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Assisting Mothers To Successfully Breast Feed Their Babies, Annabelle Moore

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This experimental study tested the effect of a teaching program on success of a group of mothers desiring to breast feed their babies. It was hypothesized that mothers receiving specific instructions on the physiology of lactation and the proper sucking technique would have greater success than mothers not so instructed.

To be categorized as successful the mothers had to have an adequate supply of milk and had to express satisfaction with breast feeding. Criteria for adequacy of milk supply consisted of weight gain of the infant within accepted norms without use of supplementary formula.

Twenty breast feeding mothers who delivered …

Behavioral Styles Of Computer Programmers - Revisited, Edward M. Cross

Information Technology & Decision Sciences Faculty Publications

This paper describes the second phase of a continuing research project concerned with the attributes associated with membership and success in the computer programming occupation.   The second phase of this research has differed some-what, both in intent and practice, from the first phase. First, the initial purpose of the study was to test an approach to job analysis which included the application of the principal instrument used in the study, the JAIM, or Job Analysis and Interest Measurement.1 The use of computer programmers as the subject group was the result of the investigator's previous career as a systems analyst and …

The Present, Future And Emerging Educational Requirements Of Personnel In The Plastics Industry In Kentucky, With Implications For Morehead State University And The Industry, Thomas Richard Crawford

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the School of Education at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of.the.requirements for the Degree of Master of Higher Education by Thomas Richard Crawford in May of 1969.

Mr. G.H. Burvill Appointed Assistant Director Of Agriculture, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

One of Western Australia's best-known agricultural scientists, Mr. G. H. Burvill, has been appointed to the new position of Assistant Director of Agriculture in the Western Australian Department of Agriculture.

A short introduction.

Deputy Director Of Agriculture Retires, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

The Deputy-Director of Agriculture, Mr. F. L. Shier, has retired after 47 years in the Department of Agriculture.

A short history.

An Analysis Of Industrial Resources And The Extent Of Their Use In The Teaching Of Industrial Arts In A Selected Region Of Central Kentucky, Jack Wayne Moreland

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the Faculty of the School of Education at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Education by Jack Wayne Moreland in August of 1967.

The Current Utilization Of Graphic Data Processing In Industry And Education With Implications For Industrial Arts, Chester Steven Rzonca

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the School of Education at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Education by Chester Steven Rzonca in May of 1967.

New Soils Chief Appointed, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

The appointment of Mr. S. T. Smith to the position of Commissioner of Soil Conservation and Chief of the Soils Division in the Department of Agriculture was announced last month.

Parallel Evaluation And Promotion Programs For Staff Specialists, Gerald L. Schapman

Open Access Master's Theses (through 2010)

The primary purpose of this thesis is analyze objectively present methods of evaluation and promotion based on the findings of a questionnaire, which was sent to various selected companies in the nation with the cooperation of the Bureau of Business Research of the University of Nebraska. These companies represent different fields of business and were randomly selected from the various industry classifications from Moody’s Handbook of Widely Held Common Stocks.After reviewing the results, there will a further discussion of need and feasibility for changed and improved methods of evaluating and promoting staff specialists.

Advisor: Keith Broman

New F.A.O. Assignment For Dr. Snook, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

FORMER Department of Agriculture Animal Nutrition Officer Dr. L C. Snook, now an officer of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, has been transferred to British Honduras after a successful assignment in Burma.

Forty Years Of Progress In W.A. Animal Industries : Chief Veterinary Surgeon Retires, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

THE Department of Agriculture's Chief Veterinary Surgeon and Chief Inspector of Stock, Mr. C. R. Toop, retired on May 16 after 40 years service to the Department and the State.

THE Department of Agriculture's new Chief Veterinary Surgeon is Dr. M. R. Gardiner.

The Late Dr. G. L. Sutton, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

THE death of Dr. G. L. Sutton at the age of 91 on January 11, 1964, brought to a close more than 60 years of distinguished and devoted service to agriculture in Australia.

Plant Pathologist Retires, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

The Chief of the Department of Agriculture's Biological Services Division, Mr. W. P. Cass Smith, retired from the Department on July 16 this year after many years of valuable service.

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 …

The New Director, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

The new Director, Dr. T. C. Dunne, was born in Fremantle where he received his primary and secondary education.

After winning a Government exhibition and the Henry Seeligson scholarship at the age of 16, he enrolled in the faculty of Agriculture in the University. He gained the degree of B.Sc. (Agric.) in 1925

Obituary : Richard Philip Roberts : 1906-1961, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Richard Philip Roberts, M.Sc. (Agric), Officer-in- Charge, Rural Economics and Marketing Section of this Department, died 26th August, aged 55 years, while spending the weekend with relatives and friends at his holiday house at Point Peron.

The Post-Basic Preparation Received By Administrative, Supervisory And Head Nurses In Six Hospitals, Margaret Josephine Patry

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

It was the purpose of this survey to find out what post-basic preparation the administrative, supervisory and head nurses had received for their positions in six Seventh-day Adventist hospitals. The descriptive survey was chosen as the method of approach in the study. An information card was devised to gather the data. A total of 190 or 81 percent of the 235 anticipated responses were returned. The recommended preparation for nurses in nursing service positions, as set forth by the American Nurses' Association in the Functions, Standards and Qualifications for Practice, was selected as the criteria by which this preparation was …

Director Of Agriculture Retires, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Mr. George Kingston Baron Hay, M.C., B.Sc. (Agric), Director of Agriculture of Western Australia since 1951, retired on September 2, bringing to a close a brilliant career in the Department of Agriculture which commenced 38 years ago.

Government Botanist Retires, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

MR CHARLES AUSTIN GARDNER, West Australian Government Botanist since 1927, retired from active service with the Department of Agriculture on July 5, 1960.

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 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 …

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?

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