care and for utilization by them in patient care.

Methods: Volunteer nursing students (stratified by undergraduate/second degree) …

Nursing Education: Building Gerontological Capacity And Capability By Improving Perceptions Of Older Adults By Nursing Students, Barbara A. Heise, Vickie Johnsen

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

An aging crisis exists globally. Despite the influx of the older adult population, there exists a lack of trained gerontological healthcare professionals (Lun, 2011). Ageism is commonplace. Nursing students frequently see gerontological nursing as the last area in which to work. A lack of anything in common and anxiety about working with older adults is often expressed. Nursing clinical placements in gerontology demonstrate equivocal results. Placements in long-term care (LTC) facilities may enhance negative perceptions (Marsland & Hickey, 2003). Clinical experiences with healthy older adults may improve student attitudes toward working with older adults (Furze et al, 2008). A concern …

Telephone Support For First-Time Breastfeeding Mothers: Building A Foundation For Healthier Tomorrows, Margaret-Rose Agostino

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Objective: To assess the effect of post-discharge telephone breastfeeding support on reducing the risk of early weaning from mother's stated goal.

Literature Review: Data Sources: Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group trials register; PubMed; Med Line; CINAHL; Proquest; Ovid; Academic Search Premier: Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition; Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts; PsychARTICLES; PsychINFO. Search terms: breastfeeding, lactation, support, duration, cessation, weaning, and telephone support. Restricted to English, full text, published January 1997-December 2008. Study Selection: 78 articles met the inclusion criteria: peer review, journal articles, human subject, clinical trial, meta-analysis, practice guideline, and review.

Data extraction: Quality review conducted utilizing …

Information Literacy: A Prerequisite To Evidence-Based Nursing, Kimberly Dawn Belcik

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Information literacy is an ambiguous term that many professionals in various fields, including nursing, have attempted to define. It is emphasized as a skill nurses should have yet it has not been conceptualized within nursing. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the concept of information literacy. This analysis emphasizes information literacy in the context of nursing as a prerequisite to evidence-based nursing practice.

Methods: The method used to analyze the concept is the Walker and Avant method. All steps of the Walker and Avant method are used with the exemption of the invented and illegitimate cases in …

Differences In Mastery And Self-Esteem In Culturally Diverse Adolescent Females, Ellen R. Long-Middleton

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Mastery, a global sense of control over one's life, and self-esteem, the value placed on oneself, are psychological characteristics associated with numerous health-enhancing behaviors. Developing interventions to fortify and enhance an individual's sense of mastery and self-esteem may serve to promote health-enhancing behaviors. Yet, differences in mastery and self-esteem among individuals of diverse cultures are not well understood, nor are the ways in which mastery and self-esteem impact health-enhancing behaviors. This is particularly so in adolescent females. Hence, the purpose of this investigation was to determine if differences existed in mastery and self-esteem levels in diverse cultural groups of …