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Training Program To Improve Estimation Of Patients' Periodontal Pain Experience, Yoon Jeong Kim

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine if periodontal residents could enhance their ability to appraise the pain levels experienced by their patients from probing, using Visual Analog Scale (VAS) to record pain. We hypothesized that with increasing experience by repeated comparisons of the patients' VAS pain ratings with independent ratings by the residents, they would improve their ability to appraise their patients' pain experiences.

Methods: For each of three periodontal residents, 40 consecutive periodontitis patients were asked to express the degree of pain they experienced during the probing. Independently, the residents rated the pain level they perceived …

Commencement Program 1990 (Summer Conferring Of Degrees), Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

2 | Biography on Calvin B. Rock

3 | The Academic Procession

4 | Combined Conferring of Degrees

7 | Candidates for Degrees (Riverside Campus)

10 | Candidates for Degrees (Loma Linda Campus)

Commencement Program 1990, Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

2 | 1990 Events of Commencement

3 | Academic Procession

4 | The Speakers

7 | The Honorees

10 | The Zapara Awards

Order of Program

• School of Medicine, 12
• School of Dentistry, 18
• Graduate School, 25
• School of Nursing, 30
• School of Public Health, 34
• School of Allied Health Professions, 41

Commencement Program 1989 (Summer Conferring Of Degrees), Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

3 | The Academic Procession

4 | Conferring of Degrees

6 | Candidates for Degrees

16 | Awards

Commencement Program 1989, Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

2 | 1989 Events of Commencement

3 | Academic Procession

4 | The Speakers

8 | The Honorees

12 | The Zapara Awards

Order of Programs

• School of Medicine, 14
• School of Dentistry, 20
• Graduate School, 26
• School of Nursing, 31
• School of Public Health, 31
• College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business and Management, and School of Education, 41
• School of Allied Health Professions, 52

Commencement Program 1988 (Summer Conferring Of Degrees), Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

3 | The Academic Procession

4 | Conferring of Degrees

6 | Candidates for Degrees

16 | Awards

Commencement Program 1988, Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

2 | 1988 Events of Commencement

3 | Academic Procession

4 | The Speakers

8 | The Honorees

12 | The Zapara Awards

Order of Programs

• School of Medicine, 14
• School of Dentistry, 20
• Graduate School, 26
• School of Nursing, 31
• School of Public Health, 35
• College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business and Management, and School of Education, 41
• School of Allied Health Professions, 52

Commencement Program 1987, Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

2 | 1987 Events of Commencement

3 | Academic Procession

4 | The Speakers

7 | The Honorees

Order of Programs

• School of Dentistry, 12
• School of Medicine, 18
• Graduate School, 24
• School of Nursing, 29
• College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business and Management, and School of Education, 33
• School of Allied Health Professions, 44
• School of Health, 49

Lecture And Audiovisual Self-Instruction Methods For Food Systems In-Service Education, Bertrum C. Connell

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The specific objectives of this research were to (1) develop an audiovisual self-instruction series with corresponding lectures for in-service education of hospital food service personnel, and (2) test the null hypothesis that there is no significant difference in post-test scores between the conventional lecture method and the self-instruction method.

Supportive personnel of a 516-bed, non-profit university hospital food service were randomly selected to participate in the study. An in-service education program series of five topics was developed and presented by two methods: lectures and an audiovisual self-instruction method using the 3M Sound on Slide projector. Observations on each subject included …

Hospital Resources Used As Guides In Unfamiliar Nursing Procedures, Marie Ethel Greene

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Hospital nursing procedures are rapidly increasing in number and in complexity, keeping pace with the continuous advances being made in medical science. This, coupled with the fact that many nurses are resuming their careers after a period of professional inactivity, make it imperative that hospitals provide facilities for assisting nursing personnel in becoming acquainted with unfamiliar procedures. This study was done to learn what resources hospital nursing personnel use most as a guide in performing unfamiliar procedures, and by internal analysis, to identify some of the factors influencing the choice of resources used by different levels of nursing personnel. Following …

Knowledge Pediatric Nurses Have On The Medications They Are Giving, Opaljean Whiteaker

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this survey was twofold (1) to find out what knowledge the pediatric nurse has regarding selected medications which she is administering, and (2) to make recommendations relative to drug knowledge for in-service education programs in hospitals.

The data regarding abdication knowledge as collected by using a checklist form developed for this study and administered to seventeen graduate nurses in three selected hospitals each supervising a pediatric unit.

A checklist included categories, the route, the action time of a drug, and the side effects that could he commonly expected.

From the fifteen categories listed, the hematological and anticonvulsant …

Factors In Clinical Instruction Which Influence Effective Student Performance, Lynette Kapualani Hong

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Teaching and maintenance of standards of nursing care are indeed a responsibility of the clinical instructor. If she is to do effective instruction of the student's clinical experience, she needs to know what factors are influencing the student's performance as a result of her presence.

The significance of the student's reactions to various educational experiences has been receiving increasing recognition during the last several years. This study was conducted to identify factors from nursing students' opinions concerning what clinical instructors do that influence effective student performance. These factors have been outlined for use in planning more effective clinical instructions.

The …

A Follow-Up Study Of Paradise Valley School Of Nursing Graduates From 1950-1957, Charlotte D. Ross

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was conducted to find out if Paradise Valley School of Nursing is meeting certain specified objectives and to gather information which could help in future curriculum planning to better meet the needs of the students.

The normative-survey was the method used to gather data from graduates of the 1950-1957 classes. This group comprised those graduating from the three-year diploma program. A questionnaire was mailed to 149 graduates of which 124 responded.

The study shows that:

The graduates are residing in 22 states and 4 foreign countries.

Sixty-six per cent are married with over half being married within 3 …

A Pilot Study Of The Nature Of Learning Experiences In The Operating Room, Lucile Lewis

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

It was the purpose of this study to consider four phases of the nature of the learning experiences of students of nursing in the operating room. The phases of the problem studied were: (1) Are the learning experiences "new" or "an expansion and/or clarification of previous learnings?" (2) Do new learning experiences continue throughout the clinical assignment to the operating room? (3) Are the learning experiences concentrated in some areas of learning more than in others? (4) Is there a relationship between the area of learning and the type of duty performed by the student in the operating room?

Literature …

A Plan For Inservice Education In A Small Maternity Unit, Ruth Wipperman

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of thin study was to develop a plan for inservice education for the graduate nurse staff in a small maternity unit that would encourage optimum nursing care.

A questionnaire was prepared and given to those nurses who had been employed in the maternity unit during the sixteen month period prior to the date of mailing the questionnaire.

The responses from the nurses showed that they would welcome an inservice education plan that would provide an improved orientation program and meetings for discussion to foster self improvement and better patient care. Critical incidents reported by the nurses showed the …