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A Comparison Of The Ovulation Method With The Cue Ovulation Predictor In Determining The Fertile Period, Richard Fehring
A Comparison Of The Ovulation Method With The Cue Ovulation Predictor In Determining The Fertile Period, Richard Fehring
College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications
The purpose of this study was to compare the CUE Ovulation Predictor with the ovulation method in determining the fertile period. Eleven regularly ovulating women measured their salivary and vaginal electrical resistance (ER) with the CUE, observed their cervical-vaginal mucus, and measured their urine for a luteinizing hormone (LH) surge on a daily basis. Data from 21 menstrual cycles showed no statistical difference (T= 0.33, p= 0.63) between the CUE fertile period, which ranged from 5 to 10 days (mean = 6.7 days, SD = 1.6), and the fertile period of the ovulation method, which ranged from 4 to 9 …
Explication Of The Construct Of Shared Care And The Prevention Of Pressure Ulcers In Home Health Care, Margaret Sebern
Explication Of The Construct Of Shared Care And The Prevention Of Pressure Ulcers In Home Health Care, Margaret Sebern
College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications
The purpose of this investigation was to render a more complete understanding of subjective perceptions of pressure ulcers from the perspective of family dyads, and to study the effect of these subjective experiences on preventive behaviors and pressure ulcer outcomes. A naturalistic inquiry, combined with objective measures, was used. Twenty-one dyads participated in four in-depth interviews to explore how they mentally represented and responded to the risk of pressure ulcers. Through the process of concept development, a lay representation of pressure ulcers was developed. This process produced a new concept, identified as “shared care,” that explained how the dyads interaction …
Exploring The Boundaries Of Pediatric Practice: Nurse Stories Related To Relationships, Joan P. Totka
Exploring The Boundaries Of Pediatric Practice: Nurse Stories Related To Relationships, Joan P. Totka
College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications
Pediatric nurses struggle to find the right level of involvement with children and families. The purpose of this study was to illuminate nurses' struggles and insights as they learned to find the interpersonal boundaries of their own practice. The phenomenological method of Heideggerian hermeneutics was used to analyze data from audiotaped and transcribed single interviews of five pediatric nurses. The analysis of the transcriptions involved multiple stages of interpretation using a research team. The themes that emerged from the data were: (a) pediatric nurse as family caregiver: (b) finding the right level of care: over-involvement vs. crossing the line; (c) …
Symposium On Nursing Centers: Past, Present And Future, Marilyn Frenn
Symposium On Nursing Centers: Past, Present And Future, Marilyn Frenn
College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications
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