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A Study Of A Selected Patient With Myocardial Infarction To Find Out Whether A Given List Of Basic Concepts Of Physiology Could Be Demonstrated In The Aspects Of Nursing Care Administered, Bethel Wareham

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The purpose of this study was to find out whether the basic concepts of physiology stated in a given list could be demonstrated in the nursing care of a selected patient with a diagnosis of myocardial infarction.

The review of literature aided in the following: choice of a given list of basic concepts of physiology important in the care of the patient with an uncomplicated acute myocardial infarction, formulation of criteria for the selection of the patient, setting up of an outline of aspects of nursing which were expected to be necessary in the case of the selected patient, finding …

The Enrollment Needed In The Southern Missionary College Division Of Nursing To Meet The Demands Of The Denominational Institutions Of The Southern Union, Glenda Rolfe

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The purpose of this study was to estimate how many students should be enrolled annually in the schools of nursing operated within the Southern Union of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination in order to meet the anticipated nursing needs of denominationally-owned hospitals within the Southern Union by 1963.

Questionnaires were sent to hospital administrators, nursing service directors, and graduates of the Florida Sanitarium and Hospital School of Nursing, to find out the number of hospital beds within the denominational institutions over a period of ten years; the number of Seventh-day Adventist nurses employed in denominational institutions during this same period; and …

Electroencephalography In A Teaching Hospital, Guy M. Hunt Jr.

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Electroencephalography may be defined as a study of the electrical activity of the brain. This activity was first recorded and reported by Caton in 1875. However, it was the work of Hans Berger, confirmed by Adrian and Matthews in 1935, which opened the way for the rapid advancement of knowledge in this field. The arrival of the age of electronics made possible development of the sensitive, accurate, and dependable amplifiers available in modern electroencephalography, which has in turn made possible the rapid advancements in this field. Techniques have been perfected and standardized, personnel have been trained, and laboratories have been …

Natural History Of Thelazia Californiensis Price, 1930 (Nematoda: Thelaziidae), A Mammalian Eye Worm, Warren E. Parmelee

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Various factors—embryology, host associations, and seasonal changes In eye worn populations—tending to promote the propagation of T. califomlensls were studied.

The early embryology closely parallels that of other nematode species.

The mature embryos remain alive in saline at 35°C as long as 5 days. Dead embryos can be distinguished from living ones by virtue of the rapid staining by methylene blue by the former. Parturient female thelazias release embryos into saline, and embryos are found regularly in tear secretions of infected laboratory rabbits.

Ovic embryos possess an enveloping egg membrane containing chitin. On this account, this eye worm species is …

The Comparative Ultrastructure Of The Choroid Plexus In Certain Animal Species, Norman M. Case

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Employing the electron microscope, the writer studied the ultra-structure of the choroid plexus of the lateral and the 4th ventricles of the brain in seven species of animals comparatively. No such extensive comparative investigation has been made before with this instrument. The animals represent, in the main, species which have served previously, both in physiological and light microscopical studies on this organ, and consist of several specimens each of the frog, the opossum, the hamster, the guinea pig, the rat, the rabbit and the dog.

Materials and methods. A technique of sacrificing the animal under deep anesthesia by decapitation …

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

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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 …

Preparation Of Health Education Materials In The Field Of Maternal And Infant Care For Use In Taiwan, Muriel Howe

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Health Education was assumed to be one effective method of improving maternal and infant health on the Island of Taiwan.

To establish the need for new health education pamphlets to be used as a supplement to the health education program in the area of maternal and infant care in Taiwan, a survey of pamphlets already available on the Island was made.

This study revealed that while an occasional chapter in several books lightly touched upon maternal and infant health only nine pamphlets were specifically prepared in the area of maternal and infant care.

After studying the principles underlying good health …

The Effect Of Preweanling Administration Of Carbohydrates Used In Infant Formulas On Subsequent Dental Caries In White Rats, Erlinda Amor Romulo

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The high incidence of tooth decay, one of the most common diseases found in all age groups, gives a reason for the study of methods to prevent dental caries. Certain dietary factors, specifically carbohydrates, have been implicated in the decay process. Since diet influences both the oral and systemic environments in which the teeth develop, mature, age, and decay (1), many studies have been conducted to determine the effects of oral administration of different carbohydrates on dental caries. The extrinsic effects of diet on the mature erupted tooth have, however, been the major concern of the research (2).

The first …

Positions Held During The First Year Following Graduation By Graduates From College Programs In Nursing, Geneva Bowman

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The purpose of this study was to find out what levels of responsibilities recent graduates of four Seventh-day Adventist basic college programs in nursing assumed during the first year following graduation; to find if these recent graduates felt adequately prepared for their positions; and to find out why they accepted their positions.

The descriptive survey method was selected for the research. The questionnaire, chosen as the means of obtaining data, was sent to the 106 nurses who graduated in 1956 of whom 82 percent responded. Data received was analyzed and tabulated by individual schools and collectively. However, conclusions were based …

An Investigation Into Nursing Students' Awareness Of Emotional Needs Of Patients In A General Hospital, Sadie Sinclair

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Nursing educators consider that awareness of the emotional needs of a patient is a prerequisite to the formulation of a nursing problem. The problem of this study was to discover if the senior student in a specific college program in nursing is aware of the emotional needs of patients. A collection of senior research papers written over a period of sic [sic] years in a specific course assignment was studied. The attention was focused on the portion of the paper which dealt with the personality description of the patient. The direction given by the instructor did not emphasize any particular …

An Analysis Of A Pilot Test Used For Selecting Students In A School Of Nursing In South India, Edna L. York

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The Purpose and Contributions of the Investigation:

The purpose of the study was to discover if the examination used in selection of students for the School of Nursing at the Giffard Memorial Hospital in Nuzvid, South India, was helpful in selecting those who would be successful in the course of study and efficient in eliminating those who would not be successful. When it was revealed that the test was not effective in fulfilling its purpose, further study was done to determine the reasons.

Procedure Used in the Investigation:

In order to become acquainted with the problems and progress of the …

A Problem Situation Unit In In-Service Education For Graduate Nurses, Bessie E. Irvine

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The purpose of this study was to develop a problem situation unit that could be used for stimulating graduate nurses to assume their responsibility regarding the use of pain and anxiety relieving drugs, namely narcotics, tranquilizers, and barbiturates.

The general use of these drugs presents a danger to public health when they are used indiscriminately. Therefore, nurses should be informed as to their responsibility to the doctor, the patient, and to themselves in regard to the use of these drugs.

This study was developed by presenting briefly the following:

1. Principles and history of group discussion and problem situation unit teaching; …

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Natural And Experimental Infections Of Thelazia Californiensis Price (1930, Nematoda: Thelaziidae) With Descriptions Of The Adult And Larval Parasites, Howard S. Burnett

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The purpose of this work was to determine the extent and effects of infestation of the eye worm of mammals, Thelazia californiensis, and to elucidate through experimentation or observation the mode of transmission.

A survey of literature revealed that thelaziasie (infestation by Thelazia species) may cause serious pathological changes in the eye and its adnexa, sometimes resulting in blindness. It was found that reports of thelaziasis in the United States were (with two exceptions) of cases in California. It was further found that T. californiensis has been reported in a wider variety of host than has any of other …

An Investigation Of The Feasibility Of Raising The Level Of Nursing Education In The Nyadiri Mission Hospital School, Elma J. Ashby

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This study has been conducted to determine what would be required to raise the level of nursing education at Nyadiri Mission Hospital, from that of registered nursing orderly to registered nurse, and to determine if it would be feasible at this time to endeavor to meet those requirements.

The narrative-survey method was used in this study. Four different questionnaires were designed, sent, and returns analyzed and tabulated.

The survey revealed that the requirements for the registered nurses course consisted of the following:

1. The candidate for nursing must have completed the eleventh grade and be at least seventeen years of age. …

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

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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 …

Utilization Of Men Nurses As A Factor In Attracting Men Into The Profession, Arne Melvin Dahlsten

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Statement of Problem:

Would more men enter and remain in nursing, if the Seventh-day Adventist denomination would recognize the professional skills of qualified men nurses and utilize them on the same basis on which they utilize the professional skills of a qualitied women nurses?

Method:

The normative-survey method was employed in this study, to collect the necessary data. Two groups of men were used in the survey; men nurses who graduated from Seventh-day Adventist schools of nursing between the periods 1950 to 1955, and college men representing the two lower division classes.

Summary of Findings:

From eighty-six men graduates, forty-five …

A Study Of The Religious Behavior Of The Graduates Of A Selected School Of Nursing, Louise Maybelle Brown

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This was a study of the religious behavior of the nurses who have graduated from a selected school of nursing. The purposes of the study were (1) to obtain information as to what the graduates of the selected school have been and are doing relative to their everyday religious behavior and practices, and (2) to ascertain to what extent, if any, this school of nursing has influenced the every-day religious behavior and practices of the graduates. Religious behavior was defined as that behavior which can be observed in public and private religious activities such as Bible study, prayer, church attendance …

A Study Of Attitudes Influencing Indonesian Seventh-Day Adventist Youth To Enter Nursing, Wilma L. Leazer

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In this study a survey was made of the attitudes of Indonesian Seventh-day Adventists toward nursing. This was done for the purpose of discovering why there is a shortage of women applicants to the Seventh-day Adventist nursing school in Bandung, Java. The study was accomplished through the use of questionnaires administered to four selected groups in two geographic areas of Indonesia, and revealed attitudes of two adult groups and two student group. One hundred and twenty-one persons responded to the questionnaires.

The survey indicated that Indonesian Seventh-day Adventists seem to be highly enthusiastic about nursing and believe it is a …

The Surgical Treatment Of Peptic Ulcer With Special Reference To Subtotal Gastrectomy, Harry Charles Nelson Jr.

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An Evaluation Of Patient Health Teaching In A Selected Hospital, Grescilda Ruth Morris

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Statement of the problem: The purpose of this study was to find out to what extent the responsibility of health teaching is being met by the health team in the medical and surgical departments of a selected hospital.

Method and procedure used in securing the data: The data for this study were collected by the questionnaire technique. One hundred questionnaires were used in the study. This study was conducted during a five weeks' period using medical and surgical patients who were physically and mentally competent to answer the questionnaire and who were hospitalized from four to fifteen days.

Summary of …

Carcinoid Tumors : An Analysis Of 24 New Cases And A Review Of The Literature, William James Oneal

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Some Supplementary Studies With Wheat Proteins, Gerald G. Porter

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Introduction The importance of selecting only foods containing proteins of high nutritive value has been somewhat over-emphasized in the past because of the failure to recognize the possibility of supplementary relationships among proteins that are not of high quality. Hart (11) has wisely suggested that a food should not be relegated to an inferior class because its proteins, when fed alone, are not of high biological value. Sherman (31) has reminded us that with a knowledge of the nutritional chemistry of the proteins of various foods, it becomes relatively easy to utilize their supplementary relationships so that …

A Proposed Curriculum For A Small School Of Nursing At Puerto Cabezas Based On A Survey Of Nursing In Nicaragua, A. Marjorie Whitney

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In this study a curriculum is proposed for the Puerto Cabezas Hospital School of Nursing in Nicaragua which is built upon the requirements of the National School of Nursing and the studymaker's findings about the needs of the people in Nicaragua.

Study was made of available material concerned with cultural, geographical, and environmental background of the people of Nicaragua as it relates to their health condition. Investigation was made on the status and development of nursing and nursing education. Information was received through unpublished material, correspondence, and interviews with those who had been directly associated with health conditions and nursing …

Activities Of Graduates Of The New England Sanitarium And Hospital School Of Nursing, Elvie Annette Fildes

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This study has been conducted to determine the nursing experience, the advanced educational attainments, and the church and community activities of the graduates of the New England Sanitarium and Hospital School of Nursing.

In order to secure the data, questionnaires were sent to 184 of the graduates during the 10-year period, 1945 through 1954. Sixty-eight percent responded with the desired information.

Data received from this survey have been presented in this study and compared with the findings of other similar studies.

Participating graduates of the New England Sanitarium and Hospital School of Nursing are residing in about half of the …

Tendon Transplantation In The Treatment Of Paralytic Equinus, George J. Wiessman

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With the continued high incidence of paralytic poliomyelitis the crippling after effects of this disease will be seen for many years to come even if the number of new cases gradually decrease as effective immunization techniques are developed. Because of the high incidence of lower extremity involvement and the disproportionately high percentage of anterior tibial paralysis, it is of interest to review the methods of treatment used, in paralytic equinus heretofore and draw lessons from these cases to guide us in the management of future problems.

It is recognized that the isolated instances of paralytic …

The Nature And Incidence Of Vascular Lesions Of The Brain In 10,000 Consecutive Autopsies, David Hartson

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Diagnostic Abdominal Aspiration In Acute Abdominal Conditions, George Quan Lee

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The Rates Of Glutathione Metabolism In Brain And Liver Studied With Glycine-2-C¹⁴, George Wilbur Douglas Jr.

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Tuberculosis Of The Vertebral Bodies From The Thoracic Surgeon's View, George James Coloviras Jr.

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Stapes Ankylosis And Its Mobilization, Emery I. Pick

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Otosclerosis is a frequent affliction resulting in progressive hearing loss. With the advance of ear surgery during the past 25 years various procedures have been proposed for the correction of this condition. Among their number surgical mobilization of the stapes has assumed considerable importance. In this paper, which is presented as a thesis to fulfill the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, the operation will be discussed on the basis of the literature and the author's own experiences with the procedure.