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The Incidence And Types Of Medication Errors Occurring Among A Selected Group Of Elderly Patients, Harriet Dinsmore

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to find the incidence of medication errors among a group of patients, sixty years of age and over, who were being treated in the outpatient department of a selected urban hospital; and to investigate the effect of certain selected factors on the errors found. It was also planned to compare findings from this study with one done by Schwartz et. al. in New York. The descriptive survey approach employing an interview guide was used.

Errors were classified as those of omission, self-medication, incorrect dosage, and errors in timing or sequence. Fifty-two per cent of …

Yale University School Of Nursing Alumni Association Newsletter, Winter 1963, Yale University School Of Nursing

Yale School of Nursing Alumni Newsletters and Magazines

This issue contains a letter from (Mrs.) Florence S. Wald, Dean, to alumnae that briefly summaries the state of nursing care as hospitals increase in size and complexity.

Please contact the Medical Historical Library if you need a higher resolution version.

The Increasing Significance Of Nursing Homes In Our Way Of Life, Pauline Ryman

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Survey Of Job Satisfaction Among Ancillary Personnel, Helen Brown Austin

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

On the assumption that there is less turnover and optimum performance among employees who receive a high level of Job satisfaction, this study was undertaken to obtain data that administration could use in evaluating Job satisfaction among ancillary personnel.

The normative-survey was the method chosen and a standardized tool, the S.R.A, Employee Inventory, developed by the Science Research Associates of the University of Chicago, was employed for collecting the data. Ninety-five per cent of the ancillary staff, in the selected hospital, participated in the study. After tallying the responses to the questionnaire items, the results were sent to the Science …

1962 Commencement For Jefferson Medical College Hospital School Of Nursing

Jefferson College of Nursing Commencements

Baccalaureate Service - Friday, September 7, 1962

Commencement Exercises - Saturday, September 8, 1962

Commencement Program 1962, Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

3 | The Academic Procession

4 | The Vesper Service

6 | The Sermon

8 | Conferring of Degrees

11 | Candidates for Degrees

19 | Candidates for Certificates

20 | Awards

22 | Academic Costume

23 | Class Officers

24 | Waymarks

25 | To Make Man Whole

The Incidence Of Methods Of Postoperative Bladder Evacuation, Joan Marie Zabady

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purposes of this descriptive survey were to (1) find out if the incidence of bladder infection could be reduced by decreasing the number of postoperative catheterizations, (2) find out what the incidence of current methods of postoperative bladder evacuation were, (3) find out if and what changes had occurred in the incidence of the methods of bladder evacuation since the publication of previous studies, and (4) discover the current relationships of the methods of bladder evacuation to various factors such as age, sex, marital status, admission status, type of operation, and type and length of anesthesia.

Need for the …

The Relationship Of Hypothyroidism And Reading Retardation In Elementary School Children, Winifred Wilson

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The relationship between hypothyroidism and reading retardation was investigated among selected elementary school children for the purpose of contributing to data regarding the medical aspects of dyslexia in order to stimulate the interest of school health personnel. The experimental method was used to explore the hypothesis that a significant relationship exists between reading retardation and hypothyroidism.

Sixty-four underachievers in reading enrolled in one elementary school were selected for study. Physical examinations, laboratory tests, and individual psychometric measures were used to evaluate the physical and academic status of each of the study subjects. A diagnosis of hypothyroidism was made among the …

Differential Neonatal Mortality Of Premature Infants At A Selected Hospital, Jean M. Crider

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was directed toward an investigation of neonatal mortality of premature infant at a selected hospital. The sample included all premature infants who were born in and died at the selected hospital during the neonatal period between January 01, 1952 and December 31, 1959.

The epidemiological approach was used to study. Data concerning thirty-six selected phenomena related to the infant, the mother of the infant, and the delivery of the infant were abstracted from the medical records of each of the two hundred and one cases included in the study. These data were transferred to unisort cards, one card …

A Study To Help Identify Problems Sophomore Students Of Nursing Have In Establishing Initial Patient Communication, Constance J. Bethers

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to determine what problems beginning students of nursing have in establishing initial patient communication. A questionnaire was utilized to obtain the data.

The responses revealed that various feelings were experienced by the students when making the initial contact and establishing a communication with the patient. In most of the beginning contacts the students felt confident and at ease. Immediately following the initial contact the responses indicated that the students retained most of the positive feelings.

Some negative feelings were also experienced by the students during the initial contact. In most of these instances the …

A Survey Of Verbal Communications To Clinic Patients Related To Their Health Problem, Dorothy Kuester

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to see what information concerning eight aspects of their health problems was communicated to return patients in the General Medicine Clinic of a part-pay urban outpatient department, and who of the clinic personnel were involved in verbalizing this information.

The descriptive survey was chosen as the method of study, using the observation technique with a work sheet. The eight categories of the work sheet were decided upon by a review of literature. These were broken down into four levels beginning with no information or slight information and progressing to greater depth and detail.

The …

A Study Of The Effectiveness Of Two Cooling Measures For Reducing Fever In Children, Marilyn Catherine Kueffner

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to eventuate the effectiveness of two commonly used cooling measures for reducing fever due to infection. Seventeen infants and children age six months to three years with a rectal temperature of 102 degrees or over were selected.

The experimental method was the research approach used. The subjects were divided into two groups, A and B. The ten patients in Group A were sponged with water 75 degrees F. Each body part including the arms, chest and abdomen, legs, and back were covered by ten strokes, five up and five down. The patients were allowed …

A Proposed Guidance Program For The Bangkok Sanitarium And Hospital School Of Nursing, Salinee Svetalekha

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

One of the great needs of young people is guidance. It is not easy for the student who enters a school of nursing to make the necessary adjustments within the profession and environment without problems. Students at the Bangkok Sanitarium and Hospital School of Nursing in Thailand are no exception, and a large number withdraw from the program before graduation. Students at this institution represent many different nationalities, cultures, customs, and religions, and much guidance is needed.

It was the purpose of this study to prepare a plan for a guidance program for the Bangkok Sanitarium and Hospital School of …

A Study Of The Utilization Of Nursing Personnel On A Selected Hospital Unit, Lucille Mcdow

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was concerned with utilization of nursing personnel on a selected hospital unit. The purposes of the study were to: (1) show if the department was overstaffed or understaffed, (2) Indicate if there were too many students for the size of the department, (3) show how adjustments could he made within the department to equalize the nursing care provided to patients, and (4) see if it were possible to predict the proper number of personnel needed for optimum service.

The study was conducted on the seventeen-bed pediatric unit of a selected hospital. The descriptive survey was the method used …

A Survey Of Hospital Facilities Potentially Available For Nursing Education In Orange County, California, Mabel M. Sanders

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

In the past decade the nurse/population ratio in the West had been declining. The region was not educating enough nurses to replace normal labor market turnover. The migration of nurses into the area was not in proportion to the explosive growth. In view of the deficit it became imperative for California communities to plan for expansion of existing nursing education facilities and to consider the development of new programs where educational and clinical facilities were available.

This study was concerned with hospital facilities available for nursing education in Orange County, California. Its purpose was to investigate hospital resources that might …

Effects Of Alternate Hot-And-Cold Treatment Following Hysterectomy, Teresa Eileen Holland

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was conducted to find out if the giving of alternate hot-and-cold treatments to the chest following abdominal hysterectomy would result in measurable benefits in improved patient comfort and rate of recovery. The White Memorial Hospital was selected as the control area and the Loma Linda Sanitarium and Hospital was selected as the experimental area.

Literature was reviewed to determine the value of wet heat and cold on the circulatory and respiratory system and whether or not their effects would be useful postoperatively.

Studies were further searched to find individual differences in the perception of pain. The influence of …

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 …

Survey Of The Student Load At The Paradise Valley School Of Nursing, Dorothy M. James

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was conducted to find out to what extent the student load at the Paradise Valley School of Nursing was conductive to a well balance life and to make recommendations which might guide the faculty in curriculum planning.

The normative-survey was the method used to gather data from the faculty and students of the Paradise Valley School of Nursing. Interviews and two guide sheets were used to gather information from fourteen instructors regarding their course requirements and their estimates of balanced living for students. One activity record was used on which students recorded their activities for two weeks. Forty-six …

Nurses' Alumnae Association Bulletin, April 1962, Perma E. Davis, Janet Hindson, Betty Piersol, Margaret Summers, Anna Kuba, Catherine T. Betz, Catherine G. Paine, Julia Tyler Gaskill, Christina Rodgers, Catherine C. Prendergast, Mabel C. Prevost, Phyllis S. Sutthill

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

Staff Nurses Association

Alumnae Meetings 1961

Social Committee

Clara Melville Scholarship Fund

Ways and Means Report

Cook Book Report

Bulletin Committee

Private Duty Nurse's Section

Hospital Report and Nursing Service

Federal Nursing Service

Practice of Nursing

Report of Student Council Activities

Medical Work in Ghana

An Investigation Of Factors Relating To Turnover Among Nursing Personnel Of A Selected Hospital, Thelma I. Ogren

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to identify factors that contributed to the turnover among nursing personnel of a selected hospital in a large metropolitan city. It was felt that such a study would assist in the reduction of turnover among the nursing personnel.

Other similar studies revealed that reasons for turnover among hospital nursing personnel were due to low salaries, hours of work, work loads, communications, improper placement, poor supervision, and a lack of promotional opportunities. It was also found that the younger age group had a larger turnover rate than the older age group, that hospitals with schools …

Change In Selected Sensitive Psychological Areas Of The Only Child When A Sibling Is Born, Eveline H. Loewe

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A study was undertaken to see if, through the use of story projective fables, data could be obtained about the change in selected sensitive psychological areas of an only child when a sibling is born.

Projective stories from the Fine Revision of the Despert Fables were used to form brief tests of the sensitive psychological areas of parental rejection/sibling rivalry, dependency and aggression/hostility. These test were given, both before and six weeks after the birth of a sibling, to fifty children from families in the Santa Clara Valley. Criteria used in selecting the children limited the subjects to those who …

A Study Of The Home-Care Instruction Needs Of Colostomy Patients, Nadine C. Lewis

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

It was the purpose of this study to determine how well colostomy patients were prepared to undertake self-care at home. Related to this goal was the secondary purpose of preparation of a basic list of instructional needs of colostomy patients. Such a list should be useful in determination of content for colostomy self-care teaching programs in hospitals.

The interview method was used in this study in order to ensure more complete returns. Twelve colostomy patients were interviewed using an interview schedule. These patients had had colostomy surgery within the last year in one of two hospitals used in the study. …

Change In Selected Sensitive Psychological Areas Of The Only Child When A Sibling Is Born, Eveline H. Loewe

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A study was undertaken to see if, through the use of story projective fables, data could be obtained about the change in selected sensitive psychological areas of an only child when a sibling is born.

Projective stories from the Fine Revision of the Despert Fables were used to form brief tests of the sensitive psychological areas of parental rejection/sibling rivalry, dependency and aggression/hostility. These tests were given, both before and six weeks after the birth of a sibling, to fifty children from families in the Santa Clara Valley. Criteria used in selecting the children limited the subjects to those who …

Commencement Program 1961, College Of Medical Evangelists

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

3 | The Academic Procession

4 | The Vesper Service

6 | The Sermon

8 | Conferring of Degrees

10 | Candidates for Degrees

18 | Candidates for Certificates

19 | Awards

20 | Tribute

21 | Academic Costume

22 | Class Officers

23 | Waymarks

A Comparison Of Graduates From Two Types Of Nursing Programs, Glennis E. Burke

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to find out of graduates from a specific Associate in Arts degree program functioned as effectively in beginning positions in nursing in the first five months following graduation as graduates from a specific three-year diploma program.

The descriptive survey method of research was used to collect data on fourteen of the twenty-one 1959 graduates from an Associate in Arts degrees program and fifteen of the eighteen graduates from the three-year diploma program for the same year.

The pre-entrance test scores were used to find to find out if the two groups were comparable and …

Determinants Of Nursing Activities Of Graduate Nurses, Grace D. Scheresky

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to find out if nurses who were responsible for planning patient care functioned primarily on the basis of hospital routines and physicians' orders or on the basis of known patient needs.

The interview technique was use to obtain data about determinants of nursing activities of twenty-five head nurses and team leaders in three hospitals. The interview questions were focused on the nursing activities involved in planning the care of three patients selected by the nurses.

Data were collected and analyzed to answer questions about (1) the way in which nurses perceived patients' nursing problems, …

The Effect Of The Shave On Infection In Maternity Patients, Doris Christine Bethea

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to find out if the shave routinely received by maternity patients could be limited to the perineal area without increasing the incidence of infection among these patients. The experimental method, with the parallel group technique and a single variable, was used.

The study was conducted at two hospitals; the White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles, California, called Hospital A; and the Washington Sanitarium and Hospital in Takoma Park, Maryland, referred to as Hospital B. Data were collected on ninety clinic patients at Hospital A and on two-hundred and one private patients at Hospital B. …

Application Of Knowledge Of Medications By Senior Students In A Selected School Of Nursing, Patricia H. Okimi

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The problem arose from the need to study the present method of pharmacology instruction in a selected school of nursing. "How much knowledge of medications do selected senior students have, and how do they apply their knowledge in the administration of medications?"

For this study, the normative survey approach was used as the method of research. Eleven senior students of nursing engaged in the administration of medications, as team leaders, were observed and questioned on two different occasions during one quarter of their school year. The tool of research used to collect data was an observation code sheet developed for …

A Comparison Of Rectal And Axillary Temperatures On One Hundred Selected Newborn Infants, Marlene Van Puymbrouck

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was conducted on one hundred full-term normal newborn infants to compare body temperatures as obtained by axilla and rectal measures and to find out which measure recorded the highest temperature. Three time periods of axillary measurement and three time periods of the three depths of rectal measure were considered. The three time periods were (1) one and one-half, (2) three, and (3) five minutes. The three depths of rectal insertion were (1) insertion of the bulb end of the thermometer just beyond the sphincter, (2) 2.5 cm., and (3) 5 cm. into the rectum.

The research was carried …

A Study Of The Bacteriological Effectiveness Of Oral Thermometer Procedures In Three Selected Hospitals, Esther Mae Rose

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Because pathogens such as streptococcus and staphylococcus have been transferred in many hospitals, the source of the infections is of concern to doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel. As shown by the review of literature, good techniques are necessary to stop the spread of disease.

It was the purpose of this study to investigate one facet of patient safety by: (1) the culture of thermometers ready for use in three selected hospitals; (2) to determine the effectiveness of the Group, Individual, and Central Supply methods of disinfection currently practiced in the three selected hospitals.

The method for the experiment of …