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Personal And Financial Costs To Family Systems Providing Informal Home Care For Rural Elders With Alzheimer's Disease., Jeanette L. Vander Meer

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Music: An Intervention For Pain During Chest Tube Removal After Open Heart Surgery., Sharon Kay Broscious

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The Impact Of Social Support And Meaning And Purpose In Life On Quality Of Life Of Spousal Caregivers Of Persons With Dementia., Virignia Dare Domico

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Low-Income Mothers With And Without Intellectual Disability: Interactions In Contextual Environments., Lillian A. Wise

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Quality Disconfirmation As A Predictor Of Patient Satisfaction Of Nursing Service In Selected Units In Taiwan, Republic Of China., Shieu-Ming Chou

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The Effects Of Collaborative Nursing Care Delivery On The Self-Care Behaviors And Coping Patterns Of Rural Cancer Patients., Ayda Gan Nambayan

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Cost-Effective Attitudes And Behaviors Of The Nursing Staff In A Southeastern Hospital., Sherry Clabaugh Daniels

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Adolescent Mothers' Experience With Infant Health Care Utilization., Kimberly Lynn Ray

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The Meaning Of Hope To Family Caregivers Of Children With Sickle Cell Anemia., Linda R Summerville Forte

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Hardiness, Social Support, Uncertainty, And Adjustment In Women Clinically Free Of Breast Cancer., Lola Angelise Davis

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Use Of American Diabetic Association's National Standards For Diabetes Self-Management Education Programs Among Clinics In Kentucky., Barbara A. Baker

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The Effects Of Sex Guilt And Communication On Condom Use, Renée M. Souva

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine whether sex guilt and communication were related to condom use. Past research has examined variables that affect condom use and has found that individuals who communicate more about sexual matters, and individuals who have low sex guilt, have been found to use condoms/contraceptives more consistently. This study examined sex guilt and communication and how they predict condom use. The participants were 80 female undergraduates recruited from psychology classes at Eastern Illinois University. Mosher's revised Sex Guilt Inventory and Catania's Health Protective Communication Scale were administered along with a question that assessed condom …

Death, Dying, And End-Of-Life Care: Nurse Educators' Prescription For Nursing Education, Carmencita C. Mercado-Poe

Theses and Dissertations

Education on death, dying, bereavement, and end-of-life care is a vital component of the basic preparation of the registered nurse. Yet, practicing nurses continue to report that programs offered in nursing schools do not prepare them adequately to provide comprehensive care to the dying. An explanation given in the literature is that some nurse educators do not value the inclusion of death education in the nursing curriculum. These educators argue that the current curricula are already too full and that skills related to the care of the dying are not as important as life-sustaining skills. They believe that skills related …

A Patient Management Program: The Evaluation Of A Combined Pre-Admission And Early Discharge Program, Lorna Rogers

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The purpose of this descriptive study was to describe the evaluation of a 'Patient Management Program'. This managed care type of program combined a Pre-Admission Clinic and an Early Discharge Program. It was established as a twelve month pilot program at a major Western Australian public teaching hospital in January 1995. It aimed to provide a more efficient health service by replacing part of elective surgical patients' inpatient care with outpatient services. The first component of the Program was the Pre-Admission Clinic, which allowed patients to undergo pre-operative assessment and testing prior to admission to hospital, thus facilitating same day …

A Comparison Of The Speed Of Two Defensive Step Patterns By Women Volleyball Players, Sergei Y. Sherstnev

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to compare the speed of two defensive step patterns in volleyball. The shuffle step and long step were evaluated in terms of the speed of the shift of the center of gravity and stability. Subjects were 14 former female collegiate volleyball players. Each subject performed both the shuffle step and the long step in both directions. Statistical analysis revealed no significant difference in speed of the two step patterns, movement time, and height of the center of gravity (p >.05). There was a significant difference in displacement (F = 15.3687, p <.0001). The long step showed significantly greater distance from the line of gravity to the center of the base in the direction of the step than did the shuffle step (F = 24.2806, <.0001). The long step showed significantly greater size of the base of support as compared to the shuffle steps on both sides {F = 55.1042, p <.0001). The long steps demonstrated more mobility in the direction of the step, and the shuffle step showed more stability in the final position.

Knowledge, Attitudes, Health Beliefs, And Locus Of Control Of Males Related To Prostate Cancer Prevention., Ashley Sanders Mccord

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Exploring Access To Data In Nursing Research., Lynn Marie Carlton

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An Ethnographic Study Of Family Health In Appalachian Microsystems., Sharon Ann Denham

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Self-Esteem, Coping And Attitude Toward Menopause Among Older Rural Southern Women., Herma Joyce Taylor

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The Experience Of Hearing Loss In Older Women: Patterns Of Human Becoming., Lavin Reed Rowe

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The Isolation And Characterization Of Plv22a, A Mobilizable Plasmid From Bacteroides Fragilis, Thomas Joseph Novicki

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Norf1, A Putative Human Group I Rna Helicase That Regulates Nonsense Mrna Levels, Steven E. Applequist

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Role Of Tgf-† In Heart Development: Analysis Of The Type Ii Tgf-† Receptor, Patricia S. Grutkoski

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Mending A Torn Fish Net: Parse's Theory-Guided Research On The Lived Experience Of Hope, Ching-Eng Hsieh Wang

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Persisting While Wanting To Change: Research Guided By Parse's Theory, Florence Beryl Pilkington

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The Influence Of Physical Activity On Perimenopause, Suling Li

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Too Familiar For Words: An Analysis Of "Invisible" Nursing Work, Frances R. Vlasses

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The Phenomenology Of Being Restrained, Mary Elizabeth Johnson

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The Relationship Of Hamstring Length And Chronic Low Back Pain, Aaron Deline, David Doubblestein

Masters Theses

Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most complex dysfunctions facing physical therapists today. There has been some research on the correlation between decreased hamstring length and LBP, but the results have been inconclusive. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a direct correlation between decreased hamstring length and chronic LBP among males and females aged 20 - 60 years who are non-manual laborers.

Based on responses to a questionnaire thirty-nine volunteer subjects were placed into either the no LBP group or the chronic LBP group. The subjects were then tested bilaterally for hamstring muscle …

Comparison Of Epidural And Intravenous Fentanyl Patient-Controlled Analgesia After Cesarean Section Under Epidural Anesthesia With Chloroprocaine, Kim M. Larsen

Theses and Dissertations

This study compared two methods of postcesarean fentanyl patient- controlled analgesia (PCA). Fentanyl was administered intravenously (PCA_I) or epidurally (PCA_E) following cesarean section under epidural chloroprocaine anesthesia. Twenty-one ASA I and II parturients were randomly assigned to receive fentanyl PCA_I (n = 9) or PCA (n = 12). At surgical completion fentanyl 1.0 mcg/kg was given and the PCA initiated with a dose of 30 mcg, a lockout interval of 10 minutes, a maximum dose of 180 mcg/hr, and no basal rate. Data were collected over 24 hours including visual analog scale (VAS) pain scores, …