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Stress And Coping In Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Who Initiate Insulin Therapy, Maureen A. Loft
Stress And Coping In Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Who Initiate Insulin Therapy, Maureen A. Loft
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Type 2 diabetes affects 90% of people who live with this chronic disease. A primary goal of healthcare professionals is to assist patients with Type 2 diabetes to achieve optimal glycemic control to prevent the devastating complications of this disease. Research has demonstrated that optimal glycemic control can minimize or prevent macrovascular complications such as heart attack or stroke and the microvascular complications of retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy. Historically insulin has been one of the last agents to be added in type 2 diabetes despite its efficacy and long term treatment data. Reluctance by both patients and clinicians to add …
Nursing Students' Understanding And Enactment Of Resilience: A Grounded Theory Study, Andrew T. Reyes
Nursing Students' Understanding And Enactment Of Resilience: A Grounded Theory Study, Andrew T. Reyes
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The purpose of this study was to explore nursing students’ understanding and enactment of resilience. Stress is considered to be a major factor affecting the health, well-being, and academic performance of nursing students. Resilience has been extensively researched as a process that allows individuals to successfully adapt to adversity and develop positive outcomes as a result. However, relatively little is known about the resilience of nursing students. A constructivist grounded theory study design was used. In-depth individual interviews were conducted with 38 nursing students enrolled in a four-year, integrated baccalaureate nursing degree program at a university in Ontario, Canada. Face-to-face …